Byvanck award

2023 Award Winner Dominika Kaszubska

The BABESCH Byvanck Award is an annual contest for the best scholarly paper submitted to the BABESCH periodical by a novice in the field of archaeological research. The paper is the first scientific contribution of the applicant to an international A-journal.

The BABESCH Byvanck Award is named after Dame dr. Lili Byvanck-Quarles van Ufford (1907-2002), one of the last grandes dames of Classical Archaeology in the Netherlands during the 20th century. For decades she was the driving force behind BABESCH which under her zeal and guidance developed into an internationally acknowledged publication platform for Mediterranean archaeologists.

The BABESCH Byvanck Award is made possible through a yearly donation of the prof. dr. A.W. Byvanck Fund, instituted by Lili Byvanck in remembrance of her late husband with the aim of furthering the study and knowledge of the ancient world.