Prizes

CBRL will announce the next call for submissions to our undergraduate and master’s final-year dissertation prizes later in 2026. These will include: 

  • Levantine archaeology or history: the CBRL prize for a final-year master’s dissertation, or major research paper   
  • Contemporary Levantine studies: the CBRL prize for a final-year master’s dissertation, or major research paper  

We will invite heads of departments to nominate one final year undergraduate dissertation and one final year Master’s dissertation in one of the above subject areas.   

The dissertations nominated can have been examined in 2026. 

The dissertation should be the best in the subject area (with a distinction quality), should make an original contribution to research debates, should be written in English (to facilitate CBRL assessment), and be of excellent quality.  

Prize  

In addition to featuring on CBRL’s website and in our popular monthly newsletter, the winners of both categories will receive a year’s ‘CBRL Friend’ subscription, which includes access to our journals online and be invited to write a blog for our website.

Nomination procedure

DEADLINE: Date tbc (usually November)  
Heads of Departments should submit the nominations using the nomination form and including a PDF of the selected dissertations (only one undergraduate and one Master’s dissertation can be submitted by a Department); the student should be informed that their dissertation has been nominated for the prize; student contact details should be given on the form.  

February 2027: students and departments to be informed of successful outcomes.  

Downloads:
Nomination Form

Previous prize winners: