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Jordan and the Administrative Legacy of the Umayyads
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ACOR Conservation Technician Naif Zaban and the ACOR Conservation Cooperative
Faces of Jordan’s Archaeology – Zakariya Na’imat
Craig Harvey, 2015–2016 Bikai Fellowship & Harrell Family Fellowship
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
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
ACOR Insights: May 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”27812″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] ACOR Insights: May 2015 [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”27820″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”27824″ img_size=”600×398″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://www.acorjordan.org/2015/05/04/schep/#more-258″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1476960565647{margin-right: 231px !important;margin-left: 231px !important;}”] Introducing SCHEP: Sustainable Cultural Heritage through Engagement of Local Communities Project ACOR signed in November 2014 an agreement with USAID to implement the Sustainable Cultural Heritage through Engagement of Local Communities Project…
“Heritage Conservation and Host Communities in Jordan” by Dr. Erin Addison
The Top Stratum: Heritage Conservation and Host Communities in Jordan Dr. Erin Addison Cultural Heritage Resources (CHR) Projects Lead for the USAID-SCHEP Project Wednesday 13 May 2015 at 6:00 pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture: Over the past 40 years there has been a growing awareness that archaeologists should consider the perspectives, concerns, and…
Introducing SCHEP: Sustainable Cultural Heritage through Engagement of Local Communities Project
Come to Petra, Experience the Exhibition
Restoring Amman’s Great Roman Temple
“New Sciences of Antiquity and Arab Modernity” by Dr. Elena Dodge Corbett
Ramses Was a Semite: New Sciences of Antiquity and Arab Modernity in the Late Ottoman World Dr. Elena Dodge Corbett Resident Director, Amman Study Center, Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Wednesday 8 April 2015 at 6:00 pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture: Dr. Elena Corbett has recently published a new book entitled Competitive…
Remembering Wendy Botham – A Life that Lit Up Petra
The Wadi Hafir Petroglyph Survey: Shedding New Light on Thamudic Inscriptions
“Traces of Early Islam in Wadi Ramm” by Dr. Glenn J. Corbett and Firas Bqain
Traces of Early Islam in Wadi Ramm: A Desert Mosque and Waystation from the Time of the Umayyads Dr. Glenn J. Corbett, ACOR Associate Director Firas Bqain, ACOR Administrator Wednesday 4 March 2015 at 6:00 pm Reception to Follow About the Lecture: In the winter of 1988, while surveying Wadi Shireh in the Hisma/Wadi Ramm…