Uroš Matić
@urosmatic.bsky.social
Egyptologist (PhD) archaeologist
Senior fellow, College for Social Sciences and Humanities, University Alliance Ruhr, Essen
Lecturer at University of Graz
Winner of Harrassowitz Philippika (2018) and Austrian Academy of Sciences (2020) Prizes
Senior fellow, College for Social Sciences and Humanities, University Alliance Ruhr, Essen
Lecturer at University of Graz
Winner of Harrassowitz Philippika (2018) and Austrian Academy of Sciences (2020) Prizes
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🚨 Job Klaxon! 🚨
@ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751)
The post is available from 1 Jan 2026 & is funded until 31 Dec 2028 in the first instance, providing cover for Corisande Fenwick
bit.ly/4oxQgfp
@ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751)
The post is available from 1 Jan 2026 & is funded until 31 Dec 2028 in the first instance, providing cover for Corisande Fenwick
bit.ly/4oxQgfp
Job Vacancy: Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology
The UCL Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751).
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November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🚨 Job Klaxon! 🚨
@ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751)
The post is available from 1 Jan 2026 & is funded until 31 Dec 2028 in the first instance, providing cover for Corisande Fenwick
bit.ly/4oxQgfp
@ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751)
The post is available from 1 Jan 2026 & is funded until 31 Dec 2028 in the first instance, providing cover for Corisande Fenwick
bit.ly/4oxQgfp
Perfect end of the week with a hardcover example of our newest edited volume that just arrived today from Leiden ❤️
@sidestone.bsky.social
Open Access at
www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
#ancientegypt #egyptology #corporealities #bodies #archaeology
@sidestone.bsky.social
Open Access at
www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
#ancientegypt #egyptology #corporealities #bodies #archaeology
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Perfect end of the week with a hardcover example of our newest edited volume that just arrived today from Leiden ❤️
@sidestone.bsky.social
Open Access at
www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
#ancientegypt #egyptology #corporealities #bodies #archaeology
@sidestone.bsky.social
Open Access at
www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
#ancientegypt #egyptology #corporealities #bodies #archaeology
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It has long been thought that the “Plague of Akhetaten” led to the abandonment of the ancient Egyptian capital of Amarna around 1332 B.C. But surprising archaeological research gives a new picture of what happened there …
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/23/study-revisits-egypts-plague-of-akhetaten/
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/23/study-revisits-egypts-plague-of-akhetaten/
News - Study Revisits Egypt’s “Plague of Akhetaten” - Archaeology Magazine
CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS—Phys.org reports that Gretchen R. Dabbs of Southern Illinois University and Anna Stevens of […]
archaeology.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It has long been thought that the “Plague of Akhetaten” led to the abandonment of the ancient Egyptian capital of Amarna around 1332 B.C. But surprising archaeological research gives a new picture of what happened there …
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/23/study-revisits-egypts-plague-of-akhetaten/
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/23/study-revisits-egypts-plague-of-akhetaten/
Our volume has been published in open access! Dig in! Many chapters dealing with bodies in #AncientEgypt. It is a first volume of this kind in #Egyptology a discipline running later as usual. Congrats to all contributors!
OUT NOW!
Bodies that Mattered
Ancient Egyptian Corporealities
edited by Dina Serova & Uroš Matić
📚 Read online for free or purchase your own volume at www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
#ancientEgypt #bodies
Bodies that Mattered
Ancient Egyptian Corporealities
edited by Dina Serova & Uroš Matić
📚 Read online for free or purchase your own volume at www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
#ancientEgypt #bodies
October 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Our volume has been published in open access! Dig in! Many chapters dealing with bodies in #AncientEgypt. It is a first volume of this kind in #Egyptology a discipline running later as usual. Congrats to all contributors!
📖 “Bodies that Mattered. Ancient Egyptian Corporealities“ edited by Dina Serova and myself should be out any time now and can be pre ordered. Get your discount at @sidestone.bsky.social
#egyptology #archaeology #body #ancientegypt
www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
#egyptology #archaeology #body #ancientegypt
www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
Bodies that Mattered @ Sidestone Press
Bodies are immanent element of socio-cultural negotiation. Since the 19th century, Egyptology has produced vast knowledge on the ancient Egyptian bodies (human, divine, animal), however, mainly by foc...
www.sidestone.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📖 “Bodies that Mattered. Ancient Egyptian Corporealities“ edited by Dina Serova and myself should be out any time now and can be pre ordered. Get your discount at @sidestone.bsky.social
#egyptology #archaeology #body #ancientegypt
www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
#egyptology #archaeology #body #ancientegypt
www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
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Gleichheit in Bild, Objekt und Befund – vierzehn Perspektiven zu einer Archäologie des Normativen.
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7351-7/
#Bild #Kunst #Kulturgeschichte #Archäologie #AntikeGeschichte #Kulturwissenschaft #Zeitschrift
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7351-7/
#Bild #Kunst #Kulturgeschichte #Archäologie #AntikeGeschichte #Kulturwissenschaft #Zeitschrift
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Gleichheit in Bild, Objekt und Befund – vierzehn Perspektiven zu einer Archäologie des Normativen.
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7351-7/
#Bild #Kunst #Kulturgeschichte #Archäologie #AntikeGeschichte #Kulturwissenschaft #Zeitschrift
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7351-7/
#Bild #Kunst #Kulturgeschichte #Archäologie #AntikeGeschichte #Kulturwissenschaft #Zeitschrift
Join me in Münster on 27th October!
I will open the lecture series on „Archaeology and Conflicts“ this semester with a talk on plundering of foreign lands by New Kingdom Egyptian army. #egyptology #ancientegypt
I will open the lecture series on „Archaeology and Conflicts“ this semester with a talk on plundering of foreign lands by New Kingdom Egyptian army. #egyptology #ancientegypt
October 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Join me in Münster on 27th October!
I will open the lecture series on „Archaeology and Conflicts“ this semester with a talk on plundering of foreign lands by New Kingdom Egyptian army. #egyptology #ancientegypt
I will open the lecture series on „Archaeology and Conflicts“ this semester with a talk on plundering of foreign lands by New Kingdom Egyptian army. #egyptology #ancientegypt
It took some time but our reflection on #gender #stereotypes in #archaeology is now out @springernature.com
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
What Is Wrong with This Image? Reflecting on Past Diversity Through Visual Representations of Gender Stereotypes in Archaeology
Gender and feminist archaeologists have fought for decades against gender stereotypes through academic writing, museum exhibitions, and popular literature, among other mediums. Despite their efforts, many of these stereotypes—e.g. depictions of men only as...
link.springer.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It took some time but our reflection on #gender #stereotypes in #archaeology is now out @springernature.com
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
In a burning world I choose to do socially relevant research. Ever since my PhD I devoted my career to #warstudies. This volume is a wake up call. War is not the answer. In the aftermath there is both precarity and hope.
#archaeology #war
Forthcoming 2026
www.oxbowbooks.com/979888857246...
#archaeology #war
Forthcoming 2026
www.oxbowbooks.com/979888857246...
Aftermath of War in Ancient Societies - Oxbow Books
The archaeology of war has often focused on combatants and weaponry, prioritising the conflicts themselves over their aftermath. Yet in today’s world, with...
www.oxbowbooks.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In a burning world I choose to do socially relevant research. Ever since my PhD I devoted my career to #warstudies. This volume is a wake up call. War is not the answer. In the aftermath there is both precarity and hope.
#archaeology #war
Forthcoming 2026
www.oxbowbooks.com/979888857246...
#archaeology #war
Forthcoming 2026
www.oxbowbooks.com/979888857246...
Congrats to Daniel who will be presenting his awarded work in session 208 on ancient Egyptian settlements starting today at 14h CET and co-organized by Eva Calomino and myself.
#archaeology #settlements #egypt
#archaeology #settlements #egypt
Cate Frieman now presents the 2025 Student Award.
Many congratulations to Daniel Alonso-Naranjo for being awarded this prize with an unanimous decision by the committee.
#EAA2025
Many congratulations to Daniel Alonso-Naranjo for being awarded this prize with an unanimous decision by the committee.
#EAA2025
September 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Congrats to Daniel who will be presenting his awarded work in session 208 on ancient Egyptian settlements starting today at 14h CET and co-organized by Eva Calomino and myself.
#archaeology #settlements #egypt
#archaeology #settlements #egypt
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The #EAA2025 Book Prize is now being presented by Robin Skeates on behalf of the Book Prize Selection Committee.
In the Academic Book Prize the joint winners are:
"Heritage and Healing in Syria in Iraq" (2024) by Zena Kamash and published my Manchester University Press
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In the Academic Book Prize the joint winners are:
"Heritage and Healing in Syria in Iraq" (2024) by Zena Kamash and published my Manchester University Press
1/
September 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The #EAA2025 Book Prize is now being presented by Robin Skeates on behalf of the Book Prize Selection Committee.
In the Academic Book Prize the joint winners are:
"Heritage and Healing in Syria in Iraq" (2024) by Zena Kamash and published my Manchester University Press
1/
In the Academic Book Prize the joint winners are:
"Heritage and Healing in Syria in Iraq" (2024) by Zena Kamash and published my Manchester University Press
1/
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| EXPOSITION ARCHÉO-SEXISME |
Cette année, le colloque de l' @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social a lieu en ligne ! Si vous êtes inscrit.e, vous pourrez y retrouver l'exposition Archéo-Sexisme dans sa version anglaise en libre accès du 2 au 6 septembre 2025. 🎉 #EAA2025
Cette année, le colloque de l' @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social a lieu en ligne ! Si vous êtes inscrit.e, vous pourrez y retrouver l'exposition Archéo-Sexisme dans sa version anglaise en libre accès du 2 au 6 septembre 2025. 🎉 #EAA2025
September 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
| EXPOSITION ARCHÉO-SEXISME |
Cette année, le colloque de l' @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social a lieu en ligne ! Si vous êtes inscrit.e, vous pourrez y retrouver l'exposition Archéo-Sexisme dans sa version anglaise en libre accès du 2 au 6 septembre 2025. 🎉 #EAA2025
Cette année, le colloque de l' @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social a lieu en ligne ! Si vous êtes inscrit.e, vous pourrez y retrouver l'exposition Archéo-Sexisme dans sa version anglaise en libre accès du 2 au 6 septembre 2025. 🎉 #EAA2025
My paper on #Egyptomania in Balkan turbo folk, chalga and rap just came out last week and it’s already attracting media attention 🤓
@issegyptomania.bsky.social
#ancientegypt #turbofolk #chalga #hiphop #rap
eualive.net/pharaohs-and...
@issegyptomania.bsky.social
#ancientegypt #turbofolk #chalga #hiphop #rap
eualive.net/pharaohs-and...
Pharaohs and pyramids: ancient Egypt’s surprise grip on Balkan turbo-folk and chalga
In the pulsating world of Balkan turbo-folk and chalga – genres often dismissed as lowbrow ...
eualive.net
August 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My paper on #Egyptomania in Balkan turbo folk, chalga and rap just came out last week and it’s already attracting media attention 🤓
@issegyptomania.bsky.social
#ancientegypt #turbofolk #chalga #hiphop #rap
eualive.net/pharaohs-and...
@issegyptomania.bsky.social
#ancientegypt #turbofolk #chalga #hiphop #rap
eualive.net/pharaohs-and...
Grateful for the inclusion of our @springer volume into this chronicle! Many thanks to @antiquity.ac.uk
#Archaeologists should neither romanticise nor orientalise the past, but attempt to be self-reflective as much as possible.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Archaeologists should neither romanticise nor orientalise the past, but attempt to be self-reflective as much as possible.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
New Book Chronicle: Did women never go to war? Female stereotypes in ancient myths and archaeological evidence | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
New Book Chronicle: Did women never go to war? Female stereotypes in ancient myths and archaeological evidence - Volume 99 Issue 406
www.cambridge.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Grateful for the inclusion of our @springer volume into this chronicle! Many thanks to @antiquity.ac.uk
#Archaeologists should neither romanticise nor orientalise the past, but attempt to be self-reflective as much as possible.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Archaeologists should neither romanticise nor orientalise the past, but attempt to be self-reflective as much as possible.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Supporters of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party threw flares and firecrackers at anti-government protesters in Novi Sad, prompting police to intervene to end the standoff, a major escalation of nine-month-long protests in Serbia.
#protest #novisad #belgrade #serbia #police
#protest #novisad #belgrade #serbia #police
August 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
How long do we have? #cixinliu #wanderingearth
August 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
How long do we have? #cixinliu #wanderingearth
My paper on #Egyptomania in Balkan #turbofolk, #chalga, pop and rap is now published! 📖
The paper was presented at ISSE conference last year in August while I was staying in Cairo on my way to Port Said to work on the Suez Canal heritage project.
www.academia.edu/128734394/_I...
The paper was presented at ISSE conference last year in August while I was staying in Cairo on my way to Port Said to work on the Suez Canal heritage project.
www.academia.edu/128734394/_I...
‘I am ahead of my time, like Ancient Egypt’: Egyptomania in Balkan Turbo-folk, Chalga and Rap. Journal of the International Society for the Study of Egyptomania
This paper is the first attempt to analyse Egyptomania and ancient Egyptian motifs in musical genres such as turbo-folk, chalga and rap in the Balkans from the 1990s to nowadays. Within the genres of ...
www.academia.edu
August 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My paper on #Egyptomania in Balkan #turbofolk, #chalga, pop and rap is now published! 📖
The paper was presented at ISSE conference last year in August while I was staying in Cairo on my way to Port Said to work on the Suez Canal heritage project.
www.academia.edu/128734394/_I...
The paper was presented at ISSE conference last year in August while I was staying in Cairo on my way to Port Said to work on the Suez Canal heritage project.
www.academia.edu/128734394/_I...
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Der seit über zwei Jahren tobende Bürgerkrieg im #Sudan hat auch eine deutsche Vorgeschichte. @romandeckert.bsky.social über das langjährige militärische Engagement im #Sudan und die zwielichtigen Waffenexporte Deutschlands. 👇
www.rosalux.de/news/...
www.rosalux.de/news/...
July 31, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Der seit über zwei Jahren tobende Bürgerkrieg im #Sudan hat auch eine deutsche Vorgeschichte. @romandeckert.bsky.social über das langjährige militärische Engagement im #Sudan und die zwielichtigen Waffenexporte Deutschlands. 👇
www.rosalux.de/news/...
www.rosalux.de/news/...
Questions for Egyptologists with excellent knowledge of francophone Egyptology.
1. Did someone publish anything on racism and scientific racism in francophone Egyptology?
2. Do you know any examples comparable to those of Morton, Nott and Gliddon, Petrie, Reisner, Breasted and later?
Many thanks!
1. Did someone publish anything on racism and scientific racism in francophone Egyptology?
2. Do you know any examples comparable to those of Morton, Nott and Gliddon, Petrie, Reisner, Breasted and later?
Many thanks!
July 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Questions for Egyptologists with excellent knowledge of francophone Egyptology.
1. Did someone publish anything on racism and scientific racism in francophone Egyptology?
2. Do you know any examples comparable to those of Morton, Nott and Gliddon, Petrie, Reisner, Breasted and later?
Many thanks!
1. Did someone publish anything on racism and scientific racism in francophone Egyptology?
2. Do you know any examples comparable to those of Morton, Nott and Gliddon, Petrie, Reisner, Breasted and later?
Many thanks!
Invitation to my evening lecture at the Egyptology Department and Egyptian Museum of the University in Bonn in less than 2 weeks! I will present the first results of my ongoing research project at @college-uaruhr.bsky.social #egyptology #actor-network-theory #latour #archaeology #ancientegypt
July 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Invitation to my evening lecture at the Egyptology Department and Egyptian Museum of the University in Bonn in less than 2 weeks! I will present the first results of my ongoing research project at @college-uaruhr.bsky.social #egyptology #actor-network-theory #latour #archaeology #ancientegypt
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How do temporality, gender, class, and familial interdependencies shape life trajectories in Germany and Pakistan? Learn more about cross-cultural life-course research in this hybrid workshop on 14 July.
The complete programme is now available:
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
The complete programme is now available:
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
July 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
How do temporality, gender, class, and familial interdependencies shape life trajectories in Germany and Pakistan? Learn more about cross-cultural life-course research in this hybrid workshop on 14 July.
The complete programme is now available:
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
The complete programme is now available:
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
Prof. Villegas of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and prof. Caruso of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional have come to Serbia for a conference accompanied by their under aged children.
They have been arrested at the airport on accusations of terrorism!!!
www.elespectador.com/educacion/re...
They have been arrested at the airport on accusations of terrorism!!!
www.elespectador.com/educacion/re...
Retienen a profesor de la Universidad Nacional en Serbia. Esto dijo la Cancillería
El profesor de la U. Nacional, Miguel Ángel Beltrán, fue retenido junto a su familia en Serbia. Esto dijo la Cancillería.
www.elespectador.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Prof. Villegas of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and prof. Caruso of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional have come to Serbia for a conference accompanied by their under aged children.
They have been arrested at the airport on accusations of terrorism!!!
www.elespectador.com/educacion/re...
They have been arrested at the airport on accusations of terrorism!!!
www.elespectador.com/educacion/re...
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“The Çatalhöyük evidence now shows that such male-centered practices were not an inherent characteristic of early agricultural societies.”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Gimbutas really deserves a posthumous apology.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Gimbutas really deserves a posthumous apology.
Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük
Combining 131 paleogenomes with bioarchaeological and archaeological data, we studied social organization and gendered practices in Çatalhöyük East Mound (7100 to 5950 BCE), a major Neolithic settleme...
www.science.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“The Çatalhöyük evidence now shows that such male-centered practices were not an inherent characteristic of early agricultural societies.”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Gimbutas really deserves a posthumous apology.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Gimbutas really deserves a posthumous apology.
Incredibly important publication for all archaeologists and heritage scholars! #archaeology #heritage #diversity
Our book project has a publication date! #RepresentationaMatters! Diversity in the Visual Representation of the Past will be out at September 13th, 2025, published in the Themes of Contemporary Archaeology series. For more info see tinyurl.com/n7sayumw 🏺
June 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Incredibly important publication for all archaeologists and heritage scholars! #archaeology #heritage #diversity
For those who missed my ARCE NY chapter lecture in April, here is a video recording #ancientegypt #egyptology #streets #settlements #archaeology
youtu.be/9d_x9rDO_r8?...
youtu.be/9d_x9rDO_r8?...
ARCE/NY Dr. Uroš Matić IV-01-25 "Street Life in Ancient Egypt"
YouTube video by ARCE New York
youtu.be
June 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For those who missed my ARCE NY chapter lecture in April, here is a video recording #ancientegypt #egyptology #streets #settlements #archaeology
youtu.be/9d_x9rDO_r8?...
youtu.be/9d_x9rDO_r8?...