Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)

CBRL is the UK’s academic hub for the study of the Middle Eastern countries of Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus – across the social sciences and humanities. Affiliated to the British Academy, we are an independent, not-for-profit charity that conducts, supports and promotes world class research ranging from Palaeolithic archaeology to contemporary social science. 

CBRL has an administrative office in London and two regional research institutes: the CBRL Kenyon Institute in East Jerusalem and CBRL Amman as well as projects and strong networks across the countries of the Levant. Our activity started in 1919 with the founding of our Jerusalem institute. Our two institutes are the home of British research and intellectual life in the region, serving both international and local academic communities. Our purpose remains as it was in 1919; to support research on, and increase understanding of the Levant, its people, cultures and societies, past, present and future.