We are saddened to inform you that, due to circumstances beyond our control, the upcoming PCMA Seminar in the series “Local Traditions, Shared Faith: Early Christianity in Comparative Perspective” has been cancelled. A new date for the event will be announced in the coming days. The links you have already received for the lecture will […]
The upcoming conference “Sailing Uncharted Seas. Recent Advances in Pottery Studies in the Near East and Eastern Africa during the Late Antique and Early Medieval Periods” will be available in a hybrid format. The conference is dedicated to exploring pottery research relating to the Late Antique and Early Medieval periods across a broad area encompassing […]
On 15–16 June 2026, the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW), had the pleasure of hosting Professor Eman Khalifa of Cairo University. On the first day of her visit, Professor Khalifa delivered a lecture entitled Pottery: A Multiple Analysis Approach, in which she presented her research on Egyptian ceramics and highlighted […]
On 13 June, the University of Warsaw Library hosted a doctoral promotion ceremony for researchers in the humanities, social sciences, and natural and exact sciences who obtained their doctoral degrees in 2025. During the event, letters of congratulations were also presented to researchers who were awarded the habilitation degree. Among those honoured was Dr hab. […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw is pleased to announce a call for applications for research scholarships in Egypt. The PCMA Scholarship is funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). The scholarships are dedicated to students, PhD students and employees of Polish universities. The PCMA Scholarship is […]
We are pleased to announce that Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (PAM) has been indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection – Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). This marks an important step in the journal’s continued development and internationalisation, enhancing the visibility of the research it publishes within the global scholarly community. The journal’s […]
At the upcoming PCMA Seminar, Dr. Aleksandra Pawlikowska-Gwiazda (National Museum in Warsaw, PCMA Sheikh Abd el-Qurna Expedition Director) will deliver a lecture: “From Tomb to Hermitage: Monastic Strategies of Adaptation, Transformation, and Reuse in Western Thebes”. It is going to be the last meeting in the PCMA Seminar series “Local Traditions, Shared Faith: Early Christianity […]
It was with deep sadness that we received the news of the death of Professor Piotr Taracha — an eminent Hittitologist, historian, cultural scholar and archaeologist, and one of Poland’s leading specialists in the language, literature and religion of the Hittites. For many years, Professor Piotr Taracha was associated with the University of Warsaw: first […]
As many as 39 Latin inscriptions now held by the National Museum in Warsaw come from former Braunsberg, today’s Braniewo — a town that played an important role in the history of Central European collections of antiquities. Their history, linked to the Lyceum Hosianum and to Wilhelm Weissbrodt, was the focus of a research visit […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, is pleased to invite all interested participants to a guest lecture by Prof. Eman Khalifa (Cairo University), entitled “Pottery: A Multiple Analysis Approach.” The lecture will explore how archaeometric methods can deepen our understanding of ancient ceramics and the societies that produced and used them. Drawing […]
At the upcoming PCMA Seminar, Dr Ina Eichner (Department of Classical Studies, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna) will deliver a lecture: “The monastery of Deir el-Bachît in Western Thebes/Upper Egypt and abrief look at Byzantium”. Abstract: The Deir el-Bachit Monastery (Monastery of St. Paul) is located on the Theban west bank of the […]
On 21 May 2026, the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo hosted the workshop “Together to Preserve Heritage by Promoting Cultural Diversity”, organized on the occasion of the World Day for Cultural Diversity. The event was prepared by the Sudan National Committee of ICOMOS in cooperation with the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo and […]