Paula Zsidi

Paula Zsidi
Zsidi, 2015.
Born	1952 (age 72–73) [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

1. "Zsidi Paula". PLM Namespace. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
2. Gabler, Dénes (2012). "Zsidi Paula Köszöntése" [A Tribute to Paula Zsidi]. Budapest Régiségei [Antiques of Budapest](PDF). pp. 13–16.
3. 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.
4. "Zsidi, Paula". OCLC WorldCat Identities.
5. Óbuda. "Óbuda-Békásmegyer Díszpolgára cím". Otthonunk Óbuda-Békásmegyer (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2021-03-07.