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Introducing the Shohet Scholars for 2024-2025
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International Catacomb Society Shohet Fellowship Competition 2024-2025 PRESS RELEASE: 3 May 2024 The International Catacomb Society is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Estelle Brettman Shohet Competition: Davide Tanasi (Professor of Digital Humanities, Department of History, Institute for Digital Exploration, University of South Florida) and David Cardona (Senior Curator, Heritage Malta), for…
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Review: Dinamiche Insediative nel Territorio di Canicattini Bagni e nel Bacino di Alimentazione del Torrente Cavadonna (Siracusa) tra Antichita’ e Medioevo (2016)
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Review of Santino Alessandro Cugno. Dinamiche Insediative nel Territorio di Canicattini Bagni e nel Bacino di Alimentazione del Torrente Cavadonna (Siracusa) tra Antichita’ e Medioevo. BAR International Series n. 2802, 2016.
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In Memoriam: A. Thomas Kraabel (1934-2016)
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ICS marks the passing on 2 November 2016 of Professor A. Thomas Kraabel, who collaborated with ICS founder Estelle S. Brettman on the organization of the international panel “Diaspora Judaism Under the Roman Empire: Recent Archaeological Evidence,” at the American Institute of Archaeology’s Annual Conference in Boston in 1979. Invited panel speakers were Prof.…
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In Memoriam: Former ICS Director Nitza Rosovsky (1934-2023)
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The International Catacomb Society remembers with affection and gratitude Harvard Semitic Museum curator Nitza Rosovsky, a former ICS director. Mrs. Rosovsky passed away in Cambridge, MA on 29 December 2023. Her obituary is here. In addition to arranging for ICS lectures in the newly inaugurated Rosovsky Hall at Harvard Radcliffe Hillel, Mrs. Rosovsky was…
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Jessica Dello Russo interviewed for Archaeology Magazine article on Jewish Catacombs of Rome
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Archaeologist Jessica Dello Russo replies to journalist’s questions about the Jews of Ancient Rome and their burial practices, including the structural nature, chronology, and possible origins of the catacombs of Rome.
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“Italy’s Other Catacombs”: Fra Noi interview with ICS Executive Board Member Jessica Dello Russo
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Journalist Elena Ferrarin of the Chicago-based Italian-American magazine Fra Noi interviewed International Catacomb Society executive board member Jessica Dello Russo about Dello Russo’s research on the Jewish catacombs of Rome.
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Jessica Dello Russo interviewed about the legacy of ICS founder Estelle Shohet Brettman
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ICS executive board member Jessica Dello Russo recently sat down with Jewish Museum of Rome docent and journalist Brenda Lee Bohen to discuss recent developments in the study and conservation of the Jewish catacombs of Rome, with reflections about Estelle Shohet Brettman’s dedication to raising awareness about these historic cemeteries and the need for…
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2023 Brettman Memorial Lecture: Anne Carson, A Rustle of Catullus
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The Ancient Greek and Roman Art department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in welcoming Anne Carson as this season’s Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture speaker. The presentation, titled “A Rustle of Catullus”, will discuss Catullus in relation to contemporary artist Cy Twombly, adding to the new and exciting inter-departmental exhibition “Making Past…
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Saints, Rulers, and Bishops: Political and Ecclesial Theology in Ravenna’s Collective Portraits” – Lecture by Prof. Arthur Urbano via Zoom on 10 December 2022
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“Saints, Rulers, and Bishops: Political and Ecclesial Theology in Ravenna’s Collective Portraits.” Presenter: Arthur Urbano, Providence College Saturday December 10, 10:30a.m.–12:00 noon on zoom. The paper and zoom link will be sent out shortly after Thanksgiving. We look forward to seeing you (virtually), and to a splendid discussion! Feel free to invite your colleagues…
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Death and Rebirth in Late Antiquity: Studies in Honor of ICS President Prof. Robin M. Jensen (2022)
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Death and Rebirth in Late Antiquity, a collection of studies in honor of Prof. Robin M. Jensen, Patrick O’Brien Professor of Theology at Notre Dame University, is now available from Roman and Littlefield Press (2022). Edited by Lee M. Jefferson, the Nelson D. and Mary McDowell Rodes Associate Professor of Religion at Centre College…