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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📝My talk will tackle the impact of imprisonment on the construction of the Other in New Kingdom Egypt and proto-racialization of Egyptian iconography and thought. The lecture is a crossover of my habilitation to be published 2028 by Palgrave in the series New Antiquity and my ongoing MSCA PLUNDER.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

☀️Excited to share the slot with no other than Prof. Antonio Loprieno (University of Basel) next week in Bonn! We will discuss the long term implications of war and colonialism on African societies, from Early Dynastic Egyptian warfare to modern colonialism and (post)(de)colonial movements.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

5) Many of these groups were employed by “great states” such as Egypt. The so called “collapse” is not a global phenomenon. But this would mean me writing an even longer thread. Cheers!

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

4) The matter is more complex, as you surely know. Some of these groups (Shardana) are known in textual sources already during the Amarna period. Other groups are known from Amarna letters but disappear in later sources.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

3) 2. There is no evidence of a mass migration. In fact, Egyptian evidence indicates that these were small groups (lists of spoils of war, number of ships, title used for their rulers indicate them being mobile “nomads of the sea”) frequenty plundering coastal sites.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

2) When scholars, including myself, write that Sea Peoples are a 19th century construct they refer to the following: 1. The term “Sea Peoples” is not attested and it was coined by French Egyptologists in the second half of the 19th century.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

1) Well, as much as one cannot ignore the fact that sources from Egypt, Levant and Anatolia mention a number of groups, one should also not assume that they shared identities or agendas.

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies Vol. 14, No. 2 (2026) scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/jemahs/... @psupress.bsky.social Animals in War in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia @laerkerecht.bsky.social @urosmatic.bsky.social

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Chapter 9 Sequencing Ancient Egypt: Third Science Revolution, “Big Data” and AI Chapter 10 Anatomy of a Discipline and Futures of Egyptology Bibliography Index

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Chapter 6 Reading Ancient Egypt: Semiotics to Poststructuralism and Beyond Chapter 7 Decolonizing Ancient Egypt: Postcolonial and Decolonial Critiques Chapter 8 Reassembling Ancient Egypt: Posthumanism, New Materialisms, and Ontological Turns

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Chapter 1 Theory and its Discontents Chapter 2 Knowing Ancient Egypt: Prehistories of Egyptological Knowledge Chapter 3 Disciplining Ancient Egypt: The Making of Egyptology Chapter 4 Classifying Ancient Egypt: Culture-Historical Frameworks Chapter 5 Explaining Ancient Egypt: Processual Ambitions

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Is there #theory in #Egyptology and can it contribute to theory? In my forthcoming monograph I deal with this issue following the development of theory in Egyptology since its conception until today. ToC is in the thread. It will be out in 2027. #archaeology www.equinoxpub.com/projects/the...

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

That special feeling when you receive the copies of your book 💫 I am very happy with the quality of the hardcover, the design and the illustrations! @oxbowbooks.bsky.social Order now with discount code PREHISTORY20 #archaeology

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Use the code PREHISTORY20 for a 20% discount on Aftermath of War in Ancient Societies! @oxbowbooks.bsky.social #archaeology

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We are grateful to all contributors and to Oxbow team and their enormous effort invested in this publication! We hope that it will inspire scholars also outside history and archaeology, especially concerning methodologies and thinking about war in relational way. #archaeology #war

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

📅 WORKSHOP: Heat and Health: Bodies, Environments, and Unequal Thermal Worlds | 26 June t1p.de/b7m4g This workshop examines #heat as an embodied and sensorial experience that shapes health and illness, exhaustion, recovery, and care. A second focus lies on approaches to heat in #HealthGovernance.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🤩 Preparations are in progress! Proud to join the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions family @ec.europa.eu Follow my bluesky and Linkedin profiles for more project updates! cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 29/04/2026

We are delighted to announce that every research article accepted for publication in Antiquity after 1 June 2026 will be published completely #OpenAccess at no cost to the author or reader! More information here: www.cambridge.org/core/service... @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org 🏺 #Archaeology

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

It is my honor to join the scientific board of Anatole journal, a new #openaccess journal on ancient Near Eastern studies especially dedicated to Latin American scholarship. It has been unjustly marginalized in related disciplines despite valuable contributions! #decoloniality #decolonization

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Gender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We are pleased to say that our March Issue is now out! This Issue includes 434 pages of original articles, many #OpenAccess, and some book reviews. Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680424...

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Gender & History: Vol 38, No 1

Gender & History is a global gender studies journal publishing research on femininity, masculinity and gender across eras and territories.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The edited volume was published by @oxbowbooks.bsky.social in 2022 and has already been reviewed for journals such as Archaeological Review from Cambridge and Germania. Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Happy to see “Beautiful Bodies: Gender and Corporeal Aesthetics” reviewed and included in the overview on #gendered materials in the ancient world by Nicola Denzey Lewis in Journal of Women’s History ✅ muse.jhu.edu/verify?url=%...

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Last summer I recorded a podcast episode with @unterirdisch.bsky.social during my fellowship at the @college-uaruhr.bsky.social We discussed #masculinities #violence and #warfare in #ancientEgypt The recording is in German and you can listen to it on #Spotify! open.spotify.com/episode/1ob4...

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The covered themes are outsourced precarity, long term effect of war, fate of the elderly, perspectives of the defeated, critique of written sources based narratives privileging victor’s perspectives, postwar disturbances and economics, war profiteering and battle aftermaths.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Chapters by Theresa Crespo, Henriette Hafsaas, Chris Langer, Anton Baryshnikov, Vlach Marek and Balázs Komoróczy, Ivan Radman, Ivan Drnic, Vladimir Mihajlovic, Marko Jankovic, Dimitrije Markovic, Haggai Olshanetsky and Lev Cosijns, Bo Jensen, Erge Butun and many others.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

It includes a lengthy introduction through a relational perspective (#assemblagetheory #actornetworktheory) and a number of chapters on aftermath of war in prehistoric Iberia, ancient Egypt and Nubia, Roman provinces, late antique eastern Mediterranean, Viking Europe, and Medieval Anatolia.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

In just two months our volume “Aftermath of War in Ancient Societies” is coming out with @oxbowbooks.bsky.social You can pre-order it now with a discount!

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The research was supported by @college-uaruhr.bsky.social in spring-summer 2025. The lecture is in German 🇩🇪 as well as the discussion at the end. 📖 The monograph in English is planned for 2027.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Thrilled that the recording 🎥 of my lecture 'Archäologie der Angst´ 😱 is now online on the website of the University of Zurich and their YouTube channel 🙏 Many thanks to Zurich Center for the Study of Antiquity for hosting this lecture. #archaeology #fear youtu.be/EABDmK2wy1Q

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Blanka Misic @drblankam.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Hey #classics scholars! 👋🏺🏛️ My fellow Classical Review editors and I recently wrote this blog post on how to write review articles and profiles 👇 👉 If you are interested in writing one do get in touch! www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20... #publishing #academia #classics #archaeology #ancienthistory

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Classical Review has recently expanded its standard work of publishing reviews and notices of single books to include also longer pieces covering more – and more varied – material. We have previously ...

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

📖 Follow this page for two upcoming publications, a monograph on archaeology of fear in Ancient Egyptian palaces and the proceedings of the workshop which will be expended to include additional research 🔬

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

📽️ We now have the recordings of the lectures delivered at our May workshop uploaded! 🎄if you missed the conference consider this our Holiday present to you. Many thanks to College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr for preparing these videos! #archaeology #ancientegypt #multisensory

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Isabelle Algrain @greekvases.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

✨ La traduction anglaise de notre « Introduction à l’archéologie du genre » vient d’être publiée chez BAR ! Nous sommes particulièrement honorées de la préface de Rachel Pope 😊 Un grand merci à notre éditrice Jacqueline Senior et à son équipe ! 👉 www.barpublishing.com/book/an-intr...

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An Introduction to Gender Archaeology - BAR Publishing

Gender archaeology seeks to understand the influence of gender on the social, economic, political and cultural practices of ancient societies, as well as their power dynamics. Integrating gender into ...

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

🙏 I am grateful to all my colleagues at the museum, especially Carla, Lukas, Julia and Mirko!

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

🇩🇪 The texts are in German and several publications are planned for next year. 🇦🇹 They are sponsored by Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport (BMWKMS) of Austria.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I researched the archive of the museum including the legacy of Alois Negrelli and the diary of Carl Junker together with, drawings and postcards from cities along the #SuezCanal.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

My focus was on the #subaltern and the way #historians and #museum #exhibitions narrate the history of the Suez Canal construction. 🇪🇬 Under [Erinnerungs]Kulturen you can read all about this and see the interview with Mohamed Hassan whom I met in Port Said in summer 2024.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

🤓 Two years ago I embarked on a research completely out of my comfort zone. 💡 Vienna Museum of Science and Technology welcomed me as a Scholar in Residence to work on their project on Colonial Infrastructures. ✅ We have now almost finalised our online exhibition. forschung.tmw.at/exhibition/v...

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

💡 An additinal evening lecture on multisensory approaches to ancient Egyptian battles and their representations is on the 4th December (Thursday). I will present some of my earlier work on soundscapes of war and my ongoing work on sights 👀 and smells 👃

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🤓 I am looking forward to my excercise lecture on multisensory approach to fear in New Kingdom Egyptian palaces with the students on 3rd December (Wednesday). The lecture is based on the results of my research at College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr this year

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

📖 Next week I will be a guest in Berlin at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social in the seminar ''Sense and Sensibility: The Archaeology of Sensory Experience and Perception'' organized as a joint effort between FU Berlin and University of Copenhagen and ran by professors Henny Piezonka and Elisa Roßberger

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Drawing on a wide range of evidence from textual sources, visual representations and architectural remains of New Kingdom Egyptian palaces, I intend to demonstrate that palaces could be frightening places.

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Uroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

📖The lecture is based on my research conducted at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr 🇩🇪 The talk will be in German I will tackle the role of space and things in the palaces in the process of intimidation, drawing inspiration from #ANT, #newmaterialism and #ontologicalturn.

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