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

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      Tell Donath: Reflections on the Late Bronze and Iron Age Highlands, Ghassan Nagagreh, Dar al-Kalima University 

b) Chair: Achim Lichtenberger, University of Münster/ Deutscher Palästina Verein

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

16:10      Archaeology within Palestinian villages, Issa Sarie, Al Quds University 

16:30      Results of recent excavations and restorations at Tell es-Sultan/Jericho by the joint Sapienza-MoTA Expedition: Middle and Late Bronze Stratigraphy on the Spring Hill and in Areas A and E, Lorenzo Nigro, Sapienza Università di Roma

16:50       Discussion