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| March 3, 2020 |
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| March Fellowship Madness 2020: 120 Years of ASOR! |
This year, we aspire to raise $6,000 more to send an additional three people into the field. This goal includes an additional $4,000 from ASOR members, and $2,000 from our Friends of ASOR. With your partnership, we will award a record-breaking 30 dig scholarships in 2020. In addition, every donation will help us exceed our already ambitious goal of awarding $120,000 in excavation grants, dig scholarship, travel support, and research fellowships in 2020! Read more . . .
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| Announcing The Survey On ASOR's Name |
For almost 30 years, ASOR’s members have debated the accuracy, usefulness, and appropriateness of its now 120-year-old name: The American Schools of Oriental Research. A committee has been formed to review earlier discussions of this topic and essays developed for previous forums. It is now seeking input from ASOR members. Find out more about the survey and stay tuned for its appearance in the March 17th News@ASOR. Read more . . .
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| Libyan Museum Suitcase: Ghadames One-Day Workshop |
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The Libyan Museum Suitcase “toolkits” have achieved enormous success in spreading cultural heritage awareness in Benghazi, Sabratha, and Tripoli. The project has now expanded to one of the oldest pre-Saharan cities, Ghadames—located in western Libya, at the intersection of the borders of Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria. This essay is an update on a Cultural Heritage Outreach and Awareness Event held in Ghadames. Read more . . . |
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| Fellowship Report: Kara Lawson |
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Kara Larson was awarded the 2019 Harva L. Sheeler Fellowship for her work as a member of the excavation team at Khirbet Summeily. She reports on her fieldwork, her stay at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, and faunal analysis she has been conducting at the Cobb Institute of Archaeology. Read more . . . |
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| ASOR’s 2021 Annual Meeting: Chicago City Spotlight |
The 2021 ASOR Annual Meeting will be held November 17–20 at the Hilton Chicago in downtown Chicago, IL. With two international airports and direct flights from cities throughout Europe and the United States, Chicago is a central and convenient location with midwestern soul and international charm. Kiersten Neumann is an ASOR Program Committee member who lives and works in Chicago – read what she loves about the Windy City here. Read more . . .
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| Special Offer On Pottery Volume Set For Institutional Members |
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ASOR is pleased to announce the sale of the first three volumes of The Ancient Pottery of Israel and Its Neighbors (edited by Seymour Gitin) at a special discounted price for institutions affiliated with ASOR! There is a discount for any institution with an ASOR member, and there is an even steeper discount for ASOR member institutions. These three volumes offer a comprehensive corpus of ceramic forms and their typological development organized according to period, geographical region, and/or cultural tradition. The volumes will be shipped from Israel. Read more . . . |
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