The Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) is a non-profit organisation that promotes

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research in the

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. It consists of two research institutes, the Kenyon Institute in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

and the

British Institute in Amman The British Institute in Amman (BIA, ), formerly known as the British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History (BIAAH), is a research institute in Amman, Jordan. It is part of the Council for British Research in the Levant. The BIA's patron ...

(BIA) in

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

History

The CBRL was established in 1998 as an amalgamation of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (now the Kenyon Institute) and the British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History (now the British Institute in Amman). While its predecessors mainly existed to support archaeological research in their respective host countries, the newly formed CBRL, sponsored by the

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, broadened its remit to include research into the history, culture and society of the entire Levant. Plans to open a CBRL institute in

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have been suspended due to the ongoing Syrian Civil War.

Publications

''Levant''

''Levant'' (ISSN 1756-3801) is an

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

of archaeological research in the Levant, first published in 1969 by the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, and later by the CBRL. It is currently produced by

Maney Publishing Maney Publishing was an independent academic publishing company that was taken over by Taylor & Francis in 2015. Maney Publishing specialised in peer-reviewed academic journals in materials science and engineering, the humanities, and healt ...

and publishes three issues per year. Since 2004 the CBRL has also published research monographs as the "Levant Supplementary Series".

''Contemporary Levant''

The CBRL launched a second journal, ''Contemporary Levant'' (), in 2016, covering research on contemporary politics, society and culture in the Levant.

''Bulletin of the Council for British Research in the Levant''

The CBRL also produces an annual ''Bulletin'' () as its document of record, which also contains reports on research sponsored by the CBRL in the previous year aimed at a general readership. It was formerly known as the CBRL Newsletter.

Directors

* Alison McQuitty (1998–1999) * Bill Finlayson (1999–2018)

References

External links

Council for British Research in the Levant''Levant'' at Maney Publishing
* Yucel, I.
The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem in the wake of the WWI.
History Studies, 9/2, 2017. {{Authority control British overseas research institutes History organisations based in the United Kingdom Ancient Near East organizations Organizations established in 1998 1998 establishments in the United Kingdom