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| June 7, 2022 |
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| Will You Help Us Give Back? |
Thanks to our generous donors and growing endowments, ASOR will award more than $222,000 in scholarships, fellowships, and grants in 2022. Please consider a donation to the Annual Fund to help us give back to our members. Anyone (US mailing addresses only) who gives $150 or more in June may choose a free book from this list. Just email membership@asor.org with your choice.
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| NEA 85.2 Table of Contents is Online |
This issue of NEA includes articles such as: Tel Reḥov: The Site and Its Excavation; Tectonic Activity and Site-Formation Processes at Tel Reḥov; The Canaanite City at Tel Reḥov: From the Early Bronze Age to the End of the Iron Age I; Tel Reḥov in the Tenth and Ninth Centuries BCE; and more. Read more . . .
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| ASOR Call for Posters |
ASOR invites members to submit poster proposals for both the virtual (online, Oct. 19-23) and the in-person (Boston, Nov. 16-19) components of the 2022 Annual Meeting. The proposal deadline is August 1. Use the online Poster Proposal Form to submit your poster abstract of 250 words or less to either or both meeting components. Read the Call for Posters to learn more about the 2022 Poster Session and guidelines for participating before you submit your abstract.
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| CHI Update: Oudna, Tunisia Workshop |
On May 20-22, ASOR partnered with Libyan Department of Antiquities, the Libyan Museum Suitcase team, the Tunisian Institute national du patrimoine, and the Tunisian Scouts to hold a three-day workshop at the archaeological site of Oudna in Tunisia. This outreach event focused on the protection of cultural heritage in Libya and the Maghreb. The workshop was sponsored by the U.S. Embassy to Libya, External Office (LEO), and it was organized by ASOR and the Tunisian Scouts within the framework of a Cultural Property Agreement Implementation Grant (CPAIG). Additional support was provided by the U.S. Embassy to Tunisia. Read more . . .
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| Harvard Museum Reception for Annual Meeting Attendees |
Are you attending the ASOR Annual Meeting in Boston? The Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East is hosting a reception on Saturday, November 19 for registered ASOR attendees at 7:15pm and 8:30pm. Two times are being offered to safely accommodate as many people as possible. After the Annual Meeting, head over to the museum in Cambridge to see the exhibits and enjoy light refreshments. Tickets are complimentary, but must be reserved in advance as space is limited. Learn more about the reception here.
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| ANE Today Editor Job Opening |
ASOR seeks an editor for The Ancient Near East Today, a weekly e-platform for shorter to medium-length, non-technical pieces aimed at the general public, of interest to students, faculty, and other professionals in related fields. Review of applications began in March and is still ongoing. We welcome new applications which will receive full consideration. Those interested should send a CV and letter of interest to Marta Ostovich at programs@asor.org. Thank you to everyone who has applied for the ANE Today Editor position thus far. Read more . . .
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| Congratulations to the 2022 ASOR Fellowship and Grant Awardees |
Congratulations to the 2022 grant and research fellowship awardees. This year's awardees are conducting fieldwork in countries from Iraq to Egypt and studying collections throughout Europe and the U.S. Click here for a list of the 2022 awardees! In addition to these grants and fellowships, ASOR has awarded 57 field participation scholarships of $2,000 each. Please look for an article in the July issues of News@ASOR for more details on this record amount of dig scholarship support.
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| BASOR 387 Table of Contents is Online |
This issue of BASOR includes the following articles: The Date of Appearance of Philistine Pottery at Megiddo: A Computational Approach; The Southern Levantine Roots of the Phoenician Mercantile Phenomenon; Ḥorvat Tefen: A Hasmonean Fortress in the Hinterland of ʿAkko-Ptolemais; A Middle Bronze Age Assemblage of Bone Inlays from Lachish: Typological, Technological, and Functional Aspects; and more. Read more . . .
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| Call for NEA Volunteers |
As part of its new Non-English Language Abstract Initiative, Near Eastern Archaeology is in need of volunteers with a background in Near Eastern archaeology who are native-language speakers of Arabic (with a strong command of Classical), Farsi, Greek, Hebrew, and Turkish. The volunteers will be required, when necessary, to proof-read abstracts of no more than 150 words each in the relevant language. NEA publishes up to eight articles four times a year. Attention to detail is necessary, as is the ability to work within a deadline. To volunteer, please send a statement of interest and a CV to NEA Editor, Stephanie L. Budin at nea-editor@asor.org.
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| Last Month of Member Book Sale |
Copies are going fast, but you can still include some of ASOR's recent publications on your summer reading list! ASOR members (with a USA mailing address) can purchase copies of recent ASOR books at the discounted price of $25.00 (ca. 70% discount of $20.00 + $5.00 US media mail shipping) through June 30, 2022. We are unable to offer this discount to members without a US mailing address due to international shipping costs. Read more about the available titles.
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| Fellowship Program for Emerging Displaced Scholars |
With the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Columbia Global Centers | Amman has established the Mellon Fellowship Program to support emerging displaced scholars working in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. The goal of the program is to create opportunities for scholars to reintegrate into academia and resume their academic pursuits. The deadline to apply is July 2nd, 2022. Eligible candidates are scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who have been forcibly uprooted from their home countries and respective academic institutions. They could be graduate students who have had their education disrupted or post-doctoral scholars in the early stages of their careers. Creative writers, artists, and curators may also apply. You can find the link to this opportunity here.
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