UNEARTHING THE PAST SINCE 1900
UNEARTHING THE PAST SINCE 1900
Each year at the Annual Meeting, 17吃瓜recognizes individuals who have performed outstanding service for the organization, those who have published exceptional academic work, and those who made significant contributions to our field. The following award recipients were honored at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Boston and during the Members鈥� Meeting on November 22nd. Awards were presented by Lynn Welton, co-chair of ASOR鈥檚听Honors and Awards Committee.
The Richard J. Scheuer Medal. This award honors an individual who has provided truly outstanding, long-term support and service contributions to 17吃瓜(this medal is awarded when such an individual is identified).
Awarded posthumously to听Carolyn Midkiff Strange听补苍诲听James F. Strange, for their exceptional contributions and service to 17吃瓜over many decades (presented to James R. Strange).
The Charles U. Harris Service Award. This award is given in recognition of long-term and/or special service as an 17吃瓜officer or Trustee (one award is given annually).
Awarded to听Ann-Marie Knoblauch, Associate Professor of Art History and Director of the School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech, for her work as 17吃瓜Secretary, as well as her previous years of Board service.
The P. E. MacAllister Field Archaeology Award. This award honors an archaeologist who, during his/her/their career, has made outstanding contributions to ancient Near Eastern and eastern Mediterranean archaeology (one award is given annually).
Awarded to听Sturt W. Manning, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Classics, Cornell University, for his impactful contributions to the archaeology of Cyprus and the wider Near East and Eastern Mediterranean.
Community Engagement and Public Outreach Award. This award recognizes individuals, teams, and organizations who have initiated outstanding educational, informational, or practical projects (including but not limited to classes, programs, exhibits, resources, events, and platforms) with the goal of making subjects and information about the ancient world accessible to wider (particularly non-academic) audiences.
Awarded to the听听Jordan Sketchfab Team, including听Matthew D. Howland, Brady Liss, Ian W.N. Jones, Anthony Tamberino, Mohammad Najjar, and Thomas E. Levy, for their development of pioneering digital resources and platforms intended to present the archaeology of the Faynan region of Jordan to the general public.
17吃瓜Membership Service Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made special contributions on behalf of the 17吃瓜membership, through committee, editorial, or office services.
Awarded to:听Kevin McGeough, Professor of Archaeology, University of Lethbridge, for his work as Chair of the Publications Committee.
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Awarded to听Jane DeRose Evans, Professor of Roman Art and Archaeology and Chair of Art History, Temple University, for her work as Chair of the Cultural Heritage Committee.
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Awarded to听Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Associate Professor of History, University of Central Florida, for her work as co-chair of the Early Career Scholars Committee.
The W. F. Albright Service Award. This award honors an individual who has shown special support or made outstanding service contributions to one of the overseas centers (AIAR, CAARI), or to one of the overseas committees 鈥� the Baghdad Committee and the Damascus Committee. This award is given when such an individual is identified.
Awarded to听Nadia Bandak, Finance Manager at AIAR,听Hisham M鈥橣arreh, Chef and Kitchen Manager at AIAR, and听Photoulla Christodoulou, Housekeeper at CAARI. Nadia and Hisham are celebrating 30 years of service at AIAR, and Photoulla is retiring next year after nearly 40 years of service at CAARI.
The G. Ernest Wright Award. This award 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. This work must be the result of original research published within the past two years (one award is given annually).
Awarded to听Glenn M. Schwartz, Whiting Professor of Archaeology, Johns Hopkins University, for听, from Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press.
The Frank Moore Cross Award.听This award is presented to the author/editor of the most substantial volume(s) related to the history and/or religion of the ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean. Primary consideration will be given to historical, epigraphic, textual, and comparative literary studies; or to works that advance and/or evaluate new methodological approaches to the literary record(s). This work must be the result of original research published during the past two years (one award is given annually).
Awarded to听Karen Radner听(Alexander von Humboldt Chair of Ancient History of the Near and Middle East, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit盲t M眉nchen),听Nadine Moeller听(Professor of Egyptian Archaeology, Yale University),听and听D.T. Potts听(Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History, ISAW, New York University), for editing the five-volume听, from Oxford University Press.
The Nancy Lapp Popular Book Award. This award is presented to the author/editor of a book published in the last two years that offers a new synthesis of archaeological or textual evidence intended to reach an audience of scholars as well as students and the broader public (one award is given annually).
Awarded to听Eckart Frahm, John M. Musser Professor of Assyriology, Yale University, for听, from Basic Books.
The Joy Ungerleider Poster Award. This award is conferred upon the author(s) of the poster presenting the results of a study about ancient Near Eastern societies in a clear, legible fashion using original graphic content. Subject matter may be based in archaeological sciences, history, anthropology, epigraphy, ethnography, heritage or other scholarly approaches to understanding ancient people in the areas covered by 17吃瓜(one award is given annually).
Awarded to听Helen C. Wong, University of Pennsylvania, and听Erin M. Brantmayer, University of Texas, Austin, for the poster: 鈥淭he Boundaries of Death: Outlining Mortuary Landscapes at Jebel Khalid.鈥�
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.
Awarded to听Nicole Constantine,听Stanford University, for her paper 鈥淢aterializing Ptolemaic Power: Ruler Cult and Festival in the Hellenistic Mediterranean鈥�.