#  Conference & Workshops Chaired/Organized 

 



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Sort*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](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/ur/conf_asor12.html)]

*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. [\[Website\]](http://climate.ku.dk/cas/abstracts/abstracts_-_session_2/)

[*Recent Research in Mesopotamian Urbanism: Origins, Structure, Economy*](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/ur/conf_saa09.html). Society for American Archaeology 2009 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, April 22-26, 2009. 9 papers.



*2008*

[*Settlement and Society in the Ancient Near East*](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/ur/conf_asor08.html)*.* 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 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Chicago, July 18-22, 2005.