Conferences and Workshops

The British Institute has co-organised and hosted a number of conferences and workshops in the past, bringing together researchers in the humanities and social sciences from all over the world.

Recent Events

Jordan’s Prehistory: Past and Future Research in collaboration with The Department of Antiquities of Jordan, ACOR, GPIA and IFPO
25 - 28 May 2009
Programme details can be found here.

Traditions and Transformations: Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in the Middle East and North Africa Region
4 - 7 April 2009
More information can be found here.

 

Aerial Archaeology Workshop
April 2007
Organised by Dr Robert Bewley and Prof David Kennedy with the support of the Department of Antiquities, Jordan, this workshop was held to train archaeologists from the region to expand awareness of the importance of aerial reconnaissance and develop expertise.
Since 1997, the aerial reconnaissance programme in Jordan, under the direction of Prof David Kennedy and Dr Robert Bewley (see, for example, Ancient Jordan from the Air, CBRL, 2004), has been the only one of its kind in the Middle East.

 

Landscapes in Transition: Understanding hunter-gatherer and farming landscapes in the early Holocene of Europe and the Levant.
March 2007
The British Institute in Amman organised and hosted this conference. More information, participants and paper abstracts can be found here. The publication of this conference in preparation.

 

Shifting Boundaries
February 2007
In co-operation with the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS), the British Institute organised the workshop Shifting Boundaries with participants from different backgrounds and disciplines to debate and challenge some of the popular perceptions of division between ‘East’ and ‘West’ that are often encouraged for example in modern journalism and even some academic debate. More information can be found here.