Congratulations to all our grant and award recipients! We look forward to seeing the results and discoveries of their research, projects, and workshops over the next year. 🔬✨

Andrea Zerbini Awards

Workshop Grants

Project Grants

We are excited to announce the recipients of our CBRL Grants and Awards for 2026–27 🏆🎉

At CBRL, we continue to attract excellent submissions, with a third more applications this year than last year!

⭕️ Please note that this lecture will not be recorded.

Register to attend:

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👤 Dr Katharina Grueneisl
Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Nottingham

🔹 Tuesday, 12 May 2026
🔹 6 PM Amman | 4 PM London
🔹 CBRL Amman Institute and Online (Zoom)

Join us for a talk exploring Jordan’s Al-Hassan Industrial Zone in Irbid, the country’s largest garment hub, and the everyday lives and working environments within global supply chains.

Who makes “Made in Jordan”? 🧵

Behind global sportswear and outdoor brands are complex production systems shaped by migrant labour.

The April 2026 edition of CBRL’s newsletter is out now! 📬

Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰

🔸 Read here:
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Stakes of origins: how interactions with states (un)made a family in the interwar eastern Mediterranean Spanning the 1880s to the 1930s, this article examines the experiences of a family in the eastern Mediterranean whose ‘origins’ acquired new legal significance amid state efforts to categorise and ...

New out open access from @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Stakes of origins: how interactions with states (un)made a family in the interwar eastern Mediterranean" by Orçun Can Okan

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Happy Easter from CBRL! 🐣

Wishing you a joyful season filled with hope, renewal, and new beginnings ✨

See you in 45 minutes! 🤩

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Our 10th Graduate Network lecture is here! 🎓

Join us tomorrow for this milestone session in the CBRL Graduate Network series, online at 6 PM (Amman) | 4 PM (London).

📲 Book your spot here:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Turning Your Thesis into Journal Articles. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Speaker: Dr. Sarah Irving Associate Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Staffordshire ➡️ This webinar is part of the CBRL Graduate Network: Skills Development Seminar Seri...

🔸 07 April 2026
🔸 6 PM (Amman) | 4 PM (UK)
🔸 Online (Zoom)

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Early-career researchers often face pressure to publish quickly. This session will explore practical dos and don’ts of transforming your thesis into strong journal articles—an essential skill for building your academic profile.

🗣️ Speaker: Dr Sarah Irving
Associate Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History (University of Staffordshire) & Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Levant Journal. @contemplevant.bsky.social

Our Graduate Skills Lecture Series continues! 🎓

Join us for our 10th session in the CBRL Graduate Network:
Turning Your Thesis into Journal Articles.

—and we look forward to continuing these important conversations together, in the spirit of Andrea’s work and lasting legacy.

We are grateful to our speakers, moderators, and participants for sharing their expertise, and to all attendees for your thoughtful engagement, discussions, and contributions that made this event so special.
This workshop was a true reflection of collaboration, curiosity, and shared purpose—

Over two days, and in the presence of H.E. Fawzi Abu Danah, Director General of the DoA of Jordan, we brought together an incredible community of scholars and practitioners to celebrate Andrea’s legacy and explore the future of archaeology and digital innovation across the Levant and beyond.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us for A Workshop in Honour of Andrea Zerbini: Legacy, Archaeology, and Digital Innovation.

This workshop was organised by CBRL and the Andrea Zerbini Foundation, on Monday and Tuesday, 30–31 March 2026, Online.

As March comes to a close, don’t miss out on everything we’ve been up to!

From events and workshops to the latest updates - catch up with all the highlights in our March newsletter.

📩 Read it here:
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In September 2025, CAPC colleague @jscottuob.bsky.social travelled to Jordan for a two-day workshop on the role of pharmacies & pharmacists in substance use disorders in Jordan.

In this @cbrl.bsky.social podcast, Jenny & Shatha Mubaideen reflect on key learning.

Info & link in thread. ⬇️

#pharmsky

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Day 2 - A Workshop in Honour of Andrea Zerbini: Legacy, Archaeology and Digital Innovation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about j... 30 and 31 March 2026 CBRL Amman Institute and Online This two-day workshop celebrates the life, scholarship, and enduring legacy of Dr Andrea de Silva Zerbini (1984–2019), a brilliant young scholar o...

🔹 Time: 11:00 AM – 4:15 PM (Jordan time)
🔹 Format: Online (Zoom)

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Day 2 will focus on the future of digital archaeology and AI in heritage management, fostering collaboration and co-authorship. Papers will be prepared for a special issue of The Levant dedicated to Andrea’s legacy.

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for Day 1 of our workshop!

🌠 Join us tomorrow (31 March 2026) for Day 2 of
A Workshop in Honour of Andrea Zerbini: Legacy, Archaeology, and Digital Innovation.

A Workshop in Honour of Andrea Zerbini: Legacy, Archaeology, and Digital Innovation - CBRL The Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) invites you to a two-day workshop taking place on 30–31 March 2026, held online on Zoom. This workshop commemorates the life and legacy of Dr Andr...

For more details, and to view the agenda:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/a-work...

🌠 Join us tomorrow (30 March 2026) for Day 1 of
A Workshop in Honour of Andrea Zerbini: Legacy, Archaeology, and Digital Innovation

🔹 Time: 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Jordan time)
🔹 Format: Online (Zoom)

🗂️ Register here:
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Learning from the Levant - Episode 9: Mayyada Wazaify and Jenny Scott LEARNING FROM THE LEVANT - Episode 9: Mayyada Wazaify and Jenny Scott In this episode of Learning from the Levant, Shatha Mubaideen speaks with Dr Jenny Scott and Prof Mayyada Wazaify about the two-d

Tune in to learn how collaborative efforts are shaping the future of research and practice in this important field.

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