Program Bethlehem

October 9th 2026, at Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem

14:00 Welcome Speech

Dieter Vieweger, Director of the German Protestant Institute (DEI)

Opening Speeches

Hani Al Hayek, Minister of Tourism

Anke Schlimm, Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany

Jehad Yasin, Director of the Archaeological Department

Maher Nicola Canawati, Mayor of Bethlehem

Mitri Raheb, Director of Dar al-Kalima University

Academic Exchange

a) Chair: Nuha Khoury, Dar al-Kalima University, Bethlehem

14:50      The Exacavation of an Early Christian Church in Armenia, Achim Lichtenberger, University of Münster / Deutscher Palästina-Verein

15:10      100 years in Jerusalem and what comes next, Jane Humphris, CBRL Kenyon Institute

15:30      N.N., To be appointed by Dar al-Kalima University

15:50      Gadara in Hellenistic Times Brita Jansen, DEI Amman

16:10      N.N., To be appointed by Dar al-Kalima University

16:30      XXX, Margreet Steiner, Independent Researcher

16:50       Discussion