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| July 8, 2020 |
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| Membership Info |
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| Letter To Members About 2020 Annual Meeting |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ASOR cannot host its Annual Meeting in Boston, MA in 2020. The pandemic has forced us to transition to a virtual meeting instead. Click on the link for more details. Read more . . .
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| Fiscal Year 2020 Honor Roll Of Donors |
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| ASOR Name Survey Results |
The Ad Hoc Committee on ASOR's Name has prepared an interim report, which can be found on the ASOR website. The Committee is now seeking more feedback from ASOR members on possible name options. You can vote for your preferred name or offer your own suggestions by clicking here. The deadline to vote is July 15, 2020.
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| JCS Editorial Board Announced |
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ASOR is pleased to announce the appointment of a new editorial board for the Journal of Cuneiform Studies (JCS). The new board started their terms on July 1, 2020. Click on the link to learn the names of the 8 new team members from across North America and Europe. Read more . . . |
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| Libyan Update: Digitizing Manuscripts Of The Trans-Saharan Trade |
In partnership with the Ghadames Society for Heritage and Manuscripts, and with the support of the Whiting Foundation and the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, ASOR continues to facilitate the digitization of an important collection of manuscripts within the UNESCO World Heritage site of Ghadames, Libya. Economic and political dealings, taxes and protection fees, scientific manuscripts, the successes and disappointments of individual seasons, and efforts to wage war and build peace over years–all found their way into the archives maintained by the merchant and juridical families of Ghadames. Read more . . .
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| Honors & Awards Spotlight: Lawrence T. Geraty |
In recognition of his service to ASOR, Lawrence T. Geraty (Past ASOR President and President Emeritus of La Sierra University) received the Charles U. Harris Service Award at the 2019 Annual Meeting in San Diego. The Honors & Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for 2020 Awards. Discover more about Larry's many contributions to ASOR over the years and learn how to nominate someone for an award. Read more . . .
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| Meet The New BASOR Editorial Team |
ASOR is pleased to announce the appointment of the new editors of The Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (BASOR)—a team of four scholars from the United States and Europe. Susan Cohen of Montana State University and Regine Pruzsinszky of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg will lead the team as co-editors. Working with them will be two associate editors: Jana Mynářová of the Charles University in Prague; and Marwan Kilani, of the Freie Universität in Berlin. Read more . . .
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| 2019 ASOR-GCI Conservation Workshop Highlights |
The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), in collaboration with the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), organized a workshop on conservation and archaeology for selected directors of excavations and members of ASOR following its Annual Meeting in November 2019 in San Diego, CA. You can also now click on the GCI's Spring Newsletter included at the bottom of these highlights. Read more . . .
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