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Benefits of Institutional Membership in ASOR

ASOR invites select institutions to consider joining other esteemed institutions in the ASOR consortium. Membership is not only prestigious, but it offers tremendous benefits to the students, faculty, and staff of your college, university, or seminary. If you would like to apply for institutional membership, please have the appropriate official fill out the form and send it to the ASOR office. Please be sure to designate an institutional representative.

Faculty, students and staff of your member institution will receive the following benefits:

  • Voice and vote at annual membership meeting (through the institutional representative)
  • Copies of ASOR publications for your library (including Near Eastern Archaeology, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (BASOR) and, upon request, Journal of Cuneiform Studies)
  • Copies of the ASOR Newsletter (published quarterly), which includes: notices about meetings and events; announcements about scholarships, grants, and fellowships; reports on current research in the field; and information on recent discoveries in the field
  • Discount of 33% on ASOR books purchased by your library
  • Discounts on Annual Meeting registration for faculty, staff, and students affiliated with your institution (who may register at the 'member' rate)
  • Eligibility to apply for ASOR fellowships, grants, and scholarships
  • Access to and, in some instances, preference for fellowships, grants, and scholarships offered by our affiliate Overseas Centers in Amman, Jerusalem, and Nicosia.
  • Recognition in ASOR publications such as BASOR, NEA, and the ASOR Newsletter
  • Students (undergraduates, seminary, and graduate) enrolled at institutional member schools are eligible to apply for $250.00 travel grants to the ASOR Annual Meeting.
  • Students (undergraduates, seminary, and graduate) enrolled at institutional member schools are eligible to apply for Platt Fellowships of $1,000 each for participation in excavations (ASOR awarded 7 Platt Fellowships for the summer of 2009)
  • Students (undergraduates, seminary, and graduate) enrolled at institutional member schools are eligible to apply for Heritage Grants of $1,000 each for support of ASOR affiliated excavations (ASOR awarded 14 Heritage Grants for the summer of 2009)
  • Students (undergraduates, seminary, and graduate) enrolled at institutional member schools pay a discounted registration fee for ASOR Annual Meeting.
  • Focus articles on special events, programs, and faculty of institutional member institutions in NEA
  • Quarter page advertisement or announcement (upon request) of special programs of institutional member events once a year in NEA

For more information about bringing your institution into the ASOR Consortium of institutional members, please contact the ASOR Office at 617-353-6570 or by email.