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SUSTAINABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH LOCAL COMMUNITIES ENGAGEMENT PROJECT

TO CREATE AND MANAGE A NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE PROPERTY INVENTORY SYSTEM FOR THE KINGDOM OF JORDAN.

ADVANCING PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE HOLY LAND: THE PALACE AND PORT AT KALLIRHOE ON THE DEAD SEA.

CONSERVATION OF THE 1ST- CENTURY TEMPLE OF THE WINGED LIONS ATPETRA.

CONSERVATION OF THE ROMAN IMPERIAL (2ND-CENTURY A.D.) WESTERN THEATER IN UMM QAIS (ANCIENT GADARA): THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS MAKE THE ANCIENT UMM QAIS THEATER GREAT AGAIN, BY DEMONSTRATING AMERICAN EXCELLENCE IN CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION.

CASA I - ADVANCED ARABIC LANGUAGE & CULTURE TRAINING IN AMMAN, JORDAN, GROUP PROJECTS ABROAD

THE ACOR DIGITAL ARCHIVE: A MULTIMEDIA TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE

AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS

TO ACTIVATE THE JORDANIAN DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES DORMANT ANTI SMUGGLING TRAFFICKING SECTION.

COMMODITIES PROJECT OF $$201,446

CONSERVATION OF THE 1ST CENTURY TEMPLE OF THE WINGED LIONS AT PETRA, PHASE 2: AMERICAN CENTER FOR OREINTAL RESEARCH WILL IMPLEMENT KEY CONSERVATION A

THE TEMPLE OF THE WINGED LIONS PUBLICATION PROJECT [THE AMERICAN CENTER OF RESEARCH (ACOR) WILL BRING TOGETHER MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO COMPLETE A FINAL REPORT ON THE TEMPLE OF THE WINGED LIONS (TWL), AN IMPORTANT NABATAEAN RITUAL COMPLEX WITHIN PETRA, JORDAN, DATED TO THE 1ST TO 4TH CENTURY CE. THIS MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION PROJECT WILL PRESENT THE FINDINGS OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO PETRA (1973-2005), AND THE WORK OF ACOR THROUGH THE TEMPLE OF THE WINGED LIONS CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE (FROM 2009). AN EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY TEAM WILL SUPPORT SPECIALISTS IN ARCHAEOLOGY, GEOLOGY, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE TO CONDUCT RESEARCH USING ARCHIVES, ARTIFACTS, AND SITE VISITS WITHIN JORDAN. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CONDUCTED ONLINE AND IN PERSON WILL RELATE TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEMES OF RITUAL, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY, EMPIRE, AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, OPENING UP NEW COMPARATIVE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS. IN ADDITION TO COMPLETION OF A FINAL MANUSCRIPT, SCHOLARLY AND PUBLIC FACING OUTPUTS WILL RAISE AWARENESS OF THE FINAL PUBLICATION.]

CASA II – GROUP RESEARCH AND ARABIC LANGUAGE TRAINING IN AMMAN, JORDAN

LONG-TERM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN JORDAN AT THE AMERICAN CENTER OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH

IN THIS PROJECT, THE AMERICAN CENTER OF RESEARCH (ACOR), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JORDANIAN DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES AND U.S. EXPERTS, WILL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO COMBAT THE ILLICIT TRAFFICKING

ENHANCING THE ACOR DIGITAL ARCHIVE: MAKING A MULTIMEDIA RESEARCH, TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE MORE ACCESSIBLE

CULTURAL HERITAGE COLLABORATIONS AT THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF U.S.-JORDANIAN BILATERAL RELATIONS

LONG-TERM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN JORDAN AT THE AMERICAN CENTER OF RESEARCH [FOUNDED IN 1968 TO FACILITATE WORK IN AND THE STUDY OF JORDAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST BY AMERICAN SCHOLARS, THE AMERICAN CENTER OF RESEARCH (?ACOR?; FORMERLY AMERICAN CENTER OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH) RUNS THRIVING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS FOR SCHOLARS AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS. DURING THE PAST 54 YEARS, WE HAVE AWARDED MORE THAN 1,000 FELLOWSHIPS, WITH 33 OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN 2022?2023. THROUGH THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF NEH?S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS AT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, ACOR IS ABLE TO SUPPORT SIGNIFICANT SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION IN THE HUMANITIES REGARDING JORDAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST. ACOR REQUESTS A THREE-YEAR GRANT TO AWARD TEN-PERSON-MONTHS OF FELLOWSHIP PER YEAR.]

LONG-TERM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AT THE AMERICAN CENTER OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH

LONG-TERM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AT THE AMERICAN CENTER OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH [THIS NEH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WILL HELP ENCOURAGE THE SUSTAINED, LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL FOR MEANINGFUL RESEARCH IN THE HUMANISTIC STUDY OF THE MIDDLE EAST. ACOR IS MAKING CONCERTED EFFORTS TO BROADEN AWARENESS OF THE NEH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TO ATTRACT MORE QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED APPLICANTS, WITH TARGETED OUTREACH TO RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES, AND RELEVANT ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS, INSTITUTES, AND ONLINE RESOURCES. THIS OUTREACH IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT REGIONAL SITUATION, IN WHICH MANY SCHOLARS WITH RESEARCH INTERESTS IN NEIGHBORING DESTABILIZED OR WAR-TORN COUNTRIES WILL BE ATTRACTED TO JORDAN AS A SAFE, STABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR CONDUCTING THEIR RESEARCH. (EDITED BY NEH STAFF.)]

LONG-TERM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN JORDAN AT THE AMERICAN CENTER OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH