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July 2021
Webinar: “In Conversation with TRACY EDWARDS MBE”
We are delighted to announce our 3rd webinar of the year: "In Conversation with TRACY EDWARDS MBE" Round the World Yachtswoman and the subject of the acclaimed documentary, Maiden. Date: 8th July Time: 6 pm UK time The title of the talk is ‘Maiden Full Circle’ The story of Maiden and how, with the support of HM King Hussein I, she carried the first all-female crew to sail around the world; her reincarnation 31 years later as an Ambassador for…
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April 2021 Webinar: A window on Jordan’s heritage: untold stories from the ACOR (American Center of Research) Photo Archive
Join us for another of our “In Conversation” series of educational webinars prepared by Jack Green, Associate Director at ACOR and Jessica Holland, Archival Projects Consultant at ACOR. They say that every picture tells a story. If that’s the case, there are thousands of stories waiting to be told and retold from these photographic archives. This lecture will show examples of the value and potential role these archives in Jordan have for different kinds of educational use and research and…
Find out more »January 2021
January 2021 Webinar: The archaeology of olive oil: British Museum excavations of a 4,500-year-old olive factory in the Wadi ar-Rayyan in Jordan.
The archaeology of olive oil: British Museum excavations of a 4,500-year-old olive factory in the Wadi ar-Rayyan in Jordan. Jordan was one of the first places in the world to domesticate the olive, and olive oil would play a key role in the development of civilizations that followed. But what does the archaeology of olive oil production look like? In this talk, Dr Jamie Fraser discusses excavations of an ancient olive oil factory at Khirbet Ghozlan in the Wadi Rayyan…
Find out more »December 2019
Pictures painted by the sun: photographing Jordan 1985-2015 – A talk by Jane Taylor, a member of the Anglo Jordanian Society
Free lecture series. Evans Memorial Lecture In Association with the British Museum Dept. of Middle East Photographing Jordan for three decades, both from the air and at ground level, Jane Taylor has documented several of the dramatic changes that have taken place in the country. Many archaeological sites have been transformed from heaps of rubble into comprehensible (and often magnificent) monuments; others have been crowded around with modern industrial or residential development. At the same time, with an eye to…
Find out more »September 2019
Anglo Jordanian Society – Annual General Meeting
ANGLO JORDANIAN SOCIETY - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER AT 18:30 AT 83 MARGARET STREET, LONDON W1W 8TB Directions via Oxford Circus Underground Walk east on Oxford Street towards Argyll Street (279 ft) Turn Left into Great Portland Street (472 ft) Turn Right into Margaret Street (528ft) Total approx. ¼ mile Dear Members The Chairman and Trustees of the Anglo Jordanian Society look forward to seeing you at the AGM on Thursday 5th…
Find out more »December 2018
Afternoon Tea in The House of Lords
The Anglo Jordanian Society is hosting a pre-Christmas Afternoon Tea in the House of Lords on Thursday 13th December. Tickets for this event are £37.00 per person and are now available to purchase via PayPal and Worldpay. A printable ticket will be available once payment has gone through and this should be printed out and bought to the Afternoon Tea event. We expect this event to be very popular with our members and their guests and, as there are only…
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