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| April 7, 2021 |
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| Membership Info |
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Member Type: Staff Membership
Expiration Date: 8/27/21
Member ID: 9736440
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2021 Plenary Speaker Announced: Dr. Morag Kersel
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Prof. Morag Kersel will kick-off ASOR’s 2021 Annual Meeting on Wednesday, November 17th at the Hilton Chicago with the plenary address, “Living with Legacies: ASOR Archaeo-activism and a Future for 21st Century Archaeology.” Dr. Kersel (DePaul University) is a longtime member of ASOR with excavation and survey experience in Egypt, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Turkey. Read more . . .
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| March Fellowship Madness 2021 Success |
Thanks to 63 ASOR members, March Fellowship Madness 2021 was a success. We didn’t reach our goal of $20,000, but we made tremendous progress ($14,000) towards earning the $150,000 challenge gift. Every dollar of the $14,000 contributed during March will be matched with two dollars. We thus raised a total of $42,000 in March towards endowing BIPOC fellowships in perpetuity. Read more . . .
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| Mesopotamian Fellowship-Second Round Applications |
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Panel Discussion on "Archaeogaming" on April 18
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Register for our next webinar on April 18, at 7:30 pm EDT, featuring Tine Rassalle, Shannon Martino, Matthew Winter, and Michael Zimmerman and "Archaeogaming: Why Video Games Deserve Their Own Archaeology." This panel of scholars will introduce you to the key concepts of “archaeogaming,” or the intersection of archaeology and video games. A rapidly emerging field, archaeogaming studies the representation of archaeology in video games, the historical narratives in video games, the use of video games as pedagogical tools in the archaeological classroom, and so much more. The discussants will seek to demonstrate how video games can no longer be overlooked as tools to communicate with a general audience and how video games are intriguing new subjects and places for archaeologists to study. Register and pay here. Price is $5 for ASOR members and $10 for non-members. All proceeds will support initiatives to benefit Students and Early Career Scholars.
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| Libyan Update: Encouraging Volunteer Participation in Cultural Heritage Protection |
Thanks to the U.S. Embassy Libya External Office (LEO), ten of ASOR's colleagues from Libya were able to take part in ASOR's Virtual Annual meeting. Mr. Talal Bariun of ASOR presented the paper "Encouraging Volunteer Participation in Cultural Heritage Protection," which discussed efforts to encourage volunteerism during weekend cultural heritage "pop-up" events. Click here to view Bariun's paper.
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| Black Scholars Matter Initiative – Scholarship Opportunity |
ASOR is excited to share that we are partnering with Humans Against Poor Scholarship (HAPS) on a grant opportunity for undergraduate Black students contemplating further study of the ancient Near East. Winners of the BSM grant who attend ASOR’s Annual Meeting in Chicago, November 17-20, will receive one year’s conference registration and a two-year student membership, as well as $1,000 toward conference expenses. In addition, successful applicants are paired with a mentor during the conference. Learn more about how to apply and ways to support HAPS and ASOR’s diversity challenge campaign here.
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| NEA 84.1 Table of Contents is Online |
Interested in how archaeology "plays" into the world of video games? The March 2021 issue of NEA includes articles such as: Archaeogaming: When Archaeology and Video Games Come Together; Beyond Tomb and Relic: Anthropological and Pedagogical Approaches to Archaeogaming; Formless and Void: The Emergence of Biblical Lands in Early Religious Video Games (1982–1991); and more. Read more . . .
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Early Career Member Resources
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The Early Career Scholars Committee has compiled a list of resources for the ASOR community. The list currently inlcudes grant and fellowship opportunities, job search resources, general resources, and past Brown Bag Lunch videos. This collection of resources is a work in progress and will continue to be updated over time. For additions to this list or questions/comments, please contact Marta Ostovich. Read more . . .
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