The conference “Chrysomallos III. Polscy archeolodzy nad Morzem Czarnym i na Kaukazie”

On behalf of the organizers of the conference “Chrysomallos III. Polscy archeolodzy nad Morzem Czarnym i na Kaukazie” we cordially invite you to take part in the conference, which will take place on June 15-16, 2023. The conference will start at 9:00 AM.

The conference has a hybrid character – in-person at the Faculty of Archaeology UW, room 2.10 and online via Google Meet => meet.google.com/mxa-sidv-qhi

A conference programme here.

Official launch of the EuroWeb Digital Atlas of European Textile Heritage

We cordially invite you to join us for the official launch of the EuroWeb Digital Atlas of European Textile Heritage, which represents one of the primary outcomes of the COST Action CA 191931 ‘Europe through Textiles: Network for an Integrated and Interdisciplinary Humanities’ hosted at the Faculty of Archaeology UW.

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Lecture by Prof. François-Xavier Fauvelle

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. François-Xavier Fauvelle (Collège de France in Paris). Lecture “Cultural Diversity, Ecological Thresholds, and the African Middle Ages” will take place on April 3, 2023 (Monday), at 17:00 in the Column Hall of the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw. In addition, there will be a discussion about the book “Penser l’Histoire de l’Afrique”.

Abstract

Africa is a surprisingly diverse continent in terms of cultures, as is illustrated by the diversity in languages, traditional systems of social organization, political systems, techniques, or traditional food production economies. Why is it so? What can we make of this diversity in terms of history? A closer look into the history of several regions of Africa suggests that this diversity is a social response to the environmental diversity of the African continent: in Africa probably more than elsewhere, societies had to adjust to very constraining milieus and to find new opportunities in them. It is thus interesting to observe that many African polities in the Middle Ages had their capital on ecological thresholds. Based on documented examples from the Horn of Africa (the sultanate of Ifât), West Africa (the kingdoms of Ghâna and Mâli) and East Africa, it is suggested that such environments worked as places of both ethnic differentiation and commercial interfaces with the broader medieval world.

Bio François-Xavier Fauvelle

François-Xavier Fauvelle is the Professor of Ancient African History and Archaeology at the Collège de France in Paris. A former director of several research institutions in France and abroad, he organized and hosted the biennial meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists in 2016. He was the coordinator of several research programs in Africa, mainly in Ethiopia and in Morocco. He is the author or editor of around 20 books and the author or coauthor of around 150 academic articles. His book The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages, originally published in French in 2013, received the main French award for academic history books; it was published in Polish (Złoty nosorożec : dzieje średniowiecznej Afryki, Dialog, 2018). He recently published Penser l’histoire de l’Afrique (2022) et Les Masques et la mosquée : l’empire du Mâli (2022).

Lecture by Mr. Aleksander Schwartz, an expert of the Rabbinical Commission for Cemeteries

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Mr. Aleksander Schwartz, an expert of the Rabbinical Commission for Cemeteries, a specialist in Jewish law in the field of cemeteries and burials.

Lecture “Practical application of Jewish law in research on cemeteries and burial grounds of Holocaust victims” will take place on February 27, 2023 (Monday), at 1:15 pm, room 2.10 (first floor), in the building of the Faculty of Archeology of the University of Warsaw at Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28.

Students who want to do archaeological excavation practice at the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw are required to attend the lecture.