UNEARTHING THE PAST SINCE 1900

Collections Fellowship Report: Michael Press

2022 Study of Collections Fellowship Report: The Antiquities Market in Late Ottoman Palestine Michael Press, University of Agder How did people buy and sell antiquities in Palestine in the 19th century? This […]

Vivan Bull Remembrances

IN MEMORIAM:VIVIAN BULL‎ (1934 – 2022) Vivian Bull before her retirement as president of Linfield University in 2005. (Oregonian file photo by Roger Jensen) ASOR mourns the passing of long-time […]

Covid Protocol – 2022 Annual Meeting

Covid Protocol Update for 2022 Annual Meeting September 7, 2022 Dear fellow ASOR members, We write with an update on COVID protocols for our upcoming Annual Meeting in Boston. The […]

Farsi Translation Sponsored by AIIrS

Farsi Translation Sponsored by AIIrS Thanks to generous sponsorship from the American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS), ASOR will offer Farsi translation as part of the virtual component of the […]

Fieldwork Report: Bruno Barros

Bringing Azekah’s Walls into the Light Bruno Barros, 2022 G.E. Wright/Shirlee Meyers Fellowship Recipient Sunrise in Area N1. Yalla, Yalla! That was the call to jump on the bus around 4:50 […]

Fieldwork Report: Rosemary Hanson

The Colors of the Badia Rosemary Hanson, 2022 Platt Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient From the sky, the kites of the Jordanian Steppe are easy to spot. The low walls of piled […]

Call for Trustee Nominations

CALL FOR TRUSTEE NOMINATIONS 2022 The Trustee Nominations Committee announces an open call for (self) nominations for the ASOR Board of Trustees (Class of 2025). There are three primary responsibilities […]

ASOR CHI Tutorials

UPDATE: Tutorials for Cultural Heritage Survey Over the past months, ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives (CHI) and its partners have developed a series of tutorials and training modules aimed to help […]

Stipend Report: Kacey Garcia

Khirbet al-Balu’a 2021 Study Season: Pottery and Figurines Kacey Garcia, 2021 Shirlee Meyers-G. Ernest Wright Summer Stipend Recipient I would like to thank the Shirlee Meyers-G. Ernest Wright Scholarship donors […]