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.
Jordan’s Heritage Takes to the Skies – ACOR Scholarship Recipient Asem Abu Doleh
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“The Danish-German Northwest Quarter Project” by Dr. Achim Lichtenberger & Dr. Rubina Raja
New Research in Jerash: The Danish-German Northwest Quarter Project Dr. Achim Lichtenberger, Professor of Classical Archaeology at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany Dr. Rubina Raja, Professor of Classical Archaeology at Aarhaus University in Denmark Wednesday 9 March 2016 at 6:00 pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture: Since 2011, a Danish-German team has been conducting archaeological…
Sugar, Safi, and SCHEP—An ACOR Video Lecture by Archaeologist Konstantinos Politis
The ACOR Video Lecture Series provides stimulating and accessible discussions of new research into Jordan’s past and present, as presented by leading scholars and researchers working in Jordan and neighboring countries. This second video in the series, adapted from the February 2016 ACOR public lecture of archaeologist Konstantinos Politis, reveals the remarkable origins of industrial…
ACOR Blog One Year Anniversary
“Recipes for Public Archaeology” by Dr. Andrew McCarthy
Announcing an ACOR Public Lecture: Recipes for Public Archaeology: Libraries, Tourism, and Experimental Archaeology in Cyprus Dr. Andrew McCarthy Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) Wednesday 10 February 2016 at 6:00 pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture: Heritage is an important and finite resource that appeals to many people. Archaeologists and historians, however, do…
“Sugar, Safi and SCHEP” by Dr. Konstantinos Politis
Dr. Konstantinos PolitisHellenic Society for Near Eastern Studies & ACOR-USAID-SCHEP Grantee Rescheduled due to snow; new date:Wednesday 3 February 20166:00 pm @ ACORReception to Follow. The USAID Sustainable Cultural Heritage through Engagement of Local Communities Project (SCHEP) invites you to a public lecture on Wednesday 3 February 2016 at 6 pm at ACOR in Amman….
When Bread Is More than Just Bread
New Compression Shelving
Transforming the ACOR Library, thanks to special donations from the Roger S. Boraas Library Support Fund, other donors, and ACOR team work! Thanks to donors, this year ACOR was able to realize a long-held dream to improve our Library by installing movable compression shelving in the Lower Library. In 2006 Roger S. Boraas,[*] one of…
The Women of the TWLCRM
A Kinder, Greener Black Desert—An ACOR Video Lecture by Leading Prehistorian Gary Rollefson
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José Ciro Martínez
José Ciro Martínez, 2015–2016 CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow José Ciro Martínez is a pre-doctorate Fellow at ACOR conducting research in Jordan until December 2015. He is completing his Ph.D. in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. Before his ACOR-CAORC fellowship, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship that gave him the opportunity…
The Distinguished Career of ACOR Chef Mohammed Adawi
“Excavations of the Royal Palace of Machaerus” by Dr. Győző Vörös
Excavations at the Fortified Royal Palace of Machaerus Overlooking the Dead Sea Dr. Győző Vörös Hungarian Academy of Arts Wednesday 16 December 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Reception to Follow About the Lecture Dr. Vörös will provide an illustrated lecture outlining the work of the Hungarian Machaerus Research Project as well as background about previous excavation…
Kathleen Bennallack
Kathleen Bennallack, 2015–2016 CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow Kathleen Bennalack (center) excavating in the Feynan region in 2011. Photo courtesy of K. Bennallack. Kathleen Bennallack is a ACOR–CAORC Pre-Doctoral fellow at ACOR in the 2015-2016 academic year. Her research focuses on the Late Neolithic Era in the Southern Levant (6400-5000 BCE). These were early human societies engaged…
Understanding the New Urban Geographies of the Syrian Conflict
