ICHAJ 10: CROSSING JORDAN

The Tenth International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan May 23-28, 2007 in Washington D.C. at The George Washington University

Under the Patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal

Scientific Committee in Jordan

Department of Antiquities:
  • Dr. Fawwaz Al-Khraysheh
  • Dr. Ghazi Bisheh
  • Dr. Mohammad Najjar
  • Mr. Abdelsami Abu Dayyeh
  • Dr. May Shaer
International archaeological institutes:
  • Dr. Barbara A.Porter, ACOR
  • Dr. Pierre Bikai, ACOR
  • Dr. Jean-Francois Salles, Institut Francais du Proche-Orient 
  • Dr. Jutta Haeser, German Protestant Institute of Archaeology 
  • Dr. Bill Finlayson, Council for British Research in the Levant 
Jordanian Universities
  • Dr. Lamia El-Khouri, Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University
  • Dr. Suleiman Al-Bdour, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
  • Dr. Maysoun Nahar, Jordan University
  • Dr. Younes Shdeifat, Mutah University
  • Dr. Ahmad Malabeh, Hashemite University

North American Planning Committee

  • Mr. Artemis Joukowsky, Co-Chairman, Brown University and Chairman of Board of ACOR
  • Dr. Douglas R. Clark, Co-Chairman, La Sierra University
  • Dr. Timothy P. Harrison, University of Toronto
  • Dr. Gloria London, Burke Museum, University of Washington
  • Dr. Pierre Bikai, ACOR Director 1991-2006
  • Dr. Barbara A. Porter, ACOR Director
  • Mrs. Jane Geniesse, ACOR Board Member, Washington D.C.
  • Dr. Bethany Walker, Head of American Dig Directors in Jordan

George Washington University: Elliott School of International Affairs Sponsor

  • Ambassador Edward W. Gnehm

International Academic Committee

  • Dr. Pierre M. Bikai, Aqaba
  • Dr. Ghazi Bisheh, Amman
  • Dr. Douglas R. Clark, La Sierra University
  • Dr. Jutta Haeser, German Protestant Institute, Amman
  • Dr. Barbara A. Porter, ACOR
  • Dr. Jean-Francois Salles, IFPO, Amman
  • Dr. R. Thomas Schaub, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  • Dr. May Shaer, Department of Antiquities

ACOR Planners and Conference Web Site Organizers/Maintainers

  • Dr. Barbara A. Porter, Director
  • Mr. Christopher A. Tuttle, Assistant Director
  • Dr. Douglas R. Clark, La Sierra University

Budget Oversight Committee

  • Dr. Douglas R. Clark, Co-Chair, North American Planning Committee
  • Dr. Barbara A. Porter, ACOR Director
  • Mr. Randolph B. Old, Treasurer/Secretary, ACOR Board of Trustees
  • Ms. Nisreen Abu Al Shaikh, ACOR Financial Comptroller
  • Ms. Sandra Khoury, Event Planner, Washington, D.C.

Public Outreach Committee 

  • Dr. Bert de Vries, Calvin College, Chair
  • Ms. Jane Geniesse, Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. Barbara A. Porter, ACOR Director

Publication on History of North American Archaeology in Jordan

Editors:

  • Dr. Thomas E. Levy, Organizer, San Diego State University 
  • Dr. Michele Daviau, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Dr. Randy Younker, Andrews University
  • Dr. May Shaer, Department of Antiquities 

Washington D.C. Event Planner

  • Ms. Sandra Khoury

Washington D.C. Logistics Coordinator

  • Dr. Nihad Shabbar