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| April 19, 2016 |
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| World Heritage Day Symposium - Twitter Recap |
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ASOR and AIA, in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution and The George Washington University Capitol Archaeological Institute, commemorated International Day for Monuments and Sites (also called World Heritage Day) at the Ring Auditorium at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden of the Smithsonian Institution on Monday, April 18th. |
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| ASOR Member Asa Eger Awarded ACLS Fellowship |
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ASOR member Asa Eger, Associate Professor of History at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has been awarded a prestigious ACLS Fellowship for 2016-17 to support his project, "Islamic Antioch: A History of a Medieval City from the Fifth to Fifteenth Centuries.” Asa was one of 69 fellows selected from a pool of nearly 1,100 applicants, through a rigorous, multi-stage peer review process. Read more... |
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| Crime and Sexual Offense in Hatti [Podcast] |
In a recent podcast, Kaitlynn Anderson had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Ilan Peled, who authored "Crime and Sexual Offense in Hatti" in Near Eastern Archaeology, about crime and punishment in the Hittite kingdom. His article focuses on one case-study: incest prohibitions and the regulation of kin relations, which have not previously been studied as a distinct topic. Listen to the podcast now...
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| The Recapture of Palmyra - ASOR CHI Special Report |
Take a moment to read the latest special report from ASOR CHI entitled, "The Recapture of Palmyra." The region of Palmyra and modern Tadmor was taken from ISIL militants by a coalition of Syrian, Russian, and Iranian military forces on March 24, 2016. Read more...
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| Shared and Contested Spaces in Late Ancient Galilee - Byron McCane |
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At the 2015 ASOR Annual Meeting, Byron McCane presented the paper, "Shared and Contested Spaces in Late Ancient Galilee: Jews and Christians in Archaeological Context." Follow the link to view the video posted on ASORtv's YouTube page. View now... |
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| A Platform for Gender Studies: genderstudies.science |
At the 2015 ASOR Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Vanessa Juloux (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), and Agnès Garcia-Ventura (Università di Roma, Sapienza) gave a short presentation, “A Platform for Gender Studies: genderstudies.science,” during the Mentoring Meeting: Initiative on the Status of Women in ASOR. View now...
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