Recent news from the Society
We are delighted to announce that Sena El Banna has been selected as the winner of the 2025 BRISMES Conference Student Paper Prize with Pauline Klose-Abdelghani receiving Honourable Mention.
BRISMES is seeking to appoint a new Editor, to lead the journal after the stepping down of long-serving editor Professor Lloyd Ridgeon.
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to the European Research Council (ERC) to express our deep concern regarding the complaints levelled against Dr Harry Pettit, and public suggestions by Members of the European Parliament that an ERC...
The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Council of Trustees expresses deep concern at the ongoing escalation of violence across the Middle East and the grave human consequences that have followed. We condemn the current United States–Israel military...
On the 15th anniversary of Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace's arrest in Bahrain, the BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has joined 18 NGOs to show our solidarity with Dr Al-Singace and to continue to call on the Bahraini authorities to release him and other...
After the massacre of thousands of protesters in Iran by the regime, military intervention by the US and Israel and war, we want to make space for a democratic and frank discussion about international solidarity.
The Council and Committee on Academic Freedom of BRISMES have written to West Yorkshire Police to express our serious concern regarding the recent arrest of a Palestine solidarity protester following a protest in Leeds on the 27th December 2025.
The BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom has written to the Open University to express our profound concern about the university’s response to a letter from the UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) regarding the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine.’ Based...