A new monograph “Apsaros: A Roman Fort on the Colchis Coast”, has just been published by Brepols. The volume, devoted to the Roman fort at Apsaros (modern Gonio) on the Black Sea coast of Georgia is edited by Assoc. Prof. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski. The Roman fort at Apsaros is considered the most important and valuable archaeological complex […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, holds a workshop: “An Introduction to Phoenician Pottery”. The organizer of the workshop is Dr. Francisco J. Núñez Calvo from the Department of Near Eastern Studies, PCMA UW. This workshop offers an introduction to the study of the Phoenician ceramic repertoire from its roots in the Late […]
On Sunday, February 1st, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminar resumes. Dr Naglaa Hamdi Boutros (Institut français d’archéologie orientale) will deliver a lecture entitled “The Legacy of the Council of Nicaea (325 AD) in Coptic and Muslim Medieval Historiography.” Abstract: Beyond its dogmatic formulations, the legacy of the Council of Nicaea endures within the historiographical traditions of the […]
In the new year, PCMA seminars return along with the “Pot Talks” series. The first meeting will feature a lecture by Dr. Jiří Honzl (Náprstek Museum of Asian, African, and American Cultures), who will deliver a presentation: “Pots and Sherds in the Everyday Life of the Royal City of Wad Ben Naga: Evidence for the […]
Researchers are invited to apply for National Science Centre “Sonatina 10” grants at the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The call is open to any research topic broadly related to the fields explored at PCMA UW—what matters most is the quality of the proposed project and the applicant’s academic track record. […]
The Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology series from Peeters Publishers has yet another volume accessible online. This is the first one of the new series “Marea”/Philoxenite. A Town and Pilgrimage Station on the Road to the Sanctuary of Saint Menas (Abu Mena). Tomasz Derda & Mariusz Gwiazda (eds.), “Marea”/Philoxenite: A town and pilgrimage station on the road to the sanctuary […]
The Department of Conservation and Heritage, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw is pleased to announce an open call for internship applications. During a two‑month paid internship, we offer: – Deepening knowledge of conservation documentation and methods of condition mapping; – Working with archival materials related to conservation and archaeological research conducted mainly in Sudan […]
To all friends and colleagues of the PCMA UW and their families, we wish a healthy, joyful, and peaceful holiday season, as well as prosperity in all personal and professional endeavors in the upcoming year of 2026.
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 three courses in the Humanities and two OGUN Social Science courses. Two courses will be tought in English. In the group of Social Science subjects: [EN] „Archaeology of Islamic North Africa: […]
The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature Dr. Julie Marchand (Fed-tWIN researcher, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) & Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels) with a presentation: „Echoes of Trade and Transformation: Ceramic Reuse at the Byzantine Fort of Deir el-Atrash”. Abstract: This presentation explores the economic and social aspects of ceramic reuse during the […]
The European Research Council (ERC) has just announced the latest results of its grant competitions. Among the awardees is Prof. UW Maria Nowak from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw. Her project, PeriPolis – A provincial capital polis at the end of the Roman era. Periphery or a center of power? has […]
Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, invites attendees to the upcoming seminars in the “Pot Talks – A Multidisciplinary Approach to Ceramics from Africa and Beyond” series. The “Pot Talks – A multidisciplinary approach to ceramics from Africa and beyond” is a thematic series within the PCMA Seminar. It is organised by Dr. Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys (PCMA UW, […]