Prizes

CBRL is pleased to announce the call for submissions to our undergraduate and master’s final-year dissertation prizes in:  

  • Levantine archaeology or history: the CBRL prizes for a final-year undergraduate and master’s dissertation or major research paper  dealing with archaeology and history (prehistory–Ottoman) from a range of disciplinary perspectives, for example including anthropology, archaeology, environmental science, heritage studies and industrial archaeology. 
  • Contemporary Levantine studies: the CBRL prizes for a final-year undergraduate and master’s dissertation or major research paper  on contemporary politics, society and culture in the Levant region, its diasporas and neighbouring countries that have a clear relevance to it. 

We invite university staff to nominate a final year undergraduate dissertation and / or final year Master’s dissertation in the above subject areas.   

The dissertations nominated can have been examined in 2025 or 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.  

Prizes

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 online access to our journals.   

Nomination procedure: 

University staff members (expected to be a supervisor / examiner) should submit the nominations using the nomination form and including a PDF of the selected dissertations; the student should be informed that their dissertation has been nominated for the prize; student contact details should be given on the form. 

DEADLINE 27th November 2026.

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

Downloads:
Nomination Form

Previous prize winners: