Agnieszka Wojciechowska, PhD
contact: mail: agnieszka.wojciechowska@uwr.edu.pl
CV :
Educated:
· 1999-2002 BA studies in history, University of Wrocław, BA thesis: “Culture and Art of Ancient Egypt in the time of Amenhotep IV Akhenaton”
· 2002-2004 MA studies in history, University of Wrocław, MA thesis: “Egypt under the Persian rule”. Upon graduating I was recognized by the Rector of the University of Wrocław the best student of 2004 class
· 2002-2005 BA studies in classical philology, University of Wrocław.
· 2004-2008 Doctoral Student at the Institute of History, University of Wrocław
· 2008 PhD granted on the basis of dissertation: "Between Persia and Macedon: Egypt in the fourth c. BC” written under the supervision of Prof. Krzysztof Nawotka.
Employed:
· 2008-2009 lecturer at the Institute of Classical Philology and Ancient Culture, University of Wrocław
· From 2009 assistant professor at the Institute of Classical Philology and Ancient Culture, University of Wrocław
· From 2010 assistant to Professor K. Nawotka, the coordinator in the EU-funded International Doctoral Project “The Eastern Mediterranean from the 4th c. BC until late antiquity”
· From 2013 co-investigator in a grant funded by National Science Centre: "Alexander the Great and the East: art, history and tradition"
· From 2015 co-investigator in a grant funded by National Science Centre: "Greek city in the Hellenistic and Roman age and the territorial powers"
Notable academic positions:
· From 2016 assistant director in the Institute of Classical Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, University of Wrocław
Grants/Scholarships:
· 2005 scholarship of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw (PCMA); Cairo, Egypt
· 2007 research grant of the University of Wrocław
· 2008 The Lanckoronski Foundation Scholarship
· 2009 research grant of the University of Wrocław
· 2010 research grant of the University of Wrocław
· 2010 The Lanckoronski Foundation Scholarship
· 2011 research grant of the University of Wrocław
· 2011 research grant of the National Science Centre
· From 2013 co-investigator in a grant funded by National Science Centre: "Alexander the Great and the East: art, history and tradition"
· From 2015 co-investigator in a grant funded by National Science Centre: "Greek city in the Hellenistic and Roman age and the territorial powers"
Research interest: history of Ancient Egypt, Alexander the Great, Greek epigraphy, Hieroglyphs.
Training and research abroad:
· From 1.10.2003 to 15.02.2004 I spent one semester in the University of Liverpool (as Erasmus/Socrates exchange student) studying classics and Egyptology.
· From 1.11.2005 to 31.07.2006 I spent ten months in Egypt thanks to the scholarship of The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw (PCMA)
· From 5.08.2007 r. to 31.08.2007 r. I spent a month in Egypt thanks to the grant of University of Wrocław
· From 1.10.2007 to 15.10.2007 I spent two weeks in London thanks to the grant of the University of Wrocław
· From 28.01.2008 to 27.02.2008 I spent a month in Oxford thank to The Lanckoronski Foundation Scholarship
· From 20.07.2009 to 4.08.2009 I spent two weeks in Oxford thanks to the grant of the University of Wrocław
· 8-17.08.2009 I participated in the 15th Annual Seminar Course on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture, Delphi, Greece.
· From 31.01.2010 to 28.02.2010 I spent a month in Oxford thanks to The Lanckoronski Foundation Scholarship
· August/September 2011 I spent five weeks in American Numismatic Society in New York
· In 2012 I spent two weeks in Oxford thanks to the grant of the National Science Centre
· From 2 August till 31 August 2018 I spent at Brown University as a visiting scholar.
Publications:
1. Czarna Legenda Kambyzesa, „Nowy Filomata” 8.1 (2004), pp. 45-54.
2. “The Black Legend of Cambyses in Herodotus”, [in:] J. Pigoń (ed.), The Children of Herodotus: Greek and Roman Historiography and Related Genres, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2008, pp. 26-33.
3. „Kontrowersje wokół Khababasza”, [„Khababash Controversy”] [in:] K. Nawotka, M. Pawlak (eds.), Grecy, Rzymianie i ich sąsiedzi, Wrocław 2007 (Antiquitas XXIX), pp. 185-194.
4. „Stela z Pithom”, [„Pithom Stele”] [in:] G. Malinowski, Agatarchides Knidos. Dzieje, Wrocław 2007, pp. 647-653.
5. “Grecy, Rzymianie i ich sąsiedzi”, [„Greek, Romans and their Neighbours”] K. Nawotka, M. Pawlak (eds.), editorial assistance.
6. „Between Persia and Macedonia. Egypt in the Fourth Century BC”, “EOS” XCV.1 (2008), pp. 115-118.
7. „Uwagi na temat gospodarki Egiptu w czasach Nektanebo I: polityka i gospodarka”, „Antiquitas” XXXI (2010), pp. 35-45.
8. “The ushabti of king Aspelta”, Aegyptus 90 (2010) pp. 11-15.
9. Recension: A Companion to Ancient Egypt, ed. Alan B. Lloyd, Blackwell Publishing Ltd., A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication, 2010, “EOS” XCVIII (2011), pp. 111-113.
10. A. Wojciechowska, K. Nawotka, “Chronology of Alexander’s stay in Egypt”, [in:] K. Nawotka, V. Grieb, A. Wojciechowska (eds.), Alexander the Great and Egypt: History, Art, Tradition, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2014, pp. 49-54.
11. K. Nawotka, A. Wojciechowska, “Kosmokrator”, [in:] K. Nawotka, V. Grieb, A. Wojciechowska (eds.), Alexander the Great and Egypt: History, Art, Tradition, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2014, pp. 145-152.
12. Alexander the Great and Egypt: History, Art, Tradition, K. Nawotka, V. Grieb, A. Wojciechowska (eds.), Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2014.
13. „Monety starożytnego Egiptu”, [„Coins of Ancient Egypt”], [in:] M. Derwich (ed.), Z monetą przez wieki, Wrocław 2014, pp. 23-37.
14. From Amyrtaios to Ptolemy. Egypt in the Fourth Century BC, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2016.
15. Alexander the Great and the East: History, Art, Tradition, K. Nawotka, A. Wojciechowska (eds.), Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2016.
16. K. Nawotka, A. Wojciechowska, “Alexander the Great and the East: History, Art, Tradition: An Introduction”, [w:] K. Nawotka, A. Wojciechowska (eds.), Alexander the Great and the East: History, Art, Tradition, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2016, pp. 1-8.
17. K. Nawotka, A. Wojciechowska, “Nectanebo II and Alexander the Great”, [w:] K. Nawotka, A. Wojciechowska (eds.), Alexander the Great and the East: History, Art, Tradition, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2016, pp. 19-32.
18. A. Wojciechowska, K. Nawotka, “The Reception of Alexander the Great in Roman, Byzantine and Early Modern Egypt”, [w:] K.R. Moore (ed.), Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Alexander the Great, Leiden/Boston 2018, pp. 427-448.
19. The Alexander Romance: History and Literature, (eds.) R. Stoneman, K. Nawotka and A. Wojciechowska, Groningen 2018.
20. The Historiography of Alexander the Great, (eds.) K. Nawotka, R. Rollinger, J. Wiesehöfer, A. Wojciechowska, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2018.
21. K. Nawotka, J. Wiesehöfer, A. Wojciechowska, “The Historiography of Alexander the Great: An Introduction”, [in:] K. Nawotka, R. Rollinger, J. Wiesehöfer, A. Wojciechowska, The Historiography of Alexander the Great, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2018, pp. 1-8.
22. “Coins of the Second Persian Domination Period in Egypt”, Aegyptus 19 (2019) [2020], pp. 239-260.
23. “Stela Ptolemeusza (przyszłego Ptolemeusza I Sotera)”[Stela of Ptolemy (later Ptolemy I Soter”)], Meander 75 (2020), pp. 81-101.
24. “The epigraphic curve in Egypt: the case study of Alexandria”, [in:] K. Nawotka (ed.) Epigraphic Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity, Routledge 2021, pp. 184-200.
25. K. Nawotka, with N. Carless Unwin, P. Głogowski, D. Grzesik, M. Halamus, P. Komar, J. Porucznik, Ł. Szeląg, J.K. Wilimowska and A. Wojciechowska “Conclusions: One or many epigraphic cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean”, [in:] K. Nawotka (ed.) Epigraphic Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity, Routledge 2021, pp. 215-246.
26. “Cambyses and Artaxerxes III in Egypt: Literary Topos and Beyond” (in print: Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium of the Melammu Project University of Kiel, 11-15 November 2014, Ugarit-Verlag).
27. “Nectanebo II of Greek and Egyptian sources” (in print: Proceedings of the Symposium Melammu 11, 3-6.04.2017 Beirut, Liban).
1. Conferences attended/organized
· Participation in and co-organization (with Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Wrocław), Małgorzata Pawlak (University of Wrocław), Adam Pałuchowski (University of Wrocław)) of the international conference “Grecy, Rzymianie i ich sąsiedzi” [“Greeks, Romans and their Neighbours”] 21-23.10.2005, University of Wrocław; paper: “Khababash Controversy”.
· Participation in the international conference „The Children of Herodotus” 25-26.05.2007, the Institute of Classical Philology and Ancient Culture, University of Wrocław; paper: „The Black Legend of Cambyses in Herodotus”.
· Participation in the international conference “Social and Religious Development and of Egypt in the First Millennium BCE” 1-4.09.2009; The Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University of Prague
· Participation in the conference „Świat starożytny. Państwo i społeczeństwo” [„Ancient Word. State and Society”], 23-25.09.2009, Institute of History, University of Warsaw, Poland; paper: „Budownictwo monumentalne w Egipcie w IV w. p.n.e. a rozwój gospodarczy kraju” [„Monumental Architecture and Economy of Fourth c. BC Egypt”]
· Participation in and co-organization (with Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Wrocław), Volker Grieb (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg)) of the international
conference "Alexander the Great and Egypt: history, art, tradition", 18-19.11.2011, University of Wrocław, papers: “Chronology of Alexander’s stay in Egypt” i "Kosmokrator" (with Krzysztof Nawotka).
· Participation in the international conference „Mesopotamia in the Ancient Word: Impact, Continuity, Parallels” (Melammu Symposia 7), 4-8.11.2013 w Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria, poster: „The Babylonian Dating System and the Date of the Conquest of Egypt by Artaxerxes III”.
· Participation in and co-organization (with Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Wrocław)) of the international conference „Alexander the Great and the East: history, art, tradition”, 12-14.09.2013, University of Wrocław, paper: „Nectanebo II and Alexander the Great” (with Krzysztof Nawotka).
· Co-organizing (with Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck), Josef Wiesehöfer (University of Kiel), Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Wrocław)) of the international conference Classica et Orientalia 7 „Historiography of Alexander the Great”, 8-11.10.2014, University of Wrocław.
· Participation in the Melammu Symposium 8 „The Heritage of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East”, 11-15.11.2014, Kiel , paper: „Cambyses and Artaxerxes III literary topos and beyond”
· Co-organizing (with Richard Stoneman (University of Exeter), Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Wrocław)) of the international conference „The Alexander Romance: History and Literature”, 14-17.10.2015 University of Wrocław.
· Participation in the international conference „Zhebeliov Readings-17”, Petersburg 28-30.10.2015, paper: „Cambyses and Artaxerxes III in Egypt: Literary Topos and beyond”
· Participation in the Melammu Symposium 11 “Evidence Combined – Western and Eastern Sources in Dialogue”, 3-6.04.2017 Beirut, Lebanon, paper: “Nectanebo II of Greek and Egyptian sources”
· Participation in the international conference ISPCS Conference 2018", 6-7.06.2018, Jerusalem, Israel, paper: " Metropolis in Egypt before Septimius Severus: The Evidence of Papyri and Ostraca"
· Co-organizing (with Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Wrocław)) of the Melammu Symposium 13 “The Ancient Near Eastern Legacy and Alexander vs. Alexander’s Legacy to the World”, 13-16.05.2019, University of Wrocław
· Participation in the international conference "Alexander the Great’s Egypt: from Demosthenes to the Epigraphic Curve", 5.06.2019, University of Sydney, paper: “The epigraphic curve in Egypt: the case study of Alexandria”
· Participation in the international workshop “Succession of Ancient Empires”, 28.02.2020, University of Waterloo, Canada, paper: “Succession of empires in Egypt from dynasty XXX to Ptolemy I”
