BRISMES Graduate Section Questionnaire for Students and ECRs
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.
Latest News
Recent news from the Society
Submissions open for 2022 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize
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.
Report on meeting with Minister of State for Universities
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...
Letter to UK Home Secretary regarding LSE student protests
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.
Call for Hosts of Future BRISMES Annual Conferences
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 from Academic Freedom Committee to University of Glasgow
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.
Academic freedom in relation to the dismissal of Prof David Miller
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to Bristol University to express our dismay at the decision to fire Professor David Miller.
Mohsen Kadivar to give the 2021 BRISMES Annual Lecture
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...