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Paul Starkey Receives Award for Services to Middle Eastern Studies

We are delighted to share the news that the recipient of the BRISMES Award for Services to Middle Eastern Studies this year is Professor Paul Starkey.

Letter to Egyptian President on the arrest of Dr Alia Mossallam

The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom wrote to the Egyptian President to express our deep concern about the arrest and interrogation of our respected academic colleague Dr Alia Mossallam.

2021 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners announced

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 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 in the previous calendar year.