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ASOR Qualifies for $20,000 to Support E-Newsletter Project

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ASOR QUALIFIES FOR $20,000 TO SUPPORT E-NEWSLETTER PROJECT

January 15, 2012
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]ASOR exceeded a goal of gaining the support of 175 donors before December 31, andqualified for $20,000 to support two new e-Newsletters. Not only did we meet our target, we greatly exceeded the goal with 206 total donors! The ASOR staff is excited for this opportunity to reach out to our members in a new way.

As you will remember, there was a second challenge gift: the Kershaw Family Trust will make a legacy gift that will match one-for-one (up to $50,000) new and increased gifts for Fiscal Year 2013. Even though we had until June 30, 2013 to meet that goal, we are pleased to announce that we surpassed that mark during the second week in January 2013.

We have a lot planned for 2013, and we value your participation! We are raising funds to expand our program for field scholarships from 42 to 75 annual travel grants. Our flagship academic journal (the Bulletin of ASOR) will expand in length by 25% and will be produced in color throughout. Near Eastern Archaeology will continue to reach out to a broad audience and cover the entire Near East. The Annual Meeting had 925 registrants in 2012, and we expect the program and attendance in November 2013 in Baltimore to be even bigger and better. We now have more than 70 affiliated excavation projects (publication and field), and we will to encourage scholarships throughout the Eastern Mediterranean in 2013 and beyond.

We also plan exciting outreach initiatives for the New Year. In addition to our seminar and travel programs, our presence on Facebook and the ASOR Blog will continue to grow. Last, but certainly not least, the $20,000 in challenge gifts noted above will support the launch of two e-Newsletters. Starting in mid January, News@ASOR will be sent to all ASOR members. In February ASOR friends will begin receiving a popular e-Newsletter called “The Ancient Near East Today– the Friends of ASOR e-Newsletter.”[/vc_column_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]

2021 Annual Meeting Recap

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ASOR 2021 Annual Meeting Recap

In-Person Component | Chicago, November 17-20
Virtual Component | Online, December 8-12

ASOR welcomed more than 525 attendees to the Hilton Chicago, November 17-20, for the in-person component of our first-ever dual-component Annual Meeting. It was a great pleasure to see friends and colleagues in-person after the pandemic necessitated a virtual-only meeting in 2020.

Dr. Morag Kersel opened the meeting on November 17 with her Plenary Address titled, “Living with Legacies: ASOR Archaeo-activism and a Future for 21st Century Archaeology.” This was a timely presentation that called for action that reflects the changing times we live in, and the changes that we need to drive ASOR and our field into the 21st Century.

With a special tribute to the legacies of those who are no longer with us, #EverydayActivism and other themes from this important presentation will be continued as part of a Virtual Plenary Panel Discussion. Dr. Kersel will moderate the Virtual Plenary on December 8 at 2:00pm ET and the discussion will feature more perspectives from different voices in the field. You can find a link to view Kersel’s Plenary Address and read more about the Virtual Plenary Panel Discussion here.

Tom Parker and Bert DeVries were among the members memorialized at the Meeting.

While the in-person meeting was more intimate and academic program was smaller than pre-pandemic Annual Meetings, the sessions and presentations that were offered were of a high caliber and reflected the wide breadth of research represented by ASOR’s members. More than 300 presentations were given in 68 sessions and workshops.

We were particularly pleased that the pre-pandemic trend of growth in the geographic and chronological breadth of sessions continued, and we expect this to expand even further with the program for the virtual component where we will feature 8-10 sessions with simultaneous Arabic translation.

The meeting included several sessions and functions geared toward Early Career Scholars including a member-organized workshop, Navigating the “in-Between”: Identifying a Career Trajectory in Academia for the Early Career Scholars, and the ASOR standing session, Career Options for ASOR Members: The Academy and Beyond. The Early Career Scholars group organized a Brown-Bag Lunch Panel featuring BASOR editors, and a very well-attended reception was held for Early Career Scholar on Thursday night.

Many of the traditional features of ASOR’s Annual Meeting were continued and added a sense of normalcy during this particularly unnormal time. The poster gallery was open throughout the meeting, and the Poster Session on Saturday attracted a good crown and generated great conversations. Coffee breaks in the Exhibit Hall provided opportunities for attendees to talk, and view the latest offerings from publishers, and options to sit and spread out (safe social distancing) were added to the format. The Members’ Meeting included important updates, as well as honors and awards announcements.

Was there something missing from this year’s program you would have liked to see offered? January 15 is the deadline to propose a Session or Workshop for ASOR’s 2022 Annual Meeting.

See below for a recap of ASOR’s Virtual Annual Meeting.

ASOR Virtual Annual Meeting, December 8-12, 2021
Thank you to everyone who participated in the virtual component of ASOR’s 2021 Annual Meeting. It was a privilege to provide a platform for our global membership to connect, share, and engage on subjects from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. We are thrilled to report that there were nearly 1,100 registrants from 41 countries and six continents!

More than 400 presenters shared their work in 95 sessions and workshops on the virtual schedule. Recordings of virtual sessions and workshops are being added to the virtual schedule this month. These recordings, as well as the recorded paper presentations and poster PDF files, will continue to be available to registered attendees through June of 2022. If you didn’t register in time to attend the virtual component of ASOR’s 2021 Annual Meeting, purchasing access to ASOR’s Online Library includes the recorded Annual Meeting content.

The virtual component began on December 8th  with a Members’ Meeting for virtual attendees that included the 2021 Honors & Awards that were announced in Chicago, as well as a few additional awards and highlights. Following the virtual Members’ Meeting, Dr. Morag Kersel moderated a virtual panel discussion on the plenary address she gave in Chicago, Living with Legacies: ASOR Archaeo-activism and a Future for 21st Century Archaeology. Virtual panelists included Lisa Çakmak (Art Institute of Chicago), Geoff Emberling (Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan), Alexandra Jones (Archaeology in the Community), and Michael Rakowitz (Northwestern University). You can watch Kersel’s Plenary Address here, and view the Virtual Plenary Discussion which will be posted on the virtual meeting website in the coming month.

Thanks to federal and non-federal grants, ASOR was pleased to feature simultaneous Arabic translation for the Virtual Plenary Panel Discussion, as well as 5 other sessions and workshops, including Archaeology, Community, and Mentorship: Celebrating the Legacy of Bert and Sally de Vries; Protecting Libyan Cultural Heritage;  Archaeology of Lebanon; and the workshop, Cultural Heritage: Before, During and After Crisis.

ASOR’s Early Career Scholars were a major part of both programs. In addition to holding a workshop (Navigating the “In Between”: Identifying a Career Trajectory in Academia for the Early Career Scholar), both in-person and virtual receptions were hosted for Early Career Scholars, and a brown-bag lunch panel featuring some of the BASOR editors was offered in Chicago. Many thanks to Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Vanessa Workman, and Owen Chesnut for all of their work on the many offerings for Early Career Scholars.

Plans are already underway for ASOR’s 2022 Annual Meeting with both in-person (Boston, November 16-19) and virtual components (online dates to be announced).  2021 meeting attendees are reminded to use their ASOR Bucks now (they expire on 12/31/21) to save on 2022 registration and membership renewal. We hope you will join us in-person and/or online!

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