All Astern! …because the past has a future!
Dear Students,
The spring field exercises will take place on 23–27 March 2026. Information is available on our website in the Studies – Field Exercises section, where offers will be published gradually. Registration is carried out with the instructors.
Zuzanna Mianowska
The hosts of the seminar “Archaeology of the Roman Frontiers. Contacts between the Mediterranean World and Neighbouring Peoples” kindly invite to a lecture by the guest of the seminar, Dr. Zbigniew T. Fiema, University of Helsinki & Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, entitled “The Roman Fort in Ancient Hegra (Madâ’in Sâlih, Saudi Arabia).” The open lecture will take place on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at 3:00 PM, in the Faculty of Archaeology building, University of Warsaw, room 2.09. Agnieszka Tomas, Martin Lemke, and Tomasz Waliszewski. Invitation Abstract
As a result of the scholarship competition held in the grant no. 2024/53/B/HS3/03816, entitled Discovering the Praetorium: Layout, Chronology, and Function of the Commander’s Residence in the Roman Legionary Fortress of Novae (present-day Bulgaria), the following scholarships have been awarded:
two student scholarships: to Ms. Anna Jakubowska and Mr. Romuald Milcarek,
one postgraduate (second-cycle graduate) scholarship: to Mr. Jerko Luka Gašpar.
Congratulations to all recipients!
The Faculty of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw, together with the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Station in Rome, and the Parco Archeologico Del Colosseo, announce a conference to be held in Rome on June 18-19, 2025. The aim of the conference entitled “Barbarians in Rome – Rome in Barbaricum” is to discuss the nature of interactions between Romans and Barbarians on both sides of the limes. The conference organizers from the University of Warsaw are Agnieszka Tomas, Martin Lemke, and Jerzy Miziołek. Poster Barbarians in Rome_Programme 18-19.06.
Archaeological research based on LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), also known as Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), has proven to be a breakthrough in discovering new archaeological sites. Thanks to purchases made under the Dariah Lab program at the Faculty of Archaeology at the University of Warsaw, we now have the ability to use high-resolution scanners at a lower cost.
Dear Colleagues, Dear Students, on behalf of the organizers I am sending you an invitation to the conference about archaeological investigations in Novae. The conference programme is in the attachment. Agnieszka Tomas Novae Conference programme
Due to the unusually scheduled date of the Faculty meeting, which will take place on 26.11.2024 at 13:30 in room 210, at the request of the Dean, I am announcing Dean’s hours free on 26.11.2024 from 13:15 to 16:30.
We invite you to participate in the inaugural best article competition for young scholars announced by Old World: Journal of Ancient Africa and Eurasia. The topic for 2024 is “Women in the Pre-Modern World”. All authors aged 35 or below (born on 20 September of 1988 or later) are eligible to participate in the competition. The prize is $1000.