Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS) Report 2020 Author: Don McNeeley Created: 12 December 2020
The Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS) annual meeting held in conjunction with the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) was, as expected, significantly different this year because of COVID 19. In talking with the ETS conference organizers, the change in venue for the conference to a virtual environment impacted the number of attendees. While the NEAS meetings also showed a slight reduction in attendees, we had, on average, 24 attendees at the live Question and Answer sessions held over the conference’s three days (November 17-19).
Typically, during these three days, the NEAS produces five sessions, each containing 4-5 individual presentations for a total of 20-25 presentations presented live with a short Q&A session following each presentation. This year, the presentations were pre-recorded and made available for viewing the week before the ac