CBRL news November 2018

Welcome to CBRL’s November newsletter. We're pleased to announce that our call for 2019-2020 research funding is now open – you’ll find more details below – follow the links through to our website for information on how to apply.   You'll also find news of last week’s Palestinian literary festival co-organised by CBRL’s Kenyon Institute and the Educational Bookshop, alumni news and details of future events.   For those who may be visiting London, don't miss the British Museum's new Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World that showcases the diversity of Islamic cultures of the Middle East, Turkey, Central Asia, South and South East Asia. Next year marks the centenary of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, CBRL’s founding institute. We look forward to sharing our centenary programme of events, and encourage members to share their photos or stories with us from time spent at our institutes or on our research projects. We'd love to hear from you! We hope you enjoy reading our latest news and activities and we look forward to seeing you at one of our forthcoming events.   From all at CBRL

CBRL Funding call for 2019-20 research awards is now open!   CBRL offers research funding for fellowships, project awards and travel grants. Information about the type of awards and fellowships that we offer and on how to apply can be found here.

Scholarship opportunities in Modern Standard Arabic, Amman We are pleased to announce the open call for applications of two fully funded scholarships in Modern Standard Arabic in 2019. This scholarship opportunity is in partnership with the Qasid Arabic Language Institute in Amman. Deadline for applications is 31st December. More information can be found here .

The Kalimat Literary Festival Earlier this month CBRL's Kenyon Institute organised the Kalimat Literary Festival in partnership with the Educational Bookshop. Panels and writing workshops took place in venues and universities across Jerusalem, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Haifa, and featured Palestinian and international literary figures. Read more.

Former CBRL Fellow Polly Withers awarded London School of Economics ESRC Fellowship CBRL 2017 – 18 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Polly Withers has been awarded one of LSE’s seven ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowships . Read more about Polly's research here .

Special issue of Settler Colonial Studies  The latest issue of Settler Colonial Studies journal is a special issue edited by former CBRL award-holders - Elian Weizman, Sharri Plonski and Yara Hawari. Read more about the work behind this issue here.

Research for Health in Conflict-MENA 23 November will see the formal launch in London of a ground-breaking new research project, Research for Health in Conflict-MENA. Read more .

CBRL research blog

CBRL Pilot Study: Researching Refugee Communities in Jordan Dr Yafa Shanneik talks about her pilot study fieldwork in Jordan for her project: ‘Muslim Marriages, Multiple Identities: Syrian and Iraqi refugee women in Jordan’. Read more

People at CBRL

New Deputy Director at CBRL's Kenyon Institute We're delighted to introduce the new Deputy Director of CBRL's Kenyon Institute in East Jerusalem, Dr Toufic Haddad. Read more .

Upcoming events...

19th December - British Academy, London Lawrence of Arabia: Romantic, Orientalist and Western Cultural Artefact with Dr Neil Faulkner

10th January 2019 - British Museum, London Contexts & Connections: Exploring Petra in 1929 with Dr Amara Thornton and in partnership with the Palestinian Exploration Fund

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