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14 April 2024 My ACOR-CAORC Postdoctoral Fellowship, which I undertook in spring 2024, focused on the preparation of an upcoming volume entitled Archaeological Expedition to Khirbat Iskandar and Its Environs, Vol. 2: Final Report on the Early Bronze IV Area B Settlements. [….] For the purposes of this brief essay, I choose to discuss one […]

1 March 2024 The next issue of our newsletter (35.2) is now available online! It will be arriving in mailboxes later this month. This issue features: Download your copy!

21 February 2024 In November 1980, the Arab League met in Amman, Jordan, for a summit aimed at promoting Arab unity, particularly against Israel and Egypt, which had concluded a peace treaty the previous year. But the summit rapidly fell apart, as members of the Steadfastness and Confrontation Front (جبهة الصمود والتّصدي) — Syria, Algeria, Libya,

7 February 2024 As we come to the close of SCHEP today, February 7, 2024, we just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has been involved in the project over the past more than nine years. The engagement of local communities is widely recognized as key to sustainable efforts in the field

31 January 2024 The American Center of Research is pleased to announce publication of Mount Machaerus: An Introduction to the Historical, Archaeological, and Pilgrim Site Overlooking the Dead Sea in the Kingdom of Jordan. Written by Hungarian archaeologist and architect Győző Vörös, who led the recent excavations there, and illustrated in full color, this volume encapsulates

23 January 2024 An important clue when attempting to identify the era and region in which a manuscript was produced is the style of handwriting or calligraphy used by the scribe or copyist and, in relevant instances, to what degree manuscript illumination influenced the lined text. Tenth-century Persian ‘Abbasid vizier Ibn Muqla (d. AD 940),

Get ready for enriching lectures as we launch our Spring 2024 Lecture Series. Starting in February and continuing each month until May, we are bringing you thought-provoking discussions on various captivating topics! Save the dates to join us at our center in Jordan or virtually from the comfort of your own space. This is an

8 December 2023 Applications for all awards are open and remain open until 15 February 2024. The American Center of Research offers fellowships for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers. For the current cycle, we are offering: For further details on these various opportunities, including eligibility criteria and application requirements, please click on the

8 January 2024 The American Center of Research (ACOR) is seeking a full-time librarian and/or archivist to work at its center in Amman. Postgraduate degree in library science, library and information science or a related field is strongly preferred (e.g., MLS, MLIS). A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in LIS, LS, or similar from an

17 December 2023 In the 1920s pilots flying over the Harrat ash-Sham volcanic fields (also known as the Black Desert) were struck by a landscape that was “rugged and desolate” (Maitland 1927: 198), “like a dead fire — nothing but cold ashes” (Rees 1929: 389), whose “odious flat-topped slag heaps” instilled a “sinister foreboding” and