The next PCMA Seminar will feature a talk (rescheduled from the autumn) by Dr. Piotr Makowski, entitled “Towards a better understanding of the chronological and geographical distribution patterns of plain and painted handmade wares in Bilād al-Shām”. Abstract: “For nearly the entire span of the Islamic period plain and painted handmade wares were immutable components […]
Recording of Dr. Carol Meyer’s presenation “Bir Umm Fawakhir, a Byzantine period gold mining town in the Eastern Desert of Egypt” is now available on the PCMA UW YouTube channel. It was another PCMA Seminar delving into the subject of the exploitation of natural resources in the Eastern Desert in antiquity. This time, the topic […]
A seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw will host a presentation by Dr Marta Żuchowska (Faculty of Archaeology) and Dr Ewa Paśnik-Tułowiecka (Faculty of Oriental Studies) entitled: “Preliminary study on meditation caves of Upper Mustang”. Abstract: “The presentation was produced as part of a grant awarded by Archaeo-Oriental Study […]
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 […]
The Polish National Science Center awarded a Sonata Bis 11 grant to the project of Assist. Prof. Artur Obluski from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The Sonata Bis projects are aimed at establishing a new research team. The project is entitled “Kyriakós oíkos? A diachronic conceptualization of space and function in […]
Another PCMA Seminar will be hosting Dr. Carol Meyer. Her talk continues the thread of natural resource exploitation in the Eastern Desert in antiquity covered in previous seminars. This time it will take a closer look at the functioning of the Byzantine Bir Umm Fawakir settlement and the customs of its inhabitants. The site, surveyed […]
The Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group organizes a seminar on the subject of „Buddhist Caves in Nepal: Art and Architecture” which will be held online on 28th February, 2022. Four papers on the art and architecture of Nepal’s meditation caves from the perspectives of archaeology, history, and epigraphy will be presented at the seminar, which begins […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo held a PCMA scholar’s seminar. Due to the pandemic, this event was still closed to the public. Grzegorz Michalec, MA, presented a talk on the subject: “Technological behaviours of the Acheulean complex in northeast Africa (Egypt and Sudan)”. Abstract: “This seminar presents the assumptions of the PhD project […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo organized another PCMA scholar’s seminar. Due to the pandemic, the events still remain closed to the public. Fabian Amadeus Joakim Mydlak presented a talk titled “Preliminary research at the Post-Roman cemetery at Berenike”. Abstract: Post-Roman Berenike was a culturally diverse town ruled by the Blemmyes. Most of its […]
In the series of PCMA Seminars we present the lecture of Dr. Vujadin Ivanišević from the Archaeological Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade titled “Caričin Grad (Justiniana Prima): The Landscape of an Early Byzantine City”. The seminar will be held online. Justiniana Prima is one of the few new urban […]
Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology UW has received funding from two institutions: Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University) and the University of Warsaw’s Center for Research on Ancient Civilizations (CRAC). Dr. Gwiazda’ Dumbarton Oaks two-month summer fellowship will be based in Washington and is planned for June 2022. As part of his […]
Congratulations to Prof. Ewdoksia Papuci-Władyka, visiting professor at PCMA UW, on receiving the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. She was honoured for developing Polish-Cypriot scientific cooperation in the field of archaeology and for creating a positive image of Poland in the world. The distinctions were awarded to a group of Polish archaeologists […]