Biography

Joanna Popielska-Grzybowska is an Associate Professor; holds a PhD in Egyptology (2007) from the University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology in Poland. She is an Egyptologist philologist and archaeologist. She was a Lecturer at the University of Warsaw from 1998 to 2006, and has been a lecturer and adjunct from 2004 to 2017 at the Pułtusk Academy of Humanities, Pułtusk, Poland. She has also been Head of Department of Ancient Cultures from 15 April, 2011 to the present, and Head of Department of Cultures of Africa from 01 July, 2009 to the 14 February, 2011. Presently she is an associate professor and the Head of the Publishing Department in the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.
Popielska-Grzybowska’s publications include two monographs (2020, 2021) and one forthcoming (2025), chapters in many monographs, and over 60 published articles. She has been a member of the International Association of Egyptologists since 1998, a member of the Polish Society of African Studies since 2010, a charter member of the Society EDUCARE since 2013; the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore since 2014; a charter member of the Stowarzyszenie Uniwersytetów Dziecięcych (=Society of Childrens’ Universities) since 2015; and nominated correspondent researcher of the Centro de História d'Aquém e d'Além-Mar Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Universidadee de Açores/Portuguese Centre for Global History in Portugal since November 2015.
In 2019 she was awarded "in recognition of her skills and professional experience" as a Senior Research Fellow of The Ancient Egypt Foundation.
In addition, she has organised eleven international conferences; served as editor for 16 volumes of scientific publications, the whole series Acta Archaeologica Pultuskiensia included.
She was the Founder of the University for Children (Pułtusk); organises chatty lectures, workshops, and participated in the IMAX Cinema – educational programme and many others.
Her scientific interests concentrate on the religious texts, the Pyramid and the Coffin Texts in particular as well as linguistic worldview studies and history of Egyptology.