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lic@em.uni-frankfurt.de

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Short biography

  • 2025 onwards
    lecturer, Institute of archaeological sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt
  • 2022–present
    Assistant professor, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • September 2023 – March 2024
    Guest Researcher, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhage
  • 2013–2017
    DPhil in Archaeology, University of Oxford
  • 2012–2013
    MA in Art and Architecture of the Islamic Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
  • 2010–2011
    Individual, inter-university programme of studies, ‘Artes Liberales Academy’ combining Archaeology (University of Warsaw) and History of Art (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
  • 2007–2010
    BA in Comparative Studies of Civilisations, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
  • 2006–2011
    MA in History of Art, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Research Interests

  • Material culture of the Persian Gulf region, especially in the Early Islamic period
  • Settlement patterns in Eastern Arabia in the Early Islamic period
  • Artistic and architectural traditions of Islamic societies 
  • Stucco as a decorative material in historic architecture 
  • Urbanism: the theory and development of cities in the Islamic era

Research projects

  • 2024–present: Jumeirah Archaeological Research Project (Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Dubai Culture and Arts Authority)
  • 2022–present: The Persian Gulf in the Umayyad and Abbasid Periods as an “Artistic Region” (funded by the National Science in Poland)

Publications

Recent publications
(for the full list see Link)

  • Lic, A. “Stucco Decorations of the Church on Sir Bani Yas Island and Their Artistic Context.” In Stucco in the Islamic World: Studies of Architectural Ornament from Spain to India, edited by R. P. McClary. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2025.
  • Juchniewicz, K., and A. Lic. “Abbasid Jumeirah, Dubai: An Overview of the Site and Its Architectural Stucco Decoration.” Études et Travaux 36 (2023): 57–81. https://doi.org/10.12775/EtudTrav.36.003.
  • Lic, A., A. Lichtenberger, R. Daher, and R. Zureikat. “A Note on the Architectural Layout of the Early Islamic Church on Sir Bani Yas Island, UAE.” Études et Travaux 36 (2023): 83–91. https://doi.org/10.12775/EtudTrav.36.004.
  • Lic, A. “The Beribboned Cross in Christian Art of the Early Islamic Period in Iraq and the Gulf.” In Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History & Archaeology, edited by N. Ali Amin, J. Bonnéric, and B. Couturaud, 291–304. Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68 (2023).