UNEARTHING THE PAST SINCE 1900

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2022

ASOR distributes $200,000 in fellowships and grants, the highest amount awarded since the beginning of ASOR.

2023

ASOR holds its first hybrid Annual Meeting, with the in-person event held in Chicago.

2020

ASOR holds its first virtual Annual Meeting.

1997

ASOR holds its first independent Annual Meeting in Napa, California.

2019

ASOR officially moves into its current home at 209 Commerce Street in Alexandria, Virginia, later renamed The James F. Strange Center. Image: ASOR’s office at The James F. Strange Center […]

2018

ASOR moves its office to Alexandria, Virginia.

2014

ASOR’s Cultural Heritage Initiatives, an international collaboration of scholars and institutions who work under the auspices of ASOR, is founded.

2025

ASOR celebrates its 125th anniversary!

2000

ASOR celebrates its centennial during the Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, among other celebratory events in Washington, D.C., and the overseas centers. Image: (left to right) Honorees Charles U. Harris […]

1998

ASOR joins the American Council of Learned Societies.