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.

A Journey from the Excavation Archive Back to the Site: The Architectural Decoration of the Temple of the Winged Lions, Petra

Jun 14, 2021 Posted in ACOR Projects, Fellows, Fellowships, Insights, Petra, Research, TWLCRM, TWLCRM News & Video Tagged with Architecture, capitals, excavation, excavation archive, nabataean, Petra, publication, temple, temple of the winged lions, templed of winged lions

by Marco Dehner In my recent role as a fellow at ACOR, it was my responsibility to assist with the preparation of the upcoming final publication of the Temple of the Winged Lions (TWL) and to conduct my own research about this Nabataean- to Roman-era (1st–4th-century AD) site in Petra, Jordan, which will lead to…

“Ask A Scholar” with ethnomusicologist Melissa J. Scott

May 24, 2021 Posted in AskAScholar, CAORC, Fellows, Fellowships, Insights, Life@ACOR, Profile, Research Tagged with humanitarian, music, oud, syrian

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 Melissa J. Scott (ACOR-CAORC predoctoral fellow, 2019–2020; fellow in residence at ACOR winter 2020–spring 2021) took place by email in April and May 2021. Thanks…

“The Landscape of Research in Jordan and in the Arab Region: Challenges, Transformations, Prospects”

May 24, 2021 Posted in Insights, Lecture, Research, VideoLectures Tagged with anthropology, ethnography, political science, social science, sociology, translated

ACOR Proudly Presents: “The Landscape of Research in Jordan and in the Arab Region: Challenges, Transformations, Prospects An ACOR online lecture by Dr. Seteney Shami (Arab Council for the Social Sciences)Delivered via Zoom on May 17, 2021 Simultaneous translation into Arabic was provided by Ala Abusharif/Pegasus Events and Conference Preparation. About the Lecture: What are…

مشهد البحث في الأردن والمنطقة العربية: التحديات، والتحوّلات، والآفاق

May 24, 2021 Posted in Insights, Lecture, Research, VideoLectures, أكور بالعربي Tagged with anthropologist, anthropology, ethnography, political science, region, social science, sociology, translated

المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث يقدم وبكل فخر :مشهد البحث في الأردن والمنطقة العربية” “التحديات، والتحوّلات، والآفاق محاضرة عامة تلقيها الدكتورة ستناي شامي (المجلس العربي للعلوم الاجتماعية)يوم الإثنين الموافق 17 أيار/مايو :عن المحاضرة نأمل ان نراكم قريباً ومحاضرة جديدة مع أكور Related Links: The Arab Council for the Social Sciences Website 2021–2022 ACOR Fellowship and Scholarship Awardees

“A Review of Selected Sites in Jordan: Paleolithic–Neolithic Periods”

Apr 28, 2021 Posted in Insights, Lecture, Research, VideoLectures Tagged with ghazal, hunter-gatherers, neolithic, paleolithic, pleistocene, prehistoric, prehistory, recorded lecture, zarqa

ACOR and the Fulbright Commission of Jordan Proudly Present: “A Review of Selected Sites in Jordan: Paleolithic–Neolithic Periods”An ACOR online lecture by Prof. Maysoon Al Nahar (University of Jordan) Delivered via Zoom on April 20, 2021 This presentation was originally given in Arabic. Simultaneous translation was provided by Ala Abusharif/Pegasus Events and Conference Preparation. About…

عرض لمواقع مختارة من الأردن: العصر الحجري القديم – العصر الحجري الحديث

Apr 25, 2021 Posted in Insights, Lecture, Research, VideoLectures Tagged with hunter-gatherers, neolithic, paleolithic, prehistoric, prehistory, recorded lecture

المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث و برنامج فولبرايت الأردن يقدمان وبكل فخر :عرض لمواقع مختارة من الأردنالعصر الحجري القديم – العصر الحجري الحديثمحاضرة عامة باللغة العربيةتلقيها الأستاذة الدكتورة ميسون النهار – الجامعة الأردنيةيوم الثلاثاء 20 نيسان :عن المحاضرة نأمل ان نراكم قريباً ومحاضرة جديدة مع أكور Related Links: ACOR’s Archaeological Projects Portal Archaeology in Jordan 2 Image Gallery

Arabic In Practice: From Jordan to the Web

Apr 15, 2021 Posted in Insights

by Jacqueline Salzinger, Development and Communications Officer (ACOR) Screenshot of the Arabic Wikipedia article for second-language acquisition (SLA). In a typical year, as an academic center in Amman, ACOR buzzes with the speech of Arabic-language enthusiasts. Study-abroad students chat while flipping through vocabulary flashcards in our library. Researchers debate historical periodization or academic terminology, and…

اسأل باحث: نضال جرار

Apr 1, 2021 Posted in AskAScholar, Fellowships, Insights, Research, أكور بالعربي Tagged with اسأل باحث, الباقورة, التراث الصناعي, الحفاظ المعماري, منحة الدراسات العليا, ويكيميديا

يمكنك قراءة هذه المقابلة باللغة الإنجليزية. هذه المقابلة هي جزء من سلسلة جديدة على مدوناتنا “ اسأل باحث” ، والتي من خلالها نسلط الضوء على التجارب الشخصية للزملاء والباحثين المنتسبين الآخرين. أجريت المحادثة التالية مع نضال جرار (الحاصل على منحة الدراسات العليا المقدمة من أكور للطلاب الأردنيين لعام 2020-2021) الكترونيا عبر الإيميل في شباط 2021….

Ask a Scholar: Nedhal Jarrar

Apr 1, 2021 Posted in ACOR Projects, AskAScholar, Fellowships, Insights, أكور بالعربي Tagged with Amman, fellowships, free knowledge, industrial heritage, jordanian graduate student scholarship, Wikipedia

Translated by Jackie Salzinger. You can also read this interview in Arabic. 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 Nedhal Jarrar (ACOR Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarship recipient, 2020–2021) took place by email…

Archaeology in Jordan and the Pandemic

Mar 3, 2021 Posted in Insights Tagged with Archaeology, Archaeology in Jordan, Ayn Ghazal, community archaeology, community engagement, COVID-19, Khirbet Salameh, Madaba, Petra, publication, Rescue archaeology, Salvage archaeology

by Jack Green, Ph.D. In November 2020, ACOR published the second volume of Archaeology in Jordan  (AIJ), an open-access biennial that continues the “Archaeology in Jordan Newsletter,” which appeared in the American Journal of Archaeology from 1991 to 2016. AIJ does not provide a full representation of all the archaeological fieldwork and research conducted in the…

“An Invocation to Jesus in a Safaitic Inscription?”

Feb 17, 2021 Posted in Insights, Lecture, Research, VideoLectures Tagged with Arabia, black desert, blackdesert, eastjordan, Epigraphy, harrah, inscription, language, linguistics, newdiscovery, philology, recorded lecture

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…

Ask a Scholar: Prof. Waleed Hazbun (Former Fellow, Political Scientist)

Feb 5, 2021 Posted in AskAScholar, Fellows, Fellowships, Insights, Petra, Research Tagged with Ask A Scholar, AUB, geography, History, political science, Said, tourism

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…

ACOR Photo Archive Project 2016-2020: Building a Valuable Resource for “a Diverse, International Community”

Jan 25, 2021 Posted in Insights, Photo Archive Tagged with Archives, archivist, digital archive, Photography, photos

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…

“Preserving the Cultural Heritage of the Madaba Region… Together: The Madaba Regional Archaeological Museum Project (MRAMP) and Recent Community Archaeology”

Jan 24, 2021 Posted in Insights, Lecture, Research, SCHEP, VideoLectures Tagged with community archaeology, Madaba, mosaic, museum, museum studies, recorded lecture, SCHEP

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…

Reconnecting with Our Heritage: How Do We Relate the Past to the Present?

Dec 22, 2020 Posted in Fellows, Fellowships, Insights, Library, Named Fellowships, أكور بالعربي

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…

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