We are relieved and happy to welcome back in Warsaw Dr. Mahmoud El-Tayeb, head of the PCMA UW Research Centre in Sudan, and his family. But we remain devastated by the news of the suffering and destruction inflicted by the military conflict on the people of Sudan. Dr. El-Tayeb and his family were evacuated from […]
The Institut français d’archéologie orientale (IFAO) and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) are calling for applications for a 16-months Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cairo. It is the fifth call for the joint IFAO–PCMA Fellowship program. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will be tasked with organizing an international Seminar/Workshop on a subject of […]
Many actions have been organized at the University of Warsaw in aid of refugees from Ukraine. They include collections of, among others, food and basic necessities. Free legal aid is also available. Students, doctoral candidates and employees of the University of Warsaw join actions to help the Ukrainian community. This support is provided both to […]
University of Warsaw students are invited to register for a general university subject taught by Dr Tomomi Fushiya of the PCMA UW. The second round of registration begins on 24 January. [EN] „Introduction to Heritage Studies” – summer semester 2022/23, 30h, 3 ECTS, subject code: 4001-HERSTU-OG Dr Tomomi Fushiya Description of the course: It approaches […]
This Holiday Season we wish you peace, joy and hope for the coming New Year of 2023.
During the autumn fieldwork season, a group of highschool students from Paphos visited the ongoing excavations of the Maloutena-Agora Project (MA-P) in the Nea Paphos Archaeological Park. The visit was organized as part of an archaeological engagement program. MA-P is a collaborative project of three institutions: PCMA UW, Jagiellonian University and Warsaw University of Technology, […]
Late September this year, the purchase of premises in Paphos for the Research Centre in Cyprus of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw was completed. The establishment of the Research Centre will facilitate the operations of Polish archaeological expeditions that have been working in the city for more than half a century. […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) calls for applications for PCMA Scholarships for research in Egypt. The scholarships have been awarded since the 1990s, with funds allocated by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). The research must be related to the archaeology or history of Egypt or neighboring […]
PCMA UW expedition working in Oman invites students to participate in the excavations. The project seeks archaeology students from after the second year of undergraduate studies who have a serious interest in the archaeology of the ancient Near East. The excavations are taking place at sites located in the Qumayrah Valley, in the Hajjar Mountains […]
In early May 2022, in Paphos (Cyprus), archaeologists from the Polish expedition working in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed ancient city attended a local high school event to listen to the students’ presentations about their city’s history and archaeology. The event was part of a new collaborative archaeological project instigated by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean […]
Recordings of the PCMA Seminar “Textile archaeology in ancient Nubia. Methods and perspectives” have been made available online on the PCMA UW YouTube channel. The aim of the meeting was to present the results of ongoing projects, as well as various research questions, methodological approaches and future perspectives for textile archaeology in Nubia (read more). […]
The Senate of the University of Warsaw expresses solidarity with Ukraine and their struggle against the overt aggression. Facing the Russian invasion on the Ukrainian territory, the Senate of the University of Warsaw expresses our solidarity with Ukrainian citizens, especially the Ukrainian students and colleagues who are part of the community of the University of […]