We hope that you and your loved ones are continuing to stay well during this uncertain time.
This month we're delighted to announce that nominations are now open for our annual
Undergraduate Dissertation Prizes. If you've marked a first class undergraduate dissertation on a topic related to the Levant, please do think to submit it for this prize. More details below.
Last year we launched our first
Master's Dissertation Prize and we're thrilled to announce the winner;
Jonathan Gordon who completed his Master's in environmental archaeology at University College London, more details below.
We are currently undergoing a review of the CBRL membership structure to ensure that it continues to be of
value to scholars and to those with an interest in the scholarship of the Levant. To help us with this, we would be very grateful to all those who, members and non-members,could spare a few minutes to respond to a membership survey.
We are undergoing a review of our current membership structure and to help us do this, we would be very grateful if you could spare a few minutes to answer a short survey to help us better understand our audiences and ensure that CBRL membership continues to be of value to those with an interest in the scholarship of the Levant. Please click through to the survey via this link: bit.ly/2NFvQBn
We are pleased to announce the CBRL Undergraduate Dissertation Prizes in the field of Levantine studies (archaeology/history and contemporary) for the academic year 2020. We invite UK based heads of departments or chairs of departmental examination boards to nominateone final year dissertation in one of these subject areas.More information here.
Over recent years, CBRL has actively supported and promoted scholarship that critically looks at the British Mandate period in Palestine as well as the Western colonial presence in the region at the end of the Ottoman Empire. We are pleased to share a number of free online resources on this area of research as well as our 2019 special issue of our journal, Contemporary Levant,'The British Mandate in Palestine: new histories, new agents and re-framing old paradigms’as open access until 30th September 2020. More here.
We’re thrilled to announce the winner of the 2019 Master's Dissertation prize. The prize went to Jonathan Gordon (University College London) for his dissertation in the field of Levantine Archaeology. Congratulationsto our winner and we're very grateful for the donation of prize money made by the late Professor Rosemary Hollis. Read more about the winning dissertation here.
In this research blog post CBRL trustee Dr May Darwich describes her current research project that
explores the rise of anti-Shiite sentiments and rhetoric in countries almost devoid of Shiites in the post-2011 Arab uprisings.Read more here.
We're deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Rosemary Hollis who served as a CBRL trustee from 2014 - 2018. An expert on the politics of the Middle East and conflicts in the region, Rosemary brought hugely valuable insight to her role as trustee and combined a clarity of analysis and sharp wit with a great human warmth. She will be dearly missed. Read more.
