Under Jerusalem: A Special Lunch&Learn Event with Author Andrew Lawler
1-Time Lecture | This class is completed
Our special speaker, acclaimed journalist Andrew Lawler, brings the past to life in this one-time event. His lecture will take you under Jerusalem, into the tombs, tunnels, and trenches of the Holy City. You will meet the indelible characters who have investigated this subterranean landscape. With clarity and verve, Lawler reveals how their pursuit has not only defined the conflict over modern Jerusalem, but could provide a map for two peoples and three faiths to peacefully coexist.
A luncheon and book signing will follow this not to be missed presentation.
Andrew Lawler
Andrew Francis Lawler is an American journalist and author. He has written for The New York Times, National Geographic, Science (journal), Archaelology (magazine) and other publications. Lawler investigated the looting the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad as well as ancient sites during the American-led 2003 Iraq invasion. He also reported on cultural heritage destruction in Afghanistan from the Taliban’s 2001 fall from power until their return in 2021.
His most recent publication is Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City, which The Washington Post called "a sweeping tale of archaeological exploits and their cultural and political consequences told with a historian’s penchant for detail and a journalist’s flair for narration."