Artur Obłuski
web sites:
https://pcma.academia.edu/ArturObluski
http://www.nubianmonasteries.uw.edu.pl/
http://www.pcma.uw.edu.pl/
CURRENT POSITIONS
Since 2015 Director of the Research Centre in Cairo
Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland/Egypt
Since 2012 Head of Qasr el-Wizz project – publication of the Oriental Institute excavations at Qasr el Wizz monastery, Research Associate
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, USA
Since 2012 Director of the excavation and site presentation project of the monastery at al-Ghazali, Northern Province, Sudan
Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw
FELLOWSHIPS
2012 – 2013 Kolumb Scholarship of the Foundation for Polish Science: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, USA (18 months)
2012 de Brzezie Lanckoronski Foundation: Egypt Exploration Society, Griffith Institute, Oxford, UK (1 month)
2005 – 2006 Ministry of Higher Education, Poland, Fellowship at the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology in Egypt (12 months)
INVITED LECTURES
•Archaeology of religion in Africa: Christian monasticism on the fringes of the medieval world,
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 3 August 2016
•The economy of monasticism in the peripheries of Christian world. A view from medieval Nubia,Monasticism and Economy. Rediscovering approach to work and poverty, Pontifical Universityof Sant’Anselmo, Monastic Institute, Rome, 7-10 June 2016
•The Lost Treasures of Medieval Nubia: Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the Sudan, RoyalOntario Museum Toronto, Canada, 26 November 2013
•Christianity in Late Antique & Medieval Nubia: New Archaeological Perspectives, Freedman LectureSeries, University of Michigan, 24 November 2013
•An Islamic Frontier? Nubian-Egyptian Relations in the Middle Ages, American Society for OrientalResearch Annual Meeting 2013, 18-20 November 2013
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 2015
•Kazimierz Michałowski Memorial Lecture Series, Research Centre in Cairo, Polish Centreof Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Egypt in cooperation with the Ministryof Antiquities, Egypt.
These lectures commemorate the life of the founder of Polish archaeological research in NorthAfrica and the Middle East. Eminent scholars deliver lectures related to Kazimierz Michałowski’srich legacy.
•PolAr. Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Lecture Series, Research Centre in Cairo, PolishCentre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Egypt.
Lectures are given by Polish and foreign scholars associated with the Research Centre. Theypresent new results of recently concluded field seasons or in-depth analyses of archaeologicalmaterial recovered by Polish expeditions.
•Undergraduate and graduate students seminars
The Research Centre in Cairo offers between 15 and 20 scholarships each year for youngresearchers building their scholarly career. The seminars help them achieve their goalsby discussing their topic of interest, research and career advisory
2012 International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) Organisational Board Member, Kazimierz Michałowski Foundation and University of Warsaw
11th International Conference for Nubian Studies
Organizer, International Society for Nubian Studies, University of Warsaw
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
2016 – Reviewer, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, University of Warsaw, Poland
2016 – Reviewer, British Archaeological Reports
2007 – 2016 President, Kazimierz Michałowski Foundation
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2016 – International Society for Coptic Studies
2013 – Sudan Archaeological Research Society
2013 – American Schools of Oriental Research
2006 – International Society for Nubian Studies
MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
Angelika Lohwasser, The Wadi Abu Dom Itinerary Project, Institut für Ägyptologie und Koptologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
Cooperation in implementation of survey and archaeological projects and research, supervision of students
EDUCATION
2010 PhD The kingdom of Nobadia. Social and political changes in Lower Nubia between the 4th and 7th cent. CE Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of History, University of Warsaw, Poland
Włodzimierz Godlewski
1999 Master Architectural sculpture from the church of Archangel Gabriel in Deir el-Naqlun Monastery, Fayoum, Egypt
Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of History, University of Warsaw, Poland
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2011 Author of the project and member of Monitoring Committee, “Academy of Museum Management” Project, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
2002 – 2011 Archaeologist, Polish Expedition to Old Dongola, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland/Sudan
2008 Head of the project “Support to the development of the national corporation for antiquities and museums and local community of el-Ghaddar” which included study and preparation of the concept of conservation and revitalization of the oldest mosque in Sudan (Dongola), Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland/Sudan
2004 – 2007 Archaeologist, Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland/Sudan
2006 Archaeologist, Marina Archaeological Site Presentation Project, American Research Centre in Egypt
1996 – 2001 Archaeologist various archaeological mission of Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology in Egypt
Non-academic
2012 – 2015 Counsellor to the Prime Minister
Policy Programming and Regulatory Impact Analysis Department, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
2008 – 2012 Deputy Director
Civil Service Department, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
2007 – 2008 Deputy Director
European Territorial Cooperation and European Neighbourhood and Partnership Department, Ministry of Regional Development
PUBLICATIONS
Research monographs (peer reviewed)
2014 Obłuski, A., The Rise of Nobadia. Social Changes in Northern Nubia in Late Antiquity, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology Supplement Series 20, University of Warsaw
2016 Łajtar, A., Obłuski, A., Zych, I., (eds.) Aegyptus et Nubia Christiana. The Włodzimierz Godlewski Jubilee Volume on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw
Book chapters (peer reviewed)
2016 Obłuski, A., First contacts between Islam and Nubia: A Nubiological perspective, in Eger A. (ed.) The Archaeology of Islamic Frontiers, 31pp., University of Colorado Press, submitted to the publisher 2016 Obłuski, A., Nobadian and Makurian church architecture. Qasr el-Wizz, a case study, in: Łajtar, A., Obłuski, A., Zych, I., (eds.) Aegyptus et Nubia Christiana. The Włodzimierz Godlewski Jubilee Volume on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday, 481-512, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw
Conference proceedings (peer reviewed)
2014 Obłuski, A., Rank-Size Rule in Nubian Settlement Systems, in: Anderson, J.R. , Welsby, D.A., The Fourth Cataract and Beyond. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference for Nubian Studies, British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan 1, 867-873
2010 The formation of the Nobadian State. Social changes in Lower Nubia in Late Antiquity, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference for Nubian Studies Warsaw University 27 August – 2 September
2006, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, 607-618
Articles (peer reviewed)
2016 Obłuski, A., Ochała, G., La redécouverte d’un monastère nubien : premiers résultats des fouilles polonaises à el-Ghazali, Actes de la Seizième Journée d’études coptes, Genève 19-21 juin 2013, 63-79
2015 Obłuski, A., Bogacki, M., Małkowski, W., Maślak, S., Zaki ed-Din Mahmoud, “Al-Ghazali monastery 2012. The first preliminary report”, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 24, 425-435
2014 Obłuski, A., Excavation at site C.01 on the citadel of Tungul (Old Dongola), Sudan: preliminary report, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 23/1, 296-310
Articles in leading periodicals in the discipline
2014 Obłuski, A., Ghazali Site Presentation Project 2012 – 2014 preliminary results, Der Antike Sudan 25, 197-204
2013 Obłuski, A., Dodekaschoinos in Late Antiquity. Ethnic Blemmyes vs. Political Blemmyes and the Arrival of Nobades, Der Antike Sudan 23, 141-147
2009 Zych, I., Obłuski, A., Wicenciak, U., Marina El-Alamein Site Presentation Project (ARCE/EAP). Preliminary Archaeological Report, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 18, 83–100
2008* Obłuski, A., Tomb building tradition in Lower Nubia from the Meroitic age to after Christianization, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 20, 525-540
2005* Klimaszewska-Drabot, E., Obłuski, A., Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. Excavations on Saffi Island sites 7, 48 and 32”, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 16, 329–337
* before the peer reviewing in Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean was established
Encyclopedia entries
2016 Obłuski, A., Christianization of Nubia, in: Curta F., Holt A. (eds.), Great Events Religion: An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History”, ABC-CLIO, 2016
2017 Obłuski, A., Nobadia, in: Aderinto S. (ed.), African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations, ABC-CLIO, March 2017, in press
2017 Obłuski, A., Makuria, in: Aderinto S. (ed.), African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations, ABC-CLIO, March 2017, in press
2017 Obłuski, A., Alwa, in: Aderinto S. (ed.), African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations, ABC-CLIO, March 2017, in press
Contracted and forthcoming (peer reviewed)
Obłuski, A., Archaeology in medieval Nubia, in: Emberling G., Williams, B., (eds.) Oxford Handbook on Nubia, Oxford University Press
Obłuski, A., (ed.), Excavations at Qasr el-Wizz, George T. Scanlon, Director. With contributions by Katarzyna Danys-Lasek, Artur Obłuski, Alexandros Tsakos, and Dobrochna Zielińska. The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition, vol. 15. Chicago: The Oriental Institute
Obłuski, A., The economy of monasticism in the peripheries of Christian world. A view from Nubia, Proceedings of Fourth International Symposium of the Monastic Institute of the Pontifical University of Sant’Anselmo, , Rome, 7-10 June 2016, Analecta Monastica. Studia Anselmiana