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| November 1, 2016 |
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| Individual Representatives Election |
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The Board Nominations Committee has selected six highly qualified members to stand for election for four open positions on the ASOR Board of Trustees (two openings for Individual Representatives and two openings for Institutional Representatives). An email to vote for Individual Representatives has been sent to ASOR Members. Click here to read more about the nominees. The voting window closes November 7, 2016. |
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| Download the 2016 Annual Meeting App |
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Annual Meeting attendees can now network with other attendees, manage custom schedules, and more with the 2016 ASOR Annual Meeting app! The mobile app is now live and you can download it for free to your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. Read more... |
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| 2017 Sean W. Dever Memorial Prize: Call for Papers |
The William F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem announces the 2017 Sean W. Dever Memorial Prize call for papers. This prize provides $650 for the best published article or paper presented at a conference that treats a topic in the field of Syro-Palestinian or biblical archaeology. All submissions must be received by December 31, 2016. The prize will be announced on Sean’s birthday, March 9, 2017. Read more...
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| ASOR Annual Meeting Dates and Locations May Need to Shift |
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As announced previously, ASOR is re-evaluating the locations and dates of future Annual Meetings. Due to the size of AAR/SBL and the overlap with the end of ASOR's meeting, hotel space is often unavailable. So we need to find out what you, the members, consider important for ASOR leadership to consider about future dates and locations of the Annual Meeting. To that end, on Wednesday, November 2, all active members will be receiving a brief survey by email about the Annual Meeting venue and dates. When it arrives, please take a few minutes and fill it out. It will not be your only opportunity for input, but it will be the foundation of the re-evaluation process. The Annual Meeting is an important part of your ASOR membership. Your voice will help guide its future. |
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| La Sierra University: Archaeology Discovery Weekend |
The eighth annual Archaeology Discovery Weekend at La Sierra University will feature "Women in Archaeology," women as part of the archaeological record and as specialists uncovering that record. Archaeology Discovery Weekend is an annual event in mid-November that typically runs from Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday afternoon. Events include lectures by world-class scholars on a common theme, a Middle Eastern or Mediterranean banquet, a Kids' Dig, hands-on lab activities, and a genuine Bedouin hospitality tent set up for refreshments. To read more about the event taking place November 12-13, click here.
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| Remembrance for John S. Holladay, Written by Timothy P. Harrison |
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I will never forget the first time I met John S. Holladay, Jr, affectionately ‘Jack’ to all of us. It was in November of 1990, more than twenty-five years ago. I was a graduate student and delivering my first conference paper at the ASOR Annual Meeting, held that year in New Orleans. My paper was on the pottery and phasing of the Early Bronze Age strata at Tall al-‘Umayri in Jordan. Read more... |
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| Remembrance for John S. Holladay, Written by J. Gerald Janzen |
Jack was one of eight of us who entered a doctoral program at Harvard in the early 1960's, under the direction of Ernest Wright and Frank Cross. The Fall Seminar met on Thursdays from 3 to 5. In the first session, Frank gave an overview of the literary sources for our knowledge of the "Near Eastern Languages and Literatures" (the Department in those days being known as NELL), and immediately we all were intimidated. The following week Ernest gave a similar presentation, I suspect (my brain had not sufficiently recovered from the previous week for me to remember clearly), on the material grounds. Read more...
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| Update: Correction to NEH Opportunity at the ASOR Annual Meeting |
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Sarah Lepinski, Senior Program Officer in the Division of Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the Humanities, will not be able to attend ASOR this year, but she has offered to schedule brief phone meetings with ASOR attendees who would like to learn more about NEH funding opportunities, particularly in Preservation and Access, the Digital Humanities, Research, and Education. Please email Sarah to schedule a phone appointment. Projects may be at any stage of development - your ideas and questions are welcome! Click here for more information about all of the 2016 ASOR Annual Meeting Exhibitors, including the National Endowment for Humanities. |
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