The first PCMA Seminar in the “Local Traditions, Shared Faith: Early Christianity in Comparative Perspective” series will feature Prof. Basema Hamarneh (Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Universität Wien) with a presentation: “The Monastic Traditions of the South Levant in a Transhistorical Perspective”. Abstract: Monasticism in southern Levant reflects a complex interplay between landscape, local tradition, and evolving […]
In the coming months, the PCMA Seminars will feature a new series “Local Traditions, Shared Faith” which will focus on early Christianity in Comparative Perspective across the Eastern Mediterranean. The series is organized by Dr. Aleksandra Pawlikowska-Gwiazda (National Museum in Warsaw), the head of the PCMA UW expedition to Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (Egypt). This seminar series […]
The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature two talks: Dr Jacke Phillips (Centre of African Studies, SOAS / McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge) will present “Impermeability and Maneuverability in Pottery Reuse,” followed by Dr Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys (PCMA UW/National Museum in Warsaw) with a presentation: “Encounters of Pottery Recycling in Old Dongola (Sudan).” Abstract: During the […]
The detailed program for the upcoming international conference “Perceptions of health in the Nile Valley: The social and cultural dimension of healing practice in the Egyptian context from Antiquity to the Middle Ages (4th Millennium BCE – 16th Century CE)” is now available. The event is jointly organized by the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale (IFAO) […]
The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature Martina Meyr (Städtische Museen Rottweil) with a presentation entitled “Tied Barbarians”. Abstract: The image of the captive barbarian and defeated opponent has been common in Roman art since the late Republic. With the beginning of the Principate, Augustus created a universal visual language for the public sphere, limited to a […]
The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature Prof. Julia Budka (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) with a presentation: “A comparison of pottery reuse patterns between Kerma and New Kingdom sites in Sai, Attab and Ginis”. Abstract: There is substantial evidence for the use of recut pot sherds as tools for different functions at a variety of archaeological sites in […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, holds a workshop: “An Introduction to Phoenician Pottery”. The organizer of the workshop is Dr. Francisco J. Núñez Calvo from the Department of Near Eastern Studies, PCMA UW. This workshop offers an introduction to the study of the Phoenician ceramic repertoire from its roots in the Late […]
On Sunday, February 1st, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminar resumes. Dr Naglaa Hamdi Boutros (Institut français d’archéologie orientale) will deliver a lecture entitled “The Legacy of the Council of Nicaea (325 AD) in Coptic and Muslim Medieval Historiography.” Abstract: Beyond its dogmatic formulations, the legacy of the Council of Nicaea endures within the historiographical traditions of the […]
In the new year, PCMA seminars return along with the “Pot Talks” series. The first meeting will feature a lecture by Dr. Jiří Honzl (Náprstek Museum of Asian, African, and American Cultures), who will deliver a presentation: “Pots and Sherds in the Everyday Life of the Royal City of Wad Ben Naga: Evidence for the […]
The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature Dr. Julie Marchand (Fed-tWIN researcher, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) & Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels) with a presentation: „Echoes of Trade and Transformation: Ceramic Reuse at the Byzantine Fort of Deir el-Atrash”. Abstract: This presentation explores the economic and social aspects of ceramic reuse during the […]
Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, invites attendees to the upcoming seminars in the “Pot Talks – A Multidisciplinary Approach to Ceramics from Africa and Beyond” series. The “Pot Talks – A multidisciplinary approach to ceramics from Africa and beyond” is a thematic series within the PCMA Seminar. It is organised by Dr. Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys (PCMA UW, […]
On Sunday, December 7th, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Dr. Patryk Chudzik (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw) will deliver a lecture: “The History of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in the light of recent excavation in the Hathor Cult Complex”. Abstract: The great rock […]