Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | 8:00 PM | Open to the Public | Zoom Join Professor Louise Hitchcock of University of Melbourne over Zoom for a discussion of ancient maritime history. The Sea Peoples were emblematic of the mixed ethnic identities that typified pirates of the Mediterranean world near the end of the Bronze Age. These […]

Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Open to the Public | At B’nai Israel Join Dr. Eric Cline at B’nai Israel for an evening of ancient history. In the years after 1177 BCE, many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, […]

Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 3:00 PM | Open to the Public Join Dr. Amy Sowder-Koch of Towson University for an afternoon of archaeology. The island of Samothrace and its mystery cult that promised safety at sea and improved lives for its initiates are mentioned as early as the Homeric poems, but few finds indicate […]

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | 8:00 PM | Open to the Public Join Dr. Xandy Frisch of George Mason University for an evening of ancient history. Beginning in 586 BCE, a virtually uninterrupted succession of empires ruled over Jews both in Israel and in the Diaspora. This lecture will explore how one specific Jewish community, […]

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 8:00 PM | Open to the Public Join Dr. Bradley Gregory of The Catholic University of America for an evening of biblical literature discussion. This presentation will highlight struggles to grapple with the pursuit of wisdom in early Jewish works such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the second century BCE […]

Sunday, November 12 | 3:00 PM | Open to the Public Join Dr. Maryl Gensheimer of University of Maryland for an afternoon of archaeology with her lecture, “Daily Lives in Rome Versus Those in the Roman Provinces (As Revealed by Findings at Roman Baths).” Excavating the baths of Roman Britain have produced small finds that […]

Wednesday, October 11 | 8:00 PM | Open to the Public Join Dr. David Bosworth of The Catholic University of America for an evening of Biblical history as part of the Biblical Archaeology Forum (BAF). The Hebrew Bible is replete with episodes of war and violence. One less explored facet of this presentation includes intimate […]

Wednesday, September 13 | 8:00 PM | Free | Open to the Public Join Professor Christopher Rollston of The George Washington University for an evening of archaeology. The 9th century BCE was a period of great tumult in the world of the Bible. For example, King Omri of Israel had battled against, and subjugated, King […]