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.

ACOR@50

May 1, 2018 Posted in ACOR, Life@ACOR Tagged with 50th anniversary, ACOR

Miriam Saleh, Development Officer, reflects on ACOR’s past, present and future. PAST In 2018, ACOR will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Like many in Jordan, our research center relocated in 1968 to Amman in response to the Six-Day War. In a small flat, with a handful of books that one could scarcely call a library,…

Rawan Arar, ACOR-CAORC Fellow, Spring 2018

Apr 30, 2018 Posted in CAORC, Fellows, Profile Tagged with fellowship, refugees, sociology

Rawan Arar is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and a ACOR-CAORC Fellow for the spring of 2018. With an emphasis on refugees, Rawan’s research contributes to scholarly debates about states, rights, and theories of international immigration. She critiques global inequality and studies the interrelated politics between states….

Palestinian Reproductive Death and Life during the British Mandate

Apr 19, 2018 Posted in CAORC, Fellows, Research Tagged with Feminism, History, sociology

Dr. Frances S. Hasso is an ACOR-CAORC Post Doctoral Fellow in residence at ACOR in the Spring of 2018. She is an Associate Professor in the Program in Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke with secondary appointments in the History Department and the Sociology Department and an affiliate appointment in the Duke Middle East Studies…

Discovery in Bayt Ras

Apr 11, 2018 Posted in SCHEP

ACOR is proud to share with you one of the newest discoveries in Jordan, a spectacular tomb in Bayt Ras. Tremendous work was done by USAID SCHEP and their consortium of international and local partners. To learn more about the discovery, the rapid emergency conservation process, and the incredible documentation which has been done thus…

The Year of Living Dangerously

Apr 8, 2018 Posted in ACOR, General, Library, Life@ACOR

Dr. Linda K. Jacobs is an archaeologist, author, and founder of the Violet Jabara Charitable Trust, which is dedicated to improving the lives of people in developing countries in the Middle East and to fostering greater understanding of Middle Eastern culture in the United States. She has been a great friend and supporter through the…

JGSS – The Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarship

Mar 26, 2018 Posted in ACOR, Fellowships, Named Fellowships Tagged with Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Jordan, students

Spotlight on selected 2016–17 JGSS Scholars The Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarship (JGSS) was first awarded in 2009. Students must be enrolled in the first year of an M.A. or Ph.D. program in Jordan in a subject related to cultural heritage. Typically, the applicants apply during their first year of graduate study and the award is to help them…

50th Anniversary Lecture by Dr. Barbara A. Porter

Mar 19, 2018 Posted in ACOR, VideoLectures Tagged with 50th anniversary, Archaeology, Petra

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 February 2018 public lecture delivered by ACOR Director Dr. Barbara A. Porter, highlights achievements and memories from ACOR’s 50 years and looks forward…

“Continuity and Change in Mortuary Customs” a public lecture

Mar 13, 2018 Posted in Lecture, News & Event Tagged with Archaeology, burial practices

A public lecture Continuity and change in mortuary customs: the Jordan Valley in the second and first millennia BC A lecture given by Dr. John (Jack) D.M. Green ACOR Associate Director Wednesday April 18, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. About the Lecture: Throughout human history there have been elaborate and simple ways to assist…

Celebrating HRH Prince Raad Bin Zeid

Mar 7, 2018 Posted in Library, Life@ACOR Tagged with 50th anniversary, ACOR History, Celebration, HRH Prince Raad bin Zeid, Library

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”60948″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] On January 10, 2018 a celebration was held at ACOR to honor HRH Prince Raad Bin Zeid and to inaugurate a year of events to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of ACOR. We share below some of our favorite photos from that evening. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] HRH Prince Raad has been First Vice…

ACOR Strategic Planning Survey

Mar 3, 2018 Posted in ACOR, Life@ACOR Tagged with strategic plan, survey

[vc_row el_class=”aboutme_content”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”60792″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”60870″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] Please participate in a survey about ACOR. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]As a part of our effort to develop ACOR’s strategic plan for the future, we are conducting a survey and would like you to take part. We know that ACOR means a great deal…

Lecture “Palestinian Reproductive Death and Life” on Wed. March 14, 2018 @ 6 pm

Feb 28, 2018 Posted in ACOR, Lecture, News & Event Tagged with History, reproduction, Women

A public lecture Palestinian Reproductive Death and Life during the British Mandate A lecture given by Frances S. Hasso Duke University 2018 ACOR CAORC Post-Graduate Fellow Wednesday March 14, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. About the Lecture: This lecture emerges from a book project that examines Palestinian women’s experiences of perinatal and child death during…

ACOR Petra Church Mini-Video

Feb 26, 2018 Posted in ACOR, VideoLectures Tagged with 50th anniversary, Archaeology, Petra

For ACOR’s 50th Anniversary, we have created a series of small videos which highlight projects, people and scholarly work that we are most proud of supporting. One of our major projects has been the Petra Church. Please follow the link to see a two minute YouTube video about this project. This video has been produced…

Understanding Aid Work

Feb 6, 2018 Posted in CAORC, Fellows, Research Tagged with aid workers, economy, refugees, sociology

Place Matters: Understanding Aid Work in Jordan through Cafe Interviews Patricia “Trish” Ward is an ACOR-CAORC Fellow, Fall 2017 and a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at Boston University. Her research looks at questions related to humanitarian aid, migration management, and labor in contexts considered crisis zones. She writes below about her experiences interviewing aid workers…

Southern Jordan’s Medieval Copper Industry

Feb 1, 2018 Posted in CAORC, Fellows, Research Tagged with Archaeology, copper, Feynan, Industrial archaeology

Ian W. N. Jones was an ACOR-CAORC Fellow, Fall 2017. He is a Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. He writes below about his research into copper production in the Feynan region during the Ayyubid period (late 12th to mid 13th century). It is a little ironic that southern Jordan’s Faynan…

ACOR @ 50: Past, Present, and Future

Feb 1, 2018 Posted in ACOR, Lecture, News & Event Tagged with ACOR History, Archaeology, Jordan, retrospective

A public lecture ACOR @ 50: Past, Present, and Future Wednesday February 28, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. A lecture given by Dr. Barbara A. Porter, ACOR Director Reception to Follow About the Lecture: To inaugurate the ACOR lecture series for our 50th anniversary year, the Director Barbara Porter will reflect on past projects, current accomplishments,…

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