Tune in on at 8 ET on 2/8 for the keynote livestream of the Fulbright-AIAR Anniversary Event, titled "Shared Pasts, Shared Futures: The IAA and American Archaeologists in Israel" by Debora Sandhaus in conversation with Andrea M. Berlin. To register: is.gd/NcXUg8

Join us on Feb 25, 2026 for Christie Pavey’s public lecture, Willibald Goes to Jerusalem: A Trip Through the City Then and Now (17:00 IST | 10:00 EST). Post-lecture reception to follow. More details: is.gd/5cHQSt

📣 CFP: Sean W. Dever Memorial Prize 2026 (Albright Institute) $750 prize for best conference paper in Syro-Palestinian or Biblical Archaeology. Open to PhD candidates Extended Deadline: Feb 15, 2026 🔗 aiar.org/fellowships For more details: is.gd/hsKLQh

Join us for Benyamin Storchan's FOA-Albright Mini-Series Lecture, "Unearthing an Imperially Glorious Byzantine Church near Bet Shemesh: From Fieldwork to Virtual Reality" at 19:30 IST | 12:30 EST. A reception will precede the lecture at 18:30. For more details: is.gd/xAZTAu

We are pleased to announce the publication of Tel Miqne-Ekron: Objects and Material Culture Studies, Middle Bronze Age II through Iron Age II, vol. 14/1 in the Tel Miqne-Ekron Excavation series. Congratulations, Sy Gitin! For more details: aiar.org/archives/15209

Join us for Bar Kribus’ lecture, “The Religious Sites of the Betä Ǝsraʾel (Ethiopian Jews) in the Context of the Religious Architecture of the Northern Ethiopian Highlands” on Feb 11, 2026 at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST. Post-event reception. For more details: mailchi.mp/aiar/announc...

Join us for a lecture by James Fraser (AIAR Dorot Director), "Albright 2025: The Year in Review" at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST on Dec 17, 2025, with a seasonally inspired post-event reception. For more details: is.gd/dgO7im

Join us for Benyamin Storchan and Josef Briffa's lecture, "Our Life in Light: Ancient Lamps, Faith, and Festivals of Illumination" at 17:00 IST|10:00 EST on Dec 15, 2025, with a post-lecture reception. For more details: is.gd/BwSdYG

Join us for Shulamit Miller's public lecture, "The Rise of Christianity in Galilee: A Perspective from the Jewish Cities of Sepphoris and Tiberias" at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST on Dec 10, 2025. Click here for more details: mailchi.mp/aiar/reminde...

The AIAR Fellowship deadline is extended to December 19, 2025. Don't miss your opportunity to join us at the Albright in 2026–2027! Visit aiar.org/fellowships to apply.

We regret to announce the cancellation of Susan Kennedy-Arenz's Dec 3 lecture, "Paradise Gardens: A History of Jerusalem’s Foremost Leper Hospice" due to illness. Visit aiar.org/events for our program and to check the status of our events.

Join us for Benyamin Storchan and Josef Briffa's lecture, "Our Life in Light: Ancient Lamps, Faith, and Festivals of Illumination" at 17:00 IST|10:00 EST on Dec 15, 2025, with a post-lecture reception. For more details: is.gd/1he5BJ

Join us for the final lecture of the fall semester by James Fraser (AIAR Dorot Director), "Albright 2025: The Year in Review" at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST on Dec 17, 2025, with a seasonally inspired post-event reception. For more details: is.gd/8791oX

Join us for Shulamit Miller's public lecture, "The Rise of Christianity in Galilee: A Perspective from the Jewish Cities of Sepphoris and Tiberias" at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST on Dec 10, 2025. Stay afterward for a post-lecture reception. Click here for more details: is.gd/wTSSKX

Join us at the Albright! Applications for Albright Fellowships in 2026–2027 are open until Dec 5. See the details here: mailchi.mp/aiar/aiar-fe... or visit aiar.org/fellowships for more details.

Join us for Susan Kennedy-Arenz's lecture, "Paradise Gardens: A History of Jerusalem’s Foremost Leper Hospice" at 17:00 IST|10:00 EST on Dec 3, 2025. Stay afterward for the post-lecture reception. For more details: is.gd/2ULOiw

Please join us for the book launch of Rodney Aist's monograph, "Walking the Jerusalem Circuit: In the Footsteps of Pilgrims Before the Crusades" at 17:00 IST on Oct 29, 2025 at the Albright (in person only). Post-Event Reception at 18:00 IST.

Join us for a joint AIAR-FOA Panel with Igor Kreimerman, Michael Freikman, and Rachel Hallote: "American Archaeology through the Lens of Albright's Work at Tel Beit Mirsim, and Beyond." Reception: 18:00 IST; Panel: 19:00 IST | 12:00 EST, 11/12/2025). To register: is.gd/GaJgz0

Join us for a book launch panel of Susan Weingarten's new book, Ancient Jewish Food in Its Geographical and Cultural Contexts: What’s Cooking in the Talmuds? at 17:00 IDT | 10:00 EDT, Oct 20, 2025 at the Albright and on Zoom. Post-Event Reception at 18:00 IDT. For more details: aiar.org/events

Join us for Moritz F. Adam's public lecture, "Flights of the Mind – Dreams, Visions, Journeys, and Authority Construction between Classical and Jewish Literature" 17:00 IDT|10:00 EDT on Oct 15 at AIAR or on Zoom with a post-event Reception. More details: is.gd/H7lcsZ

Join us for a book launch of Rodney Aist's, "Walking the Jerusalem Circuit: In the Footsteps of Pilgrims Before the Crusades" at 17:00 IST on Oct 29, 2025 at the Albright (in person only). Post-Event Reception at 18:00 IST. Click here for more details: is.gd/DqvlLK

Join us at the Albright! Applications for Albright Fellowships in 2026–2027 are open. See the details here: mailchi.mp/aiar/aiar-fe... or visit aiar.org/fellowships for more details.

*Updated Link* Join us for Shua Kisilevitz's ASOR Mini-Series lecture, "Holier than Thou? The Temples at Moẓa and Reflections of Ritual Practices in Ancient Judah." Reception: 18:30 IDT; Lecture: 19:30 IDT | 12:30 EDT on Sept 10, 2025 at the Albright and on Zoom. For more details: is.gd/t4bgGq

Please join us for Si Walsh's public lecture, "MIND THE GAP! The Scribal Presentation of the War Rule (1QM)" at 17:00 IDT | 10:00 EDT on Sept 17, 2025 at the Albright or on Zoom. Post-Event Reception at 18:00 IDT. Click here for more details: is.gd/PoKbd4

Join us for Moritz F. Adam's public lecture, "Flights of the Mind – Dreams, Visions, Journeys, and Authority Construction between Classical and Jewish Literature" 17:00 IDT|10:00 EDT on Oct 15 at AIAR or on Zoom with a post-event Reception. More details: is.gd/H7lcsZ

*Rescheduled for Oct 20.* Join us for a panel on Susan Weingarten's Ancient Jewish Food in Its Geographical and Cultural Contexts: What’s Cooking in the Talmuds? at 17:00 IDT | 10:00 EDT at AIAR and on Zoom. Reception: 18:00 IDT. For more details: is.gd/kCnnBp

Zoom Lecture Reminder: Join us for Nadia Ben-Marzouk's lecture, "Crafting Communities into Contact: Contextualizing Glyptic Interconnections in the Levant, Egypt, and Aegean (ca. 2500-1500 BCE)," July 23, 17:00 IDT|10:00 EDT. For more details: is.gd/OfTqFs

Lecture Update - Now only on Zoom: Join us for Nadia Ben-Marzouk's lecture, "Crafting Communities into Contact: Contextualizing Glyptic Interconnections in the Levant, Egypt, and Aegean (ca. 2500-1500 BCE)," July 23, 17:00 IDT|10:00 EDT. For more details: is.gd/uor40v

Read the latest letter from the desk of AIAR Dorot Director, Dr James Fraser, here on our blog: aiar.org/archives/14202

Short-Notice Lecture Update: Please join us for Nadia Ben-Marzouk's lecture, "Crafting Communities into Contact: Contextualizing Glyptic Interconnections in the Levant, Egypt, and Aegean (ca. 2500-1500 BCE)." Now a hybrid event on July 23 at the Albright and on Zoom - is.gd/L4c6hV

Please join us for Timothy B. Sailors' public lecture, "Rethinking the Early Christian Book in the Eastern Mediterranean" at 17:00 IDT | 10:00 EDT on May 14, 2025 at the Albright or on Zoom. Post-Event Reception at 18:00 IDT. Click here for more details: is.gd/X7oSrN @tbsailors.bsky.social

Please join us for Eric Cline's book talk on his new book, After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations at 17:00 IDT | 10:00 EDT on May 7, 2025 at the Albright or on Zoom. Post-Event Reception at 18:00 IDT. Click here for more details: is.gd/havZhK @digkabri.bsky.social

Lecture Update: Now only on Zoom—Please join us for Nadia Ben-Marzouk's remote lecture, "Crafting Communities into Contact: Contextualizing Glyptic Interconnections in the Levant, Egypt, and Aegean (ca. 2500-1500 BCE)." (May 21, 2025) - is.gd/f6cggU

Join us for Höflmayer & Woitzuck's public lecture, "A Biography of an Excavation: The Austrian-German Expedition to Tell Balata/Shechem 1913–39" at 17:00 IDT | 10:00 EDT on Apr 28 at the Albright or on Zoom. Post-Event Reception at 18:00 IDT. Details: is.gd/2qY9dj

Please join us for Timothy B. Sailors' public lecture, "Rethinking the Early Christian Book in the Eastern Mediterranean" at 17:00 IDT | 10:00 EDT on May 14, 2025 at the Albright or on Zoom. Post-Event Reception at 18:00 IDT. Click here for more details: is.gd/X7oSrN @tbsailors.bsky.social

Please join us for Christian Schöne's public lecture, "A Blank Space: Exploring the Hinterland of Elusa" at 17:00 IST | 11:00 EDT on March 19, 2025 at the Albright or on Zoom. Post-Event Reception at 18:00 IST. Click here for more details: is.gd/02buI7

The Albright Institute is pleased to announce Christina Olson as the winner of the 2025 Sean W. Dever Memorial Prize for her paper, “Mortuary Landscapes of Iron Age Judah: A Reconsideration of the Relationship between the City and its Dead.” Congrats Christina! *|URL|*

Please join us for David Brown's public lecture, "Refugees in the Early Iron Southern Levant" at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST on March 5, 2025 at the Albright or on Zoom. Post-Event Reception at 18:00 IST; Click here for more details: is.gd/FS6EuU

Just a reminder, applications for 2025–2026 fellowships are due on Dec 3 at 11:59 EST. Don't forget to submit! aiar.org/fellowships

Please join us for Rafi Greenberg's public lecture, "Staying on the Surface at Qadas" at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST on Dec 4, 2024 at the Albright or on Zoom. Pre-Event Reception at 17:00 IST; Lecture at 18:00 IST. Click here for more details: mailchi.mp/aiar/reminde...

Please join us for Rafi Greenberg's public lecture, "Staying on the Surface at Qadas" at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST on Dec 4, 2024 at the Albright or on Zoom. Pre-Event Reception at 17:00 IST; Lecture at 18:00 IST. Click here for more details: *|URL|*

The recording is up! We welcome everyone to watch the recording of Issam Halayqa's lecture, "Persian Coins from the Palestinian Territories" on our YouTube Channel, @AlbrightLive. Many thanks to Issam for this engaging lecture. Find the recording of Issam's lecture here: youtu.be/ous7Oac8Q5Q

Issam Halayqa's public lecture, "Persian Coins from the Palestinian Territories" is about to start at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST. Come in person or join us on Zoom. Zoom Webinar ID: 819 3650 5733 Passcode: 256048 is.gd/0TMUzh

Please join us tomorrow for Issam Halayqa's public lecture, Persian Coins from the Palestinian Territories at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST on Nov 6, 2024 at the Albright or on Zoom. Click here for more details: mailchi.mp/aiar/reminde...

Today our Ernest S. Frerichs Annual Professor, Roy Marom, is leading our fellows on a field trip focusing on Palestinian Museology and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in the Triangle Area. Thank you, Roy, for organizing this trip.

The recording is up! We welcome everyone to watch the recording of Roy Marom's lecture, "Rural Palestine Between Written and Oral Sources" on our YouTube Channel, @AlbrightLive. Many thanks to Roy Marom for this engaging lecture. Find the recording of Roy's lecture here: youtu.be/Zi6f3scpdXk

Please join us for Issam Halayqa's public lecture, Persian Coins from the Palestinian Territories at 17:00 IST | 10:00 EST on Nov 6, 2024 at the Albright or on Zoom. Click here for more details: is.gd/VbzWFo

We welcome everyone to watch the recording of the IES/AIAR Book Launch for Yosef Garfinkel's new publication, Colonial Archaeology in Palestine in the 1930s. Click here for his opening comments and a link to the full event recording: youtube.com/clip/UgkxVoi... Order your copy here: is.gd/9X8v7g

Don't miss the IES/AIAR book launch of Yossi Garfinkel's Colonial Archaeology in Palestine in the 1930s: The First Expedition to Lachish. We start at 17:00 IDT/10:00 EDT. Join via Zoom or come in-person and enjoy Chef Hisham's culinary delights at the post-event reception.

Eisenbrauns, an imprint of Penn State University Press, is hiring an Acquisitions Editor.