Paul Kroll, former AOS President and JAOS Editor-in-Chief, was elected to the American Philosophical Society in April 2018, Class 4: Humanities. The Society congratulates him on this well-deserved honor.

Information about the March 2019 Meeting and the Call for Papers have been posted. Deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2018.

Congratulations from all of the AOS to Stephanie Jamison, JAOS editor-in-chief and former AOS President, who was elected an honorary member of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG) in May 2018.

The news broke today that John Huehnergard, former AOS President (2017–18), will be awarded the prestigious Edward Ullendorff Medal, the British Academy’s recognition of scholarly distinctions and achievements in the field of Semitic Languages and Ethiopian Studies, at a ceremony on September 25, 2018. The AOS extends its heartfelt congratulations!

The second issue of the year has been sent out to subscribers. Visit the Publications page for its contents if not a subscriber.

The first issue of 2018 has been published and sent to subscribers.

At its Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, March 2018, the membership unanimously elected Etan Kohlberg, Professor Emeritus at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a leading authority on Shii Islam, as AOS Honorary Member. We have the good fortune of anticipating his attending and presenting at the 229th Meeting in Chicago (March 15-18, 2019).

In the mail for subscribers: the fourth and final issue of 2017. Check the Journal Contents page for the TOC.

The Program and Abstracts for the Pittsburgh meeting, March 16–19, 2018, have been uploaded to the Annual Meeting page. Please send any and all corrections to the Society Secretary so that the final Program will be in complete and pristine state.

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