Recent news from the Society
The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) stands in strong support of Dr Toufic Haddad’s right to have his case of alleged unfair dismissal heard in UK courts, and in defence of his right to academic freedom. Dr Haddad, a respected Palestinian-American...
More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. More than 4,000 UK academics have signed an open letter calling on the UK government, Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth...
We are delighted to announce that Dr Farida Soliman and Dr Dirwar Zawity have been awarded 2025 BRISMES Early Career Development Scholarships. These awards, established in 2021, support activities geared toward strengthening the academic profile and...
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 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...
The Academic Freedom Committee of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) and of the Società per gli Studi sul Medio Oriente (SeSaMO) have written to the University of Bern to express grave concern about the cancellation of a public...
BRISMES CAF expresses grave concern about the ongoing imprisonment of Bahraini academic Dr Abduljalil al-Singace and the violations of his academic freedom, human rights and physical well-being.
BRISMES is delighted and proud to award the 2024 Award for Services to Middle Eastern Studies to Professor Ilan Pappé.
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...