Recent news from the Society
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom, the Italian Society for Middle East Studies (SeSaMO) and the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) have written a joint letter to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Ambassador Alon Bar to express...
Registration is open for an upcoming online event about the joint report published on 13 September by BRISMES and the European Legal Support Center (ELSC). Organised by the BRISMES Outreach & Pedagogy Subcommittee, the event’s details are included below....
Report published today reveals breaches of fundamental rights in UK Higher Education through the use of the ‘IHRA definition of antisemitism’
BRISMES Campaigns is devastated by the destruction in the aftermath of the Friday evening 8 September earthquake in Morocco. Our thoughts are with our friends and colleagues and all who have been impacted. We offer our deepest condolences for those you...
We are pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the 2024 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize. Please note that the annual deadline for the prize has changed to allow the winner to attend the BRISMES annual conference.
The Academic Freedom Committee has written to Iraqi authorities to express our profound concern about the recent directives which ban or limit the use of the terms “gender” (al-naw‘ al-ijtima‘i and al-jindar) and “homosexuality” (al-mithliyya)...
The Committee on Academic Freedom has written to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to express our deep concerns about the ongoing detention of Dr Ahmed Al Tohamy, Assistant Professor of Political Sciences in the Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences,...
Marking the 20-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, BRISMES invites members and non-members to attend the 2023 BRISMES Annual Lecture Re-membering Iraq: On the Wounds of War by Sinan Antoon.