Join me as we explore the ancient world through lectures and tours

Speaking Engagements and Tours

Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus
  • Invited lecture for the Center of Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University
Date: 10 September 2025
Location: Boone, NC
Ancient Synagogues in the Land of Israel
  • Invited lecture for 92NY Continuing Education
Date: 12 September 2025
Location: New York, NY (via Zoom)
Highlights of Italy
  • Study Leader on a Smithsonian Journeys Tour
Date: 23 September–8 October 2025
Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus
Invited lectures at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary and the Milwaukee Area Biblical Archaeology Society
Dates: 16 October 2025
Location: Mequon, WI
The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Invited lecture for the Baltimore Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Date: 27 October 2025
Location: Baltimore, MD
Ancient Synagogues in the Land of Israel
Invited lecture at Beth Meyer synagogue
Date: 2 November 2025
Location: Raleigh, NC
Invited participant in a special panel discussion celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Biblical Archaeology Society
Date: 21 November 2025
Location: Boston, MA
Four lectures (“Pharisees and Sadducees”; “The Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls”; “The Ancient Jewish Diaspora in Egypt”;’ “Jesus’s Apocalyptic Outlook”) as Scholar-in-Residence for the 16th Annual CSP Adult Retreat at the Luskin Conference Center
Date: 15-16 February 2026
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Leader of a CSP Tour: Layers of Time: An Archaeological Exploration of Israel
Date: March 8–18, 2026
Invited participant in a symposium on “Bible and Archaeology” at the University of Laval
Date: 1-3 April 2026
Location: Quebec, Canada
Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, the 2026 Benefactors’ Lecture in Classics at Dartmouth College
Date: 6 April 2026
Location: Hanover, NH
The Thomas Burns Lectures (six lectures) at the University of Otago
Date: May 2026
Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
Herodian Jerusalem
Invited lecture at the Sydney Jewish Museum
Date: 26 May 2026
Location: Sydney, Australia
Invited lecture (topic TBA) for the Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation at the University of Sydney
Date: 27 May 2026
Location: Sydney, Australia
Invited lectures (topics TBA) at Australian Catholic University
Date: 4-9 June 2026
Location: Melbourne, Australia

photo credit: Jim Haberman