Dr. Hab. Hubert Kowalski, University Professor

Director of the University of Warsaw Museum

tel.: 698 637 179
e-mail: hkowalski@adm.uw.edu.pl

Hubert Kowalski is Director of the University of Warsaw Museum, a habilitated doctor of humanities, university professor, and assistant professor in the Department of Classical Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw. His research focuses on the reception of the artistic culture of ancient Greece and Rome in Polish art of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and he has authored numerous academic and popular-science articles, published in journals including Rocznik Warszawski, Kronika Zamkowa and Konteksty.

He supervises the ‘Ars Antica’ Academic Society for the Reception of Antiquity at the Faculty of Archaeology and coordinates the ‘Vistula – Interdisciplinary Riverbed Research’ project. He has held scholarships from the City of Warsaw (2010 and 2011), the Lanckoroński Foundation in Rome, the Warburg Institute, and the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

Roles and memberships:

  • President of the Association of University Museums
  • Rector’s Representative for Collections at the University of Warsaw
  • Vice-President of the Committee for Warsaw’s Historic Art Studios and the Association of Polish Museum Professionals
  • Member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and The Explorers Club

Selected publications:

Full bibliography: dr hab. Hubert Kowalski, prof. ucz.

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