Lectures

  • PCMA Seminar in the Heritage Month series: Adaptive Reuse of Former Hospital Buildings in Wrocław

    The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature dr Maria Czarnecka (PCMA UW) with a presentation: „Adaptive Reuse of Former Hospital Buildings in Wrocław”. Abstract: The subject of the present dissertation is to systematize knowledge on the adaptative reuse of post-hospital facilities carried out in Wrocław. The relevance of this topic is reinforced by the large number […]

  • PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: Hyksos tombs, Ramesside fortresses, Third Intermediate Period town

    On Monday, October 27th, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Dr. hab. Sławomir Rzepka (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) will deliver a presentation: Hyksos tombs, Ramesside fortresses, Third Intermediate Period town – Tell el-Retaba after two decades of research of the Polish-Slovak Archaeological Mission. Since 2007 Polish-Slovak Archaeological Mission carries […]

  • Guest Lecture: Wall Painting in the Medieval Islamic West

    On October 22nd, Prof. Asmae El Kacimi from the Département d’Archéologie Islamique, Institut National des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP) will present “Wall Painting in the Medieval Islamic West: The Archaeology of a Silent Art” as a guest lecture of the PCMA Seminar. Asmae El Kacimi is Professor of Islamic Archaeology at the […]

  • PCMA Seminar in the Heritage Month series: “Eye-Tracking and Archaeological Heritage”

    The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature dr Tomasz Michalik (Szczecin University) with a presentation: „Archaeological Heritage through Contemporary Eyes: Eye-Tracking and Archaeological Heritage Management”. Abstract: “Vision is a key sense that enables us to acquire information about the world. It also plays an important role in understanding the past. Visual analysis lies at the core […]

  • PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: Wandering through the Lands of Wonders

    On Sunday, October 19th, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Izabela Uchman (Cairo-based Polish artist and conservator) will deliver a lecture entitled: “Wandering through the Lands of Wonders.” The talk presents “Wandering through the Lands of Wonders”—an artistic project shaped by three decades of work across the Middle […]

  • PCMA Seminar: Safeguarding for whom? The use of digital technology as a conservation tool for Tadmor (Palmyra)

    The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature dr Lindsay Der (The University of British Columbia) with a presentation: „Safeguarding for whom? An evidence-based examination of the use of digital technology as a conservation tool for Tadmor (Palmyra)”. The talk is part of the “Heritage Month series”. Abstract: “In an era of technological proliferation, digital technologies are […]

  • PCMA Seminar: Heritage Month series program

    We are pleased to announce that PCMA UW is once again hosting its Heritage Month seminar series. This initiative, started under the direction of Dr Tomomi Fushiya, Head of the Department of Conservation and Heritage at the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, aims to introduce archaeologists, heritage professionals, and students to a diverse spectrum of theoretical […]

  • PCMA Seminar: Heritage month

    We are pleased to announce that PCMA UW is once again hosting its Heritage Month seminar series. This initiative, started by Dr. Tomomi Fushiya (Head of the Department of Conservation and Heritage at the PCMA UW), aims to introduce archaeologists, conservators, architects, heritage professionals, and students to a diverse spectrum of theoretical and practical approaches in heritage studies—ranging from digital […]

  • PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: Modern Arab Art in Poland?

    On Wednesday, September 24th, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Dr. Magdalena Pinker (Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW, National Museum in Warsaw) will deliver a lecture entitled: “Modern Arab Art in Poland? Discovering Unexpected Paintings at the National Museum in Warsaw.” Abstract: Although modern and contemporary Arab painting is […]

  • Guest lecture: Erasing Cultural Memory

    On September 17th, Dr. Shadia Abdrabo Abdelwahab Abdalla (National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums) will present “Erasing Cultural Memory: The Memoricide of Cultural Identity in Sudan’s Modern History” as a guest lecture of the PCMA Seminar. Dr Shadia Abdrabo is Senior Curator at the Sudan National Museum and Deputy Director of NCAM’s Museum Section. She is […]

  • PCMA UW Cairo Seminars: Wine, Fish, and Salt

    In September, the new PCMA UW Cairo Seminars will begin at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo, featuring Dr. Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys (PCMA UW, MNW) as the first speaker. She will deliver a presentation: “Wine, Fish, and Salt: Economic Lifeways of the Fayum from Late Antiquity to the Medieval Period”. This lecture series presents the […]

  • PCMA Seminar: Sanctuary of the Hathor Shrine in the Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahari

    The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature Paulina Staszkiewicz (PCMA UW) with a presentation: “Sanctuary of the Hathor Shrine in the Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahari. Preliminary research of the polychrome relief decoration”. Abstract: This lecture presents preliminary research on the polychrome reliefs in the Hathor Shrine at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari. Built in […]