This conference will take place in-person in New York City as well as via Webinar.
Register to Attend In-Person.
This conference is sponsored with generous support from:
The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, New York University Tel Aviv
Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University
Vardit Gilor, Director of Academic Excellence, Edmond de Rothschild Foundation (IL)
Jeffrey Rubenstein, Chair, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, NYU
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SESSION 1: [Sunday, Oct 23]
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Major Themes in the Study of Caesarea and Its State of Research
Chair: Marsha Rozenblit, University of Maryland
1:30 – 2:00 Caesarea in Context: The Site, its Excavation and Conservation between
Past and Future, Gideon Avni, Israel Antiquities Authority (zoom)
2:00 – 2:30 Caesarea Archaeology: History of Research 1996-2022
Joseph Patrich, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2:30 – 3:00 Tessellated Mosaics of Roman Caesarea
Rivka Gersht, Tel Aviv University and Oranim Academic College
3:00 – 3:30 Sebastos to Portus Augusti: The Changing Fortunes of Caesarea’s Harbor
in Early Imperial Rome, Robert L. Hohlfelder, University of Colorado
3:30 – 4:00 Coffee Break
SESSION 2: [Sunday, Oct 23]
4:00 – 5:00 PM
New Archaeological Research I
Chair: Jeffrey Rubenstein, NYU
4:00 – 4:30 The Scaenae Frons of the Caesarea Theater in the Roman Period
Romi Shnabel, Tel Aviv University (zoom)
4:30 – 5:00 ‘Hold Your Horses' - Jews and Circus Curse Tablets in the Byzantine
Empire, Rivka Elitzur-Leiman, Dr. Harry Starr fellow, Harvard University
SESSION 3:
10 – 11:00 AM
New Archaeological and Historical Research
Chair: Elisha Russ-Fishbane, NYU
10:00 – 10:30 The Network of Pottery Trade in the Harbor of Caesarea Maritima
Yuval Hai, Tel Aviv University
10:30 – 11:00 Caesarea in the Islamic Period
Philip Lieberman, Vanderbilt University
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
SESSION 4: [Monday, Oct 24]
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
New Archaeological Research II
Chair, Andrew Monson, NYU
11:30 – 12:00 New Light on Urbanism and Society in Roman to Islamic Caesarea: Recent Excavations between the Herodian Temple and the Decumanus Maximus (2018-2022)
Joseph Rife, Vanderbilt University
12:00 – 12:30 Late Roman Lead Coffins from Caesarea and Jerusalem Workshops – Reassessment, Adi Ziv, Israel Antiquities Authority and Bar Ilan University
SESSION 5: [Monday, Oct 24]
1:30 – 3:45 PM
Scientific and Technological Research on the Archaeology of Caesarea
Chair: Doron Ben-Ami, Israel Antiquities Authority
1:30 – 2:00 Retracing Trading Patterns through Secondary Cargos? Ceramic Building Materials and Specialized Coarse Wares at Caesarea Maritima during the Roman and Byzantine Periods
Liora Bouzaglo, NYU Tel Aviv
2:00 – 2:30 When Hydrography met Maritime Archaeology at Caesarea Maritima: New Aspects for the Construction and Destruction
Bridget Buxton, University of Rhode Island and Jacob Sharvit, Israel Antiquities Authority
2:30 – 3:00 Archaeozoology of Caesarea: a window to animal husbandry and meat diet in the Fatimid/Crusader periods
Lidia Colominas and Nimrod Marom, NYU Tel Aviv, Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica – Tarragona, Haifa University
3:00 – 3:45 Coffee Break & Poster Session for NYUTA undergraduate students research
4:00 – 6:30 PM Keynote Session: Archaeology and the History of Caesarea
Chair: Yifat Thareani, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archeology
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Greetings:
Guy Stiebel, Senior Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Culture Tel Aviv University
Doron Ben Ami, Senior Researcher, Israel Antiquities Authority
Elli Booch, Director of Philanthropy, Edmond de Rothschild Foundation (IL)
(Introducing Professor Yossi Ben-Artzi)
4:15 – 4:45 A Vision Comes True: Caesarea and the Unique Model of Philanthropy of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation,
Yossi Ben-Artzi, University of Haifa
4:45 – 5:15 In the Shadow of the Temple: The Development of the Harbor's Eastern Quay of Roman and Late Antique Caesarea
Peter Gendelman, Israel Antiquities Authority
5:15 – 5:45 The Promontory Palace at Caesarea
Barbara Burrell, University of Cincinnati
5:45 – 6:15 Caesarea as a Roman Provincial Capital and the Trial of Paul
Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
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4:15 – 4:45 A Vision Comes True: Caesarea and the Unique Model of Philanthropy of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation,
Yossi Ben-Artzi, University of Haifa
4:45 – 5:15 In the Shadow of the Temple: The Development of the Harbor's Eastern Quay of Roman and Late Antique Caesarea
Peter Gendelman, Israel Antiquities Authority
5:15 – 5:45 The Promontory Palace at Caesarea
Barbara Burrell, University of Cincinnati
5:45 – 6:15 Caesarea as a Roman Provincial Capital and the Trial of Paul
Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
4:15 – 4:45 A Vision Comes True: Caesarea and the Unique Model of Philanthropy of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation,
Yossi Ben-Artzi, University of Haifa
4:45 – 5:15 In the Shadow of the Temple: The Development of the Harbor's Eastern Quay of Roman and Late Antique Caesarea
Peter Gendelman, Israel Antiquities Authority
5:15 – 5:45 The Promontory Palace at Caesarea
Barbara Burrell, University of Cincinnati
5:45 – 6:15 Caesarea as a Roman Provincial Capital and the Trial of Paul
Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
4:15 – 4:45 A Vision Comes True: Caesarea and the Unique Model of Philanthropy of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation,
Yossi Ben-Artzi, University of Haifa
4:45 – 5:15 In the Shadow of the Temple: The Development of the Harbor's Eastern Quay of Roman and Late Antique Caesarea
Peter Gendelman, Israel Antiquities Authority
5:15 – 5:45 The Promontory Palace at Caesarea
Barbara Burrell, University of Cincinnati
5:45 – 6:15 Caesarea as a Roman Provincial Capital and the Trial of Paul
Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
4:15 – 4:45 A Vision Comes True: Caesarea and the Unique Model of Philanthropy of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation,
Yossi Ben-Artzi, University of Haifa
4:45 – 5:15 In the Shadow of the Temple: The Development of the Harbor's Eastern Quay of Roman and Late Antique Caesarea
Peter Gendelman, Israel Antiquities Authority
5:15 – 5:45 The Promontory Palace at Caesarea
Barbara Burrell, University of Cincinnati
5:45 – 6:15 Caesarea as a Roman Provincial Capital and the Trial of Paul
Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
4:15 – 4:45 A Vision Comes True: Caesarea and the Unique Model of Philanthropy of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation,
Yossi Ben-Artzi, University of Haifa
4:45 – 5:15 In the Shadow of the Temple: The Development of the Harbor's Eastern Quay of Roman and Late Antique Caesarea
Peter Gendelman, Israel Antiquities Authority
5:15 – 5:45 The Promontory Palace at Caesarea
Barbara Burrell, University of Cincinnati
5:45 – 6:15 Caesarea as a Roman Provincial Capital and the Trial of Paul
Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
6:30 - 7:30 PM
Remarks
Benjamin Hary, Director, NYU Tel Aviv and Profesor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, NYU
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SESSION 6:
1:30 – 3:30 PM Caesarea and the Roman Empire
Chair: Daniel Fleming, NYU
1:30 – 2:00 ‟A Nation of Land Lubbers”: Ancient Imperial Policy in the Mediterranean
Yifat Thareani, New York University Tel Aviv and Hebrew Union
2:00-2:30 Exercitus in urbe: Roman Military Presence in Eastern Cities
Guy Stiebel, Tel Aviv University
2:30-3:00 Assembly and Materials in Herod’s Construction of Caesarea
Meidad Shor, Israel Antiquities Authority and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
3:00 – 3:30 PM Coffee Break
SESSION 7: [Tuesday, Oct 25]
3:30 – 4:30 PM
Jews, Christians and Pagans in Late Antique Caesarea
Chair: Steven Fine, Yeshiva University
3:30 – 4:00 Spoliation of Caesarea’s Byzantine Period Synagogue
Jill Joshowitz, New York University
4:00 – 4:30 Religious Echoes of Late Antique Caesarea in Syriac Sources
David A. Michelson, Vanderbilt University
4:30 – 5:30 PM Visit Posters of NYU Tel Aviv Undergraduate Research Projects
DAY 4: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26
SESSION 8:
10:00 – 11:00 AM Under the Crusaders
Chair: Ann Macy Roth, NYU
10:00 – 10:30 The Inhabitants of Crusader Caesarea
Piers D. Mitchell, University of Cambridge
10:30 – 11:00 Urban Development: Caesarea’s Crusader Period
Adrian Boas, University of Haifa
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
SESSION 9:
11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Directions for Further Research
Chair: Alex Jassen, NYU
11:30 – 12:00 Archaeological Research – Peter Gendelman
12:00 – 12:30 Historical Research – Lawrence H. Schiffman
12:30 – 12:45 PM CONCLUDING REMARKS
12:30 – 12:45 Remarks: Vardit Gilor, Director of Academic Excellence,
Edmond de Rothschild Foundation (IL)
12:45 – 1:00 Linda Mills, Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice Provost for
Global Programs and University Life; Lisa Ellen Goldberg Professor
1:00 – 1:15 Farewell and Thanks,
Representatives of NYU and NYU Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv University and Israel Antiquities Authority
1:15– 2:00 Lunch for all participants
