BRISMES
@brismes.bsky.social
BRISMES brings together teachers, researchers, students, diplomats, journalists and others who deal professionally with the Middle East.
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
#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 | "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
#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
#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF wrote to Iranian authorities to express our deep concern regarding recent developments affecting academic freedom in the Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly the reported arrests of scholars during November 2025. (1/3) 👉 bit.ly/CAF_Iran
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF wrote to Iranian authorities to express our deep concern regarding recent developments affecting academic freedom in the Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly the reported arrests of scholars during November 2025. (1/3) 👉 bit.ly/CAF_Iran
#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES, DAVO, SeSaMO, and MESA express deep concern over the cancellation of the symposium “Palestine and Europe,” organised by the Collège de France and CAREP. Read our letter (1/3) 👉 shorturl.at/1RrR8
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES, DAVO, SeSaMO, and MESA express deep concern over the cancellation of the symposium “Palestine and Europe,” organised by the Collège de France and CAREP. Read our letter (1/3) 👉 shorturl.at/1RrR8
📢 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 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
📢 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
#AcademicFreedom | We have written to @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to express our profound concern about the treatment of Mr Usama Ghanem, a student of International Relations at the university, who has been indefinitely suspended from his studies.
Read our letter: bit.ly/4oNtf7Q 1/3
Read our letter: bit.ly/4oNtf7Q 1/3
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#AcademicFreedom | We have written to @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to express our profound concern about the treatment of Mr Usama Ghanem, a student of International Relations at the university, who has been indefinitely suspended from his studies.
Read our letter: bit.ly/4oNtf7Q 1/3
Read our letter: bit.ly/4oNtf7Q 1/3
🎊 Congratulations to our AHRC-funded partner, the Syrian Academics and Researchers' Network in the UK (SARN UK), on the outstanding success of its international Conference at the University of Sussex last month 👏✨
Read our press release here 👇
www.brismes.ac.uk/news/brismes...
Read our press release here 👇
www.brismes.ac.uk/news/brismes...
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🎊 Congratulations to our AHRC-funded partner, the Syrian Academics and Researchers' Network in the UK (SARN UK), on the outstanding success of its international Conference at the University of Sussex last month 👏✨
Read our press release here 👇
www.brismes.ac.uk/news/brismes...
Read our press release here 👇
www.brismes.ac.uk/news/brismes...
We are delighted to announce that Professor Ilan Pappé will deliver the 2025 BRISMES Annual Lecture: 'Why There is a Need for #Palestine Studies?'
Free to attend and open to all, but registration is essential.
📅Wednesday, 19 November 2025
🕕1800-1930 GMT
📍Online
🔗https://bit.ly/42QPHEU
Free to attend and open to all, but registration is essential.
📅Wednesday, 19 November 2025
🕕1800-1930 GMT
📍Online
🔗https://bit.ly/42QPHEU
October 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We are delighted to announce that Professor Ilan Pappé will deliver the 2025 BRISMES Annual Lecture: 'Why There is a Need for #Palestine Studies?'
Free to attend and open to all, but registration is essential.
📅Wednesday, 19 November 2025
🕕1800-1930 GMT
📍Online
🔗https://bit.ly/42QPHEU
Free to attend and open to all, but registration is essential.
📅Wednesday, 19 November 2025
🕕1800-1930 GMT
📍Online
🔗https://bit.ly/42QPHEU
Watch BRISMES Trustee, Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social, as he discusses Orientalism in the latest season of TV documentary, Empire Builders: The Untold Story of the Orientalists: Adventure, Art & Exploration 🎬
Watch the trailer 🎞️ here 👇
Watch the trailer 🎞️ here 👇
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Watch BRISMES Trustee, Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social, as he discusses Orientalism in the latest season of TV documentary, Empire Builders: The Untold Story of the Orientalists: Adventure, Art & Exploration 🎬
Watch the trailer 🎞️ here 👇
Watch the trailer 🎞️ here 👇
Have you read it yet? Murjana, a novel of medieval Baghdad, is Ghada Karmi’s latest work 📘
Listen to the celebrated Palestinian physician, author and activist tell us more about her book on Instagram ✨🪄
www.instagram.com/reel/DQMAvNZ...
Listen to the celebrated Palestinian physician, author and activist tell us more about her book on Instagram ✨🪄
www.instagram.com/reel/DQMAvNZ...
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Have you read it yet? Murjana, a novel of medieval Baghdad, is Ghada Karmi’s latest work 📘
Listen to the celebrated Palestinian physician, author and activist tell us more about her book on Instagram ✨🪄
www.instagram.com/reel/DQMAvNZ...
Listen to the celebrated Palestinian physician, author and activist tell us more about her book on Instagram ✨🪄
www.instagram.com/reel/DQMAvNZ...
#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF has written to authorities in Sweden, Belgium and Italy regarding Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish scientist arrested and imprisoned in #Iran since 2016, who has just been confirmed alive.
Read our letter: shorturl.at/hIGAe 1/2
Read our letter: shorturl.at/hIGAe 1/2
October 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF has written to authorities in Sweden, Belgium and Italy regarding Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish scientist arrested and imprisoned in #Iran since 2016, who has just been confirmed alive.
Read our letter: shorturl.at/hIGAe 1/2
Read our letter: shorturl.at/hIGAe 1/2
📢 Submissions are OPEN for our #BRISMES2026 conference: War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide
📅 23-25 June 2026
📍@soasuni.bsky.social, University of London
Call for papers: shorturl.at/Bnm0N
Please share widely!
📅 23-25 June 2026
📍@soasuni.bsky.social, University of London
Call for papers: shorturl.at/Bnm0N
Please share widely!
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📢 Submissions are OPEN for our #BRISMES2026 conference: War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of Genocide
📅 23-25 June 2026
📍@soasuni.bsky.social, University of London
Call for papers: shorturl.at/Bnm0N
Please share widely!
📅 23-25 June 2026
📍@soasuni.bsky.social, University of London
Call for papers: shorturl.at/Bnm0N
Please share widely!
📣BRISMES Trustee, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social, is giving a book talk @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
🗓️ Thursday, 9 October 2025; 17:00 – 18:45
📍 Room 10, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
All welcome 🙏 📚
🗓️ Thursday, 9 October 2025; 17:00 – 18:45
📍 Room 10, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
All welcome 🙏 📚
October 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
📣BRISMES Trustee, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social, is giving a book talk @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
🗓️ Thursday, 9 October 2025; 17:00 – 18:45
📍 Room 10, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
All welcome 🙏 📚
🗓️ Thursday, 9 October 2025; 17:00 – 18:45
📍 Room 10, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
All welcome 🙏 📚
BRISMES expresses its profound concern regarding the response of the NUS leadership to the open letter of 11 July 2025, which BRISMES co-signed alongside student representatives and civil society organisations. Read the statement in full 👉 bit.ly/NUS_300925
September 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
BRISMES expresses its profound concern regarding the response of the NUS leadership to the open letter of 11 July 2025, which BRISMES co-signed alongside student representatives and civil society organisations. Read the statement in full 👉 bit.ly/NUS_300925
📢 Submissions are open for the 2026 Leigh Douglas Memorial #Prize awarded to the best #PhD dissertation on a #MiddleEastern topic in the Social Sciences or Humanities awarded by a British uni between 1 Oct 2024 and 30 Sept 2025.
Deadline: 15 Nov 2025
More info: www.brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp
Deadline: 15 Nov 2025
More info: www.brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp
September 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
📢 Submissions are open for the 2026 Leigh Douglas Memorial #Prize awarded to the best #PhD dissertation on a #MiddleEastern topic in the Social Sciences or Humanities awarded by a British uni between 1 Oct 2024 and 30 Sept 2025.
Deadline: 15 Nov 2025
More info: www.brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp
Deadline: 15 Nov 2025
More info: www.brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp
#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF expresses deep concern over the decision by @soasuni.bsky.social to expel Haya Adam, a second-year Law & International Relations student and president of the SOAS Palestine Society. Read the statement: shorturl.at/IXGvf
September 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF expresses deep concern over the decision by @soasuni.bsky.social to expel Haya Adam, a second-year Law & International Relations student and president of the SOAS Palestine Society. Read the statement: shorturl.at/IXGvf
BRISMES Council wrote to Helmut Schmidt University to express concern over the forthcoming keynote by Dr Graicer, an instructor in the Israeli Defence Forces, entitled “Extracting Order from Chaos: Lessons from Military Design in an Eight-Front War.” 1/3 👉 shorturl.at/QQR7G
August 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
BRISMES Council wrote to Helmut Schmidt University to express concern over the forthcoming keynote by Dr Graicer, an instructor in the Israeli Defence Forces, entitled “Extracting Order from Chaos: Lessons from Military Design in an Eight-Front War.” 1/3 👉 shorturl.at/QQR7G
BRISMES has published a statement in support of Dr Toufic Haddad’s right to have his case of alleged unfair dismissal heard in UK courts, and in defence of his right to #AcademicFreedom.
Read the statement in full: bit.ly/Haddad_080825
Read the statement in full: bit.ly/Haddad_080825
August 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
BRISMES has published a statement in support of Dr Toufic Haddad’s right to have his case of alleged unfair dismissal heard in UK courts, and in defence of his right to #AcademicFreedom.
Read the statement in full: bit.ly/Haddad_080825
Read the statement in full: bit.ly/Haddad_080825
More than 40 students trapped in #Gaza with scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come & study. Over 4,800 UK university staff urge the UK Home Office & FCDO to allow biometric visa deferrals & open a safe route.
Read the letter: bit.ly/3IYjqVl
Read the letter: bit.ly/3IYjqVl
August 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
More than 40 students trapped in #Gaza with scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come & study. Over 4,800 UK university staff urge the UK Home Office & FCDO to allow biometric visa deferrals & open a safe route.
Read the letter: bit.ly/3IYjqVl
Read the letter: bit.ly/3IYjqVl
🎉A huge congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize:
- Joint Winners: Asma Abdi and Sara Abdel Ghany
- Joint Runners Up: Eirik Kvindesland and Kristine Sheets
Read more: brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp (1/3)
- Joint Winners: Asma Abdi and Sara Abdel Ghany
- Joint Runners Up: Eirik Kvindesland and Kristine Sheets
Read more: brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp (1/3)
July 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🎉A huge congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize:
- Joint Winners: Asma Abdi and Sara Abdel Ghany
- Joint Runners Up: Eirik Kvindesland and Kristine Sheets
Read more: brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp (1/3)
- Joint Winners: Asma Abdi and Sara Abdel Ghany
- Joint Runners Up: Eirik Kvindesland and Kristine Sheets
Read more: brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp (1/3)
✨ Congratulations to Professor Ilan Pappé, who is this year’s recipient of the BRISMES Award for Services to Middle Eastern Studies.
Read the award speech here: shorturl.at/LhNyz
Read the award speech here: shorturl.at/LhNyz
July 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
✨ Congratulations to Professor Ilan Pappé, who is this year’s recipient of the BRISMES Award for Services to Middle Eastern Studies.
Read the award speech here: shorturl.at/LhNyz
Read the award speech here: shorturl.at/LhNyz
#AcademicFreedom | We have written to @unibe.ch regarding the cancellation of a public event organised by @amnesty.org. This decision raises serious concerns about the University’s record in defending and upholding academic freedom. (1/3) 👇 bit.ly/4m8GwH6
July 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#AcademicFreedom | We have written to @unibe.ch regarding the cancellation of a public event organised by @amnesty.org. This decision raises serious concerns about the University’s record in defending and upholding academic freedom. (1/3) 👇 bit.ly/4m8GwH6
#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF expresses grave concern over the ongoing imprisonment of Bahraini academic Dr Abduljalil al-Singace and the violations of his academic freedom, human rights and physical well-being. Read our letter 👇 (1/3) shorturl.at/3TfuR
July 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF expresses grave concern over the ongoing imprisonment of Bahraini academic Dr Abduljalil al-Singace and the violations of his academic freedom, human rights and physical well-being. Read our letter 👇 (1/3) shorturl.at/3TfuR