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| February 4, 2014 |
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| Major Legacy Gift Challenge - ACCOMPLISHED! |
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ASOR completed a legacy gift challenge by the January 31st deadline! None of this would have been possible without our generous ASOR members and Friends of ASOR. Follow the link to read a letter from ASOR's president, Susan Ackerman, about accomplishing our goal in the final days of the challenge. Read more... |
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| Call for Papers, Annual Meeting 2014 |
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ASOR’s Program Committee solicits papers for its 2014 Annual Meeting from scholars seeking to present their research and new discoveries. A complete list of sessions with full descriptions can be found on the ASOR website. The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 15th. Read more... |
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| Introducing New Program Committee Co-Chairs |
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ASOR is pleased to announce Dr. Geoff Emberling and Dr. Danielle Fatkin as new Co-Chairs of the Program Committee. Emberling and Fatkin succeed Professors Elise Friedland and Andrew M. Smith II who served as Co-Chairs since 2009. Read more... |
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| Applications for Grants/Fellowships due February 15th! |
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In 2007, ASOR renewed its emphasis on providing excavation grants and fellowships that allow individuals to participate in excavations in the Eastern Mediterranean. Since 2007, ASOR has awarded 243 total grants and scholarships for excavations through the Dever, Harris, MacAllister, Meyers/Wright, Platt, and Heritage Fellowships. In the past year, ASOR awarded 55 grants and fellowships - a new record! Visit ASORtv for our fellowship video series featuring our fellowship recipients! Applications are due February 15th. Read more... |
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| Welcome from Annual Meeting Program Committee Co-Chairs |
We have been the new co-chairs of the Program Committee for just about a month, but we have already been challenged by the breadth and intellectual diversity of ASOR’s membership. We are honored to serve our fellow ASOR members in this role and we are excited about the intellectual energy of our colleagues. We want to take this opportunity to thank Elise Friedland and Andrew Smith for their tireless work leading the Program Committee for the previous six years. ASOR has faced many challenges in that time, including the implementation of new technologies and new policies governing annual meeting submissions and roles. Read more...
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| Johns Hopkins University Reception Photo Gallery |
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Follow the link to check out the photo gallery from the Johns Hopkins University reception at 2013's Annual Meeting in Baltimore. Guests were welcomed to visit the new Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum and enjoy the recently refurbished historic Gilman Hall accompanied by food and drinks. Read more... |
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| Top 5 Reasons to Become a Friend of ASOR (video) |
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In early 2013, the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) created Friends of ASOR. Friends of ASOR are people interested in archaeological and historical research in the eastern Mediterranean. Since being founded in 1900, ASOR has supported and encouraged the study of the cultures and history of the Near East, from the earliest times to the present. We encourage anyone interested in cultural heritage preservation and archaeology to join our team. All you have to do is click here to register. Though if you’re still unsure, here are 5 reasons why you should become a Friend of ASOR! Read more... |
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| Challenge Gift Establishes the Strange Endowed Scholarship Fund |
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ASOR is pleased to announce a challenge gift of $25,000, which will establish the James F. and Carolyn M. Strange Endowed Scholarship Fund that will provide scholarships for students to participate in excavation projects. As many of you know, securing funding for research and training support, including student field research and the travel fellowship program, was one of the three goals we established at the beginning of our Building a Foundation for ASOR Campaign. Read more... |
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| The ANE Today e-Newsletter Marks Second Year with Vol. II |
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The Ancient Near East Today has entered its second volume in 2014! To receive the ANE Today, become a Friend of ASOR for free. Please invite colleagues and students to watch the video on the top 5 reasons to do so. With growing numbers in our Facebook 'likes' and over 5,400 Friends of ASOR, the ANE Today is reaching a wide audience and is a central component of our outreach initiatives. Special support of ANE Today comes from the Lanier Theological Library and Stevan Dana, so a special thanks to them! Past issues of the ANE Today are available on the ASOR website. Read more... |
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| Postdoctoral Position at the Cotsen Institute |
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The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, announces a postdoctoral position for the academic year, 2014-15, to begin September 1, 2014. We are seeking a recent Ph.D. in archaeology or any field related to archaeology (anthropology, art history, history, or area studies such as Classics, Near Eastern Studies, etc.) with a research project and/or methodological specialization that complements resources at the Cotsen Institute, such as paleo-environmental studies, historical archaeology, early complex Old World societies, or any area of Asian studies. Read more... |
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| JPASS: Individual Access to All JSTOR Journals For ASOR Members |
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ASOR has partnered with JSTOR to provide individual access to the most influential research and ideas published in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences over centuries anytime, anywhere. Regardless of your institutional affiliation, JPASS serves as your personal library card to the rich selection of journals on JSTOR, roughly 83% of its content. Current ASOR members can receive a 50% discount if they sign up for JPASS through ASOR. JPASS includes unlimited reading and 120 article downloads from the JSTOR archival collections. Read more... |
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