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| April 5, 2022 |
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| Reserve Your Room at the Boston Park Plaza |
Join us in Boston this November when ASOR meets at the Boston Park Plaza, November 16-19. ASOR attendees will enjoy the central location of this iconic downtown hotel, just steps away from the Public Garden, Theater District, Newbury Street, and public transportation. ASOR has negotiated a discounted rate of $174 (plus tax) and the destination fee is waived for ASOR attendees. Don’t miss your chance to stay at this recently renovated Boston landmark hotel at ASOR’s great rate – make your reservation online here before rooms sell out.
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| 2022 Plenary Speaker: Dr. Solange Ashby |
The in-person component of the 2022 Annual Meeting will begin on Wednesday, Nov. 16 in Boston with the plenary address, "Women of the Sacred South: Nubian Women in the Temple and Upon the Throne," by Dr. Solange Ashby. Dr. Ashby’s expertise in sacred ancient languages including Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Coptic, Ethiopic, Biblical Greek and Biblical Hebrew, underpins her research into the history of religious transformation in Northeast Africa and the Middle East. Read more . . .
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| March Madness Challenge: We Filled the Pots! |
ASOR’s 2022 March Madness Challenge was a success and we “filled the pots” for The Levantine Ceramics Project (LCP)! We met our goal of $10,000 for the ongoing maintenance and hosting of the LCP—an ASOR open-access publication. Thanks to the generosity of three ASOR donors, we received a $5,000 challenge gift that has been fully earned by raising another $5,000 for a total of $10,570 in March to keep the LCP running! Read more . . .
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| FOA Webinar: "Preserving Hisban & Umm al-Jimal, Jordan" on April 24 |
Register for our next webinar on Sunday, April 24, at 6:00 pm EDT, featuring Øystein LaBianca, Elizabeth Osinga, and Darrell Rohl discussing "Preserving Cultural Heritage in Hisban and Umm al-Jimal, Jordan." This special event will focus on current work in Jordan through two projects—Hisban (part of the Madaba Plains Project) and the Umm al-Jimal Archaeological Project (UJAP). The program will include two presentations covering introductions to each site and the focus of the 2022 fieldwork season, in particular each projects’ efforts to preserve cultural heritage through community engagement. Join us as we explore two of the exciting projects that ASOR members are currently participating in across Jordan. The panelists will conclude their webinar with a live Q&A session with the audience. Register and pay here. Price is $6 for ASOR members and $12 for non-members. This webinar will be recorded. All proceeds will support membership scholarships and online resources.
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| Book Award Nomination Deadline April 29 |
Know someone who recently published an exceptional volume? Want to see that exciting book you just read get recognized? Nominate the book for an ASOR award! Books published in the last two years are eligible for the Frank Moore Cross Award, Nancy Lapp Popular Book Award, and G. Ernest Wright Award. Award winners are announced at ASOR's Annual Meeting in the fall. Learn how to nominate a book here.
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| Stipend Report: Hanna Erftenbeck |
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| Early Career Scholars Brown Bag Series on April 8 |
The Early Career Scholars Committee invites you to the second part of their Brown Bag series on turning your dissertation into a book! All those curious about the book-format publishing process are welcome. For Session 2 on Friday April 8th, a panel of four scholars will share their insights from recent publishing experiences. Hope to see you there, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT on April 8th! Click here to register.
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| Early Career Scholars "Research in Action" Event on April 22 |
ASOR's Early Career Scholars Committee is excited to announce a new virtual series, "Research in Action," which highlights impactful scholarship relating to the ancient world. The first event features the research of Katie A. Paul and the Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research Project on how online platforms and social media are linked to antiquities trafficking. This event is on Friday, April 22nd, from 12:00-1:00 pm EDT. Click here to read more and sign up for this free event.
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