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Record Number of Applicants to 2016 Shohet Scholarship Program
2016 has been another record year for applications to the ICS’s Shohet Scholars Program, in terms of numbers and quality. The Scholarship Committee is processing all materials, which will be turned over to an external jury for review. The jury, consisting of specialists in diverse fields of ancient studies, is the exclusive judge of…
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Zeev Weiss (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) Joins ICS Advisory Board in 2016
The International Catacomb Society welcomes to its Advisory Board Prof. Zeev Weiss, Eleazar L. Sukenik Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Classical Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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ICS Directors and Members at Joint AIA/SCS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, January 6-9, 2016
ICS directors, current members, scholarship recipients, and lecturers are chairing or presenting at sessions of the 147th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS) and Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), in San Francisco, CA from January 6-9, 2016. The SCS and AIA programs are available at: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/147th-annual-meeting and https://archaeological.org/sites/default/files/files/2016%20AM%20Program%20-%20Final.pdf. Program Highlights (with ICS affiliates):…
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December 7, 2015: Book Launch for ICS Advisory Board Member in NYC
Please join us for a Drinks Reception and Book Signing with Fr. Angelo di Berardino Monday, December 7, 2015 6:00 – 7:30 PM New York Athletic Club Olympic Suite – 10th floor 180 Central Park South at 7th Avenue New York, NY 10019 Historical Atlas of Ancient Christianity This new historical atlas is the first…
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December 17 Lecture of 2015 Shohet Scholar, Kevin Salesse (Bordeaux)
Friday, December 17, 2015, at 2:00 pm, Université de Bordeaux Kevin Salesse, anthropologie des Populations Passées et Présentes, Université de Bordeaux “Isotope archaeo-biogeochemistry , reconstruction of diet and mobility patterns, and biocultural interactions. Mass graves of the Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus (Rome 1st-3rd cent. AD.)”.
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December 3, 2015: ICS Executive Director public lecture in NYC
NYACK Graduate Program in Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins Colloquia Series on Reading the New Testament as Second Temple Jewish Literature December 3, 2015, from 10-12 noon Nyack College NYC, 2 Washington Street, New York City, Room 2241 10-10:40: Jessica Dello Russo. “Figures in the Shadows: Contextualizing Jewish Tombs in the Catacombs of Rome” 10:40-11:20:…
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SBL/AAR 2015 Annual Meeting Sessions with ICS Directors and Board
International Catacomb Society Directors and Board Members presiding and presenting at the 2015 SBL/AAR Conference in Atlanta, GA (November 21-24): Complete SBL/AAR program: http://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Annualmeeting.aspx S22-208 Art and Religions of Antiquity 11/22/2015 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM Room: Harris (Atlanta Conference Level) – Hyatt Theme: Book Review Panel Honoring Lee I. Levine’s, Visual Judaism in…
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November 17: “Arch of Titus Project” Lecture by Shohet Scholar Steven Fine
Don’t miss this NYC lecture on the Arch of Titus Project by 2015 Shohet Scholar Steven Fine! The Arch of Titus Project and the YU Center for Israel Studies invite you to a conversation between Peter Schertz, (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) and Steven Fine (Yeshiva University): “Colorizing the Menorah: Reimaging the Arch of Titus…