๐ข Event coming up at the PEF! ๐คฟ
"Developing Capacities in Maritime Cultural Heritage Management and Protection," with Georgia Andreou and Julia Nikolaus.
๐๏ธ 17th April 2026 | 6pm
๐5-6 Dreadnought Walk, SE10 9FP
โ๏ธ RSVP: rsvppef@gmail.com
#PEF #Maritime #Cultural #Heritage
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โฑ๏ธ A reminder that the event is this Thursday! Details below ๐
๐ข Event coming up at the PEF!
"The Role of Animals at Medieval Islamic Zughar in the Bilad ash-Sham: preliminary zoological analyses."
๐๏ธ 19th March 2026 | ๐ 6pm
๐5-6 Dreadnought Walk, SE10 9FP
โ๏ธ RSVP: rsvppef@gmail.com
#PEF #Archaeology #Zooarchaeology
A reminder that we are still accepting applications for our annual Field Research Grants until the 19th February ๐
โฑ๏ธ A reminder that the event is this Thursday! Details below ๐
๐ข Event coming up at the PEF!
"Witnessing through Art: Exploring Palestinian heritage within the collection of the PEF."
๐๏ธ 19th February 2026 | ๐ 6pm
๐5-6 Dreadnought Walk, SE10 9FP
โ๏ธ RSVP: rsvppef@gmail.com
#Palestine #Heritage #PEF
4/ Research Grants applications run from mid-Dec 2025 to late Feb 2026, with awards announced in mid-March. Davies Award prize money is doubled for 2026.
3/ The Research Grants are open to researchers of all nationalities (PEF membership required). The Davies Award is open to scholars within 10 years of PhD completion.
2/ The Annual Research Grants 2026 support fieldwork, museum and archival research on Palestine and the Levant, while the Davies Award recognises outstanding early career articles published in PEQ.
๐งต PEF Funding & Awards Open!
๐ฃ Funding and awards are now open at the Palestine Exploration Fund, including the Annual Research Grants 2026 and the Routledge Philip R. Davies Early Career Publication Award.
๐ Full details and application information: www.pef.org.uk/about/grants...
๐ Our final PEF lecture of the year!
"How I Discovered the Middle East: A Jane Taylor Adventure Story" with Jane Taylor, introduced by Bob Bewley
๐๏ธ 4 Dec 2025 | ๐ 6pm
๐ 5โ6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9FP
โ๏ธ RSVP: rsvppef@gmail.com
#Archaeology #PEF
๐ข Event coming up at the PEF!
"Oral Histories at the Archaeological Site of Dura Europos, Syria," with Jen Baird
๐๏ธ 6 Nov 2025 | ๐ 6pm
๐ Greenwich SE10 9FP
โ๏ธ RSVP: rsvppef@gmail.com
#Archaeology #Syria #Palestine #PEF
โถ๏ธ New on the PEF YouTube Channel!
Looking West: Assyria in the Levant in the Times of Adad-nerari III โ a lecture by Dr John MacGinnis.
๐ Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksZP...
๐ Subscribe to the PEF channel for more lectures!
A reminder that the event is tomorrow! ๐
๐ข September event at the PEF!
Join us for:
"Hold the Line: Byzantine Archaeology in Colonial Palestine 1800โ1948" with Daniel Reynolds
๐๏ธ Thursday 4th September 2025
๐ 6pm
๐ 5โ6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP
โ๏ธ RSVP by emailing rsvppef@gmail.com
#Byzantine #Archaeology #Palestine #PEF
โฑ๏ธ A reminder that the event is this Thursday! Details below ๐
๐ข June Event coming up at the PEF!
"Rethinking Preservation: Diversifying Engagement with the Middle East's Material Past," with Mirjam Brusius.
๐๏ธ 19th June, 2025
๐ 6pm
๐ 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP
RSVP by emailing rsvppef@gmail.com โ๏ธ
A reminder regarding the PEF event this Thursday!
"Lessons Learned? Looting, Loss & Landscape at an Early Bronze Age Site, Jordan," with Morag M. Kersel.
๐๏ธ 22nd May, 2025
๐ 6pm
๐ 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP
โ๏ธ RSVP by emailing rsvppef@gmail.com
I'll be speaking at the PEF (@palexfund.bsky.social) this Thursday on some intriguing connections between the Gospel of John and Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem c.a. 130 CE). Do come along if you're in London!
Two events coming up soon at the PEF, one of them this Thursday! Details below ๐
How many ways can you lie in a headline?
There's an interesting archaeology story here, but not the one that's being promoted ๐งต
A reminder that these two events at the PEF are coming up soon!
Details below ๐
๐๏ธ 15th May, 2025
๐ 6pm
๐ 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP
๐๏ธ 22nd May, 2025
๐ 6pm
๐ 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP
โ๏ธ RSVP by emailing rsvppef@gmail.com
๐ข Two May events at the PEF!
1) "The Beth-Zatha Vase & The Gospel of St. John: Memories of Pagan Jerusalem," with Nathanael Vette.
2) "Lessons Learned? Looting, Loss & Landscape at an Early Bronze Age Site, Jordan," with Morag M. Kersel.
More information below ๐
โฑ๏ธ A reminder that the event is this Thursday!
Details below ๐
โฑ๏ธ A reminder that the event is next Thursday!
"Material Afterlives: The Hijaz Railway in the Post-Ottoman Landcsape," with Nikolaus Cox.
Details below ๐
๐ข An April Event at the PEF! ๐ค๏ธ
"Material Afterlives: The Hijaz Railway in the Post-Ottoman Landcsape," with Nikolaus Cox.
๐๏ธ 24th April, 2025
๐ 6pm
๐ 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP
โ๏ธ RSVP by emailing rsvppef@gmail.com
6/ For more information about our grants, visit out website at www.pef.org.uk/about/grants/
5/ These grants, which actively support young scholars and exciting new research, are made possible by your membership and donations, for which we are truly thankful. If you wish to contribute again, please contact out administrator at admin@pef.org.uk
4/ Congratulations to all the successful candidates! We look forward to seeing the results of their research in our blogs, PEQ reports, and social media reports.