Recent news from the Society
On 28 May, the Committee on Academic Freedom wrote to the president of the German Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK) to express our profound concern over the continued restriction of protests against the war in Gaza and actions in solidarity with the Palestinian...
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to the German Federal Minister of Education and Research to express our profound concern over remarks made in the Bild-Zeitung and the ensuing defamation campaign against academic staff in Berlin who...
Registration for non-presenting delegates for the 2024 BRISMES conference is now open until 10 June 2024.
The Committee on Academic Freedom has written to the President of The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to express our deep concern about the process The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has adopted for choosing the winners of its Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel...
Over the past seven months, academic communities – students, staff, lecturers, and others – have watched the leaders of their institutions remain silent in the wake of the International Court of Justice’s ruling that Israel is plausibly carrying...
After receiving a response from the President of the Max Planck Society in March which failed to address our concern about the egregious violation of Professor Ghassan Hage’s academic freedom and freedom of expression, the Committee on Academic Freedom...
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to Sapir College to express our profound concern over Sapir College's response to the vicious campaign waged by Im Tirzu and some Sapir students calling for the dismissal of Dr Regev Nathansohn from...
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to the Prime Minister of Iraq to express our grave concern about the ongoing detention of Princeton University PhD student Elizabeth Tsurkov and to call on the PM to take action to secure her release....