Letter to Achva Academic College Regarding Dismissal of Dr. Uri Horesh
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to the president of Achva Academic College to express our profound concern over the dismissal of Dr. Uri Horesh
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Event | Terrorism, counter-terrorism, and the permissibility of violence
Join us on 1 December for a roundtable is co-hosted by the BRISMES Outreach & Pedagogy Subcommittee and the BISA Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) Working Group.
Event | The Gaza War and Academic Freedom (webinar)
Join us on 14 November for a webinar on academic freedom and the Gaza war with speakers from Adalah, the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC) and the Academic Freedom Committees of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), the Italian Society for Middle...
Deadline for Submissions Extended for 2024 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize
Recognising the immense challenges to focusing on academic work in these devasting times, we are extending the deadline for submissions for the 2024 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize to 15 November.
Letter from Committee on Academic Freedom to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to members of the UKRI Board to express our deep concern about the letter addressed to the Chief Executive of UKRI, Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, and shared on the social media platform X by the...
Letter to David Yellin College Regarding Suspension of Professor Nurit Peled Elhanan
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to the president of David Yellin Academic College for Education to express profound concern over the suspension of Professor Nurit Peled Elhanan.
Call for Papers | Submissions Now Open for the 2024 BRISMES Annual Conference
Submissions for the 2024 BRISMES conference, hosted by the Richardson Institute, SEPAD, and the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, are now open. Please take a look at our full call for papers and submit an abstract...
Letter to Hebrew University Regarding Treatment of Prof Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to the president and rector of Hebrew University in Jerusalem to express our profound concern over the content of their letter of 29 October to Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, its widespread dissemination,...