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  • New date! Seminarium PCMA: From Tomb to Hermitage. Monastic Strategies of Adaptation, Transformation, and Reuse in Western Thebes

    New date for the Seminar: Thursday, 2 July at 2.00 pm on Zoom; the link remains the same 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 […]

  • Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for Dr. Maciej Wyżgoł

    The Minister of Science and Higher Education has awarded scholarships to outstanding young scientists. Among the recipients was Dr. Maciej Wyżgoł from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The scholarship is awarded to young scientists, i.e. persons without a doctoral degree or those who received a doctoral degree within the previous seven […]

  • Registration for general university courses (OGUNs)

    University of Warsaw students are welcome to enroll in general-university courses taught by our staff. The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, offers two general-university courses in the humanities in English. [EN] „Ancient wine adventure – history an archaeology of vine and wine”– winter sem. 2026/27, 30h, 2.5 ECTS, course ID 4001-WINEADV-OG Group instructors: Dr […]

  • May at the Research Centre in Cyprus: group of teachers and educators – Erasmus+ programme

    In May, the Research Centre in Cyprus PCMA UW welcomed a group of teachers and educators from Poznań participating in the Erasmus+ programme – 2024-1-PL01-KA122-ADU-000234368 “Sztuczna inteligencja w spersonalizowanym nauczaniu języków obcych”. As part of their visit, Dr Paweł Lech (Deputy Director of the PCMA UW RCC) guided the group through the Archaeological Site of Nea Paphos, […]

  • PCMA Seminar cancelled

    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 […]

  • “Sailing Uncharted Seas” conference goes hybrid

    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 […]

  • Professor Eman Khalifa at the PCMA UW

    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 […]

  • Recruitment for programmes under the PCMA Scholarship 2026/2027

    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 […]

  • PAM journal indexed in Web of Science

    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 […]

  • PCMA Seminar: From Tomb to Hermitage: Monastic Strategies of Adaptation, Transformation, and Reuse in Western Thebes

    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 […]

  • Piotr Taracha (1960–2026)

    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 […]