Research

1. Early humans

2. Origins of agriculture

3. Complex societies

4. Survey projects

5. Regional studies

6. East and West

7. Multiple identities

8. People and environment

7-Multiple Identities

Sexuality, Shame and Honour: theory and practice in relation to same-sex relationships in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon
Hazel Simons, CBRL Research Scholar (Amman)

Educated wives, prestigious mothers: Education and gendered identity in Syria
Kate Washington, CBRL Research Scholar (Amman)

Safaitic Database, Syria (1994-2006)
Dr Michael Macdonald, Oxford University
with the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums of Syria
The Safaitic inscriptions are graffiti carved by nomads on the rocks of the desert in southern Syria, eastern Jordan and northerh Saudi Arabia from 1st-4th Century AD. They are the only first-hand source for information about the history, way of life and language of these nomads. This project will create an electronic database of all known Safaitic inscriptions (about 20,000) making it possible to produce new editions of the inscriptions as well as indexes and concordances of their content.

UN Convention on the rights of the Child: UNRWA and service provision for stateless Palestinian refugees
Fay Mahdi, SOAS
Interviews in Beirut and Damascus

The ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan
Anne-Liliane Jordan, former CBRL Research Scholar (Amman)

Dissident Bedouin poetry: The work of Ghassan Shbayl
Professor Clive Douglas Holes, University of Oxford
The recording, transcription, translation and annotation of a selection of poems by the dissident Bedouin poet, Ghassan Shbayl from Jordan. This project also includes a commentary on the poetic and linguistic features and socio-political significance of his work and of oral popular poetry in contemporary Jordan.

New Beginnings? Education development in the informal Palestinian refugee camps of Southern Lebanon
Maria Ali-Adib, University of Manchester

Syrian Migrant Workers in Lebanon since 1990
Dr John Chalcraft, University of Edinburgh
Research on the micropolitics of Syrian’s migration to Lebanon since 1990 with a focus on the production and reproduction of social networks between workers and employers.

Arabic references on Wahhabism in AUB Library
Namira Nahouza, University of Exeter

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8-People and Environment

Water, Life and Civilisation
Professor Steven Mithen et al, Reading University
Multi-disciplinary project developing climate models for the last 20,000 years and predictive models up to 2100AD and examining these in terms of past human activities and future development. (A Leverhulme Trust Project)

Excavations at Al-Andarin (Androna), Syria
Dr Marlia Mango, University of Oxford with teams from Hama Museum, Syria and Heidleberg University
Work to distinguish and date developmental phases from Roman to Byzantine to Islamic and assess technological and financial resources. Use of survey, excavation and study to clarify the environmental position of the site regarding water management and agriculture, its defensive organization and settlement layout.

Umayyad settlements, Qasr Al-Hayr Al-Sharqi, Palmyrena, Syria (2001)
Denis Genequand CBRL Research Fellow, Service cantonal d’archéologie, Genève,  Walid al-As‘ad DGAM, Palmyra
Part of a larger project researching the economic role of the Umayyad desert castles. Team Members: Sophie Reynard (Paris, F), Marlu Kühn (IPNA-Basel, CH), Christian de Reynier (SPMS-Neuchâtel, CH), Cyril Achard (Université de Paris IV, F)

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Dayr Mar Elian, Syria
Dr Emma Loosely, University of Manchester
Examination of the archaeological record of this mudbrick monastery in an oasis village on the Palmyra-Damascus trade route and positioning of this monument within the wider sacred and social landscape of the region.

Settlement on the Syrian Littoral 11^th-13^th Centuries
Balazs Major, Cardif University (PhD Research)

From water every living thing: Perceptions and use of water in the Ayybid and Mamluk Levant
Charlotte Schriwer, St. Andrews University (PhD Research)
 Water, mill technology and agriculture in Crusader-period Syria and Jordan

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