Robert Wiśniewski
@relicsclerics.bsky.social
Historian of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages at the University of Warsaw, chair of the Centre for Research on Ancient Civilizations. Interested in relics, clerics, saints, demons, thieves, and divination.
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 20 November: Roxanne Bélanger-Sarrazin (Universität Würzburg), Apocrypha, Magic, Liturgy: The Multiple identities of Coptic Prayers in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt
![Image credits: Angel Drawing, Rossi’s Tractate, p. 22 (tracing from Francesco Rossi, “Di alcuni manoscritti copti che si conservano nella Biblioteca nazionale di Torino,” Memorie della Reale Accademia delle scienze di Torino 44 [1894] p. 43).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pl4rppt2fk3u6c64dghfhbba/bafkreicvxab4uf6njgkbz2duzduo7f4j3izt65qcfpzeyohe53qcyhklaq@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 20 November: Roxanne Bélanger-Sarrazin (Universität Würzburg), Apocrypha, Magic, Liturgy: The Multiple identities of Coptic Prayers in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt
Today (Thursday, 13 November, 4.45 p.m.) at Warsaw Late Antique Seminar: Stuart Airlie (University of Glasgow), Body Horror of the Empress and Dark Palaces of the Emperor: Rulers and Resentment c.400-c.1100. In-persona and on Zoom.
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Today (Thursday, 13 November, 4.45 p.m.) at Warsaw Late Antique Seminar: Stuart Airlie (University of Glasgow), Body Horror of the Empress and Dark Palaces of the Emperor: Rulers and Resentment c.400-c.1100. In-persona and on Zoom.
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 6 November: David Addison (University of Liverpool), "Extraneae Feminae: Women, the Clerical Household, and the Legacy of Nicaea". In person and online, as always.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 6 November: David Addison (University of Liverpool), "Extraneae Feminae: Women, the Clerical Household, and the Legacy of Nicaea". In person and online, as always.
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on Thursday, 30 October, Robert Wiśniewski, 'Was St Pater a popular saint?' As always im person and online
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on Thursday, 30 October, Robert Wiśniewski, 'Was St Pater a popular saint?' As always im person and online
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 23 X: Yitzhak Hen (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Purifying Texts in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. In-person and online.
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 23 X: Yitzhak Hen (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Purifying Texts in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. In-person and online.
Warsaw Late Antoque Seminar on 16 November: 16 X Zachary Herz (University of Colorado Boulder): 'A Fetid Jungle of Laws. The Organization of Imperial Rescripts, 160–534 C.E.' In person and on Zoom
October 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Warsaw Late Antoque Seminar on 16 November: 16 X Zachary Herz (University of Colorado Boulder): 'A Fetid Jungle of Laws. The Organization of Imperial Rescripts, 160–534 C.E.' In person and on Zoom
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on Thursday 9 October (4.45 p.m.): Simcha Gross @simchagross.bsky.social (University of Pennsylvania), "Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors: Communities and Empire on the Roman-Sasanian Frontier". In person and online, as usual.
October 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on Thursday 9 October (4.45 p.m.): Simcha Gross @simchagross.bsky.social (University of Pennsylvania), "Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors: Communities and Empire on the Roman-Sasanian Frontier". In person and online, as usual.
Warsaw Late Antique seminar on 2 October: Jakub Urbanik (UW) D. I 3.37 / P. Oxy. LXXXV 5495 – Consuetudo Strikes Back.
In person and online. For the full programme see: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl
In person and online. For the full programme see: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl
September 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Warsaw Late Antique seminar on 2 October: Jakub Urbanik (UW) D. I 3.37 / P. Oxy. LXXXV 5495 – Consuetudo Strikes Back.
In person and online. For the full programme see: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl
In person and online. For the full programme see: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar. The programme for Winter Semester is ready. Take a look!
More on the seminar's website...
More on the seminar's website...
September 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar. The programme for Winter Semester is ready. Take a look!
More on the seminar's website...
More on the seminar's website...
CRAC is getting five! And is going to celebrate this anniversary with a conference The Shady Trade of Hermes: Theft, Thieves and Thievery in the Ancient World to be held on 25-27 September 2025 at the University of Warsaw. If you happen to be in town, do join us!
Programme: bit.ly/42JturY
Programme: bit.ly/42JturY
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
CRAC is getting five! And is going to celebrate this anniversary with a conference The Shady Trade of Hermes: Theft, Thieves and Thievery in the Ancient World to be held on 25-27 September 2025 at the University of Warsaw. If you happen to be in town, do join us!
Programme: bit.ly/42JturY
Programme: bit.ly/42JturY
July 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 5 June : Thomas Laver (Cambridge) New Insights into the Organisation of Monastic Estates in Egypt, 5th-9th c. In-person and online
June 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 5 June : Thomas Laver (Cambridge) New Insights into the Organisation of Monastic Estates in Egypt, 5th-9th c. In-person and online
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 29 MAY: Przemysław Nehring (UMK) & Aldona Glińska-Neweś (UMK): St Augustine’s Sermons 355-356 as an Example of Communication Strategy in an Institution’s Reputational Crisis – Rhetorical Analysis vs. Modern Crisis Management Theory. In person and on Zoom.
May 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 29 MAY: Przemysław Nehring (UMK) & Aldona Glińska-Neweś (UMK): St Augustine’s Sermons 355-356 as an Example of Communication Strategy in an Institution’s Reputational Crisis – Rhetorical Analysis vs. Modern Crisis Management Theory. In person and on Zoom.
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 22 V: Szymon Maślak (UW): Brick Industry in Late Antique Alexandria. As always in person and online...
May 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 22 V: Szymon Maślak (UW): Brick Industry in Late Antique Alexandria. As always in person and online...
Peter Van Nuffelen, 'The Easter Date at the Council of Nicaea: Old and New Evidence'. At Warsaw Late Antique Seminar. This Thursday (15 May), 4.45 p.m. CET. In person and online
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Peter Van Nuffelen, 'The Easter Date at the Council of Nicaea: Old and New Evidence'. At Warsaw Late Antique Seminar. This Thursday (15 May), 4.45 p.m. CET. In person and online
On 8 May Stephen Shoemaker (University of Oregon) will speak on "Religious Literacy in the Late Ancient Near East: Liturgical Catechesis and Not-So-Simple Believers of Roman Arabia". At Warsaw Late Antique Seminar. 4.45 CET, in-person and online, as always.
May 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
On 8 May Stephen Shoemaker (University of Oregon) will speak on "Religious Literacy in the Late Ancient Near East: Liturgical Catechesis and Not-So-Simple Believers of Roman Arabia". At Warsaw Late Antique Seminar. 4.45 CET, in-person and online, as always.
Perrine Pilette (CNRS), 'Patriarchs, Month After Month : Rewritings of the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria in the Copto-Arabic Synaxarion' at Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 24 April, 4.45 p.m. In person and online.
April 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Perrine Pilette (CNRS), 'Patriarchs, Month After Month : Rewritings of the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria in the Copto-Arabic Synaxarion' at Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 24 April, 4.45 p.m. In person and online.
Warsaw Late Antique seminar on 10 April: Zachary Chitwood (München), Eastern Roman Law, Islam and the First Millennium: Prolegomena to a ius commune orientale. As always, in person and online.
April 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Warsaw Late Antique seminar on 10 April: Zachary Chitwood (München), Eastern Roman Law, Islam and the First Millennium: Prolegomena to a ius commune orientale. As always, in person and online.
Paweł Filipczak (Uniwersytet Łódzki) Commentary on John Malalas (XI, 3-4) on Emperor Trajan’s Expedition to the East. At Warsaw Late Antique seminar on Thursday, 3 April, 4.45 p.m. CET.
March 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Paweł Filipczak (Uniwersytet Łódzki) Commentary on John Malalas (XI, 3-4) on Emperor Trajan’s Expedition to the East. At Warsaw Late Antique seminar on Thursday, 3 April, 4.45 p.m. CET.
Wonderful tool, thanks a lot Matthieu!!! Look at this lion!
March 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Wonderful tool, thanks a lot Matthieu!!! Look at this lion!
On Thursday Daria Elagina (Hamburg Universität) & Dorota Dzierzbicka (UW) will speak An Ethiopian pilgrim at Old Dongola, Sudan. New insights from a Vatican manuscript. At Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 27 March (for the full programme see our website: tiny.pl/9499pyx2).
March 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
On Thursday Daria Elagina (Hamburg Universität) & Dorota Dzierzbicka (UW) will speak An Ethiopian pilgrim at Old Dongola, Sudan. New insights from a Vatican manuscript. At Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 27 March (for the full programme see our website: tiny.pl/9499pyx2).
Noel Lenski (Yale University) Feeding a Young Capital: The Food Supply of Constantinople in the Fourth Century. At Warsaw Late Antique Seminar. This Thursday (20 March) at 4.45 p.m. CET. In person and online, as always.
March 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Noel Lenski (Yale University) Feeding a Young Capital: The Food Supply of Constantinople in the Fourth Century. At Warsaw Late Antique Seminar. This Thursday (20 March) at 4.45 p.m. CET. In person and online, as always.
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 13 March: Nicola Holm (UW): Constantius II and Ecclesiastical Politics: Creeds, Councils and Troublesome Bishops. As always on 4.45 p.m. Warsaw time, in person and on Zoom.
March 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 13 March: Nicola Holm (UW): Constantius II and Ecclesiastical Politics: Creeds, Councils and Troublesome Bishops. As always on 4.45 p.m. Warsaw time, in person and on Zoom.
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 6 March (4.45 p.m. CET) : Mar Marcos (Universidad de Cantabria) Ecclesiastical Rivalries and Urban Violence in Late Antique Rome: Evidence from Canonical Collections. Join us in person or on Zoom!
March 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 6 March (4.45 p.m. CET) : Mar Marcos (Universidad de Cantabria) Ecclesiastical Rivalries and Urban Violence in Late Antique Rome: Evidence from Canonical Collections. Join us in person or on Zoom!
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 27 February: Julia Schwarzer (Universität Regensburg), Christian Brotherhoods and Liturgical Song during Long Late Antiquity. At 4.45 p.m. and as always in person and online
February 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 27 February: Julia Schwarzer (Universität Regensburg), Christian Brotherhoods and Liturgical Song during Long Late Antiquity. At 4.45 p.m. and as always in person and online