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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.
Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Co-Chair (until December 31, 2024)
The Executive Committee of the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees acts on behalf of the Board to manage the business and affairs of 17吃瓜between the regular Board meetings is composed of the Board Chair, Vice Chair(s) of the Board (if any), President, Past President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Chair of the Development Committee, and two (2) or three (3) other Trustees.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Richard L. Coffman
Chair of the Board (until December 31, 2022)
Richard L. Coffman, a native Texan, is a trial lawyer and managing partner of the Coffman Law Firm in Beaumont, Texas. His law practice focuses on class actions, mass actions, and business litigation throughout the United States. He has been named a Texas Super Lawyer.
Before attending law school, Coffman, who also is a Certified Public Accountant, worked for two international public accounting firms. He also served as an adjunct member of the accounting faculties of the University of Washington and University of Texas business schools. Coffman regularly travels on mission trips to South Sudan.
Prior to taking up his current position as 17吃瓜Board Chair, on July 1, 2016, Coffman served as ASOR鈥檚 Assistant Treasurer in 2012 and as the 17吃瓜Treasurer from January 1, 2013, through June 30, 2016. He also served on the 17吃瓜2016-2020 Strategic Planning Task Force and the 17吃瓜Branding Task Force. As Chair of the Board, Coffman also sits on several 17吃瓜committees.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Sharon Herbert
President (until December 31, 2025)
Sharon Herbert is the Charles K. Williams II Distinguished University Professor of Classical Archaeology Emerita and Research Associate at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan. Formerly, she served as the chair of the Department of Classical Studies and Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology at Michigan, where she has enjoyed a聽remarkable career as a field archaeologist, teacher, and academic聽administrator since she joined the Michigan faculty in 1973. She is also the former Curator of Greek and Hellenistic Collections and Director Emerita (1997-2013) of the University of Michigan鈥檚 Kelsey Museum.
Herbert鈥檚 research specialties include Hellenistic Egypt and the Near East and ancient ceramics. She is best known for her contributions to the archaeology of Israel, as director of the Tel Anafa excavations from 1978 to 1981 and as co-director of the Tel Kedesh excavations from 1997 to 2012. She has also conducted archaeological fieldwork in Greece, Italy, and Egypt.
Before assuming her position as ASOR’s President on January 1, 2020, Herbert served as 17吃瓜Vice President from 2013-2019. Herbert also served as the President of the W. F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research (AIAR) from 2013-2018. In November 2017, Herbert received ASOR鈥檚 W. F. Albright Service Award, in recognition of her work on behalf of the Albright.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Susan Ackerman
Past President (until December 31, 2025)
Susan Ackerman is the Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion and Professor of Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College, where she has been on the faculty since 1990. At Dartmouth, she served as the Chair of the Religion Department from 2004-2012 and as the Chair of the Program in Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from 2002-2004 and 2015-2019. Her research specialties include the religion of ancient Israel, women and gender in ancient Israel, myth and ritual studies in ancient Israel, and the Hebrew Bible.
Ackerman served as 17吃瓜President from 2014-2019. Prior to that, Ackerman served as a member of the 17吃瓜Board for seven years (2007-2013), during which time she was a member of the 17吃瓜Capital Campaign Cabinet, the Task Force on the 17吃瓜Strategic Plan for 2011-2015, and the Finance Committee. She has also served as President of the New England and Eastern Canada Region of the Society of Biblical Literature (2013-2014), as President of the Colloquium for Biblical Research (2008-2010), and as a member and then Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the W. F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research (AIAR), from 2008-2013.
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Andrew G. Vaughn
Executive Director (until June 30, 2025)
Andrew G. (Andy) Vaughn became ASOR鈥檚 Interim Executive Director on January 1, 2007, and he was appointed Executive Director on July 1, 2007. Prior to this appointment, Vaughn taught at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. There, from 1997鈥�2007, he was Assistant Professor and later Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible. He also served as Chair of Department of Religion. His teaching and research interests include聽cultural heritage,听history, archaeology, Semitic languages, and Israelite religion.听聽He is a past recipient of the Mitchell Dahood Prize for Biblical Scholarship, and he was a Fulbright Fellow at Tel Aviv University from 1993鈥�94.
Prior to taking up his position as Executive Director of ASOR, Vaughn served on ASOR鈥檚 Publications Committee from 2001鈥�2006, and he was elected as Chair of the Publications Committee in 2005. As Chair, he served on the 17吃瓜Board and Executive Committee from 2005鈥�2006, and he was on the 17吃瓜Management Committee from 2006鈥�2007. He was editor of the joint ASOR/SBL Archaeology and Biblical Studies Book Series from 2001鈥�2007. He has also served as Vice President of the Upper Midwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature (2006-2007) and on the SBL Development Committee (2004鈥�2007).[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Charles Ellwood Jones
Vice President (until December 31, 2025)
Charles Ellwood (Chuck) Jones is the Tombros Librarian for Classics and Humanities at The Pennsylvania State University Library, a position he has held since August 2013. At Penn State, he also holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies. Previously, Jones served as the Head of the Library for the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), in New York, where he also held a position as Senior Fellow and was a faculty member of the Institute’s 2012-13 Linked Ancient World Institute. Prior to his time at ISAW, Jones was the Head Librarian for the Blegen Library at the American School of Classical Studies, in Athens, and was the Research Archivist-Bibliographer for the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
Jones is particularly known for developing online resources for ancient Near Eastern scholars, including AWOL (the Ancient World Online). In 2008, he won the 17吃瓜Open Archaeology Award, for the Abzu website, and in 2015-2016, he won an award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology from The Archaeological Institute of America.
Within ASOR, Jones has served as a session chair for programs on cyberinfrastructure and digital scholarship and as a member and then, from 2012-2018, as chair of the Publications Committee. In November 2018, Jones received ASOR鈥檚 Membership Service Award in recognition of his work as Publications Chair.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Ann-Marie Knoblauch
Secretary (until December 31, 2024)
Ann-Marie Knoblauch is Associate Professor of Art History and Associate Director of the School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech. Her research interests bridge east and west, especially Cyprus and Greece during the archaic and classical periods. She is especially concerned with articulating the voices of underrepresented groups in the ancient Mediterranean world 鈥� non-Athenian and non-male 鈥� through the material culture left behind.听This approach to the ancient world manifests itself in two main research endeavors, investigations into the visual iconography of Athenian women and active fieldwork on the island of Cyprus. Knoblauch has been involved in the excavations of Idalion, Cyprus, since 1998, and on Cyprus, she has also excavated at Yeronisos Island. She has also excavated in Israel and Greece.
Knoblauch has chaired several 17吃瓜sessions on Cyprus at the 17吃瓜Annual Meeting, and she also served as guest co-editor for a special double issue of Near Eastern Archaeology (NEA 71/1-2) whose focus was 鈥淎ncient Cyprus: American Research.鈥� In addition, she served as a member of the Near Eastern Archaeology editorial board from 2008 through 2016.
Knoblauch joined the 17吃瓜Board in January 2013. While on the Board, she has been a member of the Executive Committee, the Finance Committee, the Officers Nominations Committee, and the Task Force for Implementing the 17吃瓜2011-2015 Strategic Plan, and she served as the chair of the Trustee Nominations Committee. She has also been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) since 2002.
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Emily Miller Bonney
Treasurer (until December 31, 2023)
Emily Miller Bonney is a professor of Liberal Studies at California State University Fullerton, where she currently serves as Dean of the Pollak University Library.听She has also served as Interim Assistant Vice President for Academic Human Resources. Her research focuses on Bronze Age Crete and specifically on the application of extended mind and material agency theories to the relationship between the archaeological record and social/political/economic change.听In addition, she examines the ways in which the specific disciplinary frameworks affect the conclusions scholars reach.听Her recent work re-examines the mortuary evidence for social organization transitions in the Early Bronze Age on Crete, particularly the circular stone tombs, and for cross-crafting in pottery and other media.
Bonney began attending 17吃瓜meetings in 1999, after fifteen years in the world of law school and legal practice. Since 2016, she has served as the session chair of “Career Options for 17吃瓜Members: The Academy and Beyond.” She currently serves as a member of the Board’s Finance Committee and she is Chair of the ad hoc committee charged with developing a Code of Conduct for the 17吃瓜Annual Meeting.
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Lynn Swartz Dodd
(until December 31, 2024)
Lynn Swartz Dodd is Associate Professor of the Practice of Religion at the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. There, she has served as the Director of the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Undergraduate Major and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Religion. She was also designated a USC Dornsife Distinguished Faculty Fellow.
Dodd鈥檚 research centers on archaeology and politics and ancient innovation and social change, particularly the ways that beliefs about the world figure in social change. As Curator of USC鈥檚 Archaeology Research Center, she is also engaged in technical material studies, excavation publication projects, and research involving the use of lasers and new imaging techniques in archaeological research and conservation. She is a staff member of the Amuq Valley Research Project Survey (Turkey), the Kenan Tepe Excavations (Tigris River, Turkey), and the Tell al-Judaidah Publication Project (Turkey), as well as the Native American Sacred Landscapes Project (California). Dodd is in addition the co-organizer of the Israeli Palestinian Archaeology Working Group.
Dodd has served 17吃瓜in many capacities: for example, as a member of the Publications Committee and of the Committee on Archaeological Research and Policy (and as Chair of that committee鈥檚 Fellowships Subcommittee). She was the Chair of the Ad Hoc Ethics Working Group that authored the Policy on Professional Conduct adopted by the 17吃瓜Board in April 2015. She served as 17吃瓜Secretary from 2013-2018 and currently serves as a member of the Board’s Finance Committee and as Chair of the Board’s Development Committee.
In November 2015, Dodd received the 17吃瓜Membership Service Award, and in November 2018, she received the Charles U. Harris Service Award, which is given in recognition of long term and/or special service as an 17吃瓜officer or Trustee.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Jane DeRose Evans
(until December 31, 2024)
Jane DeRose Evans is Professor and Chair of Art History at Temple University. She specializes in the archaeology of the Roman provinces and especially in ancient numismatics. She is a Fellow of the American Numismatic Society and a member of the Royal Numismatic Society.听After excavating for many years in France, she is now project numismatist for the Harvard/Cornell Excavations in Sardis and the George Washington University excavations at Bir Madhkur (Jordan). Recently, she brought to publication The Mithraeum at Caesarea Maritima (17吃瓜Press) and is completing the final publication on the U-Shaped Building at Caesarea.
Evans has been a member of 17吃瓜for many years, and from 2010-2015, she served on the Ad Hoc Ethics Working Group that authored the Policy on Professional Conduct adopted by the 17吃瓜Board in April 2015. She currently serves on the Cultural Heritage Committee and has testified on behalf of the Memoranda of Understanding that allow intercepting illegally obtained antiquities from Cyprus and Egypt at the US border.
Evans served on the 17吃瓜Board from 2011-2013 and then rejoined the Board again in January 2016. She is currently serving as the Chair of the Trustee Nominations Committee and as the Chair of the Cultural Heritage Committee.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Eric M. Meyers
(until December 31, 2024)
Eric Meyers is the Bernice and Morton Lerner Emeritus Professor in Judaic Studies and Archaeology in the Department of Religious Studies of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University. He served as Director of the Graduate Program in Religion at Duke from 1979-1985 and as Associate Director in 2000-2001. He became Director again in academic year 2001-2002, a position he held until 2007.
Meyers’s research interests include the Bible, Jewish history, and archaeology. Meyers has directed digs in Israel for forty years, including the Meiron Excavation Project, whose work included excavations of the nearby synagogues of Gush 岣lav and Nabatrein, and the Sepphoris Regional Project.
Within ASOR, Meyers held the position of First Vice-President for Publications from 1982-1990, and from 1982-1992 he served as the editor of Biblical Archaeologist (BA). He served as well the associate editor of the Bulletin of ASOR (BASOR) from 1976-1993. Most notably, Meyers served as ASOR鈥檚 President from January 1, 1990, through July 1, 1996, and then again from May 2006 through December 2008.
In 2009, Meyers became Project Director of a major two-and-a-half year grant for archiving the history of American archaeology in the Middle East through ASOR. In addition, from 1975-1976, he served as Director of the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem. Today, he is an Honorary Trustee of the Albright. He also currently serves as a member of the 17吃瓜Board’s Development Committee.
In 1997, Meyers received ASOR鈥檚 G. Ernest Wright Publication Award, which is given to the editor/author of the most substantial volume(s) dealing with archaeological material, excavation reports, and material culture from the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean. A decade later, in November 2007, he received ASOR鈥檚 most prestigious award, the Richard聽J. Scheuer Medal, for lifetime achievement and professional service. The Eric and Carol Meyers Excavation Fellowships, established in 2014, also honor his long-standing service to ASOR.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]
Joe D. Seger
(until December 31, 2023)
Joe D. Seger is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures and Director Emeritus of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University, whose faculty he joined in 1982. His research interests include Near Eastern archaeology and field methods, Old Testament history and literature, ancient Semitic languages, and ancient Near Eastern religions and cultures. He is an expert in ceramic analysis and excavation techniques.
Seger鈥檚 career as a field archaeologist began with the Joint Expedition to Tell Balatah, biblical Shechem, in 1962. He returned for the 1964 season and became Field Director in 1969. Since 1975 he has been the Project Director of the Lahav Research Project excavations at Tell Halif in Israel.
Seger first joined the 17吃瓜Board in 1986 and has served on the Board ever since. From 1996-2002, he served as the 17吃瓜President. Seger also served as the President of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) from 1988-1994 and now he serves as an Honorary Trustee of the Albright. He also currently serves the 17吃瓜Board as the Chair of the Officers Nominations Committee and as a member of the Development Committee.
In 2006, Seger received ASOR鈥檚 most prestigious award, the Richard聽J. Scheuer Medal, for lifetime achievement and professional service. The recently established Joe D. Seger Excavation Fund also honors his long-standing service to ASOR.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1490571214409{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_wp_posts title=”BROWSE THE NEWS ARCHIVE” number=”4″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1490225688999{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
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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
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The Cultural Heritage Committee advises the President, the Executive Director, the Board, and other 17吃瓜leaders regarding initiatives 17吃瓜might undertake, either individually or jointly with other bodies in the field of cultural heritage,听to help protect and preserve the cultural heritage of the Near East. Pre-eminently, the Cultural Heritage Committee聽advises the President, the Executive Director, the Board, and other 17吃瓜leaders regarding the 17吃瓜Cultural Heritage Initiatives program (17吃瓜CHI), regarding both current and prospective 17吃瓜CHI projects. The聽Cultural Heritage Committee also advises the President,听and ASOR鈥檚 leadership more generally, regarding ways 17吃瓜might聽interact with bodies such as the AIA Cultural Heritage Policy Committee and the SAA International Government Affairs Committee in formulating proposed policy positions or responses to various cultural heritage issues that the ASOR, the AIA, the SAA, and the AAA may jointly wish to champion and by helping draft statements or suggesting ASOR鈥檚 participation in actions initiated by others that work to safeguard cultural heritage. This committee reserves one line of membership for an Early Career Scholar and three lines of membership for 17吃瓜members from outside of North America, in countries where 17吃瓜promotes Cultural Heritage Initiatives.
Jane DeRose Evans, Chair (2nd term, until December 31, 2024)
Class of 2022
Mohammed Alazaizeh (1st term)
Michele Stopera Freyhauf (1st term)
Sarah Graff (1st term)
Class of 2023
Andrew Cohen (1st term)
Barbara Anglisz (1st term)
In the summer of 2007, 17吃瓜renewed its emphasis on providing funding grants and fellowships that allow individuals to participate in excavations in the Eastern Mediterranean.听Since 2007, 17吃瓜has awarded more than $986,000 to 740 researchers and students through scholarships for fieldwork participants, grants for archaeological projects, research fellowships for members, and membership and annual meeting scholarships.聽The grants below support archaeological projects and project directors (see聽Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation聽for funding opportunities for those wishing to participate in an archaeological fieldwork).
聽The “Exploring Continuity and Transition in Southern Jordan”project team in front of al-Khazneh (the Treasury) in Petra (from left to right, Dr. Bj枚rn Anderson, Dr. Jennifer Ramsay, Dr. Craig Harvey, Dr. Amanda Harman, Josh Feland and Abdullah al-Saket).
Lawrence T. Geraty Community Archaeology Grant:聽One grant of $4,500 is available for 2026. These grants are designed to support projects that will incentivize local engagement with protection, preservation, and presentation of archaeological sites in Jordan.
聽Pending the receipt of funds, one grant of $2,500 will be available for 2026. This grant was made possible by annual gifts beginning in 2017.
: Two 聽grants of $5,000 each will be awarded for 2026. This grant is made possible by a generous endowment given by the late Rev. Charles Harris.
聽One grant of $2,500 (match required) is available for the summer of 2026. This grant is made possible in 2016 through generous gifts made by an anonymous donor and by friends and students of Joe D. Seger.
聽Begun in 2020, Shepard Urgent Action Grants are intended for emergency documentation, stabilization or excavation at an archaeological site in the greater Mediterranean region. Grant amounts range from $2,500-$10,000. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and successful applicants can expect a response within four to six weeks of application submission.
1. Applications should be submitted by directors of ASOR-affiliated projects or senior staff members of affiliated projects. Applications by staff members other than the director must be accompanied by a letter of endorsement from the project director, which should be emailed to聽programs@asor.org.
2. Only one application from a project or site will be funded in any given year. In addition, the Committee will give preference to projects that have not received an 17吃瓜Project Grant (Dana, Gold, Harris, or Seger) in the past three years.
4. Funds will be made available from the 17吃瓜office, and recipients may receive a Form 1099 for the funds received. In order for 17吃瓜to distribute funds to an institution, certain restrictions may apply. Only direct expenses are permitted, and no indirect or overhead may be charged.
Disclaimer: If for any reason many archaeological excavations cannot take place during 2026, 17吃瓜may at its sole discretion decide not to offer project grants. If 17吃瓜deems such a decision as necessary, applicants may reapply for non-fieldwork funds if 17吃瓜can offer them for 2026. Regrettably, applicants and successful applicants may not postpone project grants to another year if the applicant or 17吃瓜decides that grants will not be awarded in 2026. If the pandemic or any other reason causes a cancellation of fieldwork in 2026, applicants must reapply for funding in 2027 (or for stipends if they can be made available in 2026).
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The Finance Committee聽(补)听补dvises the Executive Committee on matters related to the financial management of 17吃瓜and supervision of bids for the annual audit;聽(产)听蝉upervises the investments of ASOR’s funds; and聽(肠)听辞versees 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.
Heather McKee, Chair (Treasurer, until December 31, 2020)
Susan Ackerman (President, until December 31, 2019)
Geoff Emberling (Co-chair of Programs Committee, until December 31, 2019)
Helen Dixon (Co-chair of Programs Committee, until December 31, 2022)
Kevin McGeough (Chair of Publications Committee, until December 31, 2021)
At-large: Vivian Bull (until December 31, 2019)
At-large: Richard L. Coffman (until December 31, 2019)
At-large: Emily Miller Bonney (until December 31, 2021)
At-large: Lynn Swartz Dodd (until December 31, 2021)
聽seeks new members to serve renewable, three-year terms (January 2022-December 2024). All 17吃瓜members are welcome to apply, though the committee is particularly interested in new members who have experience working in publishing. The committee is currently chaired by Kevin McGeough. The 17吃瓜Bylaws state, 鈥渢he Publications Committee shall appoint an editorial board for each 17吃瓜publication. The Publications Committee also shall make recommendations to the Executive Committee and the Board regarding matters pertaining to 17吃瓜publications.鈥� The committee makes recommendations regarding ASOR鈥檚 journals (ANE Today,听BASOR,听JCS,听and聽NEA) and 17吃瓜books (AASOR听补苍诲听ASOR-ARS). The committee also makes recommendations regarding the Levantine Ceramics Project (LCP). Committee member responsibilities include attending committee meetings and recommending actions to the Chairs Coordinating Council.
Interested individuals should contact聽Kevin McGeough via email. All Committee members must be Individual Members of ASOR.
Academic Program Schedule in PDF. Business Meetings Schedule in PDF.
2014: San Diego, CA
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2013: Baltimore, MD
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2012: Chicago, IL
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2011: San Francisco, CA
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2010: Atlanta, GA
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2009: New Orleans, LA 2008: Boston, MA 2007: San Diego, CA 2006: Washington, DC 2005: Philadelphia, PA 2004: San Antonio, TX 2003: Atlanta, GA 2002: Toronto, ON 2001: Boulder, CO 2000: Washington, DC (centennial celebration) 2000: Nashville, TN 1999: Cambridge, MA 1998: Orlando, FL 1997: Napa, CA
The in-person component of ASOR’s 2022 Annual Meeting will take place at the 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 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 $174 single/double, $194 triple, and $214 quad for reservations in ASOR’s block at the Boston Park Plaza. You are encouraged to make your reservation early as ASOR’s block of rooms sells out before the meeting. In the past, Boston has been our most popular location, and rooms have sold out early. 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 1-617-379-7129 and reference the 2022 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 $62 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.
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The Not-So-Innocents Abroad: The Beginnings of American Biblical Archaeology
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Friends of ASOR聽present the next webinar in our monthly series on聽January 20, 2022, at 7:00 pm EST, featuring Prof. Rachel Hallote. When scholars recount the story of the birth of 鈥渂iblical archaeology,鈥� the British are usually credited as the moving force while the Americans are all but ignored. The British, who were led by their deep political and religious interests in the Holy Land, carried out the first modern archaeological projects in second half of the nineteenth century, with great success. The Americans on the other hand, when mentioned at all, are portrayed as bumbling and incapable.
This webinar will redeem the image of American archaeological exploration in the Holy Land, and put endeavors into their own political, religious, and academic contexts. Not only were American archaeologists active in nineteenth century Palestine, but they were innovative in their techniques and applied a practical, no-nonsense approach to their endeavors. From the founding of the American Palestine Exploration Society to the famous Samaria Expedition of 1908, we will explore the considerable influence of American scholars on the archaeology of the Holy Land.鈥� Dr. Hallote will conclude her webinar with a live Q&A session.
Rachel Hallote is Professor of History at . An archaeologist, she is also the author of several books and numerous articles about biblical archaeology and the history of archaeology. Her research involves British and American archaeologists who excavated in Ottoman-controlled Palestine in the 19th century. She has worked at numerous archaeological sites in Israel, including Tell Miqne and Megiddo. Her publications include聽Bible, Map, and Spade: The American Palestine Exploration Society, Frederick Jones Bliss, and the Forgotten Story of Early American Biblical Archaeology聽and the co-authored volume,听The Photographs of the American Palestine Exploration Society. She currently co-hosts an archaeology podcast called聽This Week in the Ancient Near East.
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Where Are They Now?: A Preview of 2022 ASOR-Affiliated Fieldwork Projects Michael Given (University of Glasgow), Xenia-Paula Kyriakou (Florida Gulf Coast University), Stephen Batiuk (University of Toronto), Monique Roddy (Walla Walla University), Kent Bramlett (La Sierra University), Friedbert Ninow (La Sierra University), and Michael Hoff (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) | March 8, 2022
Tel Rehov: A Major Bronze and Iron Age City in the Jordan Valley Amihai Mazar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Nava Panitz-Cohen ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Nota Kourou (Athens University), Naama Yahalom-Mack (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Robert Mullins (Azusa Pacific University) | February 10, 2022
Archaeogaming: Why Video Games Deserve Their Own Archaeology Tine Rassalle (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Shannon Martino (Morton College), Matthew Winter (University of Arizona), Michael Zimmerman (Rhode Island) | April 18, 2021
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Rachel Hallote is Professor of History at . An archaeologist, she is also the author of several books and numerous articles about biblical archaeology and the history of archaeology. Her research involves British and American archaeologists who excavated in Ottoman-controlled Palestine in the 19th century. She has worked at numerous archaeological sites in Israel, including Tell Miqne and Megiddo. Her publications include聽Bible, Map, and Spade: The American Palestine Exploration Society, Frederick Jones Bliss, and the Forgotten Story of Early American Biblical Archaeology聽and the co-authored volume,听The Photographs of the American Palestine Exploration Society. She currently co-hosts an archaeology podcast called聽This Week in the Ancient Near East.