CBRL news June 2019
Welcome to CBRL’s June newsletter.

June has been a busy month with CBRL staff attending workshops, conferences and running events.

We love keeping in touch with CBRL alumni and were thrilled to attend the launch event of a project developed by Dr Noam Leshem (Durham University), former CBRL Pilot Study awardee, entitled " Portraits from No Man's Land" which took place earlier this month in partnership with Google Arts & Culture at the Royal Geographical Society. Look out for a future blog post from Noam to learn more about his research.

The British Academy's Summer Showcase took place last weekend and for a second year running, CBRL participated with alumna Dr Yafa Shanneik's (University of Birmingham) collaborative project with visual artist Rachel Gadsden, "Narratives of Displacement" (pictured here). The exhibit was a huge success with visitors over the weekend.

And finally, the call for papers for Contemporary Levant's 2019 Prize for Best Paper closes on Monday - please do submit your papers by then.

From all at CBRL
Last week CBRL's Amman Director, Dr Carol Palmer took part in the first partner workshop of this AHRC funded project took place in Jordan. Led by Dr Gehan Selim (University of Leeds) from the UK and Dr Monther Jamhawi (JUST) from Jordan. This project will analyse the important site of Umm Qais using an interdisciplinary approach combining architecture, urban planning and memory studies. Read more.
We are thrilled to share the news that  Levant , CBRL’s long-established journal on ancient Levantine studies, has been ranked 33rd out of 300 journals listed under the archaeology subject category in the prestigious SCImago Journal Rank for 2018.  Read more.
Nahrein Network Visiting Scholarship Scheme: call now open
The call for applications from scholars, cultural heritage professionals and NGO workers who are resident in Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey and Iran to visit the UK for training and research is now open. More details here.
New publications from CBRL Kenyon Institute Director, Dr Mandy Turner
In an interview with the online news website Jadaliyya , Mandy discusses the motivation for her recent publication (edited), “ From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of “Peace ”” and how the Oslo Accords have impacted the lives of communities 25 years on. Mandy’s other recent publications include; “ The West and the rest in international interventions ” and “Richard Falk: “Citizen Pilgrim” in the role of UN Special Rapporteur.”
News from the field
CBRL centennial award holder Dr Steven Wagner (Brunel University London) unravels the fascinating story of the lost archives of the controversial life of Hajj Amin al-Husayni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in the 1940s. Read more.
2017 CBRL Pilot Study awardee Dr Katarina Lenner (University of Bath) describes her fieldwork in Jordan that looked at the politics of migration with regard to the changing features of the German refugee policy and its impact on Syrian refugees in Jordan. Read more.
Tune into archived CBRL Podcasts and lectures
Tracing the alternative music scene in post-Oslo Palestine
Dr Polly Withers
Lebanon can't give him a future
Dr Philip Proudfoot
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Bioarchaeology: Achievements and Future Potentials
Prof. Christopher Knüsel