Notice of BRISMES Annual General Meeting 2025

Posted: 02/06/2025

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies will be held as follows:

Venue: Curtis Lecture Theatre, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

Date: Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Time: 13:30-15:00 (BST)

All members of BRISMES are invited to attend the meeting. Members have the right to appoint a proxy under section 324 of the Companies Act 2006 and article 20 of the Articles of Association of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies.

Any member(s) having business for the annual general meeting shall notify the Secretary, José Ciro Martínez, in writing by emailing office@brismes.org:

At least 14 days before the meeting for general business;
At least 28 days before the meeting if the business involves a special resolution.

A final agenda and associated papers will be circulated on 26 June 2025.

The meeting will be held to transact the following business:

AGENDA

1. Minutes of the 2024 AGM

To be approved

2. Matters arising from the minutes not covered elsewhere on the agenda

3. Elections to Council

a. To report that the terms of the following Council members have ended since the previous AGM:

Mezna Qato
Ala’a Shehabi

b. To ratify the extension of Nicola Pratt’s term as President.

c. To ratify the election of the following Council Members:

Aya Nassar
Khuloud Alsaba
Sara Tafakori

4. Treasurer’s Report, Annual Accounts and Financial Outlook

To receive and consider the accounts for the year ended 2024 and the reports of the Treasurer and independent examiner.

5. Report on BRISMES activities over the past year

6. Report on the Annual Conference

7. Resolution | Proposed Amendment to the BRISMES Constitution

To consider and vote on the resolution to amend the BRISMES Constitution (download resolution)

8. Award for Services to Middle Eastern Studies (to report)

9. Award of Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize

10. Award of Early Career Development Scholarship

11. Report from the Committee on Academic Freedom

12. Report from the Editor of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

13. Report from the Graduate Section

14. 2025 Annual Lecture (to report)

15. Report on the BRISMES Fund for Higher Education in Gaza

16. Report on the winding down of BRISMES Campaigns

17. Any Other Business

By order of the Board

José Ciro Martínez

Secretary, BRISMES

2 June 2025