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| June 2, 2021 |
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| Will You Be A Champion Of Change? |
ASOR has long aspired to be an instrument of change, and it is a recognized leader for setting professional, ethical, academic, and cultural standards. Nothing illustrates this better than a recent generous 2-for-1 challenge gift of $150,000 to endow diversity initiatives. To date, we have raised $48,200 to "earn" $96,400 of this challenge gift. Please consider a gift that will be doubly matched and will bring us to the $26,800 needed to earn the entire challenge gift. Read more . . .
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| Summer Stipends: Mentoring ASOR's Next Generation |
This is the first year of ASOR's Summer Stipend program, which allows students to take part in non-fieldwork archaeological research, and mentoring the stipend recipients is a key component of the program. Stipend recipients will be taking part in monthly cohort meetings designed to assist with professional development. We are also starting a long-term mentorship program that pairs future Summer Stipend students with ASOR members. Read more . . .
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| ASOR Rooms are Filling Fast at the Hilton Chicago |
Rooms in ASOR’s discounted block at the Hilton Chicago are filling fast. Don’t miss your chance to stay at this iconic downtown hotel, overlooking Grant Park and Lake Michigan. It is steps away from great restaurants, shopping, and entertainment, and just a short walk to Chicago’s Museum Campus and Millennium Park. For more information about the hotel and to make your reservation online, click here.
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| Featured Webinarathon Recording: Debora Heard and Sydney Pickens |
Friends of ASOR is pleased to present a featured session from our "Making May Matter—Webinarathon to Endow Diversity at ASOR." This is a moderated Q&A conversation with scholar Debora Heard (University of Chicago) reflecting on the experiences that led her to Nubian studies. This discussion will examine disciplinary divides through the life and legacy of William Leo Hansberry, the founding of the William Leo Hansberry Society, and collaborative efforts between ASOR, Archaeology in the Community, and Hansberry Society members to promote disciplinary changes through youth education. Sydney Pickens (AITC) serves as moderator for this discussion. Click here to watch the recording on ASORtv.
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| Libyan Update from the VAM: Archaeological Sites in Cyrenaica at Risk |
In this presentation from ASOR's 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting, Dr. Ahmad Emrage of the University of Benghazi, discusses threats facing rural sites in the region of Cyrenaica, ranging from agricultural activity to urban encroachment to looting and vandalism. The paper also examines the fortification of rural sites and compares this trend with similar phenomena in other areas of the late Roman Empire. ASOR's Libyan colleagues participated in the Virtual Annual Meeting thanks to support from the U.S. Embassy Libya External Office (LEO). Click here to view the paper.
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| NEA 84.2 Table of Contents is Online |
This issue of NEA includes articles such as: Yotvata in the Southern Negev and Its Association with Copper Mining and Trade in the Early Iron Age; Everything But The Oink: On the Discovery of an Articulated Pig in Iron Age Jerusalem and Its Meaning to Judahite Consumption Practices; A Bone Projectile Point and Its Possibly Associated Workshop from the Iron Age IIA of Tell eṣ-Ṣafi/Gath; and more. Read more . . .
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| Summer at the James F. Strange Center |
Summer has bloomed at the Strange Center! As in previous years, ASOR staff have the option of taking a half day on Fridays during June, July, and August, with the understanding they will work the extra hours earlier in the week. This means that after 12:30 PM ET on Fridays, ASOR staff may not be around to answer emails and office phones. Normal hours will resume in the first week of September and we look forward to the day when we are all back in the Strange Center. Read more about other updates at the Strange Center.
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| Early Career Scholars Sub-Committee Call for New Members |
The Early Career Scholars Committee is looking for new members based in Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe to join our community-building subcommittee. We are interested in applications from upper level college students (last year Bachelor), graduate students (MA/PhD/Post-Doc), or early career scholars who can help us and ASOR generally to engage more with institutions, students, and fellow early career scholars on these continents. If you wish to be considered by the committee, please fill out the application form here.
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