As March comes to a close, don’t miss out on everything we’ve been up to! From events and workshops to the latest updates - catch up with all the highlights in our March newsletter. 📩 Read it here: mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-ma...

In September 2025, CAPC colleague @jscottuob.bsky.social travelled to Jordan for a two-day workshop on the role of pharmacies & pharmacists in substance use disorders in Jordan. In this @cbrl.bsky.social podcast, Jenny & Shatha Mubaideen reflect on key learning. Info & link in thread. ⬇️ #pharmsky

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for Day 1 of our workshop! 🌠 Join us tomorrow (31 March 2026) for Day 2 of A Workshop in Honour of Andrea Zerbini: Legacy, Archaeology, and Digital Innovation.

🌠 Join us tomorrow (30 March 2026) for Day 1 of A Workshop in Honour of Andrea Zerbini: Legacy, Archaeology, and Digital Innovation 🔹 Time: 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Jordan time) 🔹 Format: Online (Zoom) 🗂️ Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New Episode Alert! 🎙️📣 Learning from the Levant – Episode 9: Mayyada Wazaify and Jenny Scott In this episode, Shatha Mubaideen is joined by Dr Jenny Scott and Prof Mayyada Wazaify to reflect on a two-day workshop.

Have you booked your spot yet? 👀 Don’t miss today’s online lecture, 6 PM Amman time - 3 PM London time. 📲Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Eid Mubarak from CBRL ✨🌙 May this Eid be filled with warmth, gratitude, and special moments for you and your families. - On the occasion of Eid Al Fitr, CBRL Amman Institute will be closed on Sunday and Monday, 22-23 March 2026. We will reopen on Tuesday, 24 March 2026, from 9 AM to 4 PM.

UPDATE 📣 Due to the current circumstances in the region, we have moved our workshop to an online-only format. We thank you for your understanding and continued support. 🔸 To book your spot online, please check the link: www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/a-work...

Coming up next week! Join us for the 9th lecture in the CBRL Graduate Network series: Using AI in Research for Processing and Analysing Data 🎓📑 📲 Book your spot now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

CBRL Graduate Network: Skills Development Seminar Series 🎓📑 Join us for the 9th lecture in the CBRL Graduate Network series: Using AI in Research for Processing and Analysing Data 🗣 Speaker: Dr Dana Al Qudah, Associate Professor at the University of Jordan

A Workshop in Honour of Andrea Zerbini: Legacy, Archaeology, and Digital Innovation 🌠 CBRL invites you to a two-day hybrid workshop on 30–31 March 2026, taking place in Amman and online.

New online from @contemplevant.bsky.social: Ido Fuchs reviews The Erasure of Palestine by Ahmad Al-Bazz www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New ‘field note’ from @contemplevant.bsky.social: Rahaf Zaher, “The 2022 Lebanese parliamentary elections: between traditional and alternative politics,” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A Workshop in Honour of Andrea Zerbini: Legacy, Archaeology, and Digital Innovation 🌠 CBRL invites you to a two-day hybrid workshop on 30–31 March 2026, taking place in Amman and online.

New episode 🎙️ Learning from the Levant Ep. 8 features Gazua Elaun & Olivia Mason on Shifting Grounds, exploring Bedouin cultural heritage in Jordan’s Badia through photography, stories, and lived traditions. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/cbrl_sound/l...

The February 2026 edition of CBRL’s newsletter is out now! 📬 Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰 🔸 Read here: mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-fe...

The Council for British Research in the Levant wishes you a blessed Ramadan. 🌙 Wishing you all the best during this holy month! ✨

New online at @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Archaeological sites in conflict zones: an in-depth case study of Tell Dothan, Palestine" by Salah Hussein Al-Houdalieh: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... cc @levant-journal.bsky.social @cbrl.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the British Academy and online for 'The Making of Modern Syria: History, Politics, Geography'.

Short Course Announcement 📢 Applications are now open for the @refugeestudies.bsky.social’s two-day short course "Palestine Refugees and International Law", taking place 13–14 March 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon.

🔴 We are now live! 💻 Join us for 'The Making of Modern Syria: History, Politics, Geography'. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎉 CBRL Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2025 – Winners Announced   🏆 Levantine Archaeology or History: Elizabeth Eastwood Dewing (University of Leeds) 🏆 Contemporary Levantine Studies: Mariam Momen Khalaf Nasr Torres (University of Warwick)

📰 From Our Archives 📰 CBRL has recently acquired drawings, photographs and papers of John Wilkinson, principally from his time as director of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (BSAJ), 1979 to 1984.

Just 4 days left to apply! ⏰ Apply now for the CBRL Andrea Zerbini Award - funding of up to £4,000 to support research and travel to the Levant. 🗓 Deadline: 1 February 2026 (Midnight GMT) 🔗 More details: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-an...

📚 CBRL Graduate Network – Lecture 8 Join our online lecture, Digital Tools for Early Academic Research. with Dr Duaa Al Maani, exploring reference management, academic writing tools, and the role of AI in research workflows. 🔸 3 February 2026 🔸 6 PM (Amman) - 3 PM (UK-GMT) 🔸 Online (Zoom)

Planning to join ‘The Making of Modern Syria’ lecture in person? 📙👀 Seats for the event are limited — please book by Monday, 26 January via email: [email protected] 📩 📍 Venue: The British Academy, London

We’re delighted to see so many attendees registering for our event 'The Making of Modern Syria' 📙 Only a few in-person places remain, so please be sure to book your spot by Monday, 26 January 2026, by emailing [email protected].

CBRL Director Dr Jane Humphris started 2026 with a productive visit to Amman, holding key meetings with partners, visiting heritage institutions, and exploring future research collaborations — a strong start to the year for CBRL teams across the region. 🌟

See you today at 6 PM (Amman) - 3 PM (GMT) at the CBRL Amman Institute and online! 🔗 Registration: Book your place in person: forms.office.com/e/JUqctayU5x... Register online via Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Reminder 📣 The submission deadline for paper proposals for the “Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions” Symposium (13–14 April 2026, Istanbul) is Friday, 23 January 2026.

Don’t miss out! ⏰ There’s still time to apply for the CBRL Andrea Zerbini Award. 💷 Funding of up to £4,000 🎓 For PhD students & early career postdocs (UK & EU) 🏺 Research in archaeology & heritage (landscape, GIS, aerial archaeology, migration, protecting the past) ✈️ Travel to the Levant

🎉🎓 Congratulations to Dr Rudaina Al-Momani, our Amman Senior Librarian, on successfully defending her PhD on 28 Dec 2025. Her research explores the development of Jordan’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (1953–1999). We wish her continued success in her academic and professional journey. 🌟

Deadline approaching! CBRL Workshop Grants 2026–27, apply by midnight GMT, 16 Jan 2026. More info: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...

New online at @contemplevant.bsky.social: “Divorce in time of war and displacement, between social anxiety and changing family practices: the case of northwest region of Syria in 2022” by Yasser Alhusien, Mohammad al-Othman, Imad Bark… www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Making of Modern Syria: History, Politics, Geography 📙 CBRL presents Daniel Neep & panel discussion on Syria’s past & future 🗓️ Fri 6 Feb 2026 | 6 PM UK 📍 The British Academy & online Chair: Prof. Dawn Chatty | Panellists: Dr Haian Dukhan, Dr Hiba Salem & Dr Ammar Azzouz

Final days to apply! ⏳ CBRL Workshop Grants 2026–27 support collaborative UK–Levant academic workshops. 💷 Up to £4,000 🎓 Humanities & social sciences 🌍 Hybrid workshops encouraged ⏰ Deadline: Midnight (GMT), Fri 16 Jan 2026 🔗 www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...

Call for Papers 📣 "Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions" Symposium 13-14 April 2026, Istanbul, Türkiye BIRI, in partnership with Sabancı University, invite paper proposals for a symposium organised as part of the Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions project.

We are starting in one hour! Have you booked your spot yet? 👀 📲Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Less than one week left to apply! ⏳ CBRL Project Grants 2026–27 are still open for researchers working in or on the Levant and based at a UK HEI or research organisation. 📧 More details: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr... ⏰ Deadline: Midnight (GMT), Friday 9 January 2026

The CBRL Graduate Network Seminar Series continues! 🎓 Lecture 7: "Processing and Analysing Data 4: Ethnography and Participatory Research" Speaker: Dr. Hala Ghanem 🔹 06 Jan 2026 🔹 6 PM (Amman) | 3 PM (UK) 🔹 Online (Zoom) Book your spot now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Happy Holidays from the CBRL Team! 🎄🎉 Wishing you all a wonderful festive season and a joyful New Year! 🌟

Holiday Closure Announcement ❄️ CBRL Amman Institute will be closed for the winter holidays from 25 December 2025 to 03 January 2026. We will reopen on 04 January 2026. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season! 🎄✨

In a new Learning from the Levant episode, Shatha Mubaideen speaks with Gerasimos Tsourapas & Imad El-Anis about eco-humanitarian rentierism and what Jordan’s experience reveals about crises across the Global South. 🎧 Listen here: soundcloud.com/cbrl_sound/l...

The December 2025 edition of CBRL’s newsletter is out now! 📬 Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰 Read here: mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-de...

We are excited to share that the Kenyon Institute Library has reopened after two years! 📚 We welcomed 40+ guests to celebrate the occasion with talks, archive highlights, and a reception. Huge thanks to the KI team for delivering a fantastic event 👏

Have you booked your spot yet? 👀 Don’t miss tomorrow’s online lecture, 6 PM Amman time - 3 PM London time. 📲Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

CBRL invites applications for the Andrea Zerbini Award! 🏆 🔹Deadline: Sunday - 1st Feb 2026 📚 To find out more and apply: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-an...

Don’t miss the deadline! ⏳ Submit your nomination by 30 November. Read more: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for the launch of Shifting Grounds: Bedouin Cultural Heritage in Jordan’s Badia! 📚 A special thanks to co-authors Gazua Elaun & Dr Olivia Mason for an insightful discussion, and to our audience for their engagement.

What can a 5,000-year-old olive oil factory reveal about Bronze Age life in Jordan? 🌳 Dr. Jamie Fraser joins Learning from the Levant to share discoveries from Khirbet Um al-Ghozlan and insights into ancient trade and society. 🎧 Listen now: soundcloud.com/cbrl_sound/l...