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ñ’s Virtual Annual Meeting—Critical Reports From The Experts

Thursday–Sunday, November 12–15 & November 19–22, 2020

Some of the 450+ Speakers | Details | Schedule | Register | Contact

Concerned about the impact of war on at-risk sites in Syria, Iraq and Libya? Excited about new methodologies changing how we explore the ancient world? Want the latest about sites from the Mediterranean to the Indus Valley at a time when physical travel is impossible – all without leaving the comfort of your home, school or office?

  • ñ’s first-ever Virtual Annual Meeting in November 2020, will bring together over 1000 historians, archaeologists, cultural heritage experts and others who just love to learn from around the world.
  • for this premiere gathering to access over 450 papers, workshops, and poster presentations by scholars from 25 countries for less than 25¢ a presentation.
  • You will have access to the material through June 2021.
  • Non-member registrations include a complimentary, one-year ñ Associate Membership with a subscription to Near Eastern Archaeology.
  • Live sessions will take place on Thursday–Sunday, November 12–15, & November 19–22. The schedule includes both live and pre-recorded presentations to encourage discussion, collaboration and Q&A. .
View the Virtual Annual Meeting Schedule

Some of the 450+ Speakers

Eric H. Cline

George Washington University

The Collapse of the Late Bronze Age and the Need for More Interdisciplinary Examinations of Climate Change in Antiquity

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Jodi Magness

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Perspectives from Field Excavations (Panel Discussion)

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Amr Al-Azm

Shawnee State University

Protecting Syria’s Cultural Heritage the Local Way

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Mohammad Alazaizeh

University of Jordan

The Role of Interpretation in Enhancing Visitors’ Sustainable Behavior at Cultural Heritage Sites

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Michal Artzy

University of Haifa

What did the Cypriot Merchants/Mariners know? Diversity of Late Bronze II Cypriote Imports to Nahariya and Tell abu Hawam

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Darren Ashby

University of Pennsylvania

The Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program: 2018–2020

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Andrea Berlin

Boston University

Collaborative Digital Scholarship on Ceramics: The Example of the Levantine Ceramics Project

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Scott Branting

University of Central Florida

The 2020 Season of the Kerkenes Project

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Rangar Cline

The University of Oklahoma

Mapping Holy Land Pilgrimage Souvenirs: Production, Movement, Function

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Noam Cohen

New York University

How to Talk about Domestic Abuse in Old Babylonian

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Tiffany Early-Spadoni

University of Central Florida

Landscapes of Warfare in the Ancient Near East: A View from Assyria and Urartu

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Ahmad Emrage

University of Benghazi

Rural Archaeological Sites in Cyrenaica at Risk

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Christopher Hays

Fuller Theological Seminary

Excavating the Liturgy of the Davidic Monarchy’s Mortuary Cult

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Virginia Herrmann

University of Tübingen

Iron Age Urbanization and Middle Bronze Age Networks at Zincirli Höyük: Recent Results from the Chicago-Tübingen Excavations

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Felix Höflmayer

Austrian Academy of Sciences

Tel Nami, Cyprus, and Egypt: Radiocarbon Dates and Early Middle Bronze Age Chronology

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Deborah Hurn

Avondale University College

Biblical Regions of the Exodus and Wanderings Era: A New Methodology

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Ann-Marie Knoblauch

Virginia Tech

Cesnola, The Metropolitan Museum and the 19th Century Spectacle

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Albert Leonard, Jr.

University of Arizona

The “Chalcolithic Fine Ware” From Kataret Es Samra, Jordan

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Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis

City University of New York (CUNY)

Using Manar al-Athar Online Photo-Archive for Teaching, Publication, Research, and Heritage Work in the Middle East and North Africa

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Patrick Michel

University of Lausanne

The Next Steps for Palmyra: What is going on?

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Kerry Muhlestein

Brigham Young University

Mummification for the Masses: The Burial Practices at the Graeco-Roman Cemetery of Fag el-Gamous

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Robert Mullins

Azusa Pacific University

Results of the Eighth Season of Excavations at Tel Abel Beth Maacah: New Finds and Insights

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Kiersten Neumann

The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

A Meeting of Minds and Histories—Ancient and Modern

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James Osborne

The University of Chicago

The City of Hartapu: A Royal Inscription and Survey Results from Türkmen-Karahöyük in the Konya Plain

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Jennifer Ramsay

SUNY Brockport

Funerary Dinning or Offerings for the Dead? Archaeobotanical Evidence from the Shaft Tombs at Petra, Jordan

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Will Raynolds

Columbia University

Cultural Heritage Partnership in Libya: Prospects in a Time of Conflict and Pandemic

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Abd al Jabar As Saghrir

Ghadames Manuscript Association

Digitization Work of the Ghadames Association for Heritage and Manuscripts (Poster Session)

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Akiva Sanders

The University of Chicago

Fingerprints of Men, Women, and Children at Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Hama

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Lynn Welton

Durham University

Changing Animal Herding Strategies in the 4th – 3rd millennia BCE in the Upper Orontes Valley: Preliminary Isotopic Data (δ18O, δ13C, 87Sr/86Sr) from Tell Nebi Mend

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Assaf Yasur-Landau

University of Haifa

Modelling Connectivity, Mobility and Resilience in the Southern Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages

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Details

The 2020 ñ Annual Meeting, originally scheduled for November 18-21 in Boston, will be a virtual event taking place Thursday–Sunday, November 12–15 & November 19–22. The above list of speakers and abstracts is only a selection of more than 450 scholars from more than 25 countries around the globe who will be sharing their research. Click here for the entire schedule (not a complete list of speakers).

The virtual academic program will incorporate asynchronous (pre-recorded presentations) that can be viewed “on demand” ahead of (and after) the meeting, and synchronous/live sessions to allow for discussion, collaboration, and Q&A. We are partnering with OpenWater (a virtual platform provider) to ensure the professional delivery and thus the success of the conference. Registered attendees will have access to more than 450 paper, poster, and workshop presentations, as well as a Virtual Exhibit Gallery and networking opportunities to connect with scholars from around the world at your fingertips.

Register

Click below to register online Early Jul. 21 – Oct. 23 Regular Oct. 24 – Nov. 6 Late Nov. 7 – Nov. 22
$50 $60 $80
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$125 $135 $155

Due to COVID-19, and thanks to ñ’s generous members, we are committed to funding 100% of requests from current ñ members for scholarships for the ñ VAM. If you are a current member (or student at an ñ member school) and have been negatively impacted (directly or indirectly) by the pandemic, please e-mail asor2020@asor.org with a brief explanation for a registration scholarship. No lengthy application is required.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting, please email info@asor.org.

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