Recent news from the Society
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.
For members who were unable to attend this year's Annual General Meeting (AGM), which took place during the Annual Conference in London, we are pleased to announce the ratification of the appointments of our new and returning Council members.
We are pleased to announce that the first two episodes of the Iran in Context podcast series are now available to listen to.
The Committees on Academic Freedom of BRISMES, MESA, SEMMOM and SeSaMO have issued a statement to Moroccan authorities regarding the persecution of historian Dr Maâti Monjib.
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 consideration.
We are delighted to announce that Dr Yasmine Hafez and and Dr Danielle Andréa Krikorian have each been awarded a BRISMES Early Career Development Scholarships. These awards, established in 2021, support activities geared toward strengthening the academic...
BRISMES Council has written to Professor Lisa Roberts (Vice Chancellor, University of Exeter) to express our deep concern about the proposed reductions to academic posts in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, including within the Institute of Arab...
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 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 October 2024 and 30 September 2025....