Monday, August 08, 2011

Conference on Gustaf Dalman's legacy

A CONFERENCE ON GUSTAF DALMAN'S LEGACY is taking place in Jerusalem later this month. English program:
Gustaf-Dalman-Enquete

of the international project »Gustaf Dalman’s “Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina” in Hebrew«

18-19 August 2011
Austrian Hospice, Via Dolorosa 37, Jerusalem


Programme:
Thursday, 18 August, starting at 3:00 p.m.:

Afternoon lectures and project presentation at the Austrian Hospice (in English)

Markus Stephan Bugnyar (Rector of the Austrian Hospice):
On the history of the Austrian Hospice in Jerusalem

Friedrich Schipper (University of Vienna):
On the history of the German and Austrian exploration of the Holy Land

Dieter Vieweger (Director of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem):
Conrad Schick and the archaeological excavation of the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem

Coffee break

Julia Männchen (University of Greifswald):
The life and legacy of Gustaf Dalman

Ronny Reich (University of Haifa):
Presentation of the international project »Gustaf Dalman’s “Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina” in Hebrew. A commentary and translation.«

Evening reception

Friday, 19 August, starting at 10:00 a.m.:

Morning tour in the Church of the Redeemer (in English)

Dieter Vieweger (Director of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem):
The touristic development of the excavations below the Church of the Redeemer.
An archaeological tour through the old excavations below the Church of the Redeemer

Information: Dr. Friedrich Schipper, University of Vienna, Austria, E-mail: friedrich.schipper@univie.ac.at
A PDF file of the program in multiple languages is here. (Via the Agade list.) More on Gustaf Hermann Dalman here. I still have his Aramäisch-neuhebraeisches Wörterbuch on my bookshelf and still refer to it.