Lectures

This month’s second archaeo-oriental seminar will also be devoted to bioarcheology. Dr. Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin is going to present a paper entitled “(In)Visible People. A bioarchaeological perspective on power, status, and children in the ancient Nile Valley”. Abstract: Until recently, children as much as women in the past were on the fringes of archaeological research, deemed […]

At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, Dr. Joanna Ciesielska will give a lecture: “Living in a medieval metropolis: an introduction into isotopic landscape of Soba”. Abstract: [in Polish] Soba, stolica średniowiecznego królestwa Alwy (Sudan) pomiędzy VI a XVI wiekiem n.e., znajduje się na wschodnim brzegu Nilu […]

The PCMA Seminar series will host Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka (PCMA UW) and Dr. Daria Elagina (Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, Universität Hamburg) with a talk entitled “Stranded in Dongola, Sudan. A 16th-century account of the Ethiopian monk Takla Alfa, reconsidered”. Abstract: “Information on 16th-century Sudan is scarce, and first-hand accounts of travelers […]

We are very sorry to inform you that for reasons beyond our control, the talk by Dr. Artur Obłuski at the PCMA Seminar  on Thursday 20th April had to be cancelled. This April, the PCMA Seminar will host a talk by Dr. Artur Obłuski who will present the preliminary results of his research project in […]

The PCMA Seminar series will host a talk (in Polish) by Dr. Łukasz Miszk, entitled “What would Indiana Jones say about the streets of Nea Paphos”. The presentation is related to an ongoing project investigating the spatial layout of Nea Paphos in Cyprus. Abstract: “Indiana Jones, uttering the phrase ” If it’s truth you’re looking […]

At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, dr hab. Kamil Kuraszkiewicz (Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW) will give a lecture: “Pharaoh’s Immortality Machine. Funerary complex of Netjerykhet and ancient Egyptian concepts of afterlife”. Abstract: The Step Pyramid Complex, built ca. 2650 BCE at Saqqara (Egypt) as a […]

The next PCMA Seminar will host a talk by Mari Yamasaki related to her Polonez-Bis grant project. Her presentation is entitled “Underwater realms – imagining and conceptualizing the sea as a three-dimensional space”. Abstract: “The study of ancient ‘spaces’ (domestic, public, ritual, political…) has always been a cornerstone of archaeological research in both a quantitative […]

The Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw organizes a webinar on the theme of “Power, Space, Culture”. The full day of presentations will end with a round-table discussion. The webinar’s program includes an international line-up of speakers. They will discuss cases from Africa and the Near East. The webinar will take place […]