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We invite submissions for this prize which aims to to support activities geared toward strengthening the academic profile and CV of an early career scholar. Two prizes of £2,000 each are available.
Who writes Palestinian history, in the present, and down to the present? How is it written and practiced, in and outside Europe, and what for? How has what the Italian revolutionary and intellectual Antonio Gramsci called the ‘war of position’ (an...
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice-Chancellor University of Manchester, to express our concerns about the University’s treatment of Alistair Hudson, Director, Whitworth Art Gallery...
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to Professor Sir Chris Husbands, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, to express our concerns regarding the investigation of Shahd Abusalama and the cancellation of the class she was scheduled...
On 7 December 2021, BRISMES had the pleasure of hosting Professor Mohsen Kadivar for the 2021 BRISMES Annual Lecture entitled Transformation of ‘Islamic Republic’ to ‘Islamic State of Iran’.
Students and ECRs are invited to fill out a questionnaire to help the BRSMES Graduate Section representatives in developing events and priorities for BRISMES student and ECR members.
We invite submissions for this prize which is awarded annually to the writer of the best PhD dissertation on a Middle Eastern topic in the Social Sciences or Humanities awarded by a British University in the previous calendar year.
On 28 October 2021, members of the BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom met with the Minister for Universities, Michelle Donelan, and Baroness Barran, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education, in follow-up to our correspondence...