Conference & Workshops Chaired/Organized

2013	Archaeological Site Preservation, Block 2: Survey Approaches. Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage, Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. May 12-23, 2013.
2012	Mesopotamian Civilization: New Directions in Iraqi Archaeology. American Schools of Oriental Research 2012 Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 17, 2012 (Jason Ur and Carrie Hritz, co-organizers and Chairs). Two sessions, twelve papers. [abstracts]
2011	New Directions in Archaeology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, April 15-16, 2011 (Rowan Flad, Jason Ur, Matt Liebmann, Susanne Ebbinghaus, Ruth Bielfeldt, and Michael McCormick, co-organizers). Sponsored by the Standing Committee on Archaeology. Eight papers, sixteen discussants.
2010	Settlement and Society in the Ancient Near East. American Schools of Oriental Research 2010 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, November 19, 2010 (Jason Ur and Jesse Casana, co-organizers and chairs). Two sessions, 7 papers. Northeast by Northeast: Workshop on the Archaeology of Northeastern Syria. New Haven, CT, March 6-7, 2010 (Harvey Weiss, Richard Meadow, and Jason Ur, co-organizers). 7 participants.
2009	Chengdu Plains Archaeological GIS Workshop. Chengdu Municipal Institute of Archaeology, Chengdu, China. Five-day intensive introduction to GIS and remote sensing for Chinese archaeologists, December 14-18, 2009. 40 participants. Settlement and Society in the Ancient Near East. American Schools of Oriental Research 2009 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 18-21, 2009 (Jesse Casana and Jason Ur, co-organizers and chairs). Two sessions, 10 papers planned. Responses of Complex Societies to Climatic Variation. University of Copenhagen Climate and Ancient Society Conference, October 20-24, 2009. 12 papers. [Website] Recent Research in Mesopotamian Urbanism: Origins, Structure, Economy. Society for American Archaeology 2009 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, April 22-26, 2009. 9 papers.
2008	Settlement and Society in the Ancient Near East. American Schools of Oriental Research 2008 Annual Meeting, Boston, November 22, 2008 (Jason Ur and Jesse Casana, co-organizers and chairs). 6 papers.
2007	Spying on the Past: Archaeological Applications of Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photography. Session at the Society for American Archaeology 2007 Annual Meeting, Austin, April 2007. 7 papers.
2006	Landscapes of Intensification. Session at the Society for American Archaeology 2006 Annual Meeting, San Juan, April 29, 2006 (Jason Ur and Verónica Pérez Rodríguez, co-organizers). 11 papers.
2005	Landscape Archaeology Workshop. Session at the 51^st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Chicago, July 18-22, 2005.