In light of global limitations on travel and gatherings, SCHEP is offering scholarships for Jordanian students and recent graduates to take part in selected online courses in fields related to our project (such as archaeology, heritage studies, etc.). The first scholarship opportunity is for a University of Oxford online course on “Archaeology in Practice!” For …
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As many are shifting to remote working and online classes, the need for greater access to digital resources is more important than ever. ACOR has many online resources available. Below is a list of links accessible through our website acorjordan.org The ACOR Photo Archive has over 27,000 online images of heritage sites, landscapes, people, and …
Dear Colleagues and Friends: We regret to inform you that ACOR, including its library, will be closed to the public effective 2pm, March 14th, until otherwise noted. Such action is motivated by advice from various U.S. institutions, precedent by other overseas research units, and our general concern regarding frequent foreign arrivals to our facility. The …
Tuesday March 10, 2020, 6pm at ACOR Reception to Follow About the Lecture: Ancient sites which have recently come to light on the Dead Sea littoral reveal what life was like for the average Nabataean some two thousand years ago. Ancient texts also refer to these communities and the close relations which they had with …
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#WikiGap #20kfor2020 #womeninarchaeology #Jordanianheritage On Saturday, February 1st, from 9:30-3:30, the ACOR Library will host a Jordanian Heritage Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon to support the writing, editing, and translating of Wikipedia articles about Jordanian tangible and intangible heritage. This event is run in partnership with the Jordan Open Source Association and Wikimedia Levant. The edit-a-thon will be open …
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Please note we are intending to offer simultaneous translation into Arabic at this event. About the Lecture: The ACOR Photo Archive contains rich collections of tens of thousands of photographs, but its reach also extends far beyond the images themselves. ACOR’s archival collections reflect the seismic shifts that have occurred in the region over the …
لتصفح المعلومات باللغة العربية هنا January 2020 ACOR Press Release Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman Named New Director of American Center of Oriental Research The Board of Trustees of the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) in Amman, Jordan, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman as the next Director of …
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ACOR Staff and Affiliates at the ASOR Annual Meeting: Presentations, Honors, and Updates From Nov. 21–23, 2019, the ASOR Annual Meeting (ASOR: The American Schools of Oriental Research) took place in San Diego, CA, and dozens of current and former ACOR affiliates contributed to the event. This includes: ACOR Associate Director John (Jack) Green presented …
Archaeology in Jordan (AIJ) is a new, biannual open access (OA) newsletter published online by ACOR aimed at raising scholarly awareness of archaeological and cultural resource management projects being carried out in Jordan and to make this information accessible to a wider audience. ACOR seeks submissions for the 2018 and 2019 seasons with a deadline of …
ACOR Proudly Presents: Tuesday, December 10, 6pm at ACOR Reception to follow About the Lecture: In the first centuries AD, everybody in the area of Jordan south of the Wadi Mujib were devotees of some Nabataean or Roman religion or another. Christians first appear in the early fourth century and grew in numbers as the …
December 10: “Religious Change in Southern Jordan in the Byzantine and Islamic Periods” Read More »
