Recent news from the Society
On 16 November, the BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom wrote to the UK Home Secretary to express our concern about statements made by the Home Secretary following LSE student protests against the Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely.
We are seeking statements of interest for serving as the Host for the BRISMES Annual Conference in 2023 or 2024. The conference aims to foster dialogue between scholars, practitioners and activists concerned with the region from all disciplines and all...
Letter to University of Glasgow regarding the ‘Protocol for Managing Speakers and Events’, the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, and their implications for Middle East Studies and Academic Freedom.
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to Bristol University to express our dismay at the decision to fire Professor David Miller.
We are delighted to announce that Professor Mohsen Kadivar will be giving the 2021 BRISMES Annual Lecture. The title of the lecture will be Transformation of ‘Islamic Republic’ to ‘Islamic State of Iran’. The lecture will take place online and...
We ar delighted to announce that Marianne Dhenin has been selected as the winner of the 2021 BRISMES Conference Student Paper Prize.
The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) and the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) are pleased to announce the co-organising of a series of annual mentoring events targeting postgraduate students and early career researchers....
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom and the Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) have sent a joint letter to Professor Toope, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, to express our concern about the proposed academic...