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15 January 2025 This talk draws together past and recent research on the Iron Age townscape of Busayra, widely believed to be the administrative capital of the kingdom of Edom. Excavations during the 1970s revealed a suite of monumental public architecture and residential neighborhoods on the settlement’s summit. Recent research carried out by the speaker […]

5 January 2025 Please note that this lecture is online only. On January 14, 2025, please join us online for a lecture by Linda K. Jacobs, author of the new book Captivating Strangers: Early Arab Immigrants in the United States. In her latest work, Jacobs explores the untold stories of the first Arab immigrants to

8 December 2024 For historians of the Middle East, medieval documents and manuscripts are integral resources to better understand the social and intellectual milieu of their objects of study. Islamic manuscript archives and repositories are often quite challenging to access; an even greater challenge is the ability to read and analyze the documents themselves. For

5 December 2024

29 September 2024 The American Center of Research announces that applications are open for the 2025–2026 fellowship cycle. The center offers awards to conduct research in Jordan for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars (all levels). Full details are available on our fellowships page. The deadline for the fellowships listed here is February 15,

14 November 2024 M”y name is Dima Nafez Amin Harb, and I am a cultural resources management and conservation graduate from the University of Jordan, the valedictorian of my major. Throughout my education, my professors would always recommend several organizations that could assist us with our study, and the American Center of Research was always

30 October 2024 We are pleased to announce the publication of another legacy project, Petra’s Temple of the Winged Lions. Supported by a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities, the nearly 800 pages of these two heavily illustrated volumes bring to light details from excavations undertaken in 1974 to 2005 by the American Expedition

16 October 2024; updated 22 October 2024 This lecture has been postponed. The new date and remote links will be provided when available. Our 2024 Fall Lecture Series concludes! About the lecture: This talk draws together past and recent research on the Iron Age townscape of Busayra, widely believed to be the administrative capital of

19 October 2024 “From August 1 to September 12, 2024, I had the fortunate opportunity to undertake an internship at the American Center of Research (ACOR) in Amman, Jordan. I worked with the National Cultural Heritage Property Database of The Kingdom of Jordan project, known informally as the National Inventory. While currently training to be a