International Catacomb Society

ESTELLE SHOHET BRETTMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE Pavlos Geroulanos, former Minister of Culture and Tourism of Greece, on  “The Benaki Museum and the Greek Narrative: The Role of Culture in Crisis”  Wednesday, March 29, 2017 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium (Auditorium 161) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Pavlos Geroulanos, former Minister…

(Rome, March 20th, 2017).  The Trastevere neighborhood in Rome, the low-lying area on the Tiber River’s right bank below the precipitous slopes of the Janiculum and Monteverde, has been associated with Jews since the time of the ancient Roman Republic.  The literary record is not extensive for Jews at the local level, but it…

“Novità dai recenti scavi fuori Porta Portese”, Lunedì 20 marzo Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Sala Conferenze, I piano, ore 9.30. Archaeologists working on behalf of the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma will share the results of recent excavations on the grounds of the Palazzo Leonori, the new seat of the insurance company…

International Catacomb Society directors and staff send warmest birthday wishes to Society advisor, Dr. John J. Herrmann, Jr, director emeritus of the Art of the Ancient World Collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  John has been a wonderful resource for the ICS for many years, and we hope for many years to…

College Art Association 2017 Conference Session: Ancient Sculpture in Context Friday, February 17, 2017, 8:30AM–10:00AM, in the Beekman Parlor, 2d Floor, New York Hilton Midtown, New York City Chairs: Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta, New York University; Peter De Staebler, Pratt Institute Understanding the History of Greek Sculpture: What Neuroscience Can Add John Onians, University of East Anglia…

Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Twelfth Colloquium Series The Botany of Death in Ancient Rome, a lecture by John Bodel (Brown University) Thursday, January 19, 2017 – 5:30pm to 7:00pm Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Central European University Gellner Room, Nador utca 9, Budapest, Hungary, 1051 https://cems.ceu.edu/events/2017-01-19/botany-death-ancient-rome Human mortality in the ancient Mediterranean…

The International Catacomb Society congratulates Shohet Scholars Steven Fine and Jodi Magness on the global impact of their pioneering and innovative work on Jewish archaeology and history: An article by the Times of Israel highlights Fine’s research on the Menorah, “the Western world’s oldest continuously used religious symbol”: http://www.timesofisrael.com/7-facts-about-menorahs-the-most-enduring-symbol-of-the-jewish-people/. LIve Science has listed the…

International Catacomb Society directors, advisors, and current members are presenting at and moderating many sessions of the 2016 SBL/AAR Conference.  Co-hosted by the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion, this event will be held November 19-22, 2016 in San Antonio, TX. The 2016 conference program is online:  https://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/AnnualMeeting.aspx,  Below are…

ICS warmly congratulates one of the 2015 Shohet Scholars, Prof. Steven Fine, upon the publication of his latest book with Harvard University Press, entitled The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel (Cambridge, MA, 2016). In this work, Fine, the Dean Pinkhos Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, analyzes the appearance of the…

Honoring the eve of Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year, also known as the Feast of Trumpets, “a day of shouting/blasting” (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה).  May it be sweet and joyous.  May you be written and sealed for a good year.