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Small Grants Program for Sudanese archaeologists (stay tuned for the next competition in 2026)
The American Sudanese Archaeological Research Center (AmSARC) proudly announces the recipients of the AmSARC Small Grants. This program supports our objectives of archaeological research and cultural management in Sudan, specifically during the current hardship due to the conflict.
The recipients have demonstrated dedication in their respective areas of community engagement, research, and translation of English-published materials to Arabic, enriching our understanding of archaeological narratives, cultural heritage, and archaeological preservation.
The 2025 2nd round AmSARC Grant recipients are:
Community Engagement:
Abd Elnasir Sir Elkhatim: Producing a documentary film to enhance community engagement with the Republican Palace Museum
Research:
-Amani Yousif Bashir: The Architectural Heritage of El-Obeid: The Spatial and Temporal Memory of the Nation and the Efforts of Preservation Before and After the War
-Magdy Mohammed Ahmed Abdalbakhit: Protection and management of archaeological sites in the eastern Sudan’s desert: Deraheb as a case study
-Sarah Abdolattif Elsheekh: Efforts of preservation in Sudan in light of challenges and the post-war strategy – The Khalifa House Museum as a model
Translations:
-Abdelgadir Elkhazien Mohamed Ahmed Elkhazien
-Nagla Abdeen Mohammed
-Tasneem Abdelrahman Alhaj
-Manal Elamin Elshikh Omer
The 2025 1st round AmSARC Grant recipients are:
1. Awad Mohamed, Writing project: Nomads in the History of Ancient Sudan: The Meroitic Period as a Case Study (350 BCE – 350 CE)
2. Amna Alnoor, Writing project: Digital archaeology and accessibility to cultural heritage
3. Balsam Abel Hameed, Research project: Heritage in Sign Language: A Bridge Between Generations
4. Mohamed Elbadri, Translation: Robert Stark and Joanna Ciesielska 2019, “Vertebral infection in a male individual buried in the monastic cemetery (Cemetery 2) at Ghazali (ca. 670–1270 CE), northern Sudan”, The International Journal of Paleopathology 24:34–40
5. Mongida Khalid, Translation: Donatella Usai and Sandro Salvatori 2006, “Archaeological Research South of Omdurman: A Preliminary Assessment on Ceramic and Lithic Materials from LO-X-6 Multistratified Mound Site along the Western Bank of the White Nile in Central Sudan” , Archeologie du Nil Moyen 10:203-220
The 2023-2024 AmSARC Grant recipients are:
1: Dr. Yahia Fadl Tahir Fadl, Khartoum University: Boulders and Stone Structures in Nubia: The Rituals and Beliefs Realms during Prehistoric Bronze Period
2: Dr. Hadia Mohamed, Bahri University: Translation: Tumuli at Tombos: Innovation, Tradition, and Variability in Nubia during the Early Napatan Period by Michele R. Buzon and Stuart Tyson Smith
3: Huda Majzoub, NCAM: Study and translation: Thefts of antiquities and heritage tools from conflict and war zones of Sudan. A case study of the River Nile State, Central Sudan, Al-Damer
4: Dr. Habab Idriss, NCAM: Translation: The archaeology of Eastern Sudan and the reconstruction of the history of the Middle Nile valley. issues and perspectives by Andrea Manzo
5. Dr. Shadia Abdu Rabu: Community engagement program: Abri Heritage House Museum
6. Ms. Ekhlas Elyas: Translation of Oksana Marchuk, Liliia Melnychuk, Tamara Paguta, Yanina Pocheniuk, Agnieszka Bates, Yesid Paez & Anne Parfit (2023). Peace education in a time of war: the Museum of Peace in Rivne, Ukraine as a space of memory making and hope. Journal of Peace Education DOI: 10.1080/17400201.2023.2276417.
7. Mr. Ahmed Elamin Translation of Yellin, Janice (2015). The family of Arkamani I in the Southern Cemetery at Meroe. In The Kushite world: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference for Meroitic Studies, Vienna, 1 – 4 September 2008, ed. Michael Zach, pp.601-612. Vienna: Verein der Förderer der Sudanforschung.