Insights

Welcome to Insights! Formerly our long-running quarterly e-update, since 2020, Insights has been our blog, hosting essays by fellows, interns, staff, and others.

Gary Rollefson, NEH Fellow, Fall 2017

Jun 11, 2017 Posted in Fellows, NEH, Profile Tagged with 'Ain Ghazal, Archaeology, black desert, NEH Fellowship

Dr. Gary Rollefson, professor emeritus of Anthropology at Whitman College, is a 2017 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellow at ACOR. Dr. Rollefson’s NEH Fellowship project, titled “Lithic Technologies and Social Identities: A Comparative Analysis of Chipped Stone Tool Production in Jordan’s Badia,” examines the stone tools associated with the remains of Neolithic houses…

Archival Archaeology: Digging for Hidden Connections in a Box of Old Photos

May 30, 2017 Posted in ACOR, Library Tagged with internships, Photo archives

In this post, ACOR archival intern and junior archivist Corrie Commisso discusses her experiences helping to launch the new ACOR Library Photographic Archive project, a four-year initiative that will bring ACOR’s rich photographic collections to the world. Full disclosure: I’m not an archaeologist. I couldn’t tell you the difference between Bronze Age and Byzantine pottery….

ACOR Receives NEH Grant to Support Critical Scholarship

May 18, 2017 Posted in ACOR, Fellowships, News & Event Tagged with fellowship, NEH, Scholars, summer 2017

We are happy to announce that ACOR received a National Endowment for the Humanities “Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions” grant in March 2017. The grant of $30,200 provides six months of fellowship funding for the upcoming 2018–2019 grant cycle, and is intended to promote critical scholarship in the humanities related to Jordan and the…

Community-Based Archaeology — An ACOR Video Lecture by the USAID SCHEP Initiative

May 7, 2017 Posted in ACOR, SCHEP, VideoLectures Tagged with Archaeology, SCHEP, tourism

The ACOR Video Lecture Series provides accessible discussions of new research into the past and present of Jordan and the broader Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean worlds. This video, adapted from the April 2017 public lecture delivered by SCHEP Chief of Party Nizar Al Adarbeh and Cultural Heritage Resource Projects Lead Jehad Haron, highlights the…

“Sea Peoples and neo-Hittites” an ACOR public lecture Tuesday 16 May 2017

Apr 27, 2017 Posted in Lecture Tagged with Archaeology, Harrison, Iron Age, research

Public Lecture Announcement Sea Peoples and neo-Hittites in the ‘Land of Palistin’ Timothy Harrison Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Toronto & Visiting Professor at the American University of Beirut Tuesday 16 May 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Reception to Follow About the lecture: Recent archaeological investigations and an expanding corpus of epigraphic…

How Women Are Taking the Lead in Preserving Jordan’s Past

Apr 25, 2017 Posted in ACOR, SCHEP, TWLCRM Tagged with Cultural Heritage, employment, SCHEP, Women

Jordan has one of the lowest rates of female labor force participation in the world. Women’s contribution to the Jordanian economy was roughly the same in 2014 as it was in 1996, a low 12.6 percent. In 2013, the World Bank put Jordan’s total female labor force participation rate at 22 percent, a fourth of…

Experiential Tourism in Petra – a USAID SCHEP public lecture on Tuesday April 11, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.

Apr 9, 2017 Posted in Lecture, SCHEP Tagged with Petra, SCHEP, tourism

Tuesday April 11, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. “Experiential Tourism in Petra” a lecture by ACOR Associated Director Dr. Glenn G. Corbett About the lecture: The Temple of the Winged Lions lies in Petra’s “Sacred Quarter” across from the so-called Great Temple. Built to honor the goddess al-Uzza, the Temple of the Winged Lions is easily…

The Visible Dead: Dolmens and the Landscape — An ACOR Video Lecture by Dr. James Fraser

Apr 8, 2017 Posted in ACOR, VideoLectures Tagged with Bronze Age, Dolmens

The ACOR Video Lecture Series provides accessible discussions of the new research into the past and present of Jordan and the broader Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean worlds. This video, adapted from the February 2017 ACOR public lecture delivered by Dr. James Fraser, offers new interpretation of dolmen fields and early societies in the Bronze…

Studying a Hard-to-Reach Population of Syrian Refugees

Apr 3, 2017 Posted in CAORC, Fellows, Research Tagged with statistics, Syria, Syrian refugees

Political scientist and ACOR-CAORC fellow Rana B. Khoury was in Jordan during fall 2016 researching networks of Syrian activists. She writes below about her research methodology. As researchers, we ask many questions related to the characteristics of populations. How many voters plan to go to the polls on election day? How satisfied are citizens with…

“Archaeology in the Attic” an ACOR Lecture on Wednesday 19 April 2017

Mar 15, 2017 Posted in Lecture, Library Tagged with Archives, digitization, Library, Photography

Public Lecture Announcement Archaeology in the Attic: Preserving Archival Treasures of Jordan’s Past Dr. Glenn J. Corbett ACOR Associate Director Wednesday 19 April 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Reception to Follow About the lecture: Archaeological and cultural heritage sites in Jordan and the Middle East are under increasing threat from urban expansion, development, and, in the…

Community-Based Archaeology: Challenges and Opportunities

Mar 1, 2017 Posted in Lecture, SCHEP Tagged with Community, SCHEP, tourism, USAID

An ACOR Public Lecture Nizar Al Adarbeh, SCHEP Chief of Party & Jehad Haron, CHR Projects Lead Wednesday 15 March 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Reception to Follow ____________________________________________ About the Lecture: An evening with ACOR’s USAID Sustainable Cultural Heritage Through Engagement of Local Communities Project, to discuss progress made in two years and what to…

Producing Extra Virginity in Jordan

Feb 22, 2017 Posted in ACOR, CAORC, Research Tagged with agriculture, CAORC Fellowship, geography, manufacturing, olive oil, research

Brittany Barrineau, ACOR-CAORC pre-doctoral fellow for 2016–2017, writes below about her research into the social, political, and economic forces that are transforming Jordan’s traditional but rapidly evolving olive oil industry. The olive harvest festival in Irbid included an outdoor opening ceremony with poetry, several speakers, two dance groups, a marching band, and a small speech…

Gaza Refugees and the Reality of Statelessness

Feb 5, 2017 Posted in ACOR, Fellows, Fellowships, Research

Recent ACOR-CAORC senior fellow Michael Perez writes below about his recent research on ex-Gaza refugees who are currently living without citizenship in Jordan. Dr. Perez is a professor of anthropology at the University of Washington in Seattle. The Gaza camp is unique in Jordan. Located just a few kilometers from the ancient ruins of Jarash, it…

“Dolmens and the Landscape in Bronze Age Levant” an ACOR Lecture on Wednesday 22 February 2017

Jan 18, 2017 Posted in Lecture Tagged with Dolmens

Public Lecture Announcement The Visible Dead: Dolmens and the Landscape in Bronze Age Levant Dr. James Fraser Curator for the Levant The British Museum Wednesday 22 February 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Reception to Follow at ACOR About the Lecture: Megalithic dolmen tombs are some of the most striking features in the archaeological landscape of Jordan….

“Protection of Cultural Heritage” an ACOR Lecture on Tuesday 24 January 2017 by Dr. Monther Jamhawi

Jan 15, 2017 Posted in Lecture Tagged with Cultural Heritage Management, department of antiquities, Jordan, Jordanian scholars

Public Lecture Announcement A New Perspective for the Protection of Threatened Cultural Heritage Dr. Monther Jamhawi Director General Department of Antiquities of Jordan Tuesday 24 January 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Reception to Follow About the Lecturer: Dr. Monther Jamhawi is the Director General of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Before joining the Department, he…

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