Seminars. This program serves as a forum in which Albright appointees share their research with each other and with colleagues from local institutions on a wide variety of subjects in Ancient Near Eastern Studies.
Workshops. In this in-house program, Albright appointees have the opportunity to share the progress of their research with other Albright Fellows in an informal setting. It is an opportunity to test theories and partial results and contributes to the atmosphere of collegiality at the Institute.
Reports. Technical reports on the most recent archaeological discoveries in Israel and in the Palestinian Entity are presented by local scholars for Albright Fellows and members of other foreign and local archaeological institutions in Jerusalem.
Trude Dothan Lectureship in Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Each year, a senior scholar from abroad working in the discipline of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, History, Languages and Literature is invited to lecture at Al-Quds University, the Hebrew University, and the Albright Institute. This annual lectureship was endowed at the Albright Institute by the Dorot Foundation to support and encourage the Albright’s long-standing program dedicated to advancing the dialogue between students and scholars from the Israeli, Palestinian, and foreign academic communities in Jerusalem.
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2005 Trude Dothan Lectureship (l-r):
Seymour Gitin, Trude Dothan, Dorthea Arnold, Salah Houdalieh
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1999: Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, Professor of Archaeology, Heidelberg University gave two lectures: “The Influence of Greek Mercenaries in the Levant at the End of the Iron Age II” and “Recent Excavations at Miletos, Turkey.”
2000: Sir John Bordman, Lincoln Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology and Art, Oxford University, gave three lectures: “The Diffusion of Greek Art in Antiquity,” “Greeks in the East: 8th to 7th Century B.C.,” and “Aspects of Greek Colonization.”
2002: Ian Hodder, Professor of Archaeology, Stanford University gave three lectures: “Theory and Practice in Archaeology,” “Recent Excavations at Catal Huyuk,” and “Towards a Hybrid Archaeology: blurred Genres at Catal Huyuk.”
2004: Joseph Maran, Director, Institute of Pre- and Proto-History, Heidelberg University gave three lectures: “Tiryns during the late Palatial and Post-Palatial Periods: New Excavation Results,” “Coming to Terms with the Past: Ideology and Power in Late Helladic IIIC,” and “The Spread of Objects and Ideas in the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean: Two Case Studies from the Argolid of the 13th and 12th centuries BCE.”
2005: Dorothea Arnold, Lila Acheson Wallace Curator, Department of Egyptian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY gave two lectures: “The Royal Women of Amarna,” and “What Did the Hyksos Look Like? Image and Identity.”
2006: Oscar Muscarella, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY gave three lectures on “Hasanlu: An Archaeological Evaluation,” “Ayanis and Urartaian Archaeology,” and “King Midas’ Gordion and Phrygia.”
2008: James P. Allen, Wilbour Professor of Egyptology, Brown University gave three lectures on “The Advent of Ancient Egyptian Literature,” “The Recently-Discovered Historical Inscription of Khnumhotep at Dahshur,” and “Tutankhamun’s Father.”
Albright Appointees’ Evenings with Guest Scholars. Each month, a dinner and informal discussion with a guest scholar are held at the Institute for Albright Appointees. Local and foreign academics are invited according to the special interests of the AIAR Fellows. These evenings offer a unique opportunity for informal discussion of the research projects of senior scholars within a wide range of Ancient Near Eastern Studies. They also contribute greatly to the integration of AIAR Fellows into the local academic community. Guests have included James P. Allen, Ruth and David Amiran, Clinton Bailey, Daphna and Amnon Ben-Tor, Pierre and Patricia Bikai, Magen Broshi, Israel Finkelstein, Yuval Goren, David Graf, Jean-Baptist Humbert, James Kugal, Amihai Mazar, Avraham Malamat, Eric Meyers, Jerome Murphy-O'Conner, Eliezer Oren, Barbara Porter, Nadav Na’aman, Anson Rainey, Patricia Smith, Ephraim Stern, David Ussishkin.
Issa Sarie' and Patricia Smith (l-r)
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Albright fellows and dinner guests
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Manfred Bietak
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Trude Dothan, Seymour Gitin,
Daphna Ben-Tor (l-r)
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Jean-Baptist Humbert
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Research Institute Visits: Local research institutes are visited to acquaint AIAR appointees with the facilities and researchers involved in different aspects of Ancient Near Eastern Studies.
Visit to the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at
Hebrew Union College with David Ilan, Director (right).
Albright fellows (l-r) Hagith Sivan, Becky Martin, Jill Baker,
and Eveline van der Steen
Field Trips: More than 90 local archaeological sites and museums are visited each year and triennial study trips are organized to Crete, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria or Turkey.
Tel Sheva
Water Tunnel
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Field trip to the Western Wall Tunnel
in Jerusalem
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Gezer
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Susita
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Entrance to the
Qumran acquaduct
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Philistine Museum, Ashdod
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Conferences, Symposia, Meetings, and Special Events: These are programs sponsored by the Albright or other institutions in which AIAR appointees and other scholars are invited to participate.
Internships in Archaeology: Interns from the Rothberg School for Overseas Students, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, are supervised at the Albright by the Director and AIAR Fellows. This provides a practicum for which students can earn four university credits, as well as assistance to research projects conducted at the Albright.
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