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Latest News
Recent news from the Society
Academic Freedom | Letter to Roskilde University regarding the dismissal of Professor Michelle Pace
The Committee on Academic Freedom (CAF) of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) has written to Roskilde University to express our profound concern regarding the dismissal of Professor Michelle Pace from her position as Professor of...
BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom Statement on the Dismissal of Professor Michelle Pace
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom (CAF) is profoundly concerned by the dismissal of Professor Michelle Pace from her position as Professor of Global Studies in the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University in Denmark.
Call for Papers | 2027 BRISMES Annual Conference
We are pleased to announce that submissions for the 2027 BRISMES conference, co-hosted by the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University are now open. We warmly invite you to review the call for papers and submit your abstracts...
Members Approve New BRISMES Membership Fees for 2027
BRISMES members have approved new BRISMES membership fees for 2027, following a vote at the Society’s 2026 Annual General Meeting.
Update: 2026 BRISMES Annual Lecture – Now Hybrid at SOAS
The lecture will now be co-hosted at SOAS by the Centre for Palestine Studies (CPS) and the SOAS Middle East Institute (SMEI), and will be held in a hybrid format.
Registration Open for the 2026 BRISMES Annual Lecture with Rafeef Ziadah
BRISMES warmly invites members and non-members to attend the 2026 BRISMES Annual Lecture "Beyond Bearing Witness: Palestine, Knowledge Production and the Political Economy of the Future" with Rafeef Ziadah.
New Members of Editorial Team Appointed to the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
BRISMES is delighted to announce the appointment of Ibrahim Halawi and Sophie Richter-Devroe as the new Editors of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (BJMES), alongside the appointment of Sabiha Allouche, Sara Farhan, and Yousif...