ASOR’s Online Library is an exclusive resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts who want a master portal into the world of the ancient Near East and wider Mediterranean. The Online Library brings together presentations, posters, and virtual museum tours from the 2020-25 Annual Meetings, and the entire archive of Friends of ASOR’s monthly webinar series.
The platform is now open to 2025 Annual Meeting attendees (through June 30, 2026) and 2026 Annual Meeting registrants (through June 30, 2027). If you did not attend the 2025 Annual Meeting and do not plan to attend the 2026 Annual Meeting, you can still purchase access to the Online Library in the ASOR Store.
Non-Members: $125 | Members: $100 | Early Career Members: $75 | Student Members: $50
How to purchase access: Login to ASOR’s Online Portal. After logging in, navigate to Store in the top menu, then choose the “ASOR Online Library Access” product. Each paid registrant will receive a confirmation e-mail after paying for access. If you do not receive this e-mail (and you have checked your Spam folder), please contact us because the system did not complete your registration. Access is valid through December 31, 2026.
Access to the Online Library includes:
*Please note we are still populating the 2025 Annual Meeting Recordings. Check back soon if a recording you are looking for is not yet available.
Please follow the steps below to browse the Online Library:
3) Click on “Online Library.” From this page, you will see the Annual Meeting recordings sorted by year, and the Friends of ASOR Webinar recordings sorted by season.
4) Choose the event you would like to browse, select the recorded presentation you would like to view, and click “Watch Here.”
Watch a tutorial video on how to navigate the Online Library here:
Please contact Jared Koller at Jaredkoller@asor.org or call +1 703-789-9234 with any questions.
UPDATE (October 30, 2024) on Hilton Union Employee Labor Dispute: ASOR is pleased that union employees and Hilton have reached a tentative agreement. Employees are slated to return to work this Friday pending a new contract ratification vote. You can read more here.
You can read a statement from our President and Executive Director.
ASOR’s 2024 Annual Meeting will take place at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza located at 50 Park Plaza in downtown Boston. Steps away from the Public Garden, Theater District, and many of the city’s best shopping, restaurants, and historical sites, the Hilton Boston Park Plaza is an ideal location to enjoy ASOR sessions during the day and explore the city during the evening.
Reservations: ASOR has negotiated the discounted rates of $184 single/double, $204 triple, and $224 quad for reservations in ASOR’s block at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza. You are encouraged to make your reservation early as ASOR’s block of rooms often sells out before the meeting. In the past, Boston has been our most popular location, and rooms have sold out over the summer. Cancellations may be made until 3:00pm EST, 72 hours prior to arrival.
Make your reservation onlinein ASOR’s group block or call the hotel reservations department at 1-617-203-7165 and reference the 2024 ASOR Annual Meeting.
*Note: The hotel destination fee is waived for ASOR attendees. The auto-generated hotel confirmation may show a destination fee, but this fee will not show up on your bill.
Parking: Valet parking is available for $65 per night. Self parking is available at the Motor Mart Garage, which is across the street from the hotel (entrance at 201 Stuart Street).
Public Transportation: The closest T stops are the Arlington Street (Green Line) and Back Bay (Orange Line) Stations.
Dining: Enjoy the Starbucks within the hotel, or some of the local and sustainable lunch and dinner options at the Boston Park Plaza’s signature restaurant, Off The Common, located in the hotel lobby. Strega Italiano Back Bay is a modern steakhouse just off of the hotel lobby and M.J. O’Conner’s offers classic Irish pub food right next door.
Travel Information: As part of ASOR’s commitment toward carbon neutrality, we encourage all attendees who can to consider traveling to Boston by train or bus. Visit our travel page for more information and savings on travel to and around Boston.
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2024 AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR ASOR LANGUAGE AND GUIDELINES FOR WORK IN CONTESTED TERRITORIES
Charge for the Ad Hoc Committee on Language and Guidelines for Work in Contested Territories
Members of ASOR conduct fieldwork and research in volatile areas of the world, where political and ethnic boundaries are fluid and contested. The “facts” on the ground and in the minds of the peoples involved change regularly in these regions. ASOR’s top concerns in these matters are to support the work of its members and facilitate their activities in all the countries where they work. At the same time, we must be careful not to promulgate misleading or unsubstantiated claims to the territories involved. Beyond this, ASOR’s overarching mission, as stated in its Policy on Professional Conduct, includes maintaining the highest ethical standards of scholarship and public discourse wherever we work.
Difficulties arise with some regularity for ASOR’s Program Committee and Committee on Publications over how to handle the presentation of work in contested territories, and they are asking for guidance. Other committees –Honors and Awards, CAP, CH, DEI, and the Committee on the ASOR Policy on Professional Conduct –also wrestle with these issues. The charge to this Ad Hoc Committee is to examine the language we use to deal with such work (section E 7 in ASOR’s Policy on Professional Conduct, first published in 2014 and amended in 2019) and to determine if there is a clearer way to serve the needs of ASOR’s members in these situations, while at the same time maintaining our commitment to the highest ethical standards of scholarship.
The Publications Committee takes responsibility for overseeing ASOR publications, including ASOR’s four scholarly journals — the Bulletin of ASOR, the Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Maarav, and Near Eastern Archaeology — and ASOR’s three monograph series — the Annual of ASOR (AASOR), the ASOR Archaeological Reports Series (ASOR – ARS), and the Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplement Series (JCCSS). The committee oversees as well as ASOR’s digital database, the Levantine Ceramics Project, and ASOR’s Friends of ASOR e-newsletter, The Ancient Near East Today. In addition, the Publications Committee conducts searches for and recommends to the ASOR Board of Trustees individuals to serve as editors or in some cases co-editors of ASOR’s scholarly journals and monograph series. Typically, editors serve for three-year terms and can be renewed for a second term. Finally, the committee discusses and advises ASOR regarding new publication initiatives, especially digital publishing initiatives and making ASOR publications available through open access.
Kevin McGeough, Chair (until December 31, 2024)
Class of 2024
Jake Lauinger
Jennifer Singletary
Samuel Wolff
Class of 2025
Gary Arbino
Eric Kansa
Jimmy Schryver
Class of 2026
Jeff Howry
Adam Miglio
Allison Gruseke
Editors of ASOR Journals and Monographs
Susan Cohen (BASOR)
Marwan Kilani (BASOR)
Jana Mynářová (BASOR)
Regine Pruzsinszky (BASOR)
Paul Delnero (JCS)
Petra Goedegebuure (JCS)
Seth Richardson (JCS)
Simeon Chavel (Ma’arav)
Stephanie Lynn Budin (NEA)
Bill Caraher (AASOR)
Jennie Ebeling (ASOR-ARS)
Jessica Nitschke (ANE Today)
Andrea Berlin (LCP)
Sharon Herbert (ex officio)
Andrew G. Vaughn (ex officio, non-voting)[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_wp_text]
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Archived webpage for the 2024 Committee Members; This page has been replaced
The Committee on Membership and Outreach takes responsibility for discussing matters regarding ASOR institutional and individual memberships, including (but not limited to) strategies for membership growth, appropriate membership benefits, the most fitting way to categorize individual memberships (student, recent graduate, etc.), greater enfranchisement of ASOR’s international members, and resources that members might like ASOR to provide. The committee also oversees ASOR’s outreach efforts. These include, preeminently, the Friends of ASOR program (a program for individuals who share ASOR members’ interest in the archaeology and history of the Near East and wider Mediterranean but who are not themselves members). In addition, it advises the ASOR staff about the presentation and content of several of ASOR’s digital platforms, including the ASOR Facebook page, the ASOR Twitter account, ASORTv, and ASOR’s weekly bi-monthly e-newsletter News@ASOR.
Theodore (Teddy) Burgh, Chair (until December 31, 2025)
Class of 2024
Regine Hunziker-Rodewald (2nd term)
Class of 2025
Ian Cipin (2nd term)
Sarah Costello (2nd term)
Kara Larson (2nd term)
Carolyn Rivers (2nd term)
Sheldon Fox (ex officio)
Sharon Herbert (ex officio)
Regan Baker (ex officio, non-voting)
Andrew G. Vaughn (ex officio, non-voting)
Friends of ASOR Sub-Committee
Stevan B. Dana
Susan Laden
Alex MacAllister
Jennie Ebeling (non-voting)
Regan Baker (non-voting)
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The Honors and Awards Committee takes responsibility for determining the awardees for the three book awards, the field archaeology award, the “best poster” award, and the multiple membership service awards that ASOR gives annually; conducting the awards ceremony during the Members’ Meeting at the ASOR Annual Meeting; and discussing and advising the ASOR Board of Trustees about ASOR’s awards, including recommending to the Board the creation of new awards as deemed appropriate.
Lynn Welton, Chair (until December 31, 2025)
Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, Chair (until December 31, 2026)
Class of 2025
Susan Ackerman (1st term)
J.P. Dessel (1st term)
Pinar Durgun (2nd term)
Robert Mullins (2nd term)
The Early Career Scholars Committee takes responsibility for championing the views and needs of ASOR’s early career scholars (a group defined as including all ASOR members who qualify for the Undergraduate, Graduate, and Early Career membership rates); hosting a luncheon and other programming as deemed appropriate for Early Career Scholars at the ASOR Annual Meeting; and working with the ASOR staff, ASOR leadership, and the ASOR Board of Trustees to further the goal articulated in the ASOR 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, to develop strategies to foster the next generation of scholars of the Near East and wider Mediterranean and promote their success. ASOR Early Career Scholars include all ASOR members who qualify for the following levels of membership: Early Career, Graduate, and Undergraduate.
The Cultural Heritage Committee advises the President, the Executive Director, the Board, and other ASOR leaders regarding initiatives ASOR might undertake, either individually or jointly with other bodies in the field of cultural heritage, to help protect and preserve the cultural heritage of the Near East. Pre-eminently, the Cultural Heritage Committee advises the President, the Executive Director, the Board, and other ASOR leaders regarding the ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives program (ASOR CHI), regarding both current and prospective ASOR CHI projects. The Cultural Heritage Committee also advises the President, and ASOR’s leadership more generally, regarding ways ASOR might interact with bodies such as the AIA Cultural Heritage Policy Committee and the SAA International Government Affairs Committee in formulating proposed policy positions or responses to various cultural heritage issues that the ASOR, the AIA, the SAA, and the AAA may jointly wish to champion and by helping draft statements or suggesting ASOR’s participation in actions initiated by others that work to safeguard cultural heritage. This committee reserves one line of membership for an Early Career Scholar and three lines of membership for ASOR members from outside of North America, in countries where ASOR promotes Cultural Heritage Initiatives.
Jane DeRose Evans, Chair (2nd term, until December 31, 2024)
Sharon Herbert, ASOR President (ex-officio, voting)
Andy Vaughn, ASOR Executive Director (ex-officio, non-voting)
Class of 2024
Andrew Creekmore (2nd term)
Lynn Swartz Dodd (2nd term)
Shelley Peleg (2nd term)
Fred Winter (2nd term)
Class of 2025
Yaroub al-Obaidi (1st term)
Class of 2026
Barbara Anglisz (2nd term)
Andrew Cohen (2nd term)
Veronica Costarelli (1st term)
Michele Stopera Freyhauf (2nd term)
Sarah Graff (2nd term)
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The Committee on Archaeological Research and Policy takes responsibility for designating archaeological fieldwork projects and archaeological publication projects as “CAP-affiliated,” thereby indicating that these projects have agreed to conform to the ASOR Policy on Professional Conduct and the Statement of General Standards for Projects Affiliated with ASOR. CAP-affiliated projects are eligible to apply for ASOR grants that support projects (Dana, Gold, Harris, and Seger Archaeological Project Grants). Some ASOR scholarships that support students’ participation in archaeological fieldwork are also available only for work at CAP-affiliated excavations. The committee is also responsible for discussing and debating matters of archaeological research and policy, especially with the goal of developing guidelines and resources for ASOR members and others regarding the highest scholarly and ethical standards for archaeological fieldwork and publications. In addition, through a subcommittee, it awards ASOR project grants and scholarships for fieldwork participation, unless otherwise specified in donor agreements.
