Paula Zsidi

Hungarian archaeologist, museum director (born 1952)

Paula Zsidi
Zsidi, 2015.
Born	1952 (age 71–72)^[1] Budapest, Hungary
Other names	Paula Pusztainé^[1]
Alma mater	Eötvös Loránd University

Paula Zsidi (born 1952) is a Hungarian archeologist, art historian, author, and museologist.^[1]

She served as the museum director of Aquincum Museum in Budapest from 1989 until 2015.^[2]^[3] Zsidi has published over 170 articles, exhibition catalogues, and studies,^[4] her work often focuses on Aquincum, the Roman Empire, Transdanubia, and Hungarian history.

Awards

1998 – Bálint Kuzsinszky Memorial Medal^[1]
2002 – Arnold Ipolyi Science Development Award (OTKA)^[1]
2003 – Ferenc Móra Award (museum)^[1]
2009 – István Schönvisner Award^[1]
2014 – Honorary citizen of Óbuda-Békásmegyer neighborhood, Budapest, Hungary^[5]
2017 – Pro Urbe Budapest^[1]

Publications

A select list of publications by Zsidi:

Póczy, Klára Sz; Zsidi, Paula (1992). Römische Keramik in Aquincum [Roman Pottery in Aquincum] (in Hungarian). Aquincum Museum.
Motschi, Andreas; Kob, Karin; Zsidi, Paula (1997). Out of Rome: Augusta Raurica / Aquincum: Life in Two Roman Provincial Cities (in Hungarian). Aquincum Museum. Basel, Switzerland: Schwabe. ISBN 978-3796510403.
Zsidi, Paula (2018). Mithras in Aquincum: The Mithraeum of Symphorus. Aquincum Museum. ISBN 9786155341564.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Zsidi Paula". PLM Namespace. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
^ Gabler, Dénes (2012). "Zsidi Paula Köszöntése" [A Tribute to Paula Zsidi]. Budapest Régiségei [Antiques of Budapest] (PDF). pp. 13–16.
^ Aquincum Elfogulatlan Szemmel [Aquincum Unbiased Eyes] (PDF). A Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem Építészmérnöki Kar Középülettervezési Tanszék (The Budapest Technical and University of Economics Faculty of Architecture Department of Public Building Design). 2016. pp. 178–179.
^ "Zsidi, Paula". OCLC WorldCat Identities.
^ Óbuda. "Óbuda-Békásmegyer Díszpolgára cím". Otthonunk Óbuda-Békásmegyer (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-03-07.