PREVIOUS FRIENDS OF ASOR WEBINARS
May 25, 2023
Monuments, Monumental Architecture, and Monumentality in Ancient Israel
Dr. Kyle Keimer
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May 11, 2023
Jesus Reading Scripture: Exploring the Archaeology of Worship in First-Century Synagogues
Dr. Paul V. M. Flesher
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April 27, 2023
The Boomer Archaeologist: Tribes, Identity, and the Holy Land
Prof. Thomas Levy
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April 13, 2023
New Perspectives on Jerusalem’s 7th Century BCE Elite
Prof. Yuval Gadot
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March 23, 2023
Urartu: Reframing Assyria’s Enigmatic Neighbor
Prof. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni
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March 9, 2023
How the Ancient World is Saturating Museums with Color
Dr. Pinar Durgun
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February 23, 2023
Into the Unknown: Exploring a “Lost” Old Kingdom Tomb & Egypto-Nubian Connections
Prof. Greg Mumford
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February 8, 2023
Secrets of Egypt’s Middle Kingdom Capital: el-Lisht
Prof. Sarah Parcak
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January 26, 2023
Antiquities Trafficking in the Age of Social Media: How Big Tech Facilitates and Profits from the Digital Black Market
Katie A. Paul
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January 12, 2023
“Earliest Inscription Found!” Exposing Sensationalism in the Field of Ancient Inscriptions
Prof. Christopher Rollston
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December 15, 2022
From Paganism to Christianity to Islam: The Transformation of Ancient Caesarea
Prof. Marsha Rozenblit, Prof. Yael Arnon, & Anna Iamim
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December 1, 2022
Something from the Time of Jesus? Tourists, Souvenirs, and Buying the Holy Land
Prof. Morag M. Kersel
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October 27, 2022
Representations of the Bible and the Ancient Near East in Film: From Griffith to Grindhouse
Prof. Kevin McGeough
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October 13, 2022
Travels with Olga Tufnell: Memoirs of a “Golden Age” Archaeologist in the Levant
Dr. Jack Green
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September 29, 2022
Life and Death along the Nile: Insights from the Bioarchaeology of Nubia Expedition
Prof. Brenda Baker
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September 15, 2022
The Good Kings: The Modern Obsession with Ancient Egyptian Kingship
Prof. Kara Cooney
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August 28, 2022
Columns as Cultural Capital: The Jordanian Practice of Gifting Archaeological Objects
Prof. Elizabeth Macaulay
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May 12, 2022
A World at War: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict
Prof. Patty Gerstenblith, Dr. Lisa Ackerman, and Dr. Andrew Cohen
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April 24, 2022
Preserving Cultural Heritage in Hisban and Umm al-Jimal, Jordan
Prof. Øystein LaBianca, Dr. Elizabeth Osinga, and Dr. Darrell Rohl
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April 3, 2022
Back to the Field: Recent Discoveries & Summer Plans 2022
Prof. Lorenzo d’Alfonso, Dr. Kathryn Grossman, and Prof. James R. Strange
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March 20, 2022
Uncovering What is Nubian Beneath the Veneer of Egyptianness: Excavating the Archives
Debora Heard
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March 8, 2022
Where Are They Now?: A Preview of 2022 ASOR-Affiliated Fieldwork Projects
Dr. Michael Given, Dr. Xenia-Paula Kyriakou, Dr. Stephen Batiuk, Dr. Monique Roddy, Dr. Kent Bramlett, Dr. Friedbert Ninow, and Dr. Michael Hoff
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February 20, 2022
Excavations at Tel Gezer: A Personal Story
Dr. Sam Wolff
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February 10, 2022
Tel Rehov: A Major Bronze and Iron Age City in the Jordan Valley
Dr. Amihai Mazar, Dr. Nava Panitz-Cohen, Dr. Nota Kourou, Dr. Naama Yahalom-Mack, and Dr. Robert Mullins
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January 20, 2022
The Not-So-Innocents Abroad: The Beginnings of American Biblical Archaeology
Dr. Rachel Hallote
Professor of History at Purchase College SUNY
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December 2, 2021
Synagogues as Jesus Knew Them
Dr. James R. Strange
Charles Jackson Granade and Elizabeth Donald Granade Professor in New Testament at Samford University’s Howard College of Arts and Sciences
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November 4, 2021
Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City
Andrew Lawler
American science writer and journalist
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October 17, 2021
Jesus and Jerusalem on TV: How Do Bible Documentaries Get Made?
Dr. Robert Cargill
Associate Professor of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Iowa
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October 7, 2021
Digging the Divine?: Judahite Pillar Figurines and the Archaeology of Israelite Religion
Dr. Erin Darby
Associate professor of Early Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies and the Faculty Director of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships at the University of Tennessee
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September 19, 2021
David, Solomon, and Rehoboam’s Kingdom—The Archaeological Evidence
Dr. Yosef Garfinkel
Yigael Yadin Professor of Archaeology of the Land of Israel at the Institute of Archaeology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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August 29, 2021
From Standing Stones to Sacred Emptiness: Textual and Visual Portrayals of Israel’s God
Dr. Theodore Lewis
Blum-Iwry Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University
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May 21-23, 2021
Making May Matter: Webinarathon to Endow Diversity
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April 18, 2021
Archaeogaming: Why Video Games Deserve Their Own Archaeology
Tine Rassalle, Shannon Martino, Matthew Winter, and Michael Zimmerman
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March 21, 2021
How the Bible Became a Book
Dr. Bill Schniedewind
Professor of Biblical Studies at UCLA
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March 11, 2021
The Mysteries of Mithras in Caesarea: Exploring the Cult’s Rites and Remains
Dr. Jane DeRose Evans and Dr. Alexandra Ratzlaff
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February 11, 2021
Meet the Directors—Fundraiser to Support ASOR’s Affiliated Overseas Research Centers
Dr. Matthew J. Adams (AIAR)
Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman (ACOR)
Dr. Lindy Crewe (CAARI)
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February 21, 2021
Archaeology and the Hidden Religious Culture of Israelite Women
Dr. Carol Meyers
Mary Grace Wilson Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at Duke University
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December 13, 2020
Early Synagogues, Jesus, and Galilee—A Jewish Perspective
Dr. Eric Meyers
Bernice and Morton Lerner Distinguished Emeritus Professor in Judaic Studies at Duke University
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October 18, 2020
Home Sweet Home: Ancient Israelite Households in Context
Dr. Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
Associate Dean of the School of Theology and Leadership and Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible & Archaeology at William Jessup University
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September 13, 2020
Priestesses in the Days of Solomon and Ahab
Dr. Susan Ackerman
Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the former Chair of both the Department of Religion and the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College
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August 9, 2020
Digging Deeper: How Archaeology Works
Dr. Eric H. Cline
Professor of Classics, Anthropology, and History – The George Washington University
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