Conference November 12-14, 2006. The Jerusalem Perspective: 150 years of Archaeological Research

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Day 1

Sunday November 12, 2006
Smith Buonanno, Room 106 (Pemproke Campus, Meeting Street)

Welcome and Registration (8:30 AM to 9:30 AM)

Opening Session

9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Chair: Susan Alcock

Jerusalem in Jewish History, Tradition, and Memory

Lee I. Levine (Hebrew University)

Coffee break (11:30 AM to 11:45 AM)

Yesterday's Jerusalem Today

11:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Chair: Martha Sharp Joukowsky

Spiritual and Earthly Jerusalem: Religion, Research, and Collective Memory

Gideon Avni (Israel Antiquities Authority) and Katharina Galor (Brown University)

Lunch break (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM)

The History of the Research I

1:45 PM to 3:45 PM
Chair: Michael Steinberg

British Archaeological Work in Jerusalem: An Assessment

Shimon Gibson A (W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research)

The École biblique et archéologique française – A Catholic, French, and Archaeological Institution

Dominique Trimbur (Le centre de recherche français de Jérusalem (CRFJ)

A Century of the Albright in the Millennia of Jerusalem

Joan Branham (Providence College and W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research)

Coffee break (3:45 PM to 4:00 PM)

The History of the Research II

4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Chair: Kurt Raaflaub

The Israel Exploration Society (IES)

Ronny Reich (Haifa University)

Jerusalem’s Cultural Heritage: A Palestinian Perspective

Adel Yahya (Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange)

Concert at Hillel

"Shared Roots: Middle-Eastern Sensibilities". Featuring original compositions by David Amram and performed by David Amram, George Lopez, Charles Sherba and Consuelo Sherba.

(7:30 PM to 9:30 PM)

Day 2

Monday November 13, 2006
The Watson Institute for International Studies, Joukowsky Forum (111 Thayer Street)

Early Beginnings

9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Chair: John Cherry

The Prehistory of the Jerusalem Area

Ofer Bar-Yosef (Harvard University)

Coffee break (10:30 AM to 10:45 AM)

Iron Age Jerusalem

10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Chair: Saul Olyan

Lunch break (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM)

Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods

1:45 PM to 3:15 PM
Chair: Rolf Winkes

The Location of the Second Temple: A New Proposal

Joseph Patrich (Hebrew University)

Coffee break (3:15 PM to 3:30 PM)

Late Roman Period

3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Chair: Michael Satlow

The Temple Mount and the Roman City of Aelia Capitolina

Yaron Eliav (University of Michigan)

Aelia Capitolina

Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Coffee break (5:00 PM to 5:15 PM)

Byzantine Jerusalem

5:15 PM to 6:45 PM
Chair: Ross Kraemer

The Landscape of Jerusalem in the Byzantine Period

Yoram Tsafrir (Hebrew University)

Jerusalem’s Hinterland in the Byzantine Period

Jon Seligman (Israel Antiquities Authority)

Dinner (8:00 PM to 10:00 PM)

Day 3

Tuesday November 14, 2006
The Watson Institute for International Studies, Joukowsky Forum (111 Thayer Street)

Early Islamic Jerusalem

9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Chair: Ian Straughn

Jerusalem and the Beginnings of the Islamic City

Donald Whitcomb (University of Chicago)

Coffee break (10:30 AM to 10:45 AM)

Medieval Jerusalem

10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Chair: Steven Houston

The Crusaders in Jerusalem

Hanswulf Bloedhorn (University of Tübingen)

The Archaeology of Jerusalem in the Mamluk Period

Robert Schick (University of Bamberg)

Lunch break (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM)

Panel Discussion

1:45 PM to 3:15 PM
Chair: Gideon Avni; Discussants: Sari Nusseibeh, Ronnie Ellenblum and Frank E. Peters

Sponsors: The Artemis A.W. & Martha Sharp Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & The Ancient World, The Cogut Center for the Humanities, The Program in Ancient Studies, The Ruth & Joseph Moskow Endowment in Judaic Studies, Rhode Island Council for the Humanitites, and other sponsors