1994
ASOR moves its headquarters from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to Boston University.
1989
CASOR is established as a vehicle for ASOR members and friends in Canada to be able to participate in raising fund support for the organization. The Scheuer Medal was introduced […]
1982
William G. Dever, former director of the AIAR in Jerusalem, became ASOR’s Second Vice President for Archaeological Policy, and expanded ASOR-affiliated projects through a program that pursued higher standards of […]
1981
Establishment of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) was led by Elizabeth Moynihan, who would become ASOR’s first chair of the board of trustees (1984-1986). Image: ASOR Trustee […]
1978
The Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) in Nicosia was formally established. Image: The CAARI building, with its flowering “Bottle Brush” tree in the foreground, and the “Camel’s Foot” tree […]
1975
ASOR starts its sponsorship of a series of excavations, financed with U.S. federal funds, at Punic and Roman Carthage. ASOR sponsors a new center nearby, the Carthage Research Institute, as […]
1970
A new center is created in Amman, Jordan, to allow scholars to continue working on both sides of the Jordan River. The center is incorporated under the named the American […]
1967
The school in Jerusalem, which was in peril of being sold amid political and military tensions in the city, is determined as unsold as the buyer’s check to Annual Director […]
1948
The Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts are brought to ASOR for identification and authentication. Image: Dead Sea Scrolls research was to occupy many scholars at the Jerusalem School through to the […]
1947
Journal of Cuneiform Studies is founded by Director Albrecht Goetze.