Curriculum Vitae
ADNAN MOHAMMED SHIYYAB
Assistant Professor
Department of Archaeology, Department of Tourism and Hotel Management
Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel Management
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Personal Data
Date of Birth: January, 6th, 1967
Place of Birth: As-Sarih- (Irbid)- Jordan
Sex: Male
Marriage state: Married (Tow daughters)
Nationality: Jordanian
Language ability Arabic, English and German
Present address: Department of Archaeology, Department of Tourism and
Hotel Management
Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel
Management
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Maan-Jordan
Tel. Mobile phone 962)0) 796166337
Education
1998- 2003 Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany.
Degree/ Major * Ph.D In early Christian and Byzantine Archaeology (Mosaics) and History of Arts. Title of Thesis is: Islam and the Iconoclasm in the Byzantine Mosaics of Jordan and Palestine "The Church of Ya’mun"
* Classical Archaeology
* Semitics.
1991- 1995 Yarmouk University Irbid, Jordan Master degree in Classical Archaeology. Title of the research is The Architectural Development for the Churches of Jerash in the Byzantine Period.
1987- 1990 University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. B.A. degree in Archaeology.
Job Title
* 1993-1998 Museum technical
* Assistant Curator of the Museum of Jordanian Heritage-Yarmouk University.
* 2004-2005, Assistant Prof. Department of Archaeology and Tourism- Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and hotel Management , Al – Hussein Bin Talal University.
* 2005- 2006, Head of the Department of Archaeology and Tourism; Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel Management, Al – Hussein Bin Talal University
* 2006-2008, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel Management, Al- Hussein Bin Talal University.
* 2007 Head of the committee for establishing (Museum of Jordanian Heritage) at college of Archaeology, Tourism and Hotel Management at al- Hussein Bin Talal University.
Field Work Experience
Participation at national and International archaeological excavations in Different sites in Jordan.
1989, Rujm el Kursi: National
Joint project between the University of Jordan
And the Department of Antiquity of Jordan
.
1991, Excavation at Khirbat edh-Dharih:
International joint project between the Institutes of Archaeology and Anthropology – Yarmouk University and the French Institute of Archaeology in the Middle East.
1992, Excavation at Dohaleh : National joint project between the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology-Yarmouk University and the Department of Antiquity of Jordan.
1992, Excavation at Yasileh : National joint project between the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology-Yarmouk University and the Department of Antiquity of Jordan.
1993, Excavation at Khirbat edh-Dharih: International joint project between the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology-Yarmouk University And the French Institute of Archaeology in the Middle East.
2007, Director of Petra Excavation Project: National project accredited by the Department of Archaeology and Tourism- Al-Hussein Bin Tala Jordan, and the Department of Antiquities.
Participation in a training course for
treatment of ancient coins which discovered in
the archaeological sites under supervision of
Dr.Christian Auge director of (IFPO-CNRS) Damascu.
Teaching Experience
2004-present Teaching the following B.A courses
in the field of Archaeology and Tourism at the
Department of Archaeology and Department of Tourism
and Hotel Management/ Al-Hussein Bin Talal
University
Teaching courses
I have taught the following B.A. level courses
Course Number / Course Title0701101 / Cultural Anthropology
0701111 / Archaeology and History of Jordan in the Ancient Ages
0701112 / Introduction to Archaeology
0701121 / History of Art and Architecture
0701212 / History and Archaeology of Jordan in Classical Periods
0701311 / Introduction to Archaeology and History of Greek
0701312 / Ancient Egyptian Civilization
0701321 / Museology
0701322 / Classical and Byzantine Coins
0701411 / Roman and Byzantine Archaeology
0701421 / Field Archaeology
0712301 / Geography of Jordan Tourism
0712302 / Tourism Destinations Culture
0205100 / National Education
0224099 / German Language
0701327 / Archaeology of Nabatean Civilization
0712490 / Research Methods for Final Year Tourism Students
Publications
Shiyyab, A., -"Der Islam und der Bilderstreit in den Mosaiken von Jordanien und Palästina". Ph.D thesis. Herbert Utz Verlag, München )2006(.
Shiyyab, A., -Preliminary Report on the First Season 108 Excavations of Central Petra, ADAJ (52) 2008, 105-
Shiyyab, A., -New discoveries in Petra City Center - Newsletter of College of Archeology, Tourism and Hotel Management, Al- Hussein Bin Talal University, forthcoming issue.
Bazazo, I., Shiyyab, A. (2009), “GIS applications in the management of archaeological sites, tourism Applied
study on the Byzantine churches in the province of Mafraq”, The Arab Journal for Arts, Vol.XXX, No.XXX, pp.XX-XX. (In Arabic)
Conference Participation Shiyyab, A., Iconclasm in the historical
sources) at the Workshop about the Mosaics in
Bilad al-Sham which has been held at Yarmouk
University in 2004.
Shiyyab, A., "Iconclasm in Islam" at the 10th International conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, which held on May 23-28, 2007 in Washington, D.C.
Bazazo, I., Shiyyab, A. "An Application of A GIS for Managing and Preservation of the city of Petra" at the symposium for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage in the Arab World , which held on August 11-13,2009 in Petra.