This event will bring author Dr Katharina Galor (Humboldt University, Berlin) into discussion with Dr Nazmi Jubeh (Birzeit University, Palestine) about the findings of her new book: 'Finding Jerusalem: Archaeology Between Science and Ideology' (University of California Press, 2017). Bridging the gap between popular coverage and specialized literature, 'Finding Jerusalem' provides a comprehensive tour of the politics of archaeology in the city. Through an analysis of the material evidence, Galor illuminates the complex legal contexts and ethical precepts that underlie archaeological activity and the discourse of “cultural heritage” in Jerusalem, and investigates how it has been shaped by religious and political agendas from the beginning of archaeological explorations in the mid-19th century to the present.

Katharina Galor is a Visiting Professor at the Theologische Fakultät at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. She has published widely on the visual and material culture of ancient Palestine including her
co-authored book on The Archaeology of Jerusalem: From the Origins to the Ottomans (Yale University Press, 2013), Nazmi Jubeh
is Associate Professor of History and Archaeology at Birzeit University, Palestine. He is a specialist on Jerusalem and Hebron
in general, and the Holy Sites in particular.

This is a joint event between the Kenyon Institute, the Educational Bookshop and Dar al-Tifel al-Arab. It will take place at Dar Isaaf Nashashibi (above Gallery Cafe).

Please join us for what promises to be an interesting discussion;
all are welcome. The book is free to download from: http://www.luminosoa.org/site/books/10.1525/luminos.29/ but
there will also be some copies for sale at the event.