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ASOR 2007 Annual Meeting Review Winter 2007/8 Volume 57, no. 4 ASOR 2007 Annual Meeting Review Jennie Ebeling & Yorke Rowan, sive virtual tour of Qumran, setting the stage for Jodi Mag- Co-Chairs of Program Committee ness’ plenary address, The Current State of Qumran Archaeol- ogy. One may not have imagined from this innocuous title the scatological nature of her talk, and we would bet that the more f you were among the 548 who attended the 2007 ASOR An- than 300 in attendance learned more than they ever hoped to nual Meeting, you may still recall the beautiful ocean and know about privacy concerns among the Essene community. Imarina views from the Sheraton West Tower in San Diego, We have already asked several people (no one in our eld) if Jodi Magness’ stimulating plenary address on Qumran, and the they knew that the people of Qumran did not need to “use excellent exhibit on early metallurgy and culture at the Museum the facilities” (literally) on Shabbat and their astonishment, as of Man. Even if you were in San Diego you may have missed well as audience reaction, con rms that this was a previously the rescheduling of the Art and Artifacts of the Ancient Near East little-known bit of trivia. Jokes aside, Dr. Magness’ detailed session in order to allow a presenter time to deliver her baby, and engaging lecture reminded us of the importance of inves- or were unable to take part in tigating all of the available the fascinating roundtable dis- evidence in our research, cussion of the place of women and kicked off the more than in Near Eastern Archaeology, 250 presentations given over where some of the veterans the following three days. reminisced about past people We thank Jodi for honoring and excavations. This over- ASOR with her plenary ad- view of ASOR 2007 will note dress this year. some of the highlights for Many of us from the those who could not be with east coast and Midwest us in San Diego, were stuck awoke early on Thursday in business meetings most of morning as a result of jet-lag the time, or were otherwise and the fabulous light that unable to take in all that this streamed through our bal- year’s jam-packed Annual cony windows. This early Meeting had to offer. wake up call was fortuitous, The meeting opened on as Thursday’s academic pro- Wednesday evening when gram included twenty di- the ASOR Southern Califor- verse academic sessions and nia Welcome Committee – several special lunchtime composed of Norma Kershaw (ASOR and AIAR), David Noel and evening events. One of the lunchtime events was Order Freedman (UCSD), Tom Levy (UCSD) and Bill Schniedewind and Con ict: Roundtables on the Agency Role of Empires in the Le- (UCLA) – welcomed us to San Diego. Robert Cargill of the vant, which served as the inaugural meeting of ASOR’s Cross UCLA Qumran Visualization Project then gave us an impres- continued on page 2 continued from page 1 day morning, one could take his or her The American Schools of Oriental Research Border Research Initiative. Chaired by pick of a number of papers at sessions is a nonpro t, scienti c and educational Øystein LaBianca, this event featured scheduled through 4:00. At 4:30 came a organization founded in 1900. well-attended and interesting discus- highlight of the 2007 Annual Meeting: P. E. MacAllister sion on empires in early antiquity, the the Members’ Meeting. Those prepared Chairman of the Board classical era, and the late medieval and for blood had hopefully already been modern periods, and we heard much sated by a lm clip of the Indian ritual Timothy P. Harrison President positive feedback about the usefulness in which the blood of a freshly sacri ced of this sort of forum. In part as a result goat was consumed (presented in one Eric M. Meyers of the success of this event, the Program of the Social Aspects of Human and Ani- Past President Committee is adding a new category to mal Sacri ce in the Ancient Near East ses- Andrew G. Vaughn the academic program – roundtables/ sions), although the tone of the meeting Executive Director workshops – that will permit more ex- was lively indeed. In addition to very ibility for information sharing and dis- useful presentations and discussion Tammi J. Schneider Vice President for Membership cussion than can usually be achieved in concerning the future of the ASOR An- traditional academic sessions. The other nual Meeting (see further in this News- Michael Homann lunchtime event was the third annual letter), Board elections were held and a Morag Kersel Co-Vice Presidents for Programs Junior Scholars’ Workshop and Lun- number of awards were given (also see cheon, organized by incoming co-Vice further this Newsletter). President Eric Jeffrey A. Blakely President for Programs Morag Kersel. Meyers was presented with the Richard Interim Vice President for Publications Some fty students, recent PhDs, and J. Scheuer Medal and a festschrift hon- Ann E. Killebrew scholars feeling ‘young at heart’ showed oring his many years of service to ASOR Vice President for Archaeological Research up for a free boxed lunch (generously and the eld. After this meeting, many and Policy sponsored by ASOR) featuring incom- took advantage of a free shuttle from James Strange ing co-Vice President for Programs Mi- the Sheraton to the Gaslamp District for Secretary chael Homan, who gave us his insights dinner and drinks, and indeed that was Sheldon Fox on Presenting the Perfect Paper. In this the destination for a number of junior Treasurer presentation, Dr. Homan provided a scholars, who converged upon a local number of useful tips on how to present bar for an informal meet-and-greet. successfully at the ASOR Annual Meet- Traditionally Saturdays have been ASOR 656 Beacon Street, 5th oor ing, including advice on how to avoid a bit of a ‘hard sell’ in terms of aca- Boston, MA 02215-2010 attacks by senior scholars, standards for demic sessions, as some need to leave Tel. (617) 353-6570 facial hair, and paper topics that may early to attend other conferences, but Fax. (617) 353-6575 or may not help you get a fellowship at the exceptionally strong and diverse E-mail: [email protected] one of the Overseas Centers. lineup of sessions Saturday morning On Thursday evening we were in- and afternoon kept many engaged up vited to the San Diego Museum of Man to the last papers, which ended at 4:00 in Balboa Park to see the Journey to the pm. Especially successful were the Ar- Copper Age: Archaeology in the Holy Land chaeology of Iran sessions, which needed exhibit sponsored by ASOR, the UCSD some reshuf ing as some of the partici- Judaic Studies Program and the Muse- pants were delayed en route and only um of Man. After feasting on a delicious arrived in San Diego as their sessions spread, we were welcomed to the exhibit were about to start! Lively discussion by Tom Levy, whose work on early cop- could be heard in the well-attended and per production is featured in the exhibit. engaging Current Issues in Palestinian This unique exhibit included a number Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Man- The ASOR Newsletter of artifacts from Israel and Jordan as agement session. Although the hallway well as beautiful images and video foot- crowds thinned by the end of the after- Andrew G. Vaughn, Editor age explaining the rise of copper work- noon with the closing of the book exhib- Alexandra Ratzlaff, Assistant Editor ing in the Chalcolithic Period. ASOR it and the end of the academic sessions Susanne Wilhelm, Layout guests were generously permitted free and business meetings, ASOR attendees The ASOR Newsletter (ISSN 0361-6029) after-hours access to the museum, and could still be found in the Sheraton bars, is published quarterly by the American we wish to thank ASOR, UCSD – Judaic dining in the Gaslamp district, and hud- Schools of Oriental Research Studies and the Museum of Man for a dling together on sofas in the Sheraton special evening. lobby with their laptops, taking advan- © 2007 by The American Schools of Oriental Research After grabbing a bagel or muf n tage of the only free wi- in the hotel, with half of ASOR at a small deli on the into the wee hours. www.asor.org marina just outside of the hotel on Fri- continued on page 3 2 ASOR Newsletter, Winter 2007/8 “WANDERING FIRES” CHAIRMAN’S REPORT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ASOR, NOVEMBER 18, 2007 nating from the magic city-citadel, Camelot. It P.E. MacAllister took twelve battles to achieve all this, the last Chairman of the Board at Badon Hill in 516 when Arthur achieved his greatest victory over the Saxons. But after maybe two and a half to three decades, some- his report, which appears consistently thing really weird happened. (Now, it has on the agenda of our Board meetings, is been 60 years since I have read “The Idylls of Tin essence a gesture of accommodation. the King,” so allow me a little slack on this.) The Chair has very few of cial functions and Perhaps the knights got bored, maybe they none that require that you monitor or approve had achieved all they would achieve, could his actions, aside from perhaps some committee be they were bunged up enough to begin appointments, which he usually makes in con- thinking of retirement, but what happened junction with the President, so if something goes was a sudden religious awakening, both hard wrong, he can skillfully shift the blame.
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