Katharina Galor facts for kids
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Katharina Galor (whose name in Hebrew is קתרינה מ. גלאור) was born in Germany in 1966. She is an expert in art history and archaeology, focusing on the areas of Israel and Palestine. Since 1998, she has been a professor at Brown University in the United States, where she teaches about Jewish studies and urban studies.
Her Journey in Education
Katharina Galor studied in many different countries. She went to school in Germany and France (Université d’Aix-Marseille). She also studied in Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and in the United States at Brown University.
Teaching and Research
Professor Galor has taught at several famous places around the world. These include the École biblique et archéologique française in Jerusalem, Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany, and Tufts University in the US. She also spent time as a special researcher at important archaeological centers, like the W.F. Albright Institute in Jerusalem. She even led the Narragansett Chapter of the American Institute of Archaeology.
What She Studies
From 1988 to 2006, Katharina Galor worked as an archaeologist in France and a region called the Levant (which includes Israel and Palestine). She was very interested in how different groups of people lived, their religions, and the roles of men and women in ancient times. One place she worked was Apollonia–Arsuf.
Since 2006, her work has also focused on cultural heritage. This means she studies how important historical sites and traditions are protected, especially in areas like the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Her Books
Katharina Galor has written several important books:
- The Archaeology of Jerusalem: From the Origins to the Ottomans (published in 2013). She wrote this book with Hanswulf Bloedhorn. It tells the story of Jerusalem through its ancient remains.
- Finding Jerusalem: Archaeology between Science and Ideology (published in 2017). This book explores how archaeology in Jerusalem is not just about science, but also about different ideas and beliefs.
- The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians (published in 2020). She wrote this book with Sa’ed Atshan. It looks at the relationships between people from Germany, Israel, and Palestine.
In 2018, Professor Galor received a special grant from the Leo Baeck Institute. This grant helped her work on a new book project about Jewish women.
