News

The Faculty of Humanities invites outstanding candidates to apply for tenure-track positions in Biblical Archaeology

30 June, 2024

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites applications for a tenure-track position (open rank) in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, with a specialization in the Archaeology of the Southern Levant in the Bronze and Iron Ages. The position is open to all candidates who have attained a Ph.D. degree and to advanced doctoral students who expect to be granted their Ph.D. no later than June 30, 2025.

Job requirements:

The Minerva Center for the study of Population Fragmentation!

4 January, 2024

Warm congratulations to Prof. Erella Hovers from the Institute of Archaeology and her partners at the Institute of Life Sciences - Dr. Oren Kolodny and Dr. Gili Greenbaum, for winning a grant to establish the Minerva Center for the study of Population Fragmentation!

Congratulations to Professor Uri Gabbay and Professor Naama Yahalom-Mack!

31 December, 2023

The institution is pleased to start the academic year with good news: two of our department's lecturers have been chosen by our students as outstanding teachers in the university's satisfaction surveys. Congratulations to Professor Uri Gabbay and Professor Naama Yahalom-Mack!

We happy to announce that the AUTOMATA project won the funding of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme!

28 December, 2023

As part of a consortium of multiple laboratories working on this project, The Computational Archaeology Laboratory headed by Prof. Leore Grosman and managed by Dr. Heeli Schechter, has been involved in conceptualizing, designing and kicking-off this project.

AUTOMATA project aims to establish an automated, quick, accurate, and low-cost procedure to allow massive digitation campaigns of archaeological artifacts.

Obituary Notice - Vivian Silver

14 November, 2023

The Institute of Archaeology is sad to announce the death of Vivian Silver, who was murdered at her house at Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7th. 

Vivian, a peace activist, the founder of Women Wage Peace and Ajeec Nisped, is the mother of Chen Zeigen, a member of our community and a doctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Connecticut.

We send our deepest condolences to Chen and the entire family.

Call for Applications: Hertog Center

10 July, 2023

The Hertog Center invites researchers and graduate students to apply for funding for research, excavation, and publication of past and present projects related to the archaeology of Jerusalem and Judah conducted by the Institute of Archaeology of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Grants range between $1,000-$10,000 per project (for M.A. students, up to $2,000).

Applications should be submitted at the following link: http://scholarships.huji.ac.il
Application deadline: August 20, 2023