Recent news from the Society
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....
Registration is open for this online event hosted by the BRISMES Outreach & Pedagogy Committee taking place on 27 March. The event is free to attend and open to all, but registration is essential.
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom and La Società per gli Studi sul Medio Oriente (SeSaMO) have written a joint letter to the President and Rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in order to express our profound concern over the decision...
Registration is open for this online event hosted by the BRISMES Outreach & Pedagogy Committee taking place on 6 March. The event is free to attend and open to all, but registration is essential.