ACOR Proudly Presents:“An Invocation to Jesus in a Safaitic Inscription?” An ACOR online lecture by Dr. Ahmad Al-Jallad (Ohio State University) on February 16, 2021 About the Lecture: Safaitic inscriptions constitute the largest epigraphic corpus in Jordan. “Safaitic” refers to the northernmost branch of the South Semitic alphabet, a sister of the Ancient South Arabian…
This written interview is part of a new series on Insights: “Ask A Scholar,” through which we highlight the personal experiences of fellows and other affiliated researchers. The following conversation with former fellow Waleed Hazbun (ACOR-United States Information Agency, 1997–1998), who is now professor of political science at the University of Alabama, took place by email…
By Jessica Holland, Archival Projects Consultant “To reproduce an object is a task that requires know-how, but to understand what the object represents, its function or how it came to be, requires another kind of knowledge.” —Akram Zaatari, Against Photography (Barcelona: Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2018, p. 103) Achievements: reflections on four transformative years…
ACOR Proudly Presents:“Preserving the Cultural Heritage of the Madaba Region… Together: The Madaba Regional Archaeological Museum Project (MRAMP) and Recent Community Archaeology”An Online Lecture by Prof. Douglas R. Clark (La Sierra University) on January 19, 2021 About the Lecture: The Madaba Regional Archaeological Museum Project (MRAMP) has always been about “community archaeology,” which views archaeology…
By Abbad Diraneyya لتقرأ المقال باللغة العربية هنا Under a hot October sun, from which I had nothing but a winter cap to conceal my face, the famous downtown of the Eternal City looked like a bunch of half-fallen columns emerging from a pile of rubble. “Disappointing” would be an understatement: I had patiently waited…
بقلم عبَاد ديرانيّة To read this article in English, click here. لم تكُن بحوزتي إلا قبعة شتوية لتحجب عن عينيَّ شيئاً من أشعة شمس الخريف، التي سطعت أمامي على كومة من الأطلال والأعمدة المتهاوية في مركز مدينة روما: وهو مشهدٌ أقلّ ما يُقَال عنه -بالنسبة لي- أنه “مخيّب للآمال”. كنتُ قد انتظرت هذه اللحظة بصبر…
by Jane Taylor In this photo essay, writer and photographer Jane Taylor reflects on her many visits to Petra from the 1970s onward, which in turn contributed to books including Petra (1993, 2005) and Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans (2001). Something of her personal journey of discovery is told through encounters with…
This written interview is part of a new series we are launching on Insights: “Ask A Scholar,” through which we hope to highlight the personal experiences of fellows and other affiliated researchers. The below conversation, with former Bikai and de Vries fellow and Islamic Baydha director Micaela Sinibaldi, Ph.D., took place by email in November, 2020….
This written interview is part of a new series we are launching on Insights, called “Ask A Scholar,” through which we hope to highlight the personal experiences of fellows and other affiliated researchers. The below conversation, with ACOR-CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow Morgen Chalmiers, who is in residence at ACOR during fall 2020, took place by email…
by Blaine Pope, Ph.D. Since I traveled to Jordan for the first time, for the January 2020 ACOR-CAORC Faculty Development Seminar “Sustainability at the Margins,” life in the United States, in Jordan, and around the world has changed noticeably. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and massive worldwide protests against racism stemming from the Black…
ACOR Proudly Presents:“Heritage vs. Development: The Bayt Ras Tomb Project 2017–2019”An Online Lecture by Jehad Haron on September 29, 2020 About the Lecture: In November 2016, a Roman-era tomb was discovered in the town of Bayt Ras, Irbid, by a team working to dig a sewage line in the area. In 2017, USAID SCHEP worked…
By Nora Al Omari I joined ACOR as an intern to participate in the Temple of the Winged Lions (TWL) Publication Project, through which I have handled, documented, and rehoused objects from the temple and also managed the digitization and cataloguing of archival materials from this important Nabataean- and Roman-era site. The Temple of the…
ACOR Proudly Presents:“The Making of Amman: Stories, Tours, and Traffic Jams”An Online Lecture by Prof. Betty Anderson on August 26, 2020 About the Lecture: Dr. Betty Anderson will present the research that she, Dr. Fida Adely, and several local researchers have been conducting in Amman over the last few years. Their research seeks to collect…
A key part of ACOR’s mission is to “promote archaeological research, cultural heritage preservation, and knowledge-sharing through lectures, digital resources, publications, workshops, and training programs.” Over the past year, we have expanded our knowledge-sharing activities online through engagement with the world’s largest open-access knowledge repository: Wikipedia. Articles on wikipedia.org—about any number of subjects, and in…
by Nizar Al Adarbeh, Starling Carter, Hussein Khirfan, and Shatha Abu Aballi, USAID SCHEP* Steady Growth and Increasing Opportunities: The Tourism Sector in Jordan In recent years, Jordan’s tourism industry has grown steadily to become one of the most important sectors for the country’s employment and GDP. Jordan’s World Heritage Sites, including Petra and Wadi…