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3rd Warsaw Seminar on Underwater Archaeology
3rd Warsaw Seminar on Underwater Archaeology
2019, University of Warsaw
Text Małgorzata Mileszczyk
Photos Magdalena Sugalska
Obviously, the conference does not happen in the instant, it has to be prepared in detail by some poor guys called the Organization Committee, thank you very much. Secondly, there is also a group of prominent and influential scholars, who agree to watch over the proper level of the presentations, papers and discussions (we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the best Scientific Committee). Thirdly – and probably most importantly – a conference needs keen Participants. Daring, skilful and… captivating. Stir, shake a bit… and we have a perfect recipe for a fruitful and inspiring time, during which the ideas are exchanged, applauded and criticized, the hypotheses discussed, the hard work rewarded.
What took place at the University of Warsaw this year was a top level experience, especially due to our dear guests and great archaeologists. First and foremost, the keynote speakers: Professor Iván Negueruela Martínez form the Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática in Cartagena, who has stirred our imagination with the research project as deep as 1000 meters, Professors Finn Ole Nielsen and M. Nicolas Caretta from the Bornholm Archaeological Research Center of the Bornholm Museum, who have presented the secrets of the Bornholm’s underwater heritage and, last but not least, the most experienced underwater archaeologist of eastern Europe – Professor Vladas Žulkus from Klaipėda University, talking about the Lithuanian expeditions at the Baltic Sea. Our beloved guests arrived from as far as Senegal and Taiwan, and as close as Szczecin, Gdańsk and Toruń. European underwater research was represented by the colleagues from Iceland, Greece, Montenegro, Italy, Ukraine and Slovakia. The topics were organized in four panels, truly covering most continents!
The conference was the third of the name, becoming the biannual event in the field, the only one in Poland reaching international level. It was a pleasure receiving such celebrities and good friends in Warsaw; we hope that all the Participants, including
the audience, had a great time. Now it is time to get back to our studies so that the next volume of the excellent monograph (series “U” of “Światowit” periodical) might be published, including the articles of the Seminar speakers.
Hereby we are pleased to invite you to the 4th edition of the Seminar, which will take place in Warsaw in January 2021! More information soon, please follow us on Facebook (Archeologia Podwodna Underwater Expedition Instytut Archeologii UW) and our website http://underwaterexpedition. uw.edu.pl/3rd-warsaw-seminar-on-underwater-archaeology/
We are also most grateful to the Polish Chapter of The Explorers Club, which was of a great assistance during the organizing process! Thank You, and apologies for any inconvenience!
As always, we were supported by the one and only Museum of Diving in Warsaw. Thank You, you are the best!
„3rd Warsaw Seminar on Underwater Archaeology” – the conference was possible due to the funding from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (959/P-DUN/2018) as well as the Vice-Rector of the University of Warsaw and the Director of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw.
It was patronaged by His Magnificence Rector of the University of Warsaw, Professor Marcin Pałys.
Head of Scientific Committee: dr hab. Bartosz Kontny, prof. UW
Scientific Committee: dr hab. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski, prof. dr hab. Iwona Modrzewska-Pianetti, dr hab. Waldemar Ossowski, prof. UG, dr hab. Andrzej Pydyn, prof. dr hab. Mariusz Ziółkowski
Organizing Committee: Aleksandra Chołuj, Małgorzata Mileszczyk, Magdalena Nowakowska, Artur Brzóska
