Agnieszka LIC

Stucco specialist

Member of the MAFKF since 2015

RESEARCH TOPICS

Production of decorative stucco in Mesopotamia and the Arab-Persian Gulf in the Early Islamic period
Christian art in the Late Antique and Early Islamic Middle East
Archaeology of the Arab-Persian Gulf

October 2011: Participation in archaeological excavations at the Roman site of Nora, Sardinia

November 2015: Study of a collection of stucco from the site of al-Qusur on Failaka island, Kuwait
2013-2015: Research visits to: the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the British Museum, the Louvre, the Museum for Islamic Art in Berlin and the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority collection; first-hand analyses of stucco material, photographing, creating and updating catalogue information

September 2016: Preliminary study of plaster material excavated at the site of Jumeirah, Dubai prepared for Dubai Municipality

2014: Awards by the British Institute of Persian Studies and Meyerstein Research Awards towards research travels
2012: SOAS Master’s scholarship, granted by the School of Oriental and African Studies
2006, 2011: Scholarships awarded by the Jagiellonian University in Kraków

2013‑present: Doctor of Philosophy in Archaeology, University of Oxford, Research topic: Stucco decorations in Mesopotamia and the Arab-Persian Gulf region, 6th-9th century
2012‑2014 : Master of Arts Diploma in Art and Architecture of the Islamic Middle East School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, MA thesis: The mosque at Shivta as a reflection of Muslim-Christian relations in Bilād al-Shām in the early Islamic period, Distinction
2009‑2012: Individual programme of studies combining History of Art and Archaeology “Artes Liberales” Academy, Jagiellonian University, Kraków and the University of Warsaw
2007‑2011: Bachelor of Arts Diploma in Comparative Studies of Civilizations Jagiellonian University, Kraków
2006‑2011: Master of Arts Diploma in History of Art, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Lic A., “Functions of spolia in Umayyad Architecture”, Art of the Orient,2, 2013, p. 5‑11.
Lic A., “Architektura wczesnochrześcijańska w Arabii Wschodniej na przykładzie kościołów w Jubail, Al-Qusur i Al-Khawr”, Sympozja Kazimierskie poświęcone kulturze świata późnego antyku i wczesnego chrześcijaństwa 8, ed. B. Iwaszkiewicz-Wronikowska, Lublin, 2014, p. 317‑325.

“Christian Stucco Production on Failaka Island : Between Mesopotamia and the Southern Gulf”, 50^th Seminar for Arabian Studies (British Museum, London): 29/07/2016.
“Sasanian Motifs in Christian Stucco Decorations in Mesopotamia and the Gulf Region in Late Antiquity”, Symposia Iranica conference (Downing College, University of Cambridge), the paper awarded with an honourable mention: 09/04/2015.
“Between Empires: Early Christian Architecture in Southern Mesopotamia and Persian Gulf Region”, Oxford Byzantine Society International Conference 2011: Between Constantines: representations and manifestations of an empire, Oxford: 05/03/2011.

“The stucco torso from a church in Koke (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) and the art of Byzantium”, Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar, University of Oxford: 09/06/2016.
“Stuccoes of al‑Hira: Between Persia and the Byzantine Empire”, Transcultural Approaches. To the Object in the Ashmolean Museum: An Oxford-Princeton workshop organized by the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford: 08/05/2015.
“Stucco decorations of a church on Sir Bani Yas island, United Arab Emirates: Christian artistic production of Southern Mesopotamia and the Gulf in Late Antiquity”, Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar, University of Oxford: 05/03/2015.
“The Wawel Casket”, Khalili Research Centre Seminar, University of Oxford: 17/06/2014.
“Christian Stucco Decorations in Mesopotamia and the Gulf Region in Late Antiquity”, Material Memories: Exploring Objects in the Ashmolean a series of lectures organized by the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford: 30/05/2014.
The mosque at Sobata/Shivta in the Negev in the context of Muslim-Christian relations in Bilad al‑Sham in the early Islamic period, Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar, University of Oxford: 22/05/2014.
“Who were the builders of the Great Church in Ṣanā?”, 11^th Sympozjum Kazimierskie, Conference organized by the Department of Ancient and Early Christian History of Art at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in Kazimierz Dolny: 30/09/2012.

“Pogranicza chrześcijaństwa” (“The Frontiers of Christianity”) a series of conferences organized in Kraków in years 2009, 2010 and 2011.