Recent news from the Society
BRISMES has written to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham to express our serious concern about proposed reductions in language provision at the university, and in particular the prospective loss of specialist expertise in Arabic Studies....
We are very pleased to announce that our next BRISMES conference will be held at Newcastle University from 22–24 June 2027.
We are pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the 2027 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize. The prize is awarded annually to the writer of the best PhD dissertation on a Middle Eastern topic in the Social Sciences or Humanities awarded by a British...
We are writing to acknowledge the horror, sadness and rage many of us are feeling over the devastating loss of Professor Jason Arday, and to recognise how this might intensify existing feelings of vulnerability, fear and exposure among members of our...
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to Iranian authorities urging them not to adopt the proposed Bill to Counter the Infiltration of Foreign Intelligence Services and Governments or Foreign Entities. We are deeply concerned that the...
First annual report documents restrictions on free expression, attacks on universities, and repression of scholars across multiple countries.
The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) Committee on Academic Freedom expresses deep concern over the ongoing detention of Iranian scholar and civil rights activist Mr Yashar Darolshafa, who was violently arrested on 1 June 2026 at his...
We are very pleased to announce that Professor John Chalcraft is the recipient of the 2025 Award for Services to Middle Eastern Studies, presented at our Annual Conference in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field.