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| November 7, 2017 |
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| Don't Forget to Vote! |
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Today is election day in the U.S., so get out and vote if you are able! Also, don't forget to vote in the ASOR Individual Representative election. Ballots were sent to your email on October 23rd. Click here for information on the nominees. |
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| Download the Annual Meeting App |
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Download the free ASOR Annual Meeting app and access information about schedules, sessions, exhibitors, the hotel, and more on your mobile device. Please note, we will continue updating the schedule in the days leading up to the Annual Meeting. Click here for more information. |
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| AM17 Hotel Update |
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ASOR’s room block at The Westin Boston Waterfront is sold out. Email Arlene Press if you would like to be added to a wait-list for rooms or if you have a reservation at the hotel that you need to cancel. This will help to ensure that your room will be re-allocated to another attendee. ASOR is also managing a room-share list. If you have a reservation for a double room and would like to share it with another attendee, please contact Arlene Press to be matched with someone. |
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| Sexual Assault and Harassment in Archaeological Fieldwork |
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ASOR is pleased to share links to two recent publications that discuss the issue of sexual assault and harassment in archaeological fieldwork. Francesca Levy and Rebecca Greenfield interviewed ASOR Member Beth Alpert Nakhai (Arizona Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona; chair of ASOR’s Initiative on the Status of Women) about her work on these issues in an October 25, 2017, Bloomberg News podcast. ASOR member Megan Perry sent a link to SAFE Study Part II, a follow-up to the important study published in PLoSONE in 2014 about the alarming rate of abuse and harassment in field situations. Read more ... |
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| Cultural Heritage Photography Contest - Deadline November 12 |
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ASOR is pleased to announce a photography contest for images depicting cultural heritage in the Near East and Mediterranean World. These photographs may illustrate any aspect of tangible or intangible cultural heritage. Images may include, but are not limited to, heritage sites, built heritage and monuments, landscapes, people interacting with heritage sites, or people expressing their traditional heritage or culture. Any student-member of ASOR (undergraduate or graduate) may submit their own, original images. The winner will receive a free student Annual Meeting registration for the 2018 meeting in Denver, CO. The runner up will receive a free student ASOR membership (12 months). The third place winner will receive an ASOR water bottle. Read more ... |
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| Archaeology Discover Weekend at La Sierra University |
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Archaeology Discovery Weekend is an annual event in mid-November (November 11-12, 2017), sponsored by the Center for Near Eastern Archaeology and organized by its Archaeology Planning Committee at La Sierra University. Events include lectures by world-class scholars on a common theme, an ancient Roman banquet, a Kids Dig, hands-on lab activities, and a genuine Bedouin Hospitality Tent set up for refreshments. The ninth annual Archaeology Discovery Weekend will feature HEROD THE GREAT: King Herod as cruel taskmaster, politically astute chameleon, and incredibly brilliant builder. Click here for more information. |
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| ASOR Fellowships - Deadline January 10, 2018 |
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It's never too early to start the application process for ASOR fellowships! Check out what is required to apply for the William Dever Archaeological Fellowship for Biblical Scholars, the Harris Excavation Grant, and more. Click here for more information on our fellowships. |
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| ASOR Undertakes Humanitarian Heritage Work in Idlib Governorate |
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Northwestern Syria’s Idlib Governorate has been particularly hard-hit over the last six years of civil war, and the region and its people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. A recent cessation of hostilities in Idlib has largely reduced aerial bombardment over the area and local residents have begun clean-up and repair efforts throughout the northern governorate, home to some of country’s premiere cultural sites such as the renowned “Dead Cities” region and historic mosques, caravansarays, churches, and medieval castles. Basic humanitarian assistance in the form of food, housing, and medical supplies is critical, but humanitarian assistance in the form of cultural heritage support is also needed as part of collective relief efforts. Such cultural aid not only demonstrates the concern and compassion of the international community towards the Syrian people and their collective cultural identity, but also provides crucial jobs and income to the civilian population. Read more ... |
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