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BRISMES Establishes Fund for Higher Education in Gaza

In response to the call by Gaza’s academics and administrators, BRISMES has established a fundraiser for Higher Education in Gaza. We invite you to donate to and to share the details of the fundraiser with your contacts.

Emergency Committee of Universities in Gaza

We would like to draw members' attention to the list of Higher Education Priorities for Universities in Gaza compiled by the Emergency Committee of Universities in Gaza.

Statement on Universities’ Repression of Student Encampments

BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom, as a body committed to protecting and furthering freedom of expression on UK campuses in relation to the study and teaching of the Middle East, condemns the recent wave of repression by university administrations...

2024 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize Winners Announced

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize for the best PhD dissertation on a Middle Eastern topic in the Social Sciences or Humanities awarded by a British University between 1 January and 30 September 2023. This...

Submissions Invited for 2024 BRISMES Conference Student Paper Prize

We are delighted to announce that submissions are open for this annual prize. If you are a student member of BRISMES and registered to present a paper at the conference, please do consider submitting your paper for the BRISMES Conference Student Paper...

Notice of BRISMES Annual General Meeting 2024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies will be held as follows: Venue: Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW Date: Tuesday, 2 July 2024 Time: 13:30-15:00...

Joint Event | Academic Repression in Israel

Join colleagues from the grassroots organization Academia for Equality for a conversation on the situation in Israeli universities and colleges and the state of the struggle for academic freedom.

Academic Freedom | Letter to the Presidents of the Berlin University Alliance

On 28 May, the Committee on Academic Freedom wrote to the three presidents comprising the Berlin University Alliance to express our profound concern over the continued restriction of protests against the war in Gaza and actions in solidarity with the...