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| May 5, 2015 |
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| President's Report on the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees Meeting |
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Every spring, the ASOR Board of Trustees and the Board’s Executive Committee meet to engage in discussions and undertake items of business that have come forward since the Executive Committee’s and Board’s gatherings at the November Annual Meeting. This year, the Executive Committee and the Board met during the weekend of April 17-18, in Houston, TX. Read more... |
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| Report on the Destruction of the Northwest Palace at Nimrud |
A video released by ISIL on April 11, 2015, provided vivid and shocking documentation of the deliberate destruction of relief sculpture and standing architecture at the famous archaeological site of Nimrud, located in northern Iraq near the city of Mosul. This report by the ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative provides a brief introduction to the site of Nimrud and summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding the destruction of the Northwest Palace. Read more...
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| ASOR Leadership Speaks Out on ISIL Atrocities |
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ASOR has been in the news lately regarding the recent destruction of cultural heritage in Syria and in Iraq. Follow the link to view recent ASOR mentions on CNN and the New York Times. (Image from Sturt Manning's piece on CNN.) Read more... |
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| ASOR Publications Now Available on HathiTrust Digital Library |
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The American Schools of Oriental Research is pleased to announce that 65 titles are now openly available through the partnership with Google and HathiTrust. The HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository and highly functional access platform. It provides long-term preservation and access services for public domain and in copyright content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house partner institution initiatives. Read more... |
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| ASOR Member Directory - What You Need to Know! |
As an ASOR member, you have access to ASOR's 'Individual Directory' that allows you to search for contact information of other ASOR members. The directory is password protected and only accessible by valid ASOR members. You can choose to opt out of the directory or only have select information shown. To learn more, click here...
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| BASOR Articles Available Online Ahead of Print Issue |
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We are pleased to announce that digital versions of the third set of three articles from the forthcoming BASOR 373 issue (May 2015) are now available to individual BASOR subscribers (and those whose institutions have subscriptions) via the JSTOR Current Scholarship Program. Read more... |
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| Professional Conduct Policy Approved by ASOR Board of Trustees |
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During the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meeting held this April in Houston, TX, the Board approved the latest version of the Professional Conduct Policy. To view the full policy, click here. |
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| Discounted AIAR Annual Meeting Room Rates for ASOR Members |
Current ASOR members are eligible for a 10% discount on all overnight stays at the Albright Institute in Jerusalem. To view more information on room and board rates, click here.
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| SAA Dissertation Award Presented to Alan Farahani |
Dr. Alan Farahani has won the 2015 Society for American Archaeology Dissertation Award for his 2014 dissertation, “Sustaining Community under Empire: An Archaeological Investigation of Long-Term Agricultural Production and Imperial Interventions at Dhiban, Jordan, 1000 BCE - 1450 CE.” Alan received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley’s Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology Program and is currently a post-doctoral scholar at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angles. Read more...
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| What’s in Your Dig Bag? |
In our “What’s in Your Dig Bag?” series, we asked working field archaeologists what they carry with them out in the field. We wanted to know what gear they love and what items might be unique to them. Find out what Eric Welch, Jennie Ebeling, Aren Maeir, and Jeff Blakely carry. Read more...
If you're interested in opening your dig bag up for ASOR, contact Kaitlynn Anderson.
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| Paper Presentations from the 2014 Annual Meeting |
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The ASOR 2014 Annual Meeting in San Diego was a success with both excellent presentations and excellent weather. Check out the ASORtv YouTube channel to see what presentations you missed or to revisit some great topics from this past November. View available videos... |
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