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Welcome to CBRL

CBRL is a learned society working with the countries, peoples and societies of the Levant to advance public education through promoting and disseminating research in the humanities, social sciences and related subjects.

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Levant Summer Prize Winners 2026

12 August 2026
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 Levant Summer Prize! Launched in...
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Archive Story: Engaging with Scholarship: Participation in Academic Events

11 August 2026
In July 2026, the CBRL Kenyon Institute (KI) continued its commitment to academic engagement and...
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Early Career Researchers Set Collaborative Priorities on Substance Use Disorders in Jordan Workshop

16 July 2026
CBRL supported the University of Jordan, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, to deliver...
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Events
Hybrid event

Conference: Energy Across Scales: City, Transition, Region

10:30 am 22 August 2026

Institute Français Proche Orient (IFPO), in partnership with the Centre for International Studies (CERI), Sciences...

Hybrid event

CBRL–PEF UK Book Launch Event: Peasant Agriculture in the Jerusalem Hills

6:00 pm 23 October 2026

CBRL and the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) are pleased to invite you to the book...

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Lecture: What Can Jordan’s Bedouin Teach the World About Social Media

Dr Geoffrey Hughes, drawing on ethnographic research among Jordan’s Bedouin communities, explored how social media reflects and interacts with cultural values, social structures, and political frameworks, offering new perspectives on the relationship between technology, society, and the state.

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Lecture: What Can Jordan’s Bedouin Teach the World About Social Media

Lecture: The Karak Castle and Town Documentation Project

Dr Micaela Sinibaldi talks about The Karak Castle and Town Documentation Project which aims to document the archaeology and history of Karak castle and town in the Middle Islamic period.

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Lecture: The Karak Castle and Town Documentation Project

Digital Exhibition Launch: Surfacing Zarqa

The Surfacing Zarqa Digital Exhibition presents a collection of oral histories, photographs, memories, audio recordings, and creative interpretations developed through the Surfacing Zarqa project.

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Digital Exhibition Launch: Surfacing Zarqa

 
 
 
Blogs

Modern Agricultural Systems in Wadi al-Hasa: Lessons for Understanding Ancient Farming in Southern Jordan

Published: 2026
By Grzegorz Sochacki, PhD Student at the University of Warsaw. For several decades, archaeological research...

Deep-Time Desert Environments

Published: 2026
By Professor Joanne Clarke, School of History and Art History, University of East Anglia In...

‘Tale as old as time’: the passage of British language on Israel-Palestine

Published: 2026
By Elizabeth Eastwood Dewing, Winner of the CBRL Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2025: Levantine Archaeology or...

Explore the 'Surfacing Zarqa' Digital Exhibition!

The Surfacing Zarqa Digital Exhibition is now available online, presenting a collection of oral histories, photographs, memories, audio recordings, and creative interpretations developed through the Surfacing Zarqa project.

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