News and Events

24 February 2021 New SCHEP Scholarships for online courses are now available! Scholarship applications are now open for three courses offered by the University of Oxford Online: Islamic Art and Architecture (05 May 2021 – 16 Jul 2021) Archaeology in Practice (23 Jun 2021 – 03 Sep 2021) Introducing Mapping, Spatial Data and GIS (21 […]

17 February 2021 We are delighted to share that ACOR, through director Pearce Paul Creasman and under the leadership of Nizar Al Adarbeh and Jehad Haron (USAID SCHEP), has received funding from the National Graphic Society for a new archaeological project, “Drones and GIS: Monitoring Illegal Excavation and Vandalism of Archaeological Sites in Wadi Rum

ARCHIVED 1 FEBRUARY 2022 – no longer active. Posted: 15 August 2021 The American Center of Research (formerly the American Center of Oriental Research), a nonprofit institution dedicated to advancing knowledge of Jordan and the interconnected Middle East, past and present, seeks an Archaeologist. This new full-time position, resident in Amman, Jordan, is intended to assist

4 February 2021 Click here to download this job announcement as a PDF. The American Center of Research (formerly the American Center of Oriental Research), a non-profit institution dedicated to advancing knowledge of Jordan and the interconnected Middle East, past and present, seeks an Associate or Assistant Director. This position, resident in Amman, Jordan, is

January 2021 We are pleased to congratulate our friend and colleague Nisreen Abu Al Shaikh for being awarded the W.F. Albright Service Award by the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) at the most recent annual meeting. The W.F. Albright Service award “serves to honor an individual who has shown special support or made outstanding

23 January 2021 Our colleagues at USAID SCHEP are pleased to publish a call for applications to support new projects in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic and the urgent need to support cultural and natural heritage in Jordan, in addition to scholars, local institutions, and universities during this challenging period. To find out more,

12 January 2021 We are pleased to announce the publication of Zoara, the Southern Ghor of Jordan: A Guide to the Landscape and Heritage of the Lowest Place by Konstantinos D. Politis (ACOR 2020). This digital guidebook is available for free reading and download on our website. “Zoara” is the biblical and ancient name for

January 2021 As of fall 2020, ACOR is pleased to join the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) Alliance, a global network of partners offering practical support to scholars threatened by war and persecution. The IIE-SRF Alliance launched in August 2020 to expand the efforts of IIE-SRF and its partners to assist the unprecedented number of threatened and displaced scholars globally. It builds upon IIE’s 100 years of

by Jessica Holland, Archival Projects Consultant We are delighted to announce that, based on the success of the ACOR Photo Archive Project to digitize and make available online 30,000 images covering a range of thirteen countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded ACOR an American

20 December 2020 The American Center of Research (formerly the American Center of Oriental Research), a U.S. nonprofit dedicated to advancing knowledge of Jordan and the interconnected Middle East past and present, seeks a Librarian and Archivist. This full-time position in Amman, Jordan, is in charge of the library and archives, which includes substantial digital