BRISMES
@brismes.bsky.social
BRISMES brings together teachers, researchers, students, diplomats, journalists and others who deal professionally with the Middle East.
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🤔 Still undecided about submitting an abstract to the BRISMES 2026 Conference @SOAS? There’s still time (the deadline is 18 January 2026), and here’s why you should submit a paper! ✨🪄
Submit your abstract by the 18th of January 2026 via this link: www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/a...
Submit your abstract by the 18th of January 2026 via this link: www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/a...
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🔊 Reminder: Abstracts for the UK American Studies Against the Genocide symposium are due by 6th February. We are also hoping to extend this into a broader network of scholars committed to organising against the genocide in the field. Please share widely + follow the below account.
🔊 Dear Colleagues & Comrades! We are pleased to announce a network dedicated to addressing the omission of Palestine and the ongoing genocide within UK-based American Studies. We are hosting a symposium in Central London on the 9th May 2026. Abstracts are due on 6th February 2026. Please circulate!
December 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🔊 Reminder: Abstracts for the UK American Studies Against the Genocide symposium are due by 6th February. We are also hoping to extend this into a broader network of scholars committed to organising against the genocide in the field. Please share widely + follow the below account.
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Deadline to apply for the Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper & Review of International Studies Prize is TODAY! 🏆
Aimed at supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work! 🌟
Do not miss out on this amazing opportunity! 👉 https://ow.ly/N0sY50XQx9f
Aimed at supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work! 🌟
Do not miss out on this amazing opportunity! 👉 https://ow.ly/N0sY50XQx9f
December 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Deadline to apply for the Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper & Review of International Studies Prize is TODAY! 🏆
Aimed at supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work! 🌟
Do not miss out on this amazing opportunity! 👉 https://ow.ly/N0sY50XQx9f
Aimed at supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work! 🌟
Do not miss out on this amazing opportunity! 👉 https://ow.ly/N0sY50XQx9f
🤔 Still undecided about submitting an abstract to the BRISMES 2026 Conference @SOAS? There’s still time (the deadline is 18 January 2026), and here’s why you should submit a paper! ✨🪄
Submit your abstract by the 18th of January 2026 via this link: www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/a...
Submit your abstract by the 18th of January 2026 via this link: www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/a...
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🤔 Still undecided about submitting an abstract to the BRISMES 2026 Conference @SOAS? There’s still time (the deadline is 18 January 2026), and here’s why you should submit a paper! ✨🪄
Submit your abstract by the 18th of January 2026 via this link: www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/a...
Submit your abstract by the 18th of January 2026 via this link: www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/a...
📢 Submissions are invited for #BRISMES2026!
"War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide," co-hosted with the SOAS Middle East Institute.
📅 23–25 June 2026
📍 SOAS University of London
📝 Call for papers: bit.ly/BRISMES2026
Please share widely!
"War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide," co-hosted with the SOAS Middle East Institute.
📅 23–25 June 2026
📍 SOAS University of London
📝 Call for papers: bit.ly/BRISMES2026
Please share widely!
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
📢 Submissions are invited for #BRISMES2026!
"War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide," co-hosted with the SOAS Middle East Institute.
📅 23–25 June 2026
📍 SOAS University of London
📝 Call for papers: bit.ly/BRISMES2026
Please share widely!
"War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide," co-hosted with the SOAS Middle East Institute.
📅 23–25 June 2026
📍 SOAS University of London
📝 Call for papers: bit.ly/BRISMES2026
Please share widely!
📚#Research | "Crime and Dystopia in Three Egyptian Novels"
Dalia Said Mostafa in Arab Studies Journal asks: in what ways do crime and dystopia intersect in these fictional works? What does their dystopian vision tell us about contemporary Egyptian society?
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Dalia Said Mostafa in Arab Studies Journal asks: in what ways do crime and dystopia intersect in these fictional works? What does their dystopian vision tell us about contemporary Egyptian society?
Read more 👇
December 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📚#Research | "Crime and Dystopia in Three Egyptian Novels"
Dalia Said Mostafa in Arab Studies Journal asks: in what ways do crime and dystopia intersect in these fictional works? What does their dystopian vision tell us about contemporary Egyptian society?
Read more 👇
Dalia Said Mostafa in Arab Studies Journal asks: in what ways do crime and dystopia intersect in these fictional works? What does their dystopian vision tell us about contemporary Egyptian society?
Read more 👇
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The first pieces for our issue on Pedagogical Resilience, Challenges and Adaptive Strategies, created by students & faculty of the English Department at Al-Aqsa University, are now live!
www.briefencounters-journal.co.uk/BE/issue/12/...
#EducationMatters #Gaza #Resilience #صمود #Palestine #فلسطين
www.briefencounters-journal.co.uk/BE/issue/12/...
#EducationMatters #Gaza #Resilience #صمود #Palestine #فلسطين
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The first pieces for our issue on Pedagogical Resilience, Challenges and Adaptive Strategies, created by students & faculty of the English Department at Al-Aqsa University, are now live!
www.briefencounters-journal.co.uk/BE/issue/12/...
#EducationMatters #Gaza #Resilience #صمود #Palestine #فلسطين
www.briefencounters-journal.co.uk/BE/issue/12/...
#EducationMatters #Gaza #Resilience #صمود #Palestine #فلسطين
#BRISMES2026 | The deadline for submissions to the upcoming BRISMES Conference—“War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide”—has been extended to Sunday, 18 January 2026, at midnight (UK time).
See our CFP and submit here: brismes.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
See our CFP and submit here: brismes.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
December 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#BRISMES2026 | The deadline for submissions to the upcoming BRISMES Conference—“War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide”—has been extended to Sunday, 18 January 2026, at midnight (UK time).
See our CFP and submit here: brismes.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
See our CFP and submit here: brismes.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
📚#Research | "Scholasticide in Gaza"
@nicolapratt.bsky.social in @e-international.bsky.social describes #scholasticide in #Gaza as a genocidal modality and calls for greater academic responsibility in responding to it.
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@nicolapratt.bsky.social in @e-international.bsky.social describes #scholasticide in #Gaza as a genocidal modality and calls for greater academic responsibility in responding to it.
Read more 👇
December 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
📚#Research | "Scholasticide in Gaza"
@nicolapratt.bsky.social in @e-international.bsky.social describes #scholasticide in #Gaza as a genocidal modality and calls for greater academic responsibility in responding to it.
Read more 👇
@nicolapratt.bsky.social in @e-international.bsky.social describes #scholasticide in #Gaza as a genocidal modality and calls for greater academic responsibility in responding to it.
Read more 👇
Join BRISMES Trustee Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social who’ll be chairing the the MEA’s webinar, Syria in Transition: One Year After the Assad Regime's Collapse, live from Damascus along with a panel of Syria experts at 13.00 GMT
All welcome; register here: us11.campaign-archive.com?u=391c72db26...
All welcome; register here: us11.campaign-archive.com?u=391c72db26...
Syria in Transition – One Year After The Assad Regime's Collapse
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December 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Join BRISMES Trustee Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social who’ll be chairing the the MEA’s webinar, Syria in Transition: One Year After the Assad Regime's Collapse, live from Damascus along with a panel of Syria experts at 13.00 GMT
All welcome; register here: us11.campaign-archive.com?u=391c72db26...
All welcome; register here: us11.campaign-archive.com?u=391c72db26...
It’s happening today! 🎉
#OnlineEvent | Join BRISMES in celebrating this year’s Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners for the best PhDs on the Middle East.
🗓️ 8 Dec, 15:00–16:30 (GMT)
More info & registration: bit.ly/LDMP_Event
#OnlineEvent | Join BRISMES in celebrating this year’s Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners for the best PhDs on the Middle East.
🗓️ 8 Dec, 15:00–16:30 (GMT)
More info & registration: bit.ly/LDMP_Event
#OnlineEvent | 'Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize Showcase & Careers Conversation'
🗓️8 Dec, 15:00-16.30 (GMT)
Join BRISMES in celebrating this year’s Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners for the best PhDs on the Middle East.
More info and registration: bit.ly/LDMP_Event
🗓️8 Dec, 15:00-16.30 (GMT)
Join BRISMES in celebrating this year’s Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners for the best PhDs on the Middle East.
More info and registration: bit.ly/LDMP_Event
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It’s happening today! 🎉
#OnlineEvent | Join BRISMES in celebrating this year’s Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners for the best PhDs on the Middle East.
🗓️ 8 Dec, 15:00–16:30 (GMT)
More info & registration: bit.ly/LDMP_Event
#OnlineEvent | Join BRISMES in celebrating this year’s Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners for the best PhDs on the Middle East.
🗓️ 8 Dec, 15:00–16:30 (GMT)
More info & registration: bit.ly/LDMP_Event
📢 Submissions are OPEN for #BRISMES2026 — and the deadline is approaching!
"War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide"
📅 23–25 June 2026
📍 SOAS University of London
📝 Call for papers: bit.ly/BRISMES2026
Please share widely!
"War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide"
📅 23–25 June 2026
📍 SOAS University of London
📝 Call for papers: bit.ly/BRISMES2026
Please share widely!
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📢 Submissions are OPEN for #BRISMES2026 — and the deadline is approaching!
"War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide"
📅 23–25 June 2026
📍 SOAS University of London
📝 Call for papers: bit.ly/BRISMES2026
Please share widely!
"War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide"
📅 23–25 June 2026
📍 SOAS University of London
📝 Call for papers: bit.ly/BRISMES2026
Please share widely!
📚#Research | "State and Peasants in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt" by Maha Ghalwash in @revomes.bsky.social identifies some of the sources that are helpful for the study of peasant society & highlights the potential use of each source and its limitations.
Read more: shorturl.at/kr3e8
Read more: shorturl.at/kr3e8
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📚#Research | "State and Peasants in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt" by Maha Ghalwash in @revomes.bsky.social identifies some of the sources that are helpful for the study of peasant society & highlights the potential use of each source and its limitations.
Read more: shorturl.at/kr3e8
Read more: shorturl.at/kr3e8
We are very pleased to share a recording of the 2025 BRISMES Annual Lecture. Prof Ilan Pappé gave a wonderful lecture entitled 'Why There is A Need for Palestine Studies?'. The lecture can be viewed at the link below or by scanning the barcode: bit.ly/AL_2025
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We are very pleased to share a recording of the 2025 BRISMES Annual Lecture. Prof Ilan Pappé gave a wonderful lecture entitled 'Why There is A Need for Palestine Studies?'. The lecture can be viewed at the link below or by scanning the barcode: bit.ly/AL_2025
BRISMES welcomes the news that Dr Jassim Aljezza, whose case we have recently supported, has been granted release on bail. While this development offers renewed hope, we continue to stand in solidarity with all those unjustly detained for exercising their freedom of opinion.
#AcademicFreedom | We have written to the ambassador of #Kuwait in the UK regarding the arrest of Dr Jassim Aljezza. We welcome any steps that support his prompt release, in accordance with Kuwait’s legal commitments to uphold #humanrights and #academicfreedom.
Read more: bit.ly/4oVJL6o
Read more: bit.ly/4oVJL6o
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
BRISMES welcomes the news that Dr Jassim Aljezza, whose case we have recently supported, has been granted release on bail. While this development offers renewed hope, we continue to stand in solidarity with all those unjustly detained for exercising their freedom of opinion.
#OnlineEvent | 'Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize Showcase & Careers Conversation'
🗓️8 Dec, 15:00-16.30 (GMT)
Join BRISMES in celebrating this year’s Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners for the best PhDs on the Middle East.
More info and registration: bit.ly/LDMP_Event
🗓️8 Dec, 15:00-16.30 (GMT)
Join BRISMES in celebrating this year’s Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners for the best PhDs on the Middle East.
More info and registration: bit.ly/LDMP_Event
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
#OnlineEvent | 'Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize Showcase & Careers Conversation'
🗓️8 Dec, 15:00-16.30 (GMT)
Join BRISMES in celebrating this year’s Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners for the best PhDs on the Middle East.
More info and registration: bit.ly/LDMP_Event
🗓️8 Dec, 15:00-16.30 (GMT)
Join BRISMES in celebrating this year’s Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize winners for the best PhDs on the Middle East.
More info and registration: bit.ly/LDMP_Event
#MENA #Events | "Syria: Post Assad"
📅 9 Dec, 14.00 GMT (Online)
The event hosted by @asianaffairs.bsky.social will feature Syria expert Charles Lister discussing developments in Syria over the past year following the fall of the Assad regime.
More info: rsaa.org.uk/product/9-de...
📅 9 Dec, 14.00 GMT (Online)
The event hosted by @asianaffairs.bsky.social will feature Syria expert Charles Lister discussing developments in Syria over the past year following the fall of the Assad regime.
More info: rsaa.org.uk/product/9-de...
9 December 2025 - Syria: Post-Assad - The Royal Society for Asian Affairs
Twelve months ago, following thirteen years of civil war, the then rebel faction, Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) launched a lightening offensive which saw the group take control of huge swathes of Syrian ...
rsaa.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#MENA #Events | "Syria: Post Assad"
📅 9 Dec, 14.00 GMT (Online)
The event hosted by @asianaffairs.bsky.social will feature Syria expert Charles Lister discussing developments in Syria over the past year following the fall of the Assad regime.
More info: rsaa.org.uk/product/9-de...
📅 9 Dec, 14.00 GMT (Online)
The event hosted by @asianaffairs.bsky.social will feature Syria expert Charles Lister discussing developments in Syria over the past year following the fall of the Assad regime.
More info: rsaa.org.uk/product/9-de...
#MENA #Events | "Reels of Agency: Women, Faith, and Power on Instagram in Saudi Arabia"
📍@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📅 28 Nov 2025, 3-4.30 pm
Featuring BRISMES Council Member &
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social Research Fellow Dr Hanaa Almoaibed
More info: shorturl.at/pOC1W
📍@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📅 28 Nov 2025, 3-4.30 pm
Featuring BRISMES Council Member &
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social Research Fellow Dr Hanaa Almoaibed
More info: shorturl.at/pOC1W
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
#MENA #Events | "Reels of Agency: Women, Faith, and Power on Instagram in Saudi Arabia"
📍@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📅 28 Nov 2025, 3-4.30 pm
Featuring BRISMES Council Member &
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social Research Fellow Dr Hanaa Almoaibed
More info: shorturl.at/pOC1W
📍@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📅 28 Nov 2025, 3-4.30 pm
Featuring BRISMES Council Member &
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social Research Fellow Dr Hanaa Almoaibed
More info: shorturl.at/pOC1W
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🏆Our BISA Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial WG Prize for Early Career Scholars is open again! 🏆
Supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work 🌟
Deadline: 31 December
Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/UPL650XtT4j
niharika pandit Sarah Gharib Seif
Supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work 🌟
Deadline: 31 December
Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/UPL650XtT4j
niharika pandit Sarah Gharib Seif
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🏆Our BISA Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial WG Prize for Early Career Scholars is open again! 🏆
Supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work 🌟
Deadline: 31 December
Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/UPL650XtT4j
niharika pandit Sarah Gharib Seif
Supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work 🌟
Deadline: 31 December
Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/UPL650XtT4j
niharika pandit Sarah Gharib Seif
It was an honour to host Prof Ilan Pappé last night for the 2025 BRISMES annual lecture on #PalestineStudies. Our heartfelt thanks to Prof Pappé and to everyone who attended the lecture. We look forward to sharing a recording of the lecture in the coming weeks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It was an honour to host Prof Ilan Pappé last night for the 2025 BRISMES annual lecture on #PalestineStudies. Our heartfelt thanks to Prof Pappé and to everyone who attended the lecture. We look forward to sharing a recording of the lecture in the coming weeks.
#AcademicFreedom | We have written to the ambassador of #Kuwait in the UK regarding the arrest of Dr Jassim Aljezza. We welcome any steps that support his prompt release, in accordance with Kuwait’s legal commitments to uphold #humanrights and #academicfreedom.
Read more: bit.ly/4oVJL6o
Read more: bit.ly/4oVJL6o
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#AcademicFreedom | We have written to the ambassador of #Kuwait in the UK regarding the arrest of Dr Jassim Aljezza. We welcome any steps that support his prompt release, in accordance with Kuwait’s legal commitments to uphold #humanrights and #academicfreedom.
Read more: bit.ly/4oVJL6o
Read more: bit.ly/4oVJL6o
#MENA #Events: "Afghanistan: The Reality of Life Today"
📍 Royal Geographical Society, London
🗓️ 27 Nov 2025, 6:30pm
Featuring Lyse Doucet, Zahra Joya, and Kate Clark
🔗 More info & tickets: www.afghanaid.org.uk/Event/afghan...
📍 Royal Geographical Society, London
🗓️ 27 Nov 2025, 6:30pm
Featuring Lyse Doucet, Zahra Joya, and Kate Clark
🔗 More info & tickets: www.afghanaid.org.uk/Event/afghan...
Afghanistan: The Reality of Life Today - 27/11/2025 18:30:00
Join us for this special event in London on 27th November with Lyse Doucet as we come together to discuss life in Afghanistan in 2025.
www.afghanaid.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#MENA #Events: "Afghanistan: The Reality of Life Today"
📍 Royal Geographical Society, London
🗓️ 27 Nov 2025, 6:30pm
Featuring Lyse Doucet, Zahra Joya, and Kate Clark
🔗 More info & tickets: www.afghanaid.org.uk/Event/afghan...
📍 Royal Geographical Society, London
🗓️ 27 Nov 2025, 6:30pm
Featuring Lyse Doucet, Zahra Joya, and Kate Clark
🔗 More info & tickets: www.afghanaid.org.uk/Event/afghan...
📢 Reminder: there is still time to register for our BRISMES Annual Lecture, which is happening tomorrow - don’t miss it!
📢 Reminder: Join us for the 2025 BRISMES Annual Lecture with Professor Ilan Pappé — “Why There is a Need for #Palestine Studies?”
🗓️ 19 November 2025
🕕 18:00–19:30 GMT
💻 Online | Free & open to all (registration required)
🔗 bit.ly/42QPHEU
🗓️ 19 November 2025
🕕 18:00–19:30 GMT
💻 Online | Free & open to all (registration required)
🔗 bit.ly/42QPHEU
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📢 Reminder: there is still time to register for our BRISMES Annual Lecture, which is happening tomorrow - don’t miss it!
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LSE Master’s students, receiving your thesis grades? Our annual Dissertation Prize is now open: if you get a grade of 70 or above for your research on the #MiddleEast, apply & get your hard work recognised.
Deadline 30 Nov 2025, prizes announced Jan 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Deadline 30 Nov 2025, prizes announced Jan 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Master's Dissertation Prize
The LSE Middle East Centre runs a prize for LSE Master's student dissertations.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
LSE Master’s students, receiving your thesis grades? Our annual Dissertation Prize is now open: if you get a grade of 70 or above for your research on the #MiddleEast, apply & get your hard work recognised.
Deadline 30 Nov 2025, prizes announced Jan 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Deadline 30 Nov 2025, prizes announced Jan 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
We’re pleased to share that the “Palestine and Europe” symposium - initially cancelled by French authorities - went ahead at an alternative venue and was successfully livestreamed. The event recordings can be found here: www.youtube.com/@ArabCenter
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We’re pleased to share that the “Palestine and Europe” symposium - initially cancelled by French authorities - went ahead at an alternative venue and was successfully livestreamed. The event recordings can be found here: www.youtube.com/@ArabCenter