The Department of Classical Studies and Judeo-Christian Studies at Tulane University presents a lecture by Dr. Moshe Fischer from Tel Aviv University.
Cultural interactions in the East Mediterranean in Greco-Roman times: Yavhen-Yam (Israel) as a case study
Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 5PM in Howard-Tilton B18
Reception to follow in Jones 210
Professor emeritus Moshe Fischer
Moshe Fischer (b. 1945) has got his PhD at Tel Aviv University (1979) with a dissertation about the Corinthian architectural style in the Levant (published 1990). During the past 45 years he was active as Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Department of Classics and of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University. There he has conducted numerous archaeological excavations and publication projects such as En Boqeq (Dead Sea Area), Upper Galilee Temple at Qedesh, Emmaus, Antipatris, and in last 20 years the harbor city of Yavneh-Yam (south of Tel Aviv). He is specialized in settlement archaeology and material culture, with emphasis on architecture and decoration. As such he was leading a pioneer project about the use of marble in ancient Israel, published as a monography entitled 'Marble Studies-Roman Palestine and the Marble Trade' (1998). After being retired as a teacher he dedicates his time to publications, lecturing and guiding in Mediterranean countries.
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