2018 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 2018 Annual Meeting in Denver, CO. Awards were presented by Laura Mazow, Chair of ASOR’s Honors and Awards Committee and Associate Professor at East Carolina University.
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 Lynn Swartz Dodd, Associate Professor of the Practice of Religion, University of Southern California.
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 Aren M. Maeir, Professor, The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University.
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 James A. Fraser, Senior Curator of the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney, for Dolmens in the Levant.
The Frank Moore Cross Award. This award is presented to the editor/author of the most substantial volume(s) related to one of the following categories: a) the history and/or religion of ancient Israel; b) ancient Near Eastern and eastern Mediterranean epigraphy; c) textual studies on the Hebrew Bible; or d) comparative studies of the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern literature. This work must be the result of original research published during the past two years. (One award is given annually.) Awarded to Matthew J. Suriano , Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, for A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible.
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 Eric H. Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology, George Washington University and Director of the GWU Capitol Archaeological Institute, for Three Stones Make a Wall.
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.)
AIAR: Awarded to Sidnie White Crawford, Willa Cather Professor of Classics and Religious Studies Emerita, University of Nebraska.
ACOR: Awarded to Barbara A. Porter, Director, American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR), Amman, Jordan
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 Charles E. Jones, Tombros Librarian for Classics and Humanities, Pennsylvania State University.
Awarded to Jonathan Rosenbaum, President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies, Gratz College.
Awarded to Thomas Schneider, Professor of Egyptology and Near Eastern Studies, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia.
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 Morag Kersel, Marly Prom, and Students in ANT256 (DePaul University), for their poster: “Where Are They Now? Following Pots into Archives, Educational Institutions, and Museum Vitrines.”
