MEET THE NEWLY-ELECTED TRUSTEES
17勛圖is pleased to announce the results of our recent election for two Individual and two Institutional representatives to the 17勛圖Board of Trustees. The 17勛圖Board sets the direction for 17勛圖and provides oversight for our organization. Among other responsibilities, members of the Board agree to attend two meetings each year at their own expense, to participate thoughtfully in the governance process, and to contribute financially to ASOR.
Individual Representatives泭Trustees
Theodore Burgh
Theodore Burgh is a Professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, in the Department of Philosophy and Religion. He holds his degrees from the University of Arizona (M.A./Ph.D.), Howard University (M.A.), and Hampton University (B.A.).泭 His research interests are the archaeology of ancient Israel and the Near East, the Hebrew Bible, archaeomusicology (the study of ancient music culture), the reconstruction of Syro-Palestinian and Near Eastern music culture and cataloging musical artifacts, utilization analysis of Syro-Palestinian sacred and secular space, and ethnomusicology.
Mission Statement:
I am truly grateful for the opportunity to continue to serve on泭the 17勛圖Board. It is an honor to be a part of ASORs distinguished history. It would be a privilege to continue to serve an organization that has provided so much for me.
I have been an active 17勛圖member since 1996, presenting numerous papers and chairing sessions. I have been a part of the membership committee for nearly fifteen years. On short notice, I also substituted for the 2012-13 Vice-President and chaired the 2012 17勛圖Members Meeting.
As a trustee, I will continue to泭bring commitment and experience. Building on existing success, these are a few areas where I think 17勛圖could expand its services to the Academy generally and to members specifically. I would like to continue efforts to incorporate technology in ASORs development. 17勛圖is working to strengthen global connections and bringing excavations and archaeological conversations together in exciting new ways. 17勛圖understands that it is very difficult for some scholars and students in various parts of the world to attend 17勛圖conferences. However, thus, we have initiated discussions regarding implementing technology that could possibly live streaming or provide recorded lectures and papers delivered from these scholars and students. 17勛圖will also continue to explore how to possibly share specific lectures and symposiums in the same manner and incorporate Q&A whenever possible. To have top archaeological scholars sharing short clips within articles and reports that can be accessed any time would be invaluable sources.
Lastly, I would like to see continued energy with the membership and outreach committees.泭 Efforts with such endeavors as泭Friends of ASOR泭will be essential to maintaining the organizations future membership and developing inclusivity.
Thomas Schneider
Thomas Schneider is Professor of Egyptology泭and Near Eastern Studies at the University泭of British Columbia, Vancouver. Since 2012, he has also served 17勛圖as Editor of Near Eastern Archaeology and ex officio member on the Committee on Publications. He holds a Master’s degree, a泭doctorate, and a habilitation in Egyptology from泭the University of Basel. He was a Visiting泭Professor at the University of Vienna in 1999 and at the University of Heidelberg in泭2003-4. From 2001 to 2005, he was泭a Junior Research Professor of the Swiss National泭Science Foundation at the University of Basel,泭and from 2005 to 2007, holder of the泭Chair in Egyptology at the University of Wales,泭釦滄硃紳莽梗硃.泭He was a visiting scholar at NYU泭in 2006, at泭Berkeley in 2012, and a guest lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2016.泭He has widely published on泭Egyptian interconnections泭with the Levant and the Near East (including Egypt and the Bible), Egyptian history泭and泭 chronology泭and the泭history of Egyptology in Nazi Germany.泭He泭is founding editor of the Journal泭of Egyptian History,泭was the editor-in-chief of “Culture and History of the Ancient Near East” for Brill (2006-2013), and area editor history for the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology.泭
Mission Statement:
For the past six years, I have had the privilege to experience 17勛圖from the specific perspective of editor of Near Eastern Archaeology. This perspective has, first and foremost, been an outstanding opportunity: An opportunity to be a creative part of the 17勛圖community; an opportunity to motivate scholars from across the world to write for NEA, and to disseminate knowledge on the Near East; an opportunity to work with a passionate editorial board and the 17勛圖leadership. Since my editorship has also coincided with the aggravation of the political and heritage crisis in the Middle East, being NEA editor has also meant to have my finger on the pulse of the time. In the preface I wrote for the June 2015 issue, I discussed Laurent Oliviers comments about the role archaeology plays as a science not of the past but of the present: The way in which remains have escaped destruction is a direct reflection of how the present came about; the present is the repository of the past’s surviving materiality. The heritage crisis in the Middle East, flagged up in the September 2015 issue of NEA, shows泭how indispensable it is for 17勛圖to assume, in the present situation, a political role as an interpreter and guardian of the pasts material memory. In my prospective role as Trustee, I would see it as important to strengthen 17勛圖and to underscore its eminent political role in preserving that memory. I would also want to support 17勛圖in its advocacy with many sister organizations of the need to educate global society and advance research in history and the humanities.
Institutional Representative泭Trustees
Joe Greene
Joe Greene, Deputy Director and Curator of the Semitic泭Museum of Harvard University, received his Ph.D. in archaeology in 1986 at the泭Oriental Institute of the University泭of Chicago. He completed eight seasons of泭fieldwork in Carthage (Tunisia), directing the Carthage Survey from 1980 to泭1983. He has been a National Endowment for the Humanities泭Fellow in Jordan, a泭Fulbright Fellow in Cyprus, and has directed excavations and surveys in both泭countries. In 198788 he directed the USAID Cultural Resource Management泭Project in泭Jordan and in 20012001 served as a consultant to the Petra National泭Trust, a Jordanian NGO devoted to the preservation of the archaeological site泭of Petra. He has been editor of the泭American Schools of Oriental Research泭(ASOR)泭Archaeological Reports泭Series泭(20032008), of the ASOR泭Annual泭(20092014), and now serves as泭an editor for Manar al-Athar Publications based泭at Oxford Univeristy and as a board member for the Friends of Manar al-Athar. His泭research interests focus on archaeological survey and landscape archaeology of泭the泭Mediterranean/Middle East region with emphasis on the first millennium泭B.C./A.D., on cultural resource management in the Mediterranean/Middle East泭region, and on museums and the history of museums in Mediterranean泭and Middle泭Eastern countries. Since the 1980s, he has led tours in the Eastern and Western泭Mediterranean, most recently to Lebanon, Syria and Jordan in 2011, to Turkey泭and Greece in 2013 and to Central Asia and Iran in泭2016. In 20142015 he was a泭member of a Harvard-based consulting museum group working in Saudi Arabia,泭Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Mission Statement:
In my 30-plus years as a member of ASOR, I have enjoyed manifold benefits of that membership. I have attended ASOR’s annual meetings, participated in its affiliated field projects, received its fellowships, served on its泭committees, edited its publications, and lived and worked at its overseas institutes. In 2015-2017, I served as an 17勛圖Trustee as the institutional representative for Harvard University. As a returning Trustee, I would, as泭before, play a role in assuring that these benefits continue to be available to rising generations of students of the ancient Near East.
To that end I believe that 17勛圖should strengthen its core functions–its publications and its annual meetings–as well as provide ongoing support for research through its fellowships and through the overseas institutes that it泭created and helped to build in Jerusalem, Amman, and Nicosia. ASOR, through its Committee on Publications, should continue to develop a robust presence in electronic scholarly publication. Through the Committee on泭Annual Meeting and Program, it should expand the scope and attendance of the annual meeting while helping to expand membership and ensure that this enterprise is self-supporting. 17勛圖must also find way to make its泭Committee on Archaeological Policy (CAP) relevant to the contemporary archaeological research environment, both at home and abroad. 17勛圖must also develop the financial means to support the initiatives of COP, CAMP,泭and CAP. It should also pursue new initiatives such as a formulation of a policy of professional conduct consistent with ASORs Mission and Strategic Plan, the ongoing, Survey on Field Safety, the Initiative on Women in泭17勛圖and the Cultural Heritage Initiative.
Carol Meyers
Carol泭Meyers was born in泭Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She went to Kingston High School,泭Kingston, Pennsylvania; made her B.A. with honors at泭Wellesley College泭in泭Wellesley, Massachusetts泭and her M.A. and Ph.D. at泭Brandeis University泭in泭Waltham, Massachusetts.
Meyers started to teach at Duke University in 1977. She writes and teaches in the areas of biblical studies, archaeology, and the study of women in the biblical world. She has been described as one of todays leading historians and field archeologists.泭Her 1988 book,泭Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context, was the first comprehensive effort to present a female-centred view of the Bible using泭historical泭rather than泭literary criticism.泭Meyers has also written commentaries on泭Exodus,泭Haggai, and泭Zechariah.
Meyers served as president of the泭Society of Biblical Literature泭in 2013.泭She also served as part of the revision team for the 2010泭New American Bible.
She is married to fellow biblical scholar and Duke professor泭Eric M. Meyers.
Mission statement:
As a member of 17勛圖for many decades, I have seen this organization respond over and over again to many challengesincluding economic, political, and technological onesand come out stronger. I was privileged to be a member of the strategic planning committee that helped reorganize and refocus our energies. The hard work and dedication of its officers, board members, and members has made 17勛圖stronger than ever. My hopes for the future are that our organization will continue to meet challenges and carry its mission forth in these turbulent times. Our Syria initiative is a good sign that we are in fact doing that