Recent news from the Society
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...
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...
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.
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
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...
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.
This roundtable discussion responds to the recent uprisings taking place in Iran, asking how we can engage in meaningful forms of solidarity through transnational, feminist, and queer movements and perspectives.
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has published a statement of solidarity with academic staff and students in Iran who have been protesting following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini.