EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS BROWN BAG PANEL ON PUBLISHING
The Early Career Scholars of ASOR will hold a virtual panel discussion on academic journal publishing on October 8, 2020 at 12pm EDT via Zoom. Speakers will include: Dr. Stephanie Budin (Near Eastern Archaeology), Dr. Seth Richardson (Journal of Near Eastern Studies), and Dr. Christopher Rollston (Bulletin of ASOR). The event, a part of our brown bag lunch series, is a *FREE* benefit for ASOR members.
The informational seminar will address key questions such as:
- How much should you publish at various stages of your academic career?
- What makes a good concept for a journal article?
- What factors influence acceptance versus rejection of articles?
- What time management strategies will help authors be successful?
Registration is limited to ASOR members and students at ASOR member schools on a first come, first serve basis. Registrants will receive an email with Zoom access information prior to the event
Panelist information:
Stephanie Lynn Budin is an ancient historian who focuses on gender, religion, sexuality, and iconography in ancient Greece and the Near East. Her published works include Women in Antiquity: Real Women Across the Ancient World (Routledge 2016), Artemis (Routledge, 2015), Images of Woman and Child from the Bronze Age (Cambridge University Press, 2011), The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity (Cambridge University Press, 2008), and The Origin of Aphrodite (CDL Press, 2003), as well as numerous articles on ancient religion, gender, and iconography. She is the current editor of ASOR’s journal, Near Eastern Archaeology. She has also lectured throughout North America, Europe, the Near East, and Japan.
Seth Richardson is a historian of the ancient Near East whose research engages multiple thematic domains and time periods as a generalist-comparativist. He is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Near Eastern Studies and an Associate at the Oriental Institute since 2011. Prior to this, he was Assistant Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago since 2003, having earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 2002.
Christopher Rollston is Chair of the Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at The George Washington University. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, especially subjects revolving around ancient languages, Northwest Semitic epigraphy, scribal education, wisdom literature, prophetic literature, as well as ancient and modern textual forgeries. He has published widely in the field and is currently a co-editor (with Eric Cline) of BASOR as well as the editor of MAARAV.
Tiffany Earley-Spadoni will preside. She is Assistant Professor of Digital History at the University of Central Florida and received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from the Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses primarily upon historical and archaeological investigations of heavily fortified landscapes. She directs the Vayots Dzor Fortress Landscapes Project in Armenia and co-chairs the Early Career Scholars Committee of ASOR. She has published articles in leading journals and is writing a book, “Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu in Ancient Near Eastern Context,” under advance contract with the University Press of Colorado.
