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| August 6, 2014 |
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| ASOR's Syrian Heritage Initiative: Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria |
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ASOR is extremely pleased to announce that we have the opportunity to help save some of the rich Middle Eastern cultural heritage for the world, as we have been chosen to enter into a one-year, $600,000 cooperative agreement with the US Department of State to undertake ASOR’s Syrian Heritage Initiative. Read more ... |
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| Foundational Campaign—The Celebration Continues! |
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Our Foundational Campaign was a success, and we're not done celebrating yet! Here's what folks like B. W. Ruffner, P. E. MacAllister, and more had to say! Read more ... |
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| ASOR Has 1,702,000 Reasons to Celebrate! |
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A little over three years ago, on July 1, 2011, ASOR launched an ambitious (some might say audacious) “Building a Foundation for ASOR Campaign.” Our goal? To raise $1,000,000 for projects like program endowment, research and training support, and online digital media resources – and, at the same time, to continue to bring in $100,000 every year in annual fund donations. We gave ourselves three years – through June 30, 2014 – to raise the $1.3 million.
Today, we are thrilled to report that – however ambitious the plan we set forward in 2011 – we surpassed our goal by an extraordinary $402,000, to raise a total of $1,702,000!!! Moreover, in every year of the campaign, we raised more than the year before, and in every year, as the “Increase in ASOR Donors” chart makes clear, more donors gave. Read more...
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| 'Roast and Toast' of Retiring Albright Director, Sy Gitin |
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At the 2013 ASOR Annual Meeting, we gathered to celebrate the career of Sy Gitin. Sy became director of the Albright Institute in 1980, and is retiring after an amazing 34 years of service. Sy’s ‘Roast and Toast’ was organized by Lydie Shufro, hosted by Dr. Mark Smith, and funded by private contributions. Attendees filled the room to capacity, and ranged from ASOR members, to 2013 Albright Trustees and Fellows, to colleagues and friends who wished to honor Sy. View now... |
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| Committee of Publications Seeks Editors for ARS and AASOR |
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The Committee for Publications of the American Schools of Oriental Research announces a call for nominations for Editor of the ASOR Annual (AASOR) and Editor of the ASOR Archaeological Report (ASOR-ARS) Series. The term of office for each position is three years, both beginning January 1, 2015. Each position is eligible to be renewed once. The Committee for Publications seeks to send these nominations to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees no later than September 5, 2014. Read more... |
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| New Publication: Cyprus and the Balance of Empires (ARS 20) |
ASOR has put out its latest Archaeological Report Series publication: Cyprus and the Balance of Empires: Art and Archaeology from Justinian I to the Coeur de Lion
edited by Charles Anthony Stewart, Thomas W. Davis and Annemarie Weyl Carr.
The themes covered in this volume developed from a conference held in Nicosia, organized by the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute [CAARI] celebrating the 50th year anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus. An international group of experts explored several themes such as: the impact of recent archaeological discoveries; the shift from studying Late Antique urbanism to rural development; indicators of Cypriot identity; shifts in population settlement, production, and trade; cultural interaction between Islam and Christianity; the significance of ceramic and numismatic evidence; monumental figural arts and their iconographical interpretation. Read more...
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| 2014 Annual Meeting Scholarship Deadline Extended to August 15th |
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| The FIRST Act and What it Means for Archaeology and ASOR's Members |
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The Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST) Act, a bill written by Congressman Lamar Smith (R – Tx), seeks to significantly reduce the budget of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) funding for social, behavioral, and economic sciences - which includes archaeology, particularly research conducted abroad. This comprises the primary federal support for archaeology, archaeometry, anthropology, and related fields. Many ASOR members and affiliated projects rely on this funding for part of their work, and the elimination of the funding would drastically change our ability to understand the past in the Middle East. Read more... |
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| The Latest in ASOR Podcasts |
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Check out our newest podcasts featuring discussions on the latest news in archaeology, interviews with esteemed scholars, and more! New podcasts include: "The Legacies of Herod the Great," featuring Professor Barbara Burrell and "The Tablet That's Changing an Old Story," featuring Professor Alan Millard. View podcasts... |
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| ASORtv: Catch Up on Past Videos! |
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Check out our "Ask an Archaeologist" series on ASORtv and catch up on any videos you may have missed! View videos with Dr. Andrea Berlin, Dr. Byron McCane, and more. So, don't miss another minute! Stay tuned for more videos from ASORtv like future interviews with ASOR members, “Finding Common Ground: Roman-Parthian Embassies in the Julio-Claudian Period” with Jason Schlude, "Architecture and Archaeology: What an Architect Does Among Archaeologists (The Case of Tell Masaikh, Syria and Qasr Shamamok, Iraq)," and more! Watch here... |
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