New Research in Jerash: The Danish-German Northwest Quarter Project, lecture by Dr. Achim Lichtenberger (Ruhr-University Bochum) and Dr. Rubina Raja (Aarhus University), ACOR, Amman, March 9, 2016, 6:00 pm

Since 2011, a Danish-German team has been conducting archaeological research in the Northwest Quarter of ancient Gerasa (modern Jerash). This area, which is the highest within the walled city, has yielded dense settlement stemming from the late Roman period onwards. Furthermore, indications of earlier activity in the area have also come to light. This lecture is presented by the project co-directors and it will focus on the work done in the Northwest Quarter since 2011, with particular attention to new insights about Gerasa from the Roman period to the Mamluk period.

Achim Lichtenberger is professor of classical archaeology at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany. He compteted his Ph.D. at Tübingen University and his habilitation at Münster University. His research interests are the archaeology and material culture of the Graeco-Roman Near East, iconography, and numismatics. He is speaker of the Center for Mediterranean Studies at Bochum University.

Rubina Raja is professor of classical archaeology at Aarhus University, Denmark, and director of the Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre of Excellence for Urban Network Evolutions, based at Aarhus University. Her research interests are urban archaeology, architecture, iconography, high-definition archaeology, and material culture of the Mediterranean, in particular the Graeco-Roman Near East.