MAŁGORZATA ANNA KOT e-mail address: m.kot@al.uw.edu.pl EDUCATION CAREER 2013 PhD degree in the Faculty of History, University of Warsaw - dissertation title: The Earliest Middle Palaeolithic Bifacial Leafpoints in Central and Southern Europe. Technological Approach 2009-2013 Artes Liberales Academy - Inter-university Interdisciplinary Program of PhD Studies 2008-2013 University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology, Department of History - PhD studies - leading degrees (PhD courses): archaeology 2006-2008 University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology, Department of History - Individual System of Studies - leading degrees (MA courses): archaeology 2003-2008 Inter-university Individual Studies in the Humanities Artes Liberales Academy - courses taken at: University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań (Institute of Prehistory, Institute of Philosophy, Department of Biology) Jagiellonian University (Institute of Archaeology, Institute of Philosophy, Institute of Religion Studies) 2003-2006 Warsaw University, Institute of Archaeology, Department of History - Individual System of Studies - leading degrees (BA courses): archaeology PROFESSIONAL CAREER 2013-2014- junior professor at the Faculty of Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw 2008-2010- coordinator of interactive exhibition Re:generation in Copernicus Science Centre 2008-2010- archaeology teacher in Keizen Club in Warsaw
VISITING LECTURES Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Prähistorisches Kolloquium of Hugo Obermaier Society, Germany - The earliest Middle Palaeolithic leafpoints in Central and Southern Europe, 5th of June, 2013, Shanghai University, Department of Fine Arts, China - Palaeolithic cave art in Europe, 10th of May, 2013 RESEARCH PROJECTS 2012-2015 2 nd coordinator: Three human species in Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in Central Asia. Grant of National Centre of Science 2011-2017 Participant: Okres Wędrówek Ludów w dorzeczu Odry i Wisły; MAESTRO grant of National Centre of Science 2008-2010 Coordinator: Stone Age in Kotor Bay, Montenegro; archaeological survey of Cave in Kotor Bay; project conducted with a cooperation with Milos Petricevic from Cultural Heritage Office in Kotor and prof. Karol Szymczak from Warsaw University. since 2006 Coordinator: Ancient Romans Cuisine. The reconstruction of cooking in Ancient Rome; Research Group 2007-2009 Participant: NETConnect Connecting European Culture through New Technology; EU project (Program CULTURE 2000) coordinator: University in Calabria 2007-2009 Coordinator: Clay-hearths structures from Klisoura Cave 1; series of experiments e.g. in the Centre of Experimental Archaeology in Vadastra, Romania ; project with cooperation of Dragos Gheorghiu Prof. 2006-2007 2 nd coordinator: Young Archaeologists Club; workshops and lectures for children at Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University; financed by Młodzież w działaniu Program 2006-2007 Coordinator: Neolithic storage pits. Reconstruction of the process of building and using them; experiments conducted in Archaeological Museum in Biskupin, Poland
2006-2007 June 2006 Coordinator: Life Archaeology. The reconstruction of daily life in the Early Iron Age; Experiments made by research group in Archaeological Museum in Biskupin, Poland Coordinator: Clay-hearths structures from Klisoura Cave1; series of experiments in Klisoura, Greece 2004-2005 Participant: Scar pattern analysis testing the method on replica bifacial tools; project conducted with cooperation of Mikołaj Urbanowski PhD from Szczecin University PUBLICATIONS Monographies: Kot M., (2012) Analysis of Clay Hearths from Site Klisoura 1 in Greece, British Archaeological Report, International Series 2331, Archeopress Articles: Kot M., Pavlenok K., Radzhabov A., Sneider S., Szymczak K., (2014) Katta Sai, a Palaeolithic site in Tian Shan piedmont, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Antiquity, Vol 88, Issue 340 Kot M. (2014) Technological aspects of the earliest Middle Palaeolithic leafpoints in Central Europe, Quaternary International, Volumes 326 327: 381 397 Деревянко А.П., Исламов У.И., Павленок К.К., Шнайдер С.В., Szymczak К., Kot М., Раджабов А., Лазарев C.Ю. (2013) Предварительные результаты исследования стоянки Каттасай (Узбекистан) в 2013 году (Primary results of the archaeological fieldworks in Katta Sai site, Uzbekistan in 2013) РОБЛЕМЫ АРХЕОЛОГИИ, ЭТНОГРАФИИ, АНТРОПОЛОГИИ СИБИРИ И СОПРЕДЕЛЬНЫХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ Volume XIX: 60-65 Kot M., Richter J. (2012) Leafpoints or rather leafknives? A technological analysis of bifacially shaped artefacts from Mauern, Germany, Anthropologie, Volume 50, Issue 3: 361-375 Kot M. (2013) Report on the fieldworks in 2009 in Brštanica and Kriti Ponor caves near Risan, Montenegro, Novensia, Volume 24: 61-74 Kot M., Biłas M., (2013) Gobbledygook, or not? Bokus B. (Ed.), Responsibility: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Matrix: 281-292 Kot M., Petricevic M., Szymczak K., (2012) Preliminary report of the fieldworks in Tamnica Cave, Montenegro, Novensia 21: 203-214
Kot M. (2009) Touch in the Antropogenic Perspective [Dotyk w perspektywie ewolucji człowieka], in: J. Kurek i K. Maliszewski (red.), W przestrzeni dotyku, Medium mundi V, wydawnictwo MDK "Batory" Chorzów Kot M. (2008) Structured Aurignacian clay-hearths from Klisoura Cave in Greece. The reconstruction of making, burning and using clay structures in Upper Palaeolithic, Journal of Experimental Pyrotechnologies, Nº 1: 47-50. Kot M. (2008) Upper Palaeolithic Clay structures [Badania eksperymentalne górnopaleolitycznych struktur glinianych], Rocznik Studenckiego Ruchu Naukowego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Nº 6: 43-60 Kot M, Siemaszko A., Wenzel M, Górska A. (2007) Daily life of people lived in the Early iron Age settlement In Biskupin in the light of experimental archaeology [Życie codzienne mieszkańców grodu z wczesnej epoki żelaza w Biskupinie w świetle archeologii doświadczalnej] in: "Non omnis moriar - rozważania nad egzystencją człowieka w aspekcie badań antropologiczno - archeologicznych": 79-92. Kot M. (2005) Semiotic of Grave and Neanderthal Burials [Semiotyka grobu a pochówki neandertalskie.] in: Gendźwiłł A., Izdebski A.,Sroczyńska E. (Eds.) Przemiany mentalności w kulturach starożytnych: 7-21. CONFERENCES 8-9.09.2014 Kukla LOESSFEST 14-7th Loess Seminar International Conference On Loess Research In memoriam of George Kukla poster: Middle Palaeolithic loess site Katta Sai (Uzbekistan) 22-30.06.2014 The 19th Suyanggae International Symposium Suyanggae and her Neighbours in Poland paper: A multi-faceted approach to the Jerzmanowice points from Nietoperzowa Cave, Southern Poland 19-20.05.2014 Human and Non-Human Primates Crossing the Boundaries paper: The Middle Earth 4-6.12.2013 Konferencja Sprawozdawcza Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego paper: Stanowisko Katta Sai na przedgórzu Tien szanu w kontekście problemu współegzystencji trzech gatunków człowieka na przełomie środkowego i górnego paleolitu w Azji Centralnej
2-6.04.2013 Hugo Obermaier Society 55. Jahrestagung in Vienna, paper: Intentional tool fracturing in Middle Palaeolithic leafpoint assemblages. 18-21.03.2013 Żywność kulturowo przetworzona. Kulinaria z perspektywy humanistycznej., transdisciplinary session in Artes Liberales Academy, Uniwersytet Warszawski paper: Ewolucja w kuchni, kuchnia w ewolucji (Evolution of diet, a role of diet in evolution). 8-10.11.2012 AIUM 2012, Archeology International University Meeting, Sienna, Italy paper: Technological aspects of earliest Middle Palaeolithic leafpoints in Central Europe. 8-11.10.2012 9th SKAM Workshop: Lithic Raw Materials Phenomena of the Stone Age; Brno, Czech Republic with Jürgen Richter, paper: Symmetry or the edge? Technological approach to Altmühlian leaf points. 25-28.09.2012 European Middle Palaeolithic during MIS 8 MIS 3: cultures environment chronology, Wolbrom, Poland paper: Technological aspects of earliest Middle Palaeolithic leaf points in Central Europe 5-8.03.2012 Wątpić wątpienie, ujęcie transdyscyplinarne, transdisciplinary session in Artes Liberales Academy, Uniwersytet Warszawski paper: Czy ostrza liściowate są ostrzami? (Are the leafpoints, leafpoints indeed?) 16 17.01.2012 Stereotypy z perspektywy nauk humanistycznych i społecznych, transdisciplinary session in Artes Liberales Academy, Uniwersytet Warszawski paper: Małpoludy, małpoludzie? (Manapes- Apehumans?) 06 07.01.2012 6th Experimental Conference, University of York, Great Britain paper: Experiments on Aurignacian clay structures, to reveal technology, firing and use. 08 11.12.2011 PhD colloque of Prof. Jürgen Richter, Cologne University, Germany paper: Technological aspects of earliest Middle Palaeolithic leaf points in Central Europe.
17 19.10.2011 3rd International Congress of Experimental Archaeology Banyoles, Girona, Spain paper: Archaeological Experiments on Making, Burning and Using Aurignacian Clay Structures. 15.06.2011 Letnie seminarium dla nauczycieli WARSA I SAWY, Warsaw lecture and discussion: Między rzetelnością a młodzieżową rozrywką. Dylematy twórców wystawy popularnonaukowej Re: generacja.(between the scientific accuracy and youth entertainment. Dilemmas of the coordinators of new interactive exhibition for youth: Re generation) 16-18.12.2010 Filozoficzny, społeczny i technologiczny wymiar "nowych mediów", Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Lublin paper: O bełkocie w nauce. (Gobbledygook in scientific discours) 01-03.12.2010 Annual conference of Institute of Archeology, Warsaw University, Warsaw paper Chronologia materiałów kamiennych ze stanowisk Kukayaz 1 i 6 w północno zachodnim Uzbekistanie. (Chronology of stone inventories from Kukayaz site 1 and 6 in NW Uzbekistan) 16.06.2010 Systemy multimedialne dla muzeów i galerii, VII edycja konferencji w cyklu Nowoczesne muzea i galerie, Chopin Museum, Warsaw lecture: Młodzież z w centrum nauki? Projekt wystawy Re: generacja.(youth in Science Centres. Project of a new interactive exhibition) 03-05.06.2010 ECSITE Annual Conference 2010, Dortmund, Germany workshop: Challenge of making human & social science interactive 01-04.03.2010 Humanistyka Dzisiaj. Sesja Jubileuszowa Akademii Artes Liberales, Warsaw University workshop: Jak popularyzować humanistykę?(how to popularize human studies?) 27-30.03.2009 6th SKAM lithic technology Workshop, Szczecin University, Małkocin with Karol Szymczak, paper Problem with chronology of Kukayaz sites 24-26.11.2008
Annual conference of Institute of Archeology, Warsaw University, Wiktorowo with Karol Szymczak, paper Neolithic Cave settlement in Montenegro- perspectives of future research. 20-24.10.2008 "Natural environment and cultural heritage of the recovered land, Polish-German border region near Szczecin, Conference of Artes Liberales Academy, Małkocin paper Neanderthals and Modern human 15-17.05.2008 I Students Conference Experimental archaeology, historical reconstructions- scientific perspectives, Wrocław University, Wrocław, with Anna Knapek, paper Romans in the kitchen 18-20.04.2008 II Conference for science explainers: Przekazać, Pokazać, Centrum Nauki Kopernik, Warsaw with Anna Knapek, paper How old is it? 31.03-08.042008 Umaszynowienie, transdisciplinary session in Artes Liberales Academy, Warsaw University paper Simulation theory, human as a machine. 18-20.01.2008 3 rd Students Anthropological Conference, Jagiellonian University, Crakow paper Hand negatives from Gargas in the light of human hand anatomy 30.11-02.12.2007 5 th International Interdisciplinary Students Conference Ecce Homo Jagiellonian University, Crakow with Aleksandra Siemaszko, paper Storage pits in the light of experimental archaeology 10-13.05.2007 Experimental Archaeology, historical reconstructions- new possibilities, Wrocław University with Anna Knapek, paper Young Archaeologists Club- archaeological workshops for children. 23-25.05.2007 2 nd Students Anthropological Conference Non omnis moriar Jagiellonian University, Cracow
With Aleksandra Siemaszko, paper I lived 2700 years ago. 3-17.12.2006 Academic autonomy, civil society, teachers' mission,, transdisciplinary session in Artes Liberales Academy, Warsaw University paper Artes Liberales Academy seen by students. 17-19.11.2006 First Archaeological Student Workshops, Warsaw University, Topornia paper Daily life in Biskupin in the light of experimental archaeology. 11-13.05. 2006 2 nd Students Conference on Classics Forms of Social Life in Antiquity, Copernicus University, Toruń paper The meaning of hand negative paintings in Gravettian culture. 2-4.12. 2005 2 nd Conference of Warsaw University Student Associations, Warsaw University, Radzików paper Scar pattern analysis testing the method on replica bifacial tools. 5-7.05. 2005 1 st Students Conference on Classics Transformations of Antique Mentality, Warsaw University member of the Organisational Committee paper Changes in the attitude toward dead people as a manifestation of changes in the religion. 20-23.04.2005 Prehistoric Technology 40 Years Later: Functional Studies and the Russian Legacy, Verona, Italy paper Scar pattern analysis testing the method on replica bifacial tools. AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2011/12 Scholarship for the best doctoral students and young PhDs at Warsaw University 2011/12 Scholarship for the best PhD students at Warsaw University
2008 Diploma Honorificum, award of Vice-Chancellor of Warsaw University 2007 Scholarship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland for university student 2006 Scholarship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland for university students 2005 Scholarship of the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Poland for university students