Recent news from the Society
On 27 May, the BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom wrote to the General Director of the Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation and to the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna to express our serious and urgent concern regarding the cancellation...
On 18 May 2022, BRISMES Council wrote to the Egyptian and UK governments to express our serious and urgent concern regarding the arrest and detention of Alaa ‘Abd El-Fattah and to call for his immediate release.
The Trustees of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and President, Haleh Afshar, on May 12 after a long struggle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Maurice Dodson, and their son and...
We are hoping to expand the Committee on Academic Freedom and the Communications Committee, and are seeking nominations for these elected positions.
On 6 April, the BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet to protest against Israeli violations of Palestinian academic freedom
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...