The Officers Nominations Committee is responsible for nominating new officers for 17吃瓜as the terms of incumbent officers expire. These officers include the Chair of the Board, the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer.听
The Finance Committee (a) advises the Executive Committee on matters related to the financial management of 17吃瓜and supervision of bids for the annual audit; (b) supervises the investments of ASOR鈥檚 funds; and (c) oversees the preparation of the annual budget and monitors compliance with the final budget approved by the Trustees to assure that expenditures do not exceed budgeted amounts.
Emily Miller Bonney, Chair (Treasurer, until December 31, 2026)
Sharon Herbert (President, until December 31, 2025)
Kiersten Neumann (Co-chair of the Program Committee, until December 31, 2025)
Allison Thomason (Co-chair of the Program Committee, until December 31, 2025)
Kevin McGeough (Chair of Publications Committee, until December 31, 2024)
At-large: Lisa Ackerman (until December 31, 2025)
At-large: Susan Ackerman (until December 31, 2025)
At-large: Eric Cline (until December 31, 2026)
At-large: Lynn Swartz Dodd (until December 31, 2024)
At-large: Tiffany Earley-Spadoni (until December 31, 2024)
ASOR’s Online Library is an exclusive resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts who want a master portal into the world of the ancient Near East and wider Mediterranean. The Online Library brings together presentations, posters, and virtual museum tours from the 2020-25 Annual Meetings, and the entire archive of Friends of ASOR’s monthly webinar series.
The platform is now open to 2025 Annual Meeting attendees (through June 30, 2026) and 2026 Annual Meeting registrants (through June 30, 2027). If you did not attend the 2025 Annual Meeting and do not plan to attend the 2026 Annual Meeting, you can still purchase access to the Online Library in the 17吃瓜Store.
Non-Members: $125 | Members: $100 | Early Career Members: $75 | Student Members: $50
How to purchase access: Login to ASOR’s . After logging in, navigate to in the top menu, then choose the “17吃瓜Online Library Access” product. Each paid registrant will receive a confirmation e-mail after paying for access. If you do not receive this e-mail (and you have checked your Spam folder), please contact us because the system did not complete your registration. Access is valid through December 31, 2026.
Access to the Online Library includes:
*Please note we are still populating the 2025 Annual Meeting Recordings. Check back soon if a recording you are looking for is not yet available.
Please follow the steps below to browse the Online Library:
1) Log in to the
2) Select “Resources” from the top menu bar.
3) Click on “Online Library.” From this page, you will see the Annual Meeting recordings sorted by year, and the Friends of 17吃瓜Webinar recordings sorted by season.
4) Choose the event you would like to browse, select the recorded presentation you would like to view, and click 鈥淲atch Here.鈥�
Watch a tutorial video on how to navigate the Online Library here:聽
Please contact Jared Koller at Jaredkoller@asor.org or call +1 703-789-9234 with any questions.
UPDATE (October 30, 2024) on Hilton Union Employee Labor Dispute: 17吃瓜is pleased that union employees and Hilton have reached a tentative agreement. Employees are slated to return to work this Friday pending a new contract ratification vote. You can read聽.
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ASOR’s 2024 Annual Meeting will take place at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza located at 50 Park Plaza in downtown Boston. Steps away from the Public Garden, Theater District, and many of the city’s best shopping, restaurants, and historical sites, the Hilton Boston Park Plaza is an ideal location to enjoy 17吃瓜sessions during the day and explore the city during the evening.
Reservations: 17吃瓜has negotiated the discounted rates of $184 single/double, $204 triple, and $224 quad for reservations in ASOR’s block at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza. You are encouraged to make your reservation early as ASOR’s block of rooms often sells out before the meeting. In the past, Boston has been our most popular location, and rooms have sold out over the summer. Cancellations may be made until 3:00pm EST, 72 hours prior to arrival.
in ASOR’s group block or call the hotel reservations department at 1-617-203-7165 and reference the 2024 17吃瓜Annual Meeting.
*Note: The hotel destination fee is waived for 17吃瓜attendees. The auto-generated hotel confirmation may show a destination fee, but this fee will not show up on your bill.听
Parking: Valet parking is available for $65 per night. Self parking is available at the Motor Mart Garage, which is across the street from the hotel (entrance at 201 Stuart Street).
Public Transportation: The closest T stops are the Arlington Street (Green Line) and Back Bay (Orange Line) Stations.
Dining: Enjoy the Starbucks within the hotel, or some of the local and sustainable lunch and dinner options at the Boston Park Plaza’s signature restaurant, Off The Common, located in the hotel lobby. Strega Italiano Back Bay is a modern steakhouse just off of the hotel lobby and M.J. O’Conner’s offers classic Irish pub food right next door.
Travel Information: As part of ASOR’s commitment toward carbon neutrality, we encourage all attendees who can to consider traveling to Boston by train or bus. Visit our travel page for more information and savings on travel to and around Boston.
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2024 AD HOC COMMITTEE聽 FOR 17吃瓜LANGUAGE AND GUIDELINES FOR WORK IN CONTESTED TERRITORIES
Charge for the Ad Hoc Committee on Language and Guidelines for Work in Contested Territories
Members of 17吃瓜conduct fieldwork and research in volatile areas of the world, where political and ethnic boundaries are fluid and contested. The 鈥渇acts鈥� on the ground and in the minds of the peoples involved change regularly in these regions. ASOR鈥檚 top concerns in these matters are to support the work of its members and facilitate their activities in all the countries where they work. At the same time, we must be careful not to promulgate misleading or unsubstantiated claims to the territories involved. Beyond this, ASOR鈥檚 overarching mission, as stated in its Policy on Professional Conduct, includes maintaining the highest ethical standards of scholarship and public discourse wherever we work.
Difficulties arise with some regularity for ASOR鈥檚 Program Committee and Committee on Publications over how to handle the presentation of work in contested territories, and they are asking for guidance. Other committees 鈥揌onors and Awards, CAP, CH, DEI, and the Committee on the 17吃瓜Policy on Professional Conduct 鈥揳lso wrestle with these issues. The charge to this Ad Hoc Committee is to examine the language we use to deal with such work (section E 7 in ASOR鈥檚 Policy on Professional Conduct, first published in 2014 and amended in 2019) and to determine if there is a clearer way to serve the needs of ASOR鈥檚 members in these situations, while at the same time maintaining our commitment to the highest ethical standards of scholarship.
The Publications Committee takes responsibility for overseeing 17吃瓜publications, including ASOR鈥檚 four scholarly journals — the Bulletin of ASOR, the Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Maarav, and Near Eastern Archaeology聽 鈥� and ASOR鈥檚 three monograph series — the Annual of 17吃瓜(AASOR), the 17吃瓜Archaeological Reports Series (17吃瓜– ARS), and the Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplement Series (JCCSS). The committee oversees as well as ASOR鈥檚 digital database, the Levantine Ceramics Project, and ASOR鈥檚 Friends of 17吃瓜e-newsletter, The Ancient Near East听罢辞诲补测. In addition, the Publications Committee conducts searches for and recommends to the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees individuals to serve as editors or in some cases co-editors of ASOR鈥檚 scholarly journals and monograph series. Typically, editors serve for three-year terms and can be renewed for a second term. Finally, the committee discusses and advises 17吃瓜regarding new publication initiatives, especially digital publishing initiatives and making 17吃瓜publications available through open access.
Kevin McGeough, Chair (until December 31, 2024)
Class of 2024
Jake Lauinger
Jennifer Singletary
Samuel Wolff
Class of 2025
Gary Arbino
Eric Kansa
Jimmy Schryver
Class of 2026
Jeff Howry
Adam Miglio
Allison Gruseke
Editors of 17吃瓜Journals and Monographs
Susan Cohen (BASOR)
Marwan Kilani (BASOR)
Jana Myn谩艡ov谩 (BASOR)
Regine Pruzsinszky (BASOR)
Paul Delnero (JCS)
Petra Goedegebuure (JCS)
Seth Richardson (JCS)
Simeon Chavel (Ma’arav)
Stephanie Lynn Budin (NEA)
Bill Caraher (AASOR)
Jennie Ebeling (ASOR-ARS)
Jessica Nitschke (ANE Today)
Andrea Berlin (LCP)
Sharon Herbert (ex officio)
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Archived webpage for the 2024 Committee Members; This page has been replaced
The Committee on Membership and Outreach takes responsibility for聽discussing matters regarding 17吃瓜institutional and individual memberships, including (but not limited to) strategies for membership growth, appropriate membership benefits, the most fitting way to categorize individual memberships (student, recent graduate, etc.), greater enfranchisement of ASOR鈥檚 international members, and resources that members might like 17吃瓜to provide. The committee also oversees ASOR鈥檚 outreach efforts. These include, preeminently, the Friends of 17吃瓜program (a program for individuals who share 17吃瓜members鈥� interest in the archaeology and history of the Near East and wider Mediterranean but who are not themselves members). In addition, it advises聽the 17吃瓜staff about the presentation and content of several of ASOR鈥檚 digital platforms, including the 17吃瓜Facebook page, the 17吃瓜Twitter account, ASORTv, and ASOR鈥檚 weekly bi-monthly e-newsletter聽News@ASOR.听
Sheldon Fox (ex officio)
Sharon Herbert (ex officio)
Regan Baker (ex officio, non-voting)
Andrew G. Vaughn (ex officio, non-voting)
Friends of 17吃瓜Sub-Committee
Stevan B. Dana
Susan Laden
Alex MacAllister
Jennie Ebeling (non-voting)
Regan Baker (non-voting)
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The Honors and Awards Committee takes responsibility for determining the awardees for the three book awards, the field archaeology award, the 鈥渂est poster鈥� award, and the multiple membership service awards that 17吃瓜gives annually; conducting the awards ceremony during the Members鈥� Meeting at the 17吃瓜Annual Meeting; and聽discussing and advising the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees about ASOR鈥檚 awards, including recommending to the Board the creation of new awards as deemed appropriate.听
Lynn Welton, Chair (until December 31, 2025)
Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, Chair (until December 31, 2026)
Class of 2025
Susan Ackerman (1st term)
J.P. Dessel (1st term)
Pinar Durgun (2nd term)
Robert Mullins (2nd term)
The Early聽Career聽Scholars Committee takes responsibility for championing the views and needs of ASOR鈥檚 early career scholars (a group defined as including all 17吃瓜members who qualify for the Undergraduate, Graduate, and Early Career membership rates); hosting a luncheon and other programming as deemed appropriate for Early Career Scholars at the 17吃瓜Annual Meeting; and working with the 17吃瓜staff, 17吃瓜leadership, and the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees to further the goal articulated in the 17吃瓜2021-2025 Strategic Plan, to develop strategies to foster the next generation of scholars of the Near East and wider Mediterranean and promote their success. 17吃瓜Early Career Scholars include all 17吃瓜members who qualify for the following levels of membership: Early Career, Graduate, and Undergraduate.
