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ASOR is a non-profit organization that promotes the study of the history and cultures of the Near East and wider Mediterranean world.
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The ASOR Program Committee seeks 4 new members to serve a 3-year term (2026–2028) with possibility of a 2nd term. We are interested in applications from members whose research area(s) are complementary to or not represented by current members of the PC. The brief app. is due Dec. 5: buff.ly/B16v7ds
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The ASOR Program Committee seeks 4 new members to serve a 3-year term (2026–2028) with possibility of a 2nd term. We are interested in applications from members whose research area(s) are complementary to or not represented by current members of the PC. The brief app. is due Dec. 5: buff.ly/B16v7ds
We are one week away from the 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston! Make sure to have the Plenary Address from Dr. Timothy P. Harrison (ISAC), plus the Welcome Reception afterwards, on your calendars for Wednesday evening, November 19. See you there!
#ASOR25
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November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We are one week away from the 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston! Make sure to have the Plenary Address from Dr. Timothy P. Harrison (ISAC), plus the Welcome Reception afterwards, on your calendars for Wednesday evening, November 19. See you there!
#ASOR25
#ASOR25
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New issues of Maarav Vol. 29, Nos. 1-2 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/mar/2025... @asor-research.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New issues of Maarav Vol. 29, Nos. 1-2 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/mar/2025... @asor-research.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social
Remember to sign up for the free Museum Literacy Workshop available to all ASOR Annual Meeting attendees led by Dr. Jen Thum at the Harvard Art Museums! The workshop will be on Wednesday, November 19 from 3:00–5:00pm. Space is limited to 18 people, advance registration is required: buff.ly/kuF57r9
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Remember to sign up for the free Museum Literacy Workshop available to all ASOR Annual Meeting attendees led by Dr. Jen Thum at the Harvard Art Museums! The workshop will be on Wednesday, November 19 from 3:00–5:00pm. Space is limited to 18 people, advance registration is required: buff.ly/kuF57r9
We can’t wait to see you at ASOR’s Annual Meeting in Boston this November! But have you reserved your seat at the 125th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday night? Tickets must be purchased by November 3, and seats are going fast! Register now: buff.ly/HlqbQzn
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We can’t wait to see you at ASOR’s Annual Meeting in Boston this November! But have you reserved your seat at the 125th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday night? Tickets must be purchased by November 3, and seats are going fast! Register now: buff.ly/HlqbQzn
The Ancient Near East Today is seeking new members for its Editorial Advisory Committee. The committee supports and advises the editor of ANE Today for matters of content and strategy for the main platform and its Substack newsletter. Please fill out this online form by Oct. 31: buff.ly/2MyvjcP
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October 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Ancient Near East Today is seeking new members for its Editorial Advisory Committee. The committee supports and advises the editor of ANE Today for matters of content and strategy for the main platform and its Substack newsletter. Please fill out this online form by Oct. 31: buff.ly/2MyvjcP
Join ASOR's Early Career Scholars on Friday, October 17th from 12:00-1:15pm EDT via Zoom for a virtual Brown Bag workshop, "How to Get Involved in Archaeological Field Projects." Curious about how to join an archaeological dig or how to expand your field experience? Register here: buff.ly/hhAGoMp
October 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Join ASOR's Early Career Scholars on Friday, October 17th from 12:00-1:15pm EDT via Zoom for a virtual Brown Bag workshop, "How to Get Involved in Archaeological Field Projects." Curious about how to join an archaeological dig or how to expand your field experience? Register here: buff.ly/hhAGoMp
Friends of ASOR present the next webinar of the season on Oct. 8, at 7:00 pm EDT, presented by Kevin McGeough with panelists Jennie Ebeling and Bill Caraher. This webinar will be free and open to the public. Registration through Zoom (with a valid email address) is required: tinyurl.com/bdet3w97
FOA Webinar: Kevin McGeough, Jennie Ebeling, and Bill Caraher - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
Friends of ASOR Panel Webinar: "Readers of the Lost Ark: The Ark of the Covenant from Biblical Religion to Contemporary Culture" on October 8, 2025 at 7:00 pm ET.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Friends of ASOR present the next webinar of the season on Oct. 8, at 7:00 pm EDT, presented by Kevin McGeough with panelists Jennie Ebeling and Bill Caraher. This webinar will be free and open to the public. Registration through Zoom (with a valid email address) is required: tinyurl.com/bdet3w97
#ImageoftheWeek from this week's ANE Today: 12,000-year-old rock art panel of life-sized camels discovered in the Nefed Desert, Saudi Arabia. Orthophoto with tracings digitally outlined in color. Image source: M. Guagnin et al. 2025 (buff.ly/aIyYUYa). CC By 4.0.
#Archaeology #RockArt #SaudiArabia
#Archaeology #RockArt #SaudiArabia
October 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#ImageoftheWeek from this week's ANE Today: 12,000-year-old rock art panel of life-sized camels discovered in the Nefed Desert, Saudi Arabia. Orthophoto with tracings digitally outlined in color. Image source: M. Guagnin et al. 2025 (buff.ly/aIyYUYa). CC By 4.0.
#Archaeology #RockArt #SaudiArabia
#Archaeology #RockArt #SaudiArabia
The American Academy of Religion, Southeastern region, invites abstracts for its annual conference. There will be ASOR member-sponsored sessions on Field Reports and Related Scholarship, Shifting Identities & the Archaeology of the Ancient World.
Call for Papers deadline is October 1: relse.org.
Call for Papers deadline is October 1: relse.org.
September 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The American Academy of Religion, Southeastern region, invites abstracts for its annual conference. There will be ASOR member-sponsored sessions on Field Reports and Related Scholarship, Shifting Identities & the Archaeology of the Ancient World.
Call for Papers deadline is October 1: relse.org.
Call for Papers deadline is October 1: relse.org.
ASOR is pleased to announce, with support from the American Institute for Roman Culture, the Cyrene Conservation Initiative—a 12-month conservation and heritage education project at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cyrene in eastern Libya. Read more: www.asor.org/.../09/cyren...
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
ASOR is pleased to announce, with support from the American Institute for Roman Culture, the Cyrene Conservation Initiative—a 12-month conservation and heritage education project at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cyrene in eastern Libya. Read more: www.asor.org/.../09/cyren...
Friends of ASOR is pleased to announce our next webinar, "Visions of Antiquity: Paintings of Robert Duncanson and Sculptures of Edmonia Lewis" presented by Dr. Tasha Vorderstrasse, is on September 24 at 7:00pm ET. Register for the free webinar here: buff.ly/JdUpaud
September 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Friends of ASOR is pleased to announce our next webinar, "Visions of Antiquity: Paintings of Robert Duncanson and Sculptures of Edmonia Lewis" presented by Dr. Tasha Vorderstrasse, is on September 24 at 7:00pm ET. Register for the free webinar here: buff.ly/JdUpaud
Joshua Micallef, a 2025 P.E. MacAllister Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient, excavated at Tell Hesban in Jordan. Interested in landscape archaeology, Joshua shares what it was like to explore and excavate in the trenches of the wadi. Read his report here: buff.ly/O1zlcdl
#Archaeology #Jordan
#Archaeology #Jordan
September 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Joshua Micallef, a 2025 P.E. MacAllister Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient, excavated at Tell Hesban in Jordan. Interested in landscape archaeology, Joshua shares what it was like to explore and excavate in the trenches of the wadi. Read his report here: buff.ly/O1zlcdl
#Archaeology #Jordan
#Archaeology #Jordan
ASOR and the Levantine Ceramics Project are pleased to announce the launch of a new handbook series—and the first publication: The LCP Handbook to the Late Roman Amphora (LRA1). The LCPH Series provides comprehensive overviews of wares on Mediterranean sites. Read more here: buff.ly/4ihHNO0
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September 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
ASOR and the Levantine Ceramics Project are pleased to announce the launch of a new handbook series—and the first publication: The LCP Handbook to the Late Roman Amphora (LRA1). The LCPH Series provides comprehensive overviews of wares on Mediterranean sites. Read more here: buff.ly/4ihHNO0
Aidan Gregg, 2025 Katherine Barton Platt Fellowship Recipient, joined the Athenian Agora excavations in Athens, Greece as an assistant supervisor in 2025. Returning to a site he'd excavated before, Aidan reflects on personal and professional growth. Read his report here: buff.ly/JOalqcG
September 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Aidan Gregg, 2025 Katherine Barton Platt Fellowship Recipient, joined the Athenian Agora excavations in Athens, Greece as an assistant supervisor in 2025. Returning to a site he'd excavated before, Aidan reflects on personal and professional growth. Read his report here: buff.ly/JOalqcG
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Read "Art as the Child of Nature: Investigating the Interplay between Human Society, Environment, and Artistic Production in Prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus" and learn how ancient Cypriot art integrated changing natural landscapes. Find it here: ow.ly/E6XW50Wn6XY @asor-research.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Read "Art as the Child of Nature: Investigating the Interplay between Human Society, Environment, and Artistic Production in Prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus" and learn how ancient Cypriot art integrated changing natural landscapes. Find it here: ow.ly/E6XW50Wn6XY @asor-research.bsky.social
A reminder that ASOR invites poster proposals for the Poster Session as part of the 2025 ASOR Annual Meeting. The deadline to submit a poster proposal is August 1 and must be uploaded via ASOR’s online portal. Read the Call for Posters for more information: buff.ly/99Bkbqj
July 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A reminder that ASOR invites poster proposals for the Poster Session as part of the 2025 ASOR Annual Meeting. The deadline to submit a poster proposal is August 1 and must be uploaded via ASOR’s online portal. Read the Call for Posters for more information: buff.ly/99Bkbqj
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New volume of Journal of Cuneiform Studies Vol. 77 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jcs/2025... @asor-research.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New volume of Journal of Cuneiform Studies Vol. 77 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jcs/2025... @asor-research.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social
ASOR will offer 10 grants of $250 each to support institutional student travel to the Annual Meeting this November. ASOR is also looking for Session Assistants who will receive hotel support in exchange for assisting with the meeting's hybrid aspects. Read more: buff.ly/GmixUGa
July 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
ASOR will offer 10 grants of $250 each to support institutional student travel to the Annual Meeting this November. ASOR is also looking for Session Assistants who will receive hotel support in exchange for assisting with the meeting's hybrid aspects. Read more: buff.ly/GmixUGa
The “Heritage Advocacy in North Africa” project ran from August 2021 to September 2023 with the aim of promoting cultural and religious freedom through heritage protection and advocacy in Morocco and Tunisia. See our latest blog post: buff.ly/MSTrO8T.
July 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The “Heritage Advocacy in North Africa” project ran from August 2021 to September 2023 with the aim of promoting cultural and religious freedom through heritage protection and advocacy in Morocco and Tunisia. See our latest blog post: buff.ly/MSTrO8T.
Lonnie Reid, a 2024 Fieldwork Scholarship recipient, excavated at Qach Rresh in Kurdish Iraq. Using magnetometry, Lonnie excavated the Iron Age fields with a unique and precise method. Read his fieldwork report here: buff.ly/hyxY86g
#asorfieldwork #asordigs
#asorfieldwork #asordigs
July 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Lonnie Reid, a 2024 Fieldwork Scholarship recipient, excavated at Qach Rresh in Kurdish Iraq. Using magnetometry, Lonnie excavated the Iron Age fields with a unique and precise method. Read his fieldwork report here: buff.ly/hyxY86g
#asorfieldwork #asordigs
#asorfieldwork #asordigs
ASOR is turning 125—and we want you to be part of the celebration! Our special anniversary dinner will take place during this year's Annual Meeting in Boston at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza. Register for the event here: buff.ly/m9tGfY0
July 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
ASOR is turning 125—and we want you to be part of the celebration! Our special anniversary dinner will take place during this year's Annual Meeting in Boston at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza. Register for the event here: buff.ly/m9tGfY0
Summer is in full swing, but it’s not too early to think about your fall calendar. The Annual Meeting Program-at-a-Glance, as well as information about business meetings and special events, can be found on the 2025 ASOR Annual Meeting Schedules Page. Check it out here: buff.ly/nZBO4y4
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July 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Summer is in full swing, but it’s not too early to think about your fall calendar. The Annual Meeting Program-at-a-Glance, as well as information about business meetings and special events, can be found on the 2025 ASOR Annual Meeting Schedules Page. Check it out here: buff.ly/nZBO4y4
ASOR was delighted to participate in the DC Day of Archaeology Festival by @aitc_dc this past Saturday, June 28 at Tudor Place. The ASOR table included a sandbox to dig up artifacts, puzzles, trivia, and free journals! Read more: www.asor.org/news/2025/07... #dcdayofarchaeology
DC Day of Archaeology 2025 - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
ASOR is proud to have participated in another successful DC Day of Archaeology! Read about our community outreach efforts and activities.
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July 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
ASOR was delighted to participate in the DC Day of Archaeology Festival by @aitc_dc this past Saturday, June 28 at Tudor Place. The ASOR table included a sandbox to dig up artifacts, puzzles, trivia, and free journals! Read more: www.asor.org/news/2025/07... #dcdayofarchaeology
#ObjectoftheWeek: Funerary model of cow giving birth. Probably from Meir, Egypt, c. 2040 – 1985 BCE. Royal Ontario Museum 910.18.16.1. Photo courtesy of ROM: buff.ly/QrcBzG0
June 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#ObjectoftheWeek: Funerary model of cow giving birth. Probably from Meir, Egypt, c. 2040 – 1985 BCE. Royal Ontario Museum 910.18.16.1. Photo courtesy of ROM: buff.ly/QrcBzG0