American Schools of Oriental Research
A learned society supporting the study, excavation, and cultural heritage of the ancient Near East and wider Mediterranean world.
Peer societies
Five societies American Schools of Oriental Research is read alongside.
AIA
Archaeological Institute of America
North America's oldest and largest organization devoted to archaeology and the world's material past
9 companies named
SBL
Society of Biblical Literature
The oldest and largest learned society for the critical academic study of the Bible, running a major annual…
42 companies named
SAA
Society for American Archaeology
The principal professional society for archaeology in the Americas, advancing the field through journals…
50 companies named
MESAN
Middle East Studies Association of North America
A learned society for Middle East studies that both advances the scholarship and defends the freedom to…
17 companies named
SCS
Society for Classical Studies
The senior learned society of the classical world, part scholarly hub and part guardian of a field under…
Who backs ASOR
Every company American Schools of Oriental Research names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
Sources: 2 published lists, read September 2026
2026 Annual Meeting sponsors and exhibitors. Read September 27, 2026. University presses (University of Chicago Press, Penn State University Press / Eisenbrauns, University Press of Colorado) omitted.
Fiscal Year 2026 Honor Roll of Donors. Read September 27, 2026. Donor honor roll is mostly individuals and foundations; only corporate donors recorded.
Who backs American Schools of Oriental Research's peers, but not American Schools of Oriental Research
Companies named publicly by at least one of American Schools of Oriental Research's five peer societies, and not found in American Schools of Oriental Research's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A learned society supporting the study, excavation, and cultural heritage of the ancient Near East and wider Mediterranean world.
- Consensus
- Preserve
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Legacy and The Republic.
Strengths
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