Harris Grant Deadlines Extended to February 20, 2013

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Jared Koller

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HARRIS GRANT DEADLINES EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 20, 2013

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The deadline for Harris Grant applications has been extended to February 20, 2013. These excavation fellowships were made possible by a generous endowment given by the late Rev. Charles Harris.

The Harris Endowment provides modest grants to worthy field projects that are CAP-affiliated, particularly to newer and smaller projects, to help them get started; and to discrete components of larger projects that can be completed with an award. The Endowment also provides support for off-season research, analysis, and publications. Most grants fall into the range of $500-$1,500. Grants are designed for excavation projects and not as excavation scholarships for volunteers. (For other excavation scholarship opportunities, consider applying for the Platt, Heritage, or Meyers/Wright scholarships).

Please also note that the Harris Grant selection committee has broadened the selection criteria to include excavation projects that are not currently affiliated but plan to seek CAP affiliation. Non-affiliated applicants may apply if they meet either of the following two criteria:

The excavation project is in its first season of excavation and the director(s) plan to apply for CAP affiliation in 2013.
The excavation project is in the planning stage and/or in the process of applying for a site or survey license. The director(s) plans to use the Harris Grant money for the planning phase and intends to apply for CAP affiliation as soon as feasible.

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ASOR 2012 Annual Meeting Recap

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Jared Koller

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ASOR 2012 ANNUAL MEETING RECAP

By Elise A. Friedland and Andrew M. Smith II, Aunual Meeting Program Committee Co-Chairs

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Diverse! Engaging! Comprehensive! Exciting! Fantastic! Attendees have been overwhelmingly positive about ASOR’s 2012 Annual Meeting. A record 925 registrants came together from November 14-17 in Chicago at the Marriott Magnificent Mile Downtown, and once again, we enjoyed the largest program to date, with 463 papers in 90 sessions, 18 posters, 44 business meetings and special events, and 22 exhibitors. With newly-redesigned Program Books to guide them, attendees zoomed from session to session, paper to paper, and meeting to meeting! And, nestled in the heart of downtown Chicago, conference goers also enjoyed world-famous cultural attractions, restaurants, and shopping.

Once again, our program covered chronological periods from Prehistoric to Islamic, regions throughout the ancient Near East from Anatolia to Iran, and a wide range of academic disciplines and technological approaches. ASOR-Sponsored Sessions covering the range of geographical, chronological, and disciplinary interests of our members included multiple sessions on the Archaeology of Anatolia, Archaeology of Israel, Art Historical Approaches to the Near East, Theoretical and Anthropological Approaches to the Near East, Archaeology of Southern Arabia and Her Neighbors, and Archaeology of the Natural Environment: Archaeobotany and Zooarchaeology in the Near East.

ASOR’s members continue to diversify our program by chairing a wide range of Member-Organized Sessions and Workshop Sessions focused on specific themes, archaeological techniques, or sites. This year’s new sessions included City of Gold: Archaeological
Excavations at Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus, Parthia and the West, Islamic Frontiers and Borders in the Near East and Mediterranean, Archaeological Processes and Phenomena in Natural (Karstic) Caves in Israel, and Mesopotamian Civilization: New Directions in Iraqi Archaeology, while new workshops focused on such topics as Archaeological Conservation Strategies in the Near East, Women in Near Eastern Archaeology: An Open Forum.

This year’s meeting was jam-packed with special events. Over 300 attended the plenary address that launched the Annual Meeting and featured Professor Manfred Bietak from The University ofVienna. Prof. Bietak’s lecture was titled “The Discourse Between Historical and Radiocarbon Chronology of the Bronze Age in the Levant.” The first full day of the meeting included yet another extremely informative Junior Scholar Panel Discussion held during the lunch break. At “Stop the Presses!: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Publishing but Were Afraid to Ask,” James M. Weinstein, Editor BASOR, Thomas Schneider, Editor NEA, Charles Jones, Chair of the ASOR Publication Committee, and James Eisenbraun, Publisher, delivered invaluable advice and insights. Later that evening, a sold-out reception at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute
delighted all who attended.

Maintaining this diverse and exciting program depends on ASOR’s members! We encourage you all to continue to develop Member-Organized Sessions and Workshops, to contribute to our ASOR-Sponsored Sessions by submitting papers on your current work, and to contact the Program Committee with any input and ideas you may have for improving the Academic Program of the Annual Meeting. The deadline for abstract submission is February 15, 2013 (or as late as March 1, 2013 with a $25 fee).

On behalf of the Program Committee, we would like to thank all who helped to organize the 2012 Annual Meeting. For their constant support on the Annual Meeting, we are especially grateful to Kelley Herlihy, ASOR’s Director of Meetings and Events, Andy Vaughn, Executive Director of ASOR, and the entire ASOR staff. We are especially grateful to our session chairs, who work long andhard to assemble and shape the intellectually-engaging fora that we all gather to attend. We would also like to thank Sheila Bishop and The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology (TFBA) for financially supporting the seven TFBA scholars who helped with registration and in the session rooms. For creating such a lively foyer area, we are extremely grateful to all of the exhibitors. And, finally, we owe much thanks to the Oriental Institute, the Alexandria Archive Initiative/Open Context, and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World for co-sponsoring the wi-fi access throughout the meeting rooms.

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Big Numbers Reported from ASOR Membership Services

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Jared Koller

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By Kevin Cooney, Director of Membership and Publication Services

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The fall/winter season in Boston has been busy and productive. ASOR’s steady membership growth during 2012 continued, and a new record for total members was set in September. ASOR’s blog content increased in conjunction with two theme months that were wildly successful. September’s “Qumran Month,” and October’s “Cultural Heritage Month” themes drove the largest increase in online traffic since the Jesus Tomb controversy in March. Original posts for each theme—written by members and other scholars—were well received, and produced some lively discussion. The increased blog traffic, combined with almost 4,200 likes of our Facebook page, made the fall a great success for ASOR’s ongoing social media initiative. Intent on building on the momentum created by ASOR’s social media success and record membership numbers, a membership appeal to over 5,000 individuals was executed in early November. (See image at right.) The initial response to the appeal has been promising, and thanks to the hard work of everyone in Boston, ASOR set another record in December with 1,581 ASOR members!

The fall and winter have also seen changes that have improved customer service and increased the amount of information available to ASOR’s new and existing members. The 2013 membership enrollment form was redesigned to ease renewal and explain member benefits more clearly. Look for the new form in your renewal notices.

An information packet for new members was also introduced at this year’s Annual Meeting. These packets contain material detailing ASOR’s mission, member benefits, and its history. New members at the meeting were particularly excited to see a new and colorful “History of ASOR” pamphlet in the packet. This pamphlet was produced in September and will be a useful tool for upcoming advocacy and fundraising efforts. Additionally, members have a quick and easy way to learn about the organization’s past and share it with others. Copies of this brochure will be provided to any member wishing to promote the organization at a lecture, conference, or any gathering of people interested in Near Eastern history.

In October, ASOR rolled out a new email client for communicating with members. The Informz integrated platform provides added functionality for every email and is capable of targeting specific demographic groups. Communications will now contain the most relevant information possible based on a member’s individual profile. ASOR’s emails also have a completely new look. Gone are the two color text emails in favor of brighter, more colorful templates that present information that is better organized, and more visually appealing. These templates are also tailored for mobile email clients, so members will now be able to read ASOR’s communications with ease on their smart phone or tablet.

ASOR has even more planned for 2013, including membership drives, resource maps for ASOR’s members, and the new bimonthly News@ASOR e-newsletter. The most important part of ASOR’s continuing efforts to improve the member experience is getting input from the membership. Every ASOR member may provide feedback via email or by posting to the organization’s Facebook wall. Members are vital to ASOR’s continued success and we want to ensure they have the best experience possible!

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

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Jared Koller

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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]Tweets by ASOResearch [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]