-
Prof. Arthur Urbano of Providence College joins ICS Board of Directors in 2016
The International Catacomb Society welcomes Prof. Arthur Urbano to its Board of Directors. Prof. Urbano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at Providence College where he has been teaching since 2005. He received a BA with a double concentration in Classics and Italian Studies from Brown University in 1995. In 1999 he earned an…
-
Longtime ICS Advisor, Jodi Magness, to speak on Huqoq Excavations at Harvard April 18, 2016
Monday, April 18, 2016, at 4 pm, Prof. Jodi Magness, Director of the Huqoq excavation and longtime advisor to the ICS, will deliver a public lecture at Harvard’s Semitic Museum about her latest discoveries at Huqoq: “”Samson in Stone: New Discoveries in the Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee”. The lecture is free…
-
ICS Advisor Tessa Rajak Co-Author of New Digital Resource on Josephus
From ICS Advisor, Prof. Tessa Rajak (Somerville College, Oxford): Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce a new digital resource, the Josephus Reception Archive: http://josephus.orinst.ox.ac.uk/archive/jra. We hope you will visit it and find it useful. We warmly welcome feedback and offers of participation in the future development of the JRA. The online platform presents…
-
ICS Director Nicola Denzey Lewis to speak at Postgraduate Workshop on the Materiality of Divine Agency in the Graeco-Roman World (August, 2016)
The Materiality of Divine Agency in the Graeco-Roman World, Postgraduate Workshop Aug. 29th – Sept. 2nd 2016, Max-Weber-Kolleg,University of Erfurt The workshop aims to investigate archaeological evidence and textual sources in a comparative way to unearth the multiplicity and richness with which divine agency is depicted in narratives, religious practices and ideas, as well as…
-
Gary Glassman’s award-winning Petra film at TurismA 2016 (Firenze)
Petra: Lost City of Stone, a 2015 documentary by Gary Glassman (husband of ICS Director Joan Branham), winner of the 2015 “Città di Rovereto – Archeologia Viva” prize, will be shown at “TourismA” an international exposition on archaeology in Firenze on Sunday, February 21, at 8:10 am in the auditorium of the Palazzo dei…
-
ICS Advisors and Members at TourismA – Salone internazionale dell’archeologia 2016 (Firenze)
PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI (Firenze) 19 – 21 febbraio 2016 tourismA – Salone Internazionale dell’Archeologia Una manifestazione di tre giorni, negli spazi prestigiosi del centralissimo Palazzo dei Congressi. tourismA è un momento di esposizione, divulgazione e confronto di tutte le iniziative legate alla comunicazione del mondo antico e alla valorizzazione delle sue testimonianze. Il Salone Internazionale…
-
“Vatican Splendors” Exhibit in Philadelphia integrates ICS resources into curriculum
In light of ICS founder Estelle S. Brettman’s vision of providing educational resources to schools through a multi-sensory approach, the ICS is pleased to be a resource for the unit on “The Church Underground: Exploring the Past through Archaeology” in the school guide to the exhibit “Vatican Splendors: a Journey through Faith and Art”…
-
Notre Dame Jubilee Seminar in Rome with International Catacomb Society Vice President Robin M. Jensen
Notre Dame Rome Summer Seminar on the Jubilee with International Catacomb Society Vice President Robin M. Jensen: http://italianstudies.nd.edu/rome-seminar/rome-seminar-2016-jubilee/
-
February 16 Lecture on Sepphoris by ICS Advisor Zeev Weiss in NYC
“Shaping Religious Space in Roman and Late Antique Sepphoris” Zeev Weiss NYC ISAW Visiting Research Scholar February 16, 2016, 6 pm in the ISAW Lecture Hall, 15 East 84th St. New York, NY Prof. Weiss, Eleazar L. Sukenik Professor of Archaeology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Director of the Hebrew University Sepphoris excavations and…
-
ICS Advisor and Current Shohet Fellow to speak at BC Concoran Chair Conference, April 3-4, 2016
Professor Tessa Rajak (Oxford University, ICS Advisor) and Professor Steven Fine (Yeshiva University, Shohet Scholar) are among the invited speakers at Boston College’s Concoran Chair Conference on “Marginality and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean World” April 3-4, 2016 at Boston College’s Chestnut Hill Campus. http://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/research_sites/cjl/pdf/2016%20Corcoran%20Chair%20Conference_Flyer.pdf