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| May 19, 2020 |
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| Featured Online Resource: ECS Video Series |
The Early Career Scholars (ECS) of ASOR presented a virtual brown bag lunch entitled, “Online Teaching: From Triage to Best Practices” on April 2, 2020. More senior and early career scholars joined forces to discuss online vs. face to face course design, synchronous vs. asynchonous course elements, intellectual property, etc. ASORtv is excited to share this informative series. Watch the video now . . .
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| Libyan Update: Nalut Hosts Cultural Heritage Workshop |
Last month, ASOR’s team in Libya hosted a weekend workshop on cultural heritage protection in Nalut, a city in the Nafusa region of western Libya. This article reports on the first two days of the workshop, made possible with funding from the U.S. Department of State. Workshop participants visited the Qasr Nalut, a fortified granary which served as a central bank for the city and is important to the cultural heritage of Nalut. Read more . . .
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| 120 Years of ASOR: The Jerusalem School |
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It was in 1921 that ASOR received its name as the American Schools of Oriental Research. This name change signified that the scope of research, both geographically and historically, was greatly expanded from the original goals of the organization in the Levant. Continue exploring the 120 years of scholarship at ASOR with the second segment of this institutional history! Read more . . . |
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| Fellowship Report: Marcella Barbosa |
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As the recipient of a Eric and Carol Meyers Fellowship, Marcella Barbosa excavated Late Bronze Age deposits at Tel Burna, Israel during the summer of 2019. The Tel Burna Excavation Project is run by Ariel University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Marcella's report describes not only excavation at this fascinating site, but also sheds light on cultic practices at Tel Burna. Read more . . . |
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| AIAR Publications Presents: Hisham's Delights: Middle Eastern Recipes |
If you've ever spent any time at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, you know the chef, Hisham M'farrah, and the delicious local food that he makes for fellows and guests. Just published, a digital book of 57 recipes from Chef Hisham's kitchen at the Albright, including soups, salads, mains, breads, and desserts, just in time for quarantine, while we're all home social distancing and probably cooking a lot more! These recipes have been hand-selected by the chef himself and delivered directly to you with easy-to-follow instructions for the dishes that remind you of those evenings and events at the Albright. Hisham's Delights: Middle Eastern Recipes by the chef of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Hisham M'farrah. Prepared by Norma Dever. First Digital Edition (2020). Edited by Seymour Gitin. $39.99. Purchase your copy or a gift card here!
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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 crisis. Read more . . .
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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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