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18 August 2021 We are proud to announce that our proposed “The Temple of the Winged Lions Publication Project” is being funded via the U.S National Endowment for the Humanities’s Collaborative Research Grants program! In the current round, only 13 awards were made through this highly competitive program. Please see NEH’s formal announcement here: https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-announces-284-million-239-humanities-projects-nationwide […]

ARCHIVED 3 November 2021 – no longer active. Posted: 17 August 2021 The American Center of Research, an American nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing knowledge of Jordan past and present, seeks a Human Resources Manager. The position is expected to be full-time (though well qualified part-time candidates will be considered) and will be located at

IIE-SRF announces a July 12 deadline for its next round of applications from professors and researchers facing threats to their lives or careers. Fellowships support temporary academic positions at universities and other higher education institutions anywhere in the world where the scholars can continue their academic work in safety. IIE-SRF fellowships support visiting academic positions for up to one calendar

To read this information in English, see here. 7 حزيران/يونيو 2021  نحتفل في المركز الأمريكي للأبحاث في عمّان مع زملائنا في جميع أنحاء العالم بأسبوع الأرشيف الدولي -IAW- لعام2021 من 7 الى 11 حزيران/يونيو! وبهذه المناسبة التي ينظمها المجلس الدولي للأرشيف للعام الثالث على التوالي، يجتمع المختصين والمؤسسات من جميع أنحاء العالم للإعتراف بمساهمات الأرشيف

لتصفح المعلومات باللغة العربية هنا 6 June 2021 Alongside our colleagues around the world, ACOR celebrates International Archives Week (IAW) 2021 from June 7 to 11! On this occasion, organized for the third year in a row by the International Council on Archives, professionals and institutions worldwide are coming together to recognize the contributions of

31 May 2021 From animals at Petra to renewable energy, ancient Thamudic inscriptions to library and information science—we cannot wait to learn about these and other subjects from our 2021–2022 fellowship and scholarship awardees! Hailing from scholarly backgrounds in epigraphy, sociology, geology, history, religious studies, anthropology, archaeology, and more, our twenty awardees in the 2021–2022

20 May 2021 On May 12, 2021, the Pontifical Academies Coordinating Council announced that early next year it will award Professor Győző Vörös the 2020 Gold Medal of the Pontificate for his archaeological work at Mukawir, which has been ongoing in conjunction with the Jordanian Department of Antiquities since 2009. Known in antiquity as Machaerus, this hilltop site

29 April 2021 Today, April 29, 2021, we join proponents of digital humanities all over the world in celebrating the Day of Digital Humanities (DH) 2021! This year’s theme is multilingual digital humanities, a topic that is close to our hearts here at ACOR. Over the past several years, we have made a concerted effort to make more primary and secondary

ACOR is pleased to invite applications for summer internships 2021! Please see the PDF for details. We are currently seeking a digital communications assistant, research assistant in history and archaeology, and digital archives assistant. All interns will have the opportunity to collaborate with various ACOR departments whether they are remote or in-person. These part-time positions are on

6 April 2021 As you may know, a pillar of ACOR and the archaeological and heritage communities of Jordan, Prof. Bert de Vries, passed away last week. The depth and impact of this loss is difficult to put into words. The world is a dimmer and less vibrant place without Bert. His passion for Jordan,