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3 November 2025; updated 16 November 2025 UPDATE, 16 November 2025: This lecture has been rescheduled for December 14, 2025. ACOR is honored to announce the inaugural Professor Thomas W. Davis Annual Lecture: Prof. Dr. Anas Haj Zeidan, director general of the Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) of the Syrian Arab Republic, will present […]

5 January 2025 Please note that this lecture is online only. On January 14, 2025, please join us online for a lecture by Linda K. Jacobs, author of the new book Captivating Strangers: Early Arab Immigrants in the United States. In her latest work, Jacobs explores the untold stories of the first Arab immigrants to

21 May 2024 The American Center of Research has added a new recorded lecture to its YouTube channel. In it, Dr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, an historian of global migration and forced displacement and an assistant professor of global studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, —talks about his newly published book, Empire of Refugees: North

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,

Konstantinos Politis I recall first meeting Jonathan Tubb in 1982 after work hours at Peter Dorrell’s office at the Institute of Archaeology in London, where I was conducting my postgraduate studies. They were close friends who would regularly enjoy a drink or two after work reminiscing their excavations in Syria and Iraq. I and others,

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