Watch 'Contemporary Arabic Literature and Literary Translation'
A recording of this event, which was held online on 19 October 2022, is now available to watch on the BRISMES YouTube channel.
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Watch Recording of the 2022 Annual Lecture with Professor Nadje Al-Ali
On 17 November 2022, we had the pleasure of hosting Professor Nadje Al-Ali for the 2022 BRISMES Annual Lecture. The lecture was held online and was entitled 'Feminist Dilemmas and Ambivalences: Gendered and queer perspectives on the Middle East'.
Submissions Invited for 2023 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize
Submissions are now open for the 2023 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize. This prize 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...
Call for Nominations | BRISMES Council Membership 2023-2026
In the past few years BRISMES has undergone a democratization process, while simultaneously struggling for academic freedom in the Middle East, organizing numerous outreach events about topical issues, and launching a series of early career mentoring...
Open Letter to COP27 Attendees on Academic Freedom in Egypt
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has published an open letter to COP27 attendees to provide essential information regarding the state of academic freedom in Egypt prior to the start of the conference.
Rethinking the Empirical Reality of Statehood in the MENA Region
Registration is open for an online research development seminar examining how post-colonial states in the Middle East became a site of hybrid sovereignties, porous borders, identity politics, and liminality impacting everyday life
Submissions open for 2023 BRISMES Annual Conference
We are delighted to announce that submissions are open for the 2023 BRISMES Annual Conference! The conference will take place from 3 to 5 July 2023 and will be hosted by the University of Exeter. We invite proposals on the theme of Ecology, Crisis, and...
2022 BRISMES Conference Student Paper Prize Winner Announced
We are delighted to announce that Hannah Owens has been selected as the winner of the 2022 BRISMES Conference Student Paper Prize with Faiq Mari receiving Honourable Mention.