The Research Centre Papyrology aims to promote the historical-critical analysis of papyrological texts and their methodological-theoretical utilisation for the study of Hellenistic-Roman Egypt as an integral part of Ancient History at the University of Münster. It also sees itself as a contact and cooperation partner for neighbouring disciplines working in the field of papyrology within the university, for collection sites without specialist papyrological expertise and for national and international partner institutions in order to initiate and carry out subject-specific, topic-centred collaborative research.