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| May 5, 2020 |
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| ASOR Announces Membership Scholarships |
As part of our ongoing efforts to support our members, we are pleased to announce membership scholarships that are available for any current or lapsed ASOR member. Thanks to several anonymous donors, we have received pledges to pay the membership fee for those who have experienced a financial hardship related (directly or indirectly) to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more . . .
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| Libyan Update: Museum Suitcase Activities In Derj |
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The Museum in a Suitcase Project in Libya, funded by the U.S. Embassy to Libya, the U.S. Department of State’s Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF), continues to see great success. After the Cultural Heritage Volunteer Weekend in Nalut in March, ASOR's Libyan team traveled to the Derj Oasis. The people of Derj were eager to take part in the Museum Suitcase Project. Read more . . . |
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| Annual Meeting: Paper Proposal Notifications Issued |
Paper proposal decision notifications were issued on May 1 for the 2020 ASOR Annual Meeting. Notifications were auto-generated from ASOR’s online abstract management system powered by Oxford Abstracts and sent to the e-mail address associated with the abstract submission. Read more . . .
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| ASOR Mourns The Passing Of Patrick D. Miller |
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ASOR is saddened to learn of the passing of former ASOR member and renowned scholar of Israelite religion and Semitic languages, Patrick D. Miller. A student of former ASOR President Frank M. Cross, Miller was a pastor, a professor at Union Theological Seminary Richmond for 18 years, and a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary for another 21 years, until he retired in 2005. He was a mentor to hundreds and the author of 16 books and numerous scholarly articles. Visit the memorial website here that was set up by his family. |
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| Publication Of Annual of ASOR 74 (2020) |
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ASOR is pleased to announce the publication of The Excavations of ‘Iraq al-Amir, Volume II, edited by Nancy Lapp. This lengthy monograph includes the presentation of the stratified corpus of the Hellenistic and Roman pottery in the Village excavations, from approximately 200 BCE to 200 CE, is a major portion of the volume. Along with the smaller pottery collections of the Iron Age, Early Bronze, and Byzantine periods, a major contribution is made to the growing quantity of characteristic pottery of Transjordan and its relation to the ceramic assemblages of ancient Palestine to the west and Syria to the north. Although early Iron Age pottery is present in the collection, the main Iron Age occupation was later in the period, even into early Persian times, and it is doubtful that there was an Iron I fortress there as Paul Lapp suggested. The pottery studies are introduced by a review of the history of the excavations at the site from the time of the early explorers and, further, by an introduction describing camp and excavation life in an area not yet touched by modern conveniences in the middle of the twentieth century. Read more . . . |
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| Honors & Awards Spotlight: Randy Old |
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At the 2019 Annual Meeting in San Diego, Randy Old received the W. F. Albright Award for his service to ACOR as President of ACOR's Board of Trustees. This award honors an individual who has shown special support or made outstanding service contributions to one of the overseas centers or overseas committees. Click on the following link to discover more about Old's contributions to ACOR. Read more . . . |
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| ASOR Celebrates 120 Years Of Scholarship |
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ASOR celebrates 120 years in 2020. In honor of this anniversary, throughout the year we will be posting a history of ASOR, from its foundation to the present. These posts will include the many accomplishments and activities of ASOR members and ASOR as an organization. Join us as we delve deeper into ASOR’s history with images and anecdotes from the ASOR archives. Read more . . . |
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| Accepting Applications For Shepard Urgent Action Grants |
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In 2020, ASOR will award $15,000 in grants to projects in need of emergency or urgent aid. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis and review beginning on April 1, 2020. The Shepard Urgent Action Grants are intended for emergency documentation, stabilization or excavation at an archaeological site in the greater Mediterranean region. Read more . . . |
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