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Friends of ASOR Webinar Series

Friends of ASOR Webinar Series

Friends of ASOR Webinar Series

Friends of ASOR Webinar Series

Friends of ASOR Webinar Series

FRIENDS OF ASOR WEBINARS

Friends of ASOR is excited to announce the 2024-2025 season of our monthly webinar series. Find our upcoming webinars below, click here to see our previous webinars. All webinar proceeds fund scholarships for members as well as increasing ASOR’s online resources for our members and the public.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

16 webinars expected in the 24-25 season

December 4, 2024

Who Were the Thracians? Exploring an Enigmatic Ancient Culture at the Getty Villa Museum

Dr. Sara E. Cole

PREVIOUS WEBINARS

November 6, 2024

Beyond the Museum Walls: Engaging with Archaeology and New Media

With panelists Michael Zimmerman, Sarah Beckmann, Deidre Brin, and Adam Aja

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October 23, 2024

“And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam” (I Sam 17:6-7): Weaponry, Weaving, and Broken Similes in the Duel between David and Goliath

Prof. Laura Mazow

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October 9, 2024

Man-Hunting in the Desert: The Ill-Fated Palmer Sinai Expedition of 1882

Dr. James Fraser

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September 18, 2024

How to Plan Your Funeral in Ancient Assyria

Prof. Petra Creamer

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September 4, 2024

What Makes Jerusalem Special?

Prof. Jodi Magness

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Join us on Wednesday, December 4 at 7:00pm ET for

Join us on Wednesday, December 4 at 7:00pm ET for our next FOA Webinar, "Who Were the Thracians? Exploring an Enigmatic Ancient Culture at the Getty Villa Museum," presented by Dr. Sara E. Cole. Dr. Cole will explore the rich history and culture of Thracians in ancient Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. Register by clicking on the link in our bio!
#foa #foawebinars

Evelyn Patterson received a 2024 Strange-Midkiff S

Evelyn Patterson received a 2024 Strange-Midkiff Scholarship to excavate for the Menorca Archaeological Project at Torre d'en Galmés in Menorca, Spain. Evelyn is a recent graduate of SUNY Brockport with a BS in Anthropology and a minor in Museum Studies and Public History. Read her fieldwork report by clicking the link in our bio.
#asorfieldwork

Image 1: Evelyn taking points of SPU 7 at the total station.
Image 2: Array of Post-Talayotic ceramic “high-bottomed cups” from the Museu de Menorca.

In October, ASOR staff and their partners in the S

In October, ASOR staff and their partners in the Sahel attended the 1st Annual ICOM-Africa Conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The event’s focus on inclusion, learning, and sustainability reflects the evolving role of African museums as they adapt to the needs of local communities and strive to engage a global audience. ASOR congratulates Mr. Jean-Paul Koudougou, president of ICOM-Africa, and all of the other organizers for such a successful event. Click the link in our bio to read more! #asorchi

Photo 1 Credit: ASOR Staff.
Photo 2 Credit: ICOM-Africa Staff.

Reminder to join us TONIGHT at 7:00pm ET for our F

Reminder to join us TONIGHT at 7:00pm ET for our FOA Webinar, "Beyond the Museum Walls: Engaging with Archaeology and New Media", presented by panelists Michael Zimmerman, Sarah Beckmann, Deidre Brin, and Adam Aja. Panelists will discuss the transition of archaeological materials and data to new media spaces. You can still register at the link in our bio! #foawebinars

Tomorrow, November 6th, is the deadline to submit

Tomorrow, November 6th, is the deadline to submit your paper for ASOR's Student Paper Award! This award is conferred upon the author(s) of a paper presented (in-person or online) during the 2024 ASOR Annual Meeting that conveys the results of a study about ancient Near Eastern and wider Mediterranean societies in a clear, understandable and convincing fashion. The first author and presenter of the paper must be a registered student at the time of presentation in order to be eligible for this award. The award is accompanied by a $500 prize. Learn more about applying by clicking the link in our bio. #asor24

Check out the November issue of Bulletin of ASOR 3

Check out the November issue of Bulletin of ASOR 392, with fascinating articles from Mechael Osband, Antoine Caminada, Khaled Abu Jayyab, Irene Bald Romano, Yousef Moradi, and more. Read the Table of Contents by clicking the link in our bio. #basor

Applications for 2025 fellowships from the Cyprus

Applications for 2025 fellowships from the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) are now open. The current fellowships include Graduate Student Fellowships and Post-Doctoral Fellowships. The deadline for the CAARI-sponsored graduate student fellowships is December 6, 2024. The deadline for post-doctoral fellowships is January 6, 2025. Visit the link in our bio for more information about applying.

Was peppermint actually found in ancient Egyptian

Was peppermint actually found in ancient Egyptian pyramids? Retailers of peppermint products like to say so. What’s the truth, and where did this factoid come from? Read the newest ANE Today, "The Curious Case of Pyramid Peppermint", by clicking the link in our bio.
#anetoday

Image: Courtesy of the Economic Botany Collection; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: EBC 26667.

Liza Davis received a 2024 Member-Supported Fellow

Liza Davis received a 2024 Member-Supported Fellowship to continue excavations at Antiochia ad Cragum in Türkiye. Liza is a PhD candidate at Brown University, with her research focusing on the lived religious experience of non-elite and rural people in Late Antique Asia Minor. Read her fieldwork report by clicking the link in our bio.
#asorfieldwork

Friends of ASOR is pleased to announce our next we

Friends of ASOR is pleased to announce our next webinar: "Beyond the Museum Walls: Engaging with Archaeology and New Media" presented by panelists Michael Zimmerman, Sarah Beckmann, Deidre Brin, and Adam Aja. In this talk, the panelists will address the moving of archaeological materials and data to virtual spaces. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, November 6, at 7:00pm EST. Click the link in our bio to read more and register! #foawebinars

ASOR is accepting applications for the 2024 Studen

ASOR is accepting applications for the 2024 Student Paper Award! This award is given to the author(s) of a paper presented (in-person or online) during the 2024 ASOR Annual Meeting that conveys the results of a study about ancient Near Eastern and wider Mediterranean societies in a clear, understandable and convincing fashion. This year the award is accompanied by a $500 prize. Applications are due by November 6. Click the link in our bio to learn more. #asor24

Image: Morganne Ottobre, winner of the 2023 Student Paper Award.

Victoria Wilson received the 2024 Strange-Midkiff

Victoria Wilson received the 2024 Strange-Midkiff Fieldwork Scholarship to continue excavations for the Kurd Qaburstan Project in Iraq. Victoria is a PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University studying Mesopotamian Archaeology. Read her fieldwork report by clicking the link in our bio. #asorfieldwork

Image 1: Group photo by the trenches
Image 2: Ceramic drain- view facing south

ASOR's 2024 Annual Meeting is next month, and atte

ASOR's 2024 Annual Meeting is next month, and attendees will be treated to a full schedule with more than 120 sessions and 600 presentations. You can view the academic program and business schedule on the Annual Meeting Schedules page. In addition to the program, there are a number of highlights and special functions in store for attendees in Boston. Click the link in our bio to read more. #asor24

This past summer, Louis Mainwaring Foster received

This past summer, Louis Mainwaring Foster received a BIPOC Fieldwork Scholarship to excavate at the Brač Island Project in Croatia. Louis, an MA student in Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Colorado Boulder, studies questions of identity and cross cultural influence in Hellenistic Bactria. Read his fieldwork report by clicking the link in our bio. #asorfieldwork

There's still time to create and submit a Roundtab

There's still time to create and submit a Roundtable proposal for ASOR's 2024 Annual Meeting! The deadline for submission has been extended until 11/01. Please click the link in our bio for more information and guidelines. #asor24

Photos 1 and 2: 2023 Roundtable sessions. Credit: Lucia Kustra.

Northern Mesopotamia served as a buffer zone betwe

Northern Mesopotamia served as a buffer zone between Rome and its imperial counterparts of Parthia and Sasanian. What does the archaeological record reveal about the Roman impact in this dynamic region? Read the latest ANE Today, "The Land at the End of the Empire: The Roman Eastern Border in Mesopotamia", here: https://buff.ly/3NtXaRW

Image: Composed image of the milestone from Karsi, northern Iraq, rediscovered by the author in the Erbil Museum of Civilization (Iraqi Kurdistan). Photo and graphic elaboration by R. Palermo.

A 2024 Shepard Urgent Action Grant funded rescue e

A 2024 Shepard Urgent Action Grant funded rescue excavations of a Chalcolithic settlement near Pkhero in southwest Georgia. Knowledge of Chalcolithic period sites in this region is limited, and this site has potential to contribute to a broader understanding of late prehistory in the southern Caucasus. Read the grant report by clicking the link in our bio. #asorgrants

Image 1: The expedition team.
Image 2: View of the Excavation Area, showing area disturbed by road construction.

On Saturday, October 12, ASOR was pleased to parti

On Saturday, October 12, ASOR was pleased to participate in the Arc-tober Fest organized by Fairfax County Park Authority as part of Virginia Archaeology Month. The event gathered several archaeological organizations in the DMV area at Sully Historic Site in Chantilly, VA. Visitors were able to learn more about the profession, listen to tours of the history of Sully Historic Site, and engage in interactive activities led by archaeologists. Read about the event by clicking the link in our bio.

#ArchaeologyMonth

The Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East now ha

The Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East now has a public searchable database for its collections. HMANE cares for over 40,000 items from Harvard University's collections of Near Eastern archaeological artifacts, including pottery, cylinder seals, sculpture, coins, and cuneiform tablets. See groups of artifacts such as Collection Highlights, Glass, Egypt, Tablets, Mesopotamia, and Tablets. Explore the database by clicking the link in our bio.

ASOR's Membership and Outreach Committee is seekin

ASOR's Membership and Outreach Committee is seeking nominations for membership on the committee to serve a three-year term beginning January 2025, with the option to renew for a second term. The committee's responsibilities include discussing strategies for membership growth, appropriate membership benefits, greater enfranchisement of ASOR’s international members, resources that members might like ASOR to provide, as well as overseeing the Friends of ASOR program. Applications are due November 1, 2024. Read about how to apply by clicking the link in our bio.

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