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AWARDEE SPOTLIGHT: AMNON BEN – TOR

Amnon Ben-Tor, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University, has been at the forefront of both research and field archaeology in Israel for over 50 years. Throughout his career, he participated in several important excavations, such as Masada, and directed excavations at numerous sites, among them Atheniou, Tel Yarmuth, Tel Yoqne’am, Tel Qashish, Tel Qiri and, most notably, Tel Hazor. At Hazor, he worked with Yigael Yadin beginning in the 1950s and has directed the 鈥淪elz Foundation Hazor Excavations in Memory of Yigael Yadin鈥� since the 1990s, and is currently still working in the field at the age of 84. His research interests and expertise span the Early Bronze to the Iron Ages, with particular focus on the Late Bronze Age in Canaan and its relationship to Egypt and Syro-Mesopotamia. His excavations have cumulatively served as a foundation for understanding the chronology, history, and developmental patterns of material culture for the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Southern Levant. Furthermore, he has trained and mentored a generation of Israeli and foreign archaeologists and the results of his fieldwork have proved to be an inspiration and an exemplar for both his colleagues and his students.[/vc_wp_text][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684098866{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !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_1496684008271{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_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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2020 NOMINEES FOR 17吃瓜BOARD ELECTIONS

[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_column_text]The 17吃瓜Trustee Nominations Committee has selected five highly qualified members to stand for election for four open positions on the Board of Trustees. The Board sets the direction for 17吃瓜and provides oversight for our organization. Among other responsibilities, members of the Board agree to attend two meetings each year, to participate thoughtfully in the governance process, and to contribute financially to ASOR.

There are three candidates running for two openings as Member-elected Trustees for 3-year terms (Melissa Bailey Kutner, Theodore Burgh, and Margaret Cohen). There are two candidates (running unopposed) for two openings as Institutionally-elected Trustees for 3-year terms (Carol Meyers and Jason Ur). All 17吃瓜members are eligible to vote in the Member-elected Trustee Election, while only Institutional Representatives of the 70 ASOR-member schools may vote in the Institutionally-elected Trustee Election.

17吃瓜will conduct the elections by online ballot, and all members and Institutional Representatives will receive the appropriate ballot(s) via email on or about October 21, 2020. We will send out two reminders, and all ballots must be completed by 12:00 PM Eastern Time on Monday, November 9. If you have difficulties completing the online ballot (once they are distributed), please contact Marta Ostovich at programs@asor.org.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_column_text]

Nominees for Membership-elected Trustees
(two to be elected)

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Melissa Bailey Kutner

Melissa Bailey Kutner is Assistant Professor in the department of Ancient Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her research focuses on the late Byzantine economy of Jordan and on the Roman economy more broadly, including issues of standardization and cognitive approaches to value. She has excavated at a variety of sites in Jordan since 2008, and since 2017 has acted as a co-director of the Dhiban Excavation and Development Project. This project investigates long-term occupation at the site of Dhiban in west-central Jordan: how such occupation has waxed and waned in relation to broader regional and political developments and how inhabitants of the site reused and repurposed architecture and features of the landscape. Dr. Kutner focuses especially on the late Byzantine prosperity of the site and its early Islamic transition. She also served as chair of the Archaeology of the Byzantine Near East session at 17吃瓜for six years.

Mission Statement: Throughout my career as an archaeologist, 17吃瓜has played a central role in supporting my own and my colleagues鈥� research. I am excited to see 17吃瓜continue to grow in ways that increase its diversity, vibrancy, accessibility, and relevance, and I look forward to supporting the goals of ASOR鈥檚 mission statement, including excavation, outreach, education, and raising awareness of heritage issues. Since threats to heritage often coincide with intense humanitarian crises, I am especially interested in spreading awareness of the dangers to heritage in ways that also forefront the needs of local communities, and that see archaeological heritage as inextricably linked to human needs and not in opposition to them. I am also interested in promoting best practices in field schools, including ongoing reflection on teaching methods, curricula, and inclusive policies, and encouraging more diversity among field school participants. While my university classes are full of a wide and diverse range of students, those who actually come to Jordan tend to be less so, often because of economic challenges. I hope to increase opportunities for them to excavate and conduct research, and to explore additional ways that ASOR-related research can be made relevant to their lives.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/burgh-e1511882918316.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”250″ hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]

Theodore Burgh

Theodore Burgh is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He holds his degrees from the University of Arizona (M.A./Ph.D.), Howard University (M.A.), and Hampton University (B.A.). His research interests are the archaeology of ancient Israel and the Near East, the Hebrew Bible, archaeomusicology (the study of ancient music culture), the reconstruction of Syro-Palestinian and Near Eastern music culture and cataloging musical artifacts, utilization analysis of Syro-Palestinian sacred and secular space, and ethnomusicology.

Mission Statement: I have been an active 17吃瓜member since 1996 and a part of the membership committee for nearly 20 years. I now serve as Chair of this incredible group.

As a trustee, I will continue to bring commitment and experience. Building on existing success, 17吃瓜can expand its services to the Academy generally and to members specifically. For example, as a result of the pandemic, we have demonstrated that we can work and thrive virtually. We should continue these efforts to develop virtual archaeology as a sustained part of our organization. Moreover, we should continue implementing technology (e.g, live streaming, recorded Zoom lectures and papers). The popularity and inclusiveness of Zoom lectures displays the desire and need for this approach in the 21st century. These kinds of venues share the fabulous work of our field with new people and those who previously had little to no access to these invaluable sources.

Lastly, I would like to see continued energy with the membership and outreach committee. Efforts with the Friends of 17吃瓜will be essential to maintaining the organization鈥檚 future membership and developing inclusivity.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Cohen-200×300-1.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”250″ hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]

Margaret Cohen

Margaret Cohen鈥檚 academic training is in Hebrew Bible, and her archaeological training comes from more than twenty years of excavations in Israel, Jordan, and Egypt. She currently lives on the campus of The Albright Institute in Jerusalem where, in pre-COVID times, she was an active participant in the local scholarly community exchange. Prior to her time in Jerusalem, Margaret taught in both large research and small liberal arts settings and has a deep appreciation for and interest in the many forms of the student experience. Her current research focuses on foodways, how food power was wielded in the biblical world, and how some modern-day food movements are informed by ancient texts and practices.

Mission Statement:听In a time when uncertainty pervades everything from healthcare to higher education, both steadiness and agility are required for 17吃瓜to flourish, to contribute its expertise to the discipline, and to promote its relevancy in an ever-faster changing world. This may mean altering old models that can feel comfortable, but are not necessarily as productive as they once were, such as imagining future possibilities for scholarly meetings, developing new kinds of venues for publication and exchange of ideas, and embracing innovative programs appearing elsewhere in academia: small, virtual workshops; opportunities reserved for non-TT scholars; social and educational opportunities for members of the general public; the use of virtual tools to connect with future scholars, such as high-school seniors thinking about college or college students considering majors. Driven by its membership, 17吃瓜must constantly adapt to the, at times, divergent needs of those members. Those working to make their mark, those navigating life within their academic positions as well as outside the workplace, and those with hard-won experience that can better the journey for others, all must succeed for the organization to succeed. I am honored to be asked to stand for election to the dedicated group already doing this work, striving to make future-17吃瓜meaningful for us all.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider][vc_wp_text]

Nominees for Institutionally-elected Trustees
(two to be elected)

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Carol Meyers

A native Pennsylvanian, Meyers earned her A.B. with honors at Wellesley College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies at听Brandeis. She began archaeological field work as an undergraduate; subsequently she worked for decades at numerous sites in Israel and co-directed several projects in Galilee. She is currently Mary Grace Wilson Professor Emerita at Duke University.

Meyers specializes in biblical studies, archaeology, and the study of women in the biblical world. A prolific scholar, she is the author of more than 450 articles, reports, reference-book entries, and reviews; and she has authored, co-authored, or edited twenty-two books. Her 2013 book,听Rediscovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context is a landmark multidisciplinary study of women in ancient Israel.听Meyers has also written several biblical commentaries; two of them were co-authored with her spouse Eric Meyers, as have been the final excavation reports of several excavations. She is now co-editing a book on food and foodways in ancient Israel (Bloomsbury) and another on households in the biblical world (Oxford).

Meyers has served 17吃瓜in many capacities, including multiple terms on the publications and archaeological-policy committees, since the 1970s. She is currently vice-president of the AIAR, and in 2013 she was president of the听Society of Biblical Literature.

Mission Statement: As a member for many decades, I have seen 17吃瓜respond repeatedly to numerous challenges鈥攊ncluding economic, political, ideological, and technological ones鈥攁nd come out stronger. At present, the constraints of a pandemic have added to the ongoing challenges. I鈥檓 especially concerned about what the curtailment of field work means for our many archaeological projects, and I believe the board must help those projects remain vital with or without a consistent presence in the field. Similarly, the issue of diversity has emerged recently and requires ASOR鈥檚 compassion and action. I hope that the new strategic plan now being developed will help our organization find appropriate ways to address these and other issues and to insure that all members, both junior and senior ones, have a voice.

The energy and wisdom that ASOR鈥檚 management team has brought to the task of creating the 2021 virtual annual meeting have been exemplary and inspiring. Also, the concern about the appropriateness of the 17吃瓜name has been addressed with great care, and the outcome of the surveys and deliberations signal a spirit of sensitivity as we move further into this decade. My hopes for the future are that our organization will continue to meet the challenges of these difficult times.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ur-Photo-Square.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”250″ hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]

Jason Ur

Jason Ur is Stephen Phillips Professor of Archaeology and Ethnology in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. He specializes in early urbanism, landscape archaeology, and remote sensing, particularly the use of declassified US intelligence imagery. He was trained in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania (BA 1994) and in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago (PhD 2004). He has directed field surveys in Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. He is the author of Urbanism and Cultural Landscapes in Northeastern Syria: The Tell Hamoukar Survey, 1999-2001 (2010). Since 2012, he has directed the CAP-affiliated , an archaeological survey in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. He is also preparing a history of Mesopotamian cities.

Ur joined 17吃瓜as a student member in the late 1990s.听 He held the 17吃瓜Mesopotamian Fellowship in 2000-2001 and served on the Committee on Mesopotamian Civilization from 2009-2013. He was the plenary speaker at the 2014 17吃瓜annual meeting. He organized and chaired the Settlement and Society in the Ancient Near East session from 2008-2010. The Archaeology of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq session, which he founded and chaired from 2017-2019, has now been accepted as a Standing Session.

Mission Statement:听As a member of ASOR鈥檚 Board of Trustees, I will promote its mission to create and disseminate knowledge of the history and culture of the societies of the Near East, past and present. I intend to champion a geographically-inclusive 17吃瓜that involves broader areas of West Asia beyond ASOR鈥檚 traditional areas of strength, and a comparative anthropological perspective to complement its culture-historical emphases. I鈥檓 particularly interested to amplify new voices in ASOR: those of our research partners in the Middle East, and those of the next generation of scholars in our graduate and undergraduate classrooms. Finally, I hope to advocate for digital methods of research and outreach, with the goal of making 17吃瓜members鈥� scholarship more accessible to our colleagues, to the public, and to future generations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684098866{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !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_1496684008271{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_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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UPDATE ON ASOR’S NAME鈥擵IRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS

[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_wp_text]As mentioned in the earlier “,” 17吃瓜President Sharon Herbert will convene two Virtual Town Hall Meetings to discuss ASOR’s name and the next steps in our process to remove “Oriental.” The two virtual meetings will take place over Zoom Webinar. We have chosen times that will enable members living in different time zones to attend; the discussion sessions will be held at the following dates and times:[/vc_wp_text][vc_column_text]

• Thursday, October 22 at 1:00PM ET
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  • Watch the October 22 Town Hall:
• Sunday, October 25 at 4:00PM ET
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[/vc_column_text][vc_wp_text]In addition to President Herbert, the panelists will include Randy Helm (Trustee and Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on ASOR’s Name [AHC]), Susan Ackerman (Trustee and Past President, 2014-2019), Lisa Ackerman (Trustee and AHC member), Eric H. Cline (AHC Member), Geoff Emberling (Past Program Committee Co-chair), Emily Hammer (AHC member), Carol Meyers (Trustee, Sunday only), and Andy Vaughn (Executive Director).听 We plan to have short presentations or statements by some of the panelists, followed by questions from attendees, and conversation between panelists.

As a reminder, the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees voted unanimously on August 19, 2020 to start a process to remove “Oriental” from our organization’s name. Because 17吃瓜is an incorporated non-profit in the District of Columbia, the Board cannot legally change our name without an amendment to ASOR’s Articles of Incorporation. Amending the articles involves several legal steps including a ratification vote by the whole membership.

As we go through the name discernment process, the 17吃瓜Board has taken steps to remove “Oriental” wherever possible. To that end, you may have noticed that “ASOR” replaced the complete name in the most recent issue of Near Eastern Archaeology, and the November issue of BASOR will contain a cover with Bulletin of ASOR rather than the complete name. These are small but important steps until we can complete the legal amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.

Please mark your calendars so that you can attend one of both of the meetings on October 22 and 25.[/vc_wp_text][mk_divider][vc_wp_text]The following is a copy of the from 17吃瓜President Sharon Herbert:
[/vc_wp_text][mk_divider][vc_wp_text]Dear Fellow 17吃瓜Members:

I wrote you all in late August with the exciting news that ASOR鈥檚 Board of Trustees had voted to remove the word 鈥淥riental鈥� from ASOR鈥檚 name. Now I write with an update and a timeline for the next steps, which will include town halls with the membership and two votes over the next month.

All organizations have moments in their history when a transformative change needs to be made. Recognizing ASOR鈥檚 120-year history of leadership, ASOR鈥檚 Board of Trustees voted unanimously to remove the word 鈥淥riental鈥� from our name as the first step to ensure that we took a stand against culturally offensive language. Words matter.

The next step requires a ratification of this change and the Board鈥檚 recommendation on ASOR鈥檚 new name by a majority of the 17吃瓜membership. You will be asked to choose between two 17吃瓜acronyms: the American 厂肠丑辞辞濒蝉听of Overseas Research or the American Society of Overseas Research. After the choice is made between “society” and “schools,” we will need a final ratification vote by the membership in order to legally amend ASOR’s Articles of Incorporation.

Below is a summary of how the Board arrived at this decision.

The Ad Hoc Committee on the name change (AHC) has been working since January to consider all alternatives, including new acronyms, descriptive language, and a myriad of other options. Their work included two polls of the membership.

After a great deal of discussion and endless hours of trying to find the best answers, AHC recommended that two names be considered: AARCHE, Association for Archaeological Research, Cultural Heritage, and Education and one of two names using the 17吃瓜acronym, either the American Schools of Overseas Research or the American Society of Overseas Research.

After the AHC submitted its final report, the discussion of the full Board in consultation with the AHC focused on whether the new name should retain the 17吃瓜acronym or be completely different, which opened up the opportunity to solve some of the inherent constraints of the 17吃瓜acronym. In AARCHE鈥檚 favor were its freshness and the fact that it reflects better the breadth of ASOR鈥檚 current work, particularly in cultural heritage. Against it are its somewhat unwieldy length, unfortunate acronym for a renamed BASOR鈥�”BAARCHE”鈥攁nd its lack of popularity in the July poll of the membership.

With the lack of a membership mandate for AARCHE or any wholesale change in name, the Board turned to the costs of abandoning the 17吃瓜acronym, both tangible and intangible. Our Executive Director estimates that the necessary changes in our now large website presence would cost between $50,000 and $100,000, amounts which do not include a new branding program. Library subscriptions to the renamed “BAARCHE” would undoubtedly drop. The value of the well-known brand would be lost, which our Development Committee believes would have significant adverse effects on fundraising.

In the Board discussion of the AHC recommendations, various members noted that neither of the choices satisfied the desire of 70.3% of the membership in the March poll that the name reflect the geographical scope of ASOR鈥檚 work. Accepting that ASOR鈥檚 scope will always change and grow, it seemed prudent to keep the name as simple as possible given all that is required legally to change it, but include a yet to be determined geographical tag line below the name as a descriptor.

After lengthy discussion with the AHC, the Board voted 20-3 to put only the two 17吃瓜acronyms, the American Schools of Overseas Research or the American Society of Overseas Research, up for a membership vote.

What鈥檚 next? A membership vote on the name change.
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1. Two Zoom town hall meetings with the membership in October.
2. A vote on the two names in late October.
3. A vote on ratification of the winning name in November.

[/vc_column_text][vc_wp_text]As always, you can contact me directly at president@asor.org with questions or concerns. Thank you for helping our organization take this vital step into a brighter future for us all.

Best regards,

Sharon Herbert
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MEMBERSHIP CALL TO ACTION ON ASOR’S NAME CHANGE

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October 6, 2020

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dear Fellow 17吃瓜Members:

I wrote you all in late August with the exciting news that ASOR鈥檚 Board of Trustees had voted to remove the word 鈥淥riental鈥� from ASOR鈥檚 name. Now I write with an update and a timeline for the next steps, which will include town halls with the membership and two votes over the next month.

All organizations have moments in their history when a transformative change needs to be made. Recognizing ASOR鈥檚 120-year history of leadership, ASOR鈥檚 Board of Trustees voted unanimously to remove the word 鈥淥riental鈥� from our name as the first step to ensure that we took a stand against culturally offensive language. Words matter.

The next step requires a ratification of this change and the Board鈥檚 recommendation on ASOR鈥檚 new name by a majority of the 17吃瓜membership. You will be asked to choose between two 17吃瓜acronyms: the American 厂肠丑辞辞濒蝉听of Overseas Research or the American Society of Overseas Research. After the choice is made between “society” and “schools,” we will need a final ratification vote by the membership in order to legally amend ASOR’s Articles of Incorporation.

Below is a summary of how the Board arrived at this decision.

The Ad Hoc Committee on the name change (AHC) has been working since January to consider all alternatives, including new acronyms, descriptive language, and a myriad of other options. Their work included two polls of the membership.

After a great deal of discussion and endless hours of trying to find the best answers, AHC recommended that two names be considered: AARCHE, Association for Archaeological Research, Cultural Heritage, and Education and one of two names using the 17吃瓜acronym, either the American Schools of Overseas Research or the American Society of Overseas Research.

After the AHC submitted its final report, the discussion of the full Board in consultation with the AHC focused on whether the new name should retain the 17吃瓜acronym or be completely different, which opened up the opportunity to solve some of the inherent constraints of the 17吃瓜acronym. In AARCHE鈥檚 favor were its freshness and the fact that it reflects better the breadth of ASOR鈥檚 current work, particularly in cultural heritage. Against it are its somewhat unwieldy length, unfortunate acronym for a renamed BASOR鈥�”BAARCHE”鈥攁nd its lack of popularity in the July poll of the membership.

With the lack of a membership mandate for AARCHE or any wholesale change in name, the Board turned to the costs of abandoning the 17吃瓜acronym, both tangible and intangible. Our Executive Director estimates that the necessary changes in our now large website presence would cost between $50,000 and $100,000, amounts which do not include a new branding program. Library subscriptions to the renamed “BAARCHE” would undoubtedly drop. The value of the well-known brand would be lost, which our Development Committee believes would have significant adverse effects on fundraising.

In the Board discussion of the AHC recommendations, various members noted that neither of the choices satisfied the desire of 70.3% of the membership in the March poll that the name reflect the geographical scope of ASOR鈥檚 work. Accepting that ASOR鈥檚 scope will always change and grow, it seemed prudent to keep the name as simple as possible given all that is required legally to change it, but include a yet to be determined geographical tag line below the name as a descriptor.

After lengthy discussion with the AHC, the Board voted 20-3 to put only the two 17吃瓜acronyms, the American Schools of Overseas Research or the American Society of Overseas Research, up for a membership vote.

What鈥檚 next? A membership vote on the name change.

• 1. Two Zoom town hall meetings with the membership in October.
  2. A vote on the two names in late October.
  3. A vote on ratification of the winning name in November.

As always, you can contact me directly at president@asor.org with questions or concerns. Thank you for helping our organization take this vital step into a brighter future for us all.

Best regards,

Sharon Herbert
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VIRTURAL ANNUAL MEETING STUDENT PAPER AWARD

[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_wp_text]17吃瓜is pleased to announce the Student Paper Award. This award is conferred upon the author(s) of a paper presented during the 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 consideration for this award. Students will need to complete the following steps to be considered for the award. Applications are due October 23.

1. 听Please complete in order to apply for the Student Paper Award.

2. 听Submit your pre-recorded paper by October 23 via the on ASOR’s Virtual Annual Meeting website.

Applications and Papers are both due by October 23.听

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