Egyptologist, archaeologist Senior fellow, College for Social Sciences and Humanities, University Alliance Ruhr, Essen Lecturer at University of Graz Winner of Harrassowitz Philippika (2018) and Austrian Academy of Sciences (2020) Prizeshttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mqq3k7yl7c2qIs 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 https://www.equinoxpub.com/projects/theory-in-egyptology16 Jul 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqq3k7yl7c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mntwqgx4oc2vThat 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 #archaeology09 Jun 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mntwqgx4oc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mnsdpl3gjc2zUse the code PREHISTORY20 for a 20% discount on Aftermath of War in Ancient Societies! @oxbowbooks.bsky.social #archaeology08 Jun 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsdpl3gjc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mnexj7jjuc2yWe 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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnexj7jjuc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mlsnub6lyk2g🤩 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! https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/10127156714 May 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsnub6lyk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mlldc4stw22lTrying out Kudos as a feature of @degruyterbrill.bsky.social to communicate my research to a broader audience 🧠 Hope it inspires people to read it and think about ideological background of class and ontological distinctions in #ancientEgypt link.growkudos.com/1eqi0q439q8 #egyptology #archaeology https://link.growkudos.com/1eqi0q439q811 May 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlldc4stw22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mjg4ypijkk2dIt 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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjg4ypijkk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mgzir7h4dc2lHappy 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 ✅ https://muse.jhu.edu/verify?url=%2Fpub%2F1%2Farticle%2F952548&r=35273114 Mar 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzir7h4dc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mgksega6jc2tLast 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! https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ob4M4vuO3I9uRIMmS1l3s?si=W5-L47SvQXmASm6Es3c2UA08 Mar 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgksega6jc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mgkp5lk6hc26In 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!08 Mar 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkp5lk6hc26https://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3mbuwcnmzfc2qThrilled 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 https://youtu.be/EABDmK2wy1Q08 Jan 2026 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbuwcnmzfc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3maqisgeop226Follow your star 💫24 Dec 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3maqisgeop226https://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3ma6wki2pqk2r📽️ 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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Dec 2025 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6wki2pqk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3m7ae7w5zr22e🤓 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. https://forschung.tmw.at/exhibition/view/10303705 Dec 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ae7w5zr22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3m6q2pi6ct226📖 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 Roßberger28 Nov 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6q2pi6ct226https://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3m63754dg722h🇨🇭I will be in Zurich next week at the University of Zurich as a guest of its ZAZH-Zentrum Altertumswissenschaften Zürich, presenting on archaeology of fear in ancient Egyptian palaces. Join us there it you are around! 🙌20 Nov 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63754dg722hhttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3m527zdtpp22iPerfect end of the week with a hardcover example of our newest edited volume that just arrived today from Leiden ❤️ @sidestone.bsky.social Open Access at https://www.sidestone.com/books/bodies-that-mattered #ancientegypt #egyptology #corporealities #bodies #archaeology07 Nov 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m527zdtpp22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3m2r743iid225Our volume has been published in open access! Dig in! Many chapters dealing with bodies in #AncientEgypt. It is a first volume of this kind in #Egyptology a discipline running later as usual. Congrats to all contributors! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Oct 2025 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2r743iid225https://bsky.app/profile/urosmatic.bsky.social/post/3m2gx66gdnk2h📖 “Bodies that Mattered. Ancient Egyptian Corporealities“ edited by Dina Serova and myself should be out any time now and can be pre ordered. Get your discount at @sidestone.bsky.social #egyptology #archaeology #body #ancientegypt https://www.sidestone.com/books/bodies-that-mattered?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwK2XvBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvlfu_6q9Ckjawpv3Zner7UD679_EBsxs4Gd3P9AXCbFfl7rhSq1YXhDaYiV_aem_Ls3rIO9TLIf6NOLNri2BkA05 Oct 2025 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:rksumeevjb6we2oaadmfa7dr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2gx66gdnk2h