Recent news from the Society
On 7 June, BRISMES Vice-President Neve Gordon will be in conversation with with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
BRISMES has signed a joint letter from 51 organisations calling for the release of Dr Salah Soltan, an arbitrarily detained academic in Egypt. The co-signing organisations believe that the Egyptian authorities’ abuse of Dr Soltan, a legal US permanent...
BRISMES has joined a coalition of 104 organisations calling on the United Nations not to endorse or adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism
Nominations are invited for the position of BRISMES Secretary and for four vacancies on BRISMES Council. The terms for these positions will be three years (July 2023- July 2026).
We are pleased to share a recording of this online panel which is now available to watch on the BRISMES YouTube channel
Registration is open for this online event examining reactions to the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria by the Turkish and Syrian states, the international community, and the population with the goal of shedding light on the workings of hybrid...
We are pleased to invite submissions for the 2023 BRISMES Early Development Scholarship which aims to support activities geared toward strengthening the academic profile and CV of an early career scholar. Two prizes of £3,000 each are available.
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has published a statement of support for the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS), which recently and abruptly had its partnership with the Lebanese American University (LAU) terminated. The committee wishes to express...