2019 ASOR HONORS & AWARDS
Each year at the Annual Meeting, ASOR recognizes individuals who have performed outstanding service for the organization or who have published exceptional academic work or otherwise made significant contributions to our field. The following award recipients were honored at the 2019 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Awards were presented by Laura Mazow, Chair of ASOR’s Honors and Awards Committee and Associate Professor at East Carolina University.
The W. F. Albright Award. This award honors an individual who has shown special support or made outstanding service contributions to one of the overseas centers, ACOR, AIAR, CAARI, or to one of the overseas committees – the Baghdad Committee and the Damascus Committee. (This award is given when such an individual is identified.)
ACOR: Awarded to Randolph B. Old, President, ACOR Board of Trustees.
CAARI: Awarded to Birgitta Lindros Wohl, Professor Emerita, Art and Art History, California State University at Northridge (Los Angeles).
The Charles U. Harris Service Award. This award is given in recognition of long term and/or special service as an ASOR Officer or Trustee. (One award is given annually.)
Awarded to Lawrence T. Geraty, President Emeritus, Director of the Foundation Board and Associate Director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies at La Sierra University.
The P. E. MacAllister Field Archaeology Award. This award honors an archaeologist who, during his/her career, has made outstanding contributions to ancient Near Eastern and eastern Mediterranean archaeology. (One award is given annually.)
Awarded to Amnon Ben-Tor, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University.
ASOR Membership Service Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made special contributions on behalf of the ASOR membership, through committee, editorial, or office services. (Up to three awards are given annually.)
Awarded to Gary Arbino, Professor of Archaeology and Old Testament Interpretation, Gateway Seminary.
Awarded to Geoff Emberling, Associate Research Scientist, Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan.
Awarded to Randall (Randy) Younker, Professor of Archaeology and History of Antiquity; Director, PhD (Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology) Program; and Director, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University.
The Richard J. Scheuer Medal. This award honors an individual who has provided truly outstanding, long-term support and service contributions to ASOR. (This medal is awarded when such an individual is identified.)
Awarded to Susan Ackerman, Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Dartmouth College.
The G. Ernest Wright Award. This award is given to the editor/author of the most substantial volume(s) dealing with archaeological material, excavation reports and material culture from the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean. This work must be the result of original research published within the past two years. (One award is given annually.)
Awarded to Assaf Yasur-Landau (Associate Professor, Department of Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa), Eric H. Cline (Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology, George Washington University) and Yorke M. Rowan (Research Associate Professor, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago), for The Social Archaeology of the Levant, Cambridge University Press.
The Frank Moore Cross Award. This award is presented to the author/editor of the most substantial volume(s) related to the history and/or religion of the ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean. Primary consideration will be given to historical, epigraphic, textual, and comparative literary studies; or to works that advance and/or evaluate new methodological approaches to the literary record(s). This work must be the result of original research published during the past two years. (One award is given annually.)
Awarded to Sidnie White Crawford, the Willa Cather Professor of Biblical Studies Emerita at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for Scribes and Scrolls at Qumran, Wm. B. Eerdmans.
The Nancy Lapp Popular Book Award. This award is presented to the author/editor of a book published in the last two years that offers a new synthesis of archaeological or textual evidence intended to reach an audience of scholars as well as students and the broader public. (One award is given annually.)
Awarded to Kara Cooney, Professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture, UCLA, for When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt.
The Joy Ungerleider Poster Award. This award is conferred upon the author(s) of the poster presenting the results of a study about ancient Near Eastern societies in a clear, legible fashion using original graphic content. Subject matter may be based in archaeological sciences, history, anthropology, epigraphy, ethnography, heritage or other scholarly approaches to understanding ancient people in the areas covered by ASOR.(One award is given annually.)
Awarded to Christopher J. Davey, Luis R. Siddall, Carla A. Raymond, and Joseph J. Bevitt, for their poster: “Hidden Text: Imaging and reading an ancient tablet in an envelope.”
