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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.

Ali Hamdan

Nov 1, 2015 Posted in CAORC, Fellows, Profile

Ali Hamdan, 2015–2016 CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow Ali Hamdan is an ACOR-CAORC pre-doctorate Fellow conducting research in Jordan in the fall of 2015 until January 2016. He is completing his PhD. in the Department of Geography at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Before coming to Jordan, Ali lived and conducted research in Beirut,…

An Archaeological Tour of Madaba

Oct 12, 2015 Posted in General Tagged with ACOR, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Jordan, Madaba

Temple of the Winged Lions awarded renewal grant from Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

Sep 21, 2015 Posted in TWLCRM Tagged with ACOR, afcp, grant, september, TWLCRM

Key attendees at the AFCP launch event included, from left to right, Eman Abdalsalam (TWLCRM team member and Sela president), Elena Ronza (TWLCRM co-director), Ragini Gupta (U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Officer), Dr. Emad Hijazeen (PAP Commissioner), Dr. Glenn J. Corbett (ACOR Associate Director and TWLCRM Co-Director), Alice G. Wells (U.S. Ambassador to Jordan), and Barbara A. Porter (ACOR Director). Photo by Eric Barbee, U.S. Embassy Press Officer.

On 13 September 2015, U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Alice G. Wells launched a grant awarded under the Department of State’s Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) to expand conservation of the Temple of the Winged Lions. The grant, totaling $200,000, was awarded to the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) in partnership with the Jordanian Department…

Madaba – A Short History of a Vibrant Jordanian City

Sep 17, 2015 Posted in General Tagged with Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Madaba

Jordan’s Cultural Caretakers — SCHEP Launches “Site Steward” Program

Sep 1, 2015 Posted in SCHEP Tagged with ACOR, Cultural Heritage, Jordan, SCHEP, Training

Georgetown Students Study Arabic in Jordan

Aug 16, 2015 Posted in Life@ACOR Tagged with ACOR, Arabic language study, Hostel, Life at ACOR, student program

The Petra Papyri—An Archive from Petra’s Byzantine Past

Aug 1, 2015 Posted in General Tagged with ACOR, Cultural Heritage, Papyrus, Petra, research, Restoration

Jordan and the Administrative Legacy of the Umayyads

Jul 15, 2015 Posted in CAORC, Research Tagged with ACOR, Archaeology, CAORC Fellowship, coins, Cultural Heritage, research, Umayyad

ACOR Conservation Technician Naif Zaban and the ACOR Conservation Cooperative

Jul 1, 2015 Posted in General, Life@ACOR Tagged with ACOR, Cultural Heritage, Restoration, Staff Profile

Faces of Jordan’s Archaeology – Zakariya Na’imat

Jun 17, 2015 Posted in Fellows, Profile Tagged with ACOR, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Fellows

Craig Harvey, 2015–2016 Bikai Fellowship & Harrell Family Fellowship

Jun 15, 2015 Posted in Fellows, Profile

Craig Harvey is conducting research in Jordan in the summer of 2015 on ceramic building materials from a Roman fort at Humayma and from a Roman bath house at ‘Ayn Gharandal. Craig has always been interested in bath houses, heating systems, and construction materials. He is also pursuing a side project to examine the remains…

Tareq Ramadan

Jun 15, 2015 Posted in CAORC, Fellows, Profile

Tareq Ramadan, 2014–2015 CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow Tareq Ramadan is researching Umayyad-era coins, seals, weights, documents and other inscribed objects in Jordan. He is interested in reconstructing the political and economic environment of the Umayyad culture in Jordan in the 7th and 8th centuries CE. Tareq is a CAORC Pre-Doctorate Fellow in the 2014-2015 cycle. A…

A Day in the Life of the TWLCRM Initiative

Jun 1, 2015 Posted in TWLCRM Tagged with ACOR, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, internships, Petra, TWLCRM

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