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| December 5, 2017 |
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| Membership Info |
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Member Type: No membership
Expiration Date: N/A
Member ID: None
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| ASOR Links |
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| Call for Volunteers for ASOR Committees |
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The Membership and Outreach Committee and the Publications Committee are both ASOR standing committees, and both committees have three-year openings for new members (two positions on Membership and Outreach and three positions on Publications). ASOR invites self-nominations from members who are interested in being considered by the committees for these openings. Read more ... |
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| 2017 Annual Meeting Photo Gallery Preview |
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The 2017 Annual Meeting was a record setting event for ASOR in terms of both the number of registrants and the size and scope of the academic program. More than 1,000 meeting attendees had 120 sessions to choose from and access to more than 650 papers and posters. If you were at the event, please let us know what you thought via our Annual Meeting Survey. A preview of the Annual Meeting photos have been posted online. |
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| Support ASOR When You Shop on Amazon.com! |
Do you do some holiday shopping on Amazon.com? Click here to find out how you can support ASOR while you shop! For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to ASOR. Don't forget, you can also do this year-round!
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| 2018 Call for Proposals for Member-Organized Sessions and Workshops |
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ASOR members are invited to propose new member-organized sessions and workshops for the 2018 Annual Meeting to be held in Denver, CO, November 14-17, 2018. ASOR members may propose Member-Organized Sessions around a specific theme or Member-Organized Workshops that minimize formal presentations in favor of open discussion. The application form is simple and can be completed online. The deadline to submit proposals is December 15, 2017. More information and a link to the proposal form is available online.
Take advantage of our Cyber-Monday deals when submitting your proposal! Click here for more information.
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| An Update on Graduate Tuition Stipends in the United States |
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On November 16, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a tax bill that included a clause that would make tuition waivers for graduate students subject to income tax. This would significantly increase the tax liability of hundreds of thousands of graduate students—including many ASOR graduate student members. Early Saturday morning on December 2, 2017, the U.S. Senate passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which does not include the clause that taxes graduate student tuition wavers. The next step is reconciliation by a conference committee. Our friends at the National Humanities Alliance are suggesting that ASOR members who are U.S. citizens complete an action alert form that urges the conferees to reject the House provision in the final bill. While ASOR is apolitical and does not take a stand on the larger tax bill, we hope all of our members will consider how we might best support our student members. Thank you for your consideration. |
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| ASOR CHI October 2017 Report |
ASOR CHI releases its October 2017 report covering cultural heritage destruction in Syria, Iraq, and Libya. The report includes the destruction of a Byzantine-era villa in Deir Sunbal, evidence of looting and intentional destruction at the Tel Afar Citadel, and damage to monuments at Sabratha. Read more ...
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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, the recently inaugurated Study of Collections Fellowships, and more. Click here for more information on our fellowships. |
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