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| May 3, 2016 |
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| Executive Committee and Board of Trustees Meeting Report by ASOR President, Susan Ackerman |
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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. Read the report now... |
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| ASOR Co-Sponsors World Heritage Day Event at the Smithsonian Institution |
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As our members know well, ASOR is been a leading organization internationally in the effort to preserve and safeguard cultural heritage in the Middle East and wider Mediterranean regions. We thus decided that it would be good to hold our Spring Board Meeting in Washington on April 17: the day before The International Day for Monuments and Sites (also called World Heritage Day). Read more... |
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| Remarks on ASOR CHI's Cultural Heritage Monitor |
The following talk about the Cultural Heritage Monitor was given by ASOR's Cultural Heritage Initiatives team member, Bisher Alissa, at The George Washington University's Elliott School on April 17, 2016. Follow the link to read what Bisher Alissa had to say and learn more about the Cultural Heritage Monitor, an anonymous crowdsourcing tool. Read more...
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| Five Easy Ways to Promote Your Dig |
Ever wish more people knew about your dig site and the research being completed? Follow the link to read five easy tips for promoting your research, increasing your visibility to potential donors, and establishing yourself as an expert in your field. Read more...
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| ASOR Awards Two Harris Grants of $5,000 to Affiliated Excavation Projects |
ASOR is pleased to announce that two ASOR-affiliated excavation projects have been awarded $5,000 each to help with their field work in 2016. In contrast to previous years when most awards ranged from $750 to $1,500, the committee decided to award fewer grants but raise the total amounts of the awards. The grants thus have a greater impact and carry more prestige. The two successful projects for the 2016 field season are the "Omrit Settlement Excavation Project" directed by Jennifer Gates-Foster and "Madaba Archaeological Park West Project" directed by Douglas R. Clark, Suzanne Richard, Andrea Polcaro, and Marta D’Andrea. Read more...
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| ASOR Members Can Receive $60 off the Gitin Pottery Volumes—Or, You May Make a Contribution So That A Student May Receive the Two-Volume Resource |
I am pleased to recommend the recent publication of what many are calling "The Ceramics Bible." The official title is The Ancient Pottery of Israel and Its Neighbors from the Iron Age through the Hellenistic Period. I am even more pleased to share that, because ASOR is a sponsor of these volumes, they are available to ASOR members at a discounted rate of $180, which is $60 off the regular price. Whether or not you already own the volumes, I would like to encourage you to make a gift that will enable Palestinian, Jordanian, Cypriot and Israeli students to own the volume. Click here to find out more about the volume and how you can donate today.
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| International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East's Statement on Threats to Cultural Heritage |
ASOR's friends and colleagues on the steering committee of the 10th ICAANE (International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East) Conference that just took place in Vienna last week have asked ASOR to share “The Vienna Statement 2016” with our members. It is a “Statement About the Threat to Cultural Heritage in the Near East and North Africa.” Read more...
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