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Welcome to Insights! Long our quarterly e-update, beginning in 2020, Insights is now a revised platform to host all of ACOR’s blog posts, web-based articles, recorded lectures, and other digital products. Everything at Insights is free and open access. Please share widely!

The Evolution of Identity and Social Conflict in Networked Jordan

Jun 19, 2017 Posted in ACOR, Fellows, NEH, Research Tagged with anthropology, NEH, tribes of jordan

Geoffrey Hughes is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellow at ACOR and an anthropologist and lecturer at the London School of Economics. He is residing at ACOR during summer 2017 while he pursues his project entitled, “Nation and Agnation: Kinship, Conflict, and Social Control in Contemporary Jordan.” His essay below is a brief…

Vivian Laughlin, 2017—2018 Bikai Fellow

Jun 18, 2017 Posted in Fellows, Fellowships, Named Fellowships, Profile Tagged with Archaeology, Bikai Fellowship, Cultural Heritage, research

Ms. Vivian A. Laughlin is a Ph. D Candidate in the Institute of Archeology at Andrews University with a concentration in Ancient Near Eastern Archeology and Anthropology. She is the Bikai fellow at ACOR for 2017-2018. Her field research, entitled “Serapis in Hisban: A Historical Narrative of Enculturation of an Ancient Jordanian City,” deals with…

Geoffrey Hughes, NEH Fellow, Summer 2017

Jun 15, 2017 Posted in Fellows, NEH, Profile Tagged with anthropology, History, modern area studies, NEH Fellowship

Dr. Geoffrey Hughes, a teaching fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics, is an NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) fellow at ACOR for the summer of 2017. The project he is undertaking is titled “Nation and Agnation: Kinship, Conflict, and Social Control in Contemporary Jordan.” Through his project Dr….

TWLCRM: BBC World’s The Travel Show

Jun 14, 2017 Posted in TWLCRM News & Video Tagged with Petra, TWL, TWLCRM, Video

The mammoth task of unearthing Petra To preserve the ancient site of Petra for future generations, archaeologists and locals are re-excavating earlier archaeological “dumps” in search of lost treasures. This video is brought to you by BBC’s Travel Show. To see the original BBC episode, please follow this link: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160929-the-mammoth-task-of-unearthing-petra

TWLCRM: Smithsonian Channel, Sacred Sites

Jun 14, 2017 Posted in TWLCRM News & Video

Sacred Sites: Were the Women of Petra More Important Than Men? The Nabataeans worshipped powerful female deities and built lavish shrines in their honor. Could this religious order be a clue into the elevated status of women in Petra? This video is brought to you by the Smithsonian Channel.

TWLCRM Celebrates Archaeological Institute of America’s 2015 Award for Best Practices in Site Preservation

Jun 14, 2017 Posted in TWLCRM News & Video

Allison Mickel presents “Petra TWLCRM Initiative: Winner of the AIA 2015 Award for Best Practices in Site Preservation”. Posted to YouTube Apr 8, 2015.

TWLCRM: Ro’ya Television, Donya ya Donya (interview with team member Eman Abdessalam)

Jun 14, 2017 Posted in TWLCRM News & Video Tagged with Petra, TWL, TWLCRM, Video

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Why Umm el-Jimal Should Be Included in Tourism Packages and Itineraries

Jun 12, 2017 Posted in Lecture, SCHEP Tagged with Archaeology, SCHEP, tourism

ACOR and USAID SCHEP PUBLIC LECTURE ANNOUNCEMENT “Why Umm el-Jimal Should Be Included in Tourism Packages and Itineraries” Dr. Bert de Vries, Calvin University (Note new date) Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 6:00 pm Reception to Follow at ACOR About the lecture: Umm el-Jimal is a truly one-of-a-kind site in Jordan, distinct from other popular…

Archaeology in the Attic — An ACOR Video Lecture by Dr. Glenn Corbett

Jun 11, 2017 Posted in ACOR, Library, VideoLectures Tagged with Archaeology, Archival research, Cultural Heritage, glenn corbett, Photo archives, Photography, U.S. Department of Education

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 April 2017 public lecture delivered by ACOR Associate Director Dr. Glenn Corbett, introduces a special initiative by the ACOR Library to digitize, catalog,…

Gary Rollefson, NEH Fellow, Fall 2017

Jun 11, 2017 Posted in Fellows, NEH, Profile Tagged with 'Ain Ghazal, Archaeology, black desert, NEH Fellowship

Dr. Gary Rollefson, professor emeritus of Anthropology at Whitman College, is a 2017 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellow at ACOR. Dr. Rollefson’s NEH Fellowship project, titled “Lithic Technologies and Social Identities: A Comparative Analysis of Chipped Stone Tool Production in Jordan’s Badia,” examines the stone tools associated with the remains of Neolithic houses…

Archival Archaeology: Digging for Hidden Connections in a Box of Old Photos

May 30, 2017 Posted in ACOR, Library Tagged with internships, Photo archives

In this post, ACOR archival intern and junior archivist Corrie Commisso discusses her experiences helping to launch the new ACOR Library Photographic Archive project, a four-year initiative that will bring ACOR’s rich photographic collections to the world. Full disclosure: I’m not an archaeologist. I couldn’t tell you the difference between Bronze Age and Byzantine pottery….

ACOR Receives NEH Grant to Support Critical Scholarship

May 18, 2017 Posted in ACOR, Fellowships, News & Event Tagged with fellowship, NEH, Scholars, summer 2017

We are happy to announce that ACOR received a National Endowment for the Humanities “Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions” grant in March 2017. The grant of $30,200 provides six months of fellowship funding for the upcoming 2018–2019 grant cycle, and is intended to promote critical scholarship in the humanities related to Jordan and the…

Community-Based Archaeology — An ACOR Video Lecture by the USAID SCHEP Initiative

May 7, 2017 Posted in ACOR, SCHEP, VideoLectures Tagged with Archaeology, SCHEP, tourism

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 April 2017 public lecture delivered by SCHEP Chief of Party Nizar Al Adarbeh and Cultural Heritage Resource Projects Lead Jehad Haron, highlights the…

“Sea Peoples and neo-Hittites” an ACOR public lecture Tuesday 16 May 2017

Apr 27, 2017 Posted in Lecture Tagged with Archaeology, Harrison, Iron Age, research

Public Lecture Announcement Sea Peoples and neo-Hittites in the ‘Land of Palistin’ Timothy Harrison Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Toronto & Visiting Professor at the American University of Beirut Tuesday 16 May 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Reception to Follow About the lecture: Recent archaeological investigations and an expanding corpus of epigraphic…

How Women Are Taking the Lead in Preserving Jordan’s Past

Apr 25, 2017 Posted in ACOR, SCHEP, TWLCRM Tagged with Cultural Heritage, employment, gender, SCHEP, Women

Jordan has one of the lowest rates of female labor force participation in the world. Women’s contribution to the Jordanian economy was roughly the same in 2014 as it was in 1996, a low 12.6 percent. In 2013, the World Bank put Jordan’s total female labor force participation rate at 22 percent, a fourth of…

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