@bordercrossings.bsky.social presents a new interactive performance 3-8 March. Created with Syrian refugee women & featuring live debate, it reimagines The Suppliants — Aeschylus’ 2,500-year-old play, to explore asylum and democracy today. bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/programme/suppliants-syria

Curious about #MENA #Archives and their colonial & anticolonial legacies? 📽️ Watch the recording of the BRISMES webinar "What’s in an Archive?", organised by our Outreach & Pedagogy Committee:

#MENA #Events | Teach-in on the current situation of universities in #Rojava and the possibilities for academic solidarity, organized by DAVO-CAF. 📆 Wednesday, February 11 ⏰ 20:00 Rojava | 18:00 (CET) | 12:00 (EST) Register 👉 shorturl.at/PXZZR

🚨 BRISMES supports this call to action 🚨 🗓️ 17 March The govt plans to give police new powers that could effectively ban repeat protests. Alongside many civil society groups, we urge MPs to oppose this attack on fundamental rights. 🔗 Register: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/March2026Lobby

📢BRISMES is seeking nominations for a new President who will provide academic and strategic leadership to the Society, ensuring that it continues to thrive as a sustainable, inclusive and forward-looking community for #MiddleEastStudies in the UK and beyond. 👉www.brismes.ac.uk/news/president

Starting now! 👇

📚#Research by BRISMES Members | The Piruzai of Afghanistan In the 1970s, Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper & Richard Tapper lived with the Piruzai. Their book shares 380+ photos capturing the people, landscapes, and life of northern #Afghanistan. Read more: shorturl.at/3GbL4

📚@scholarsatrisk.bsky.social and @amnesty.org have launched a free, online course exploring #academicfreedom, how it connects to #humanrights and #highereducation values and why it matters for scholars, students, and society. 👇More info below

#AcademicFreedom | @cnn.com has published its coverage of the #UsamaGhanem case at KCL, including comments from Lewis Turner, BRISMES co-vice president and chair of BRISMES CAF, on academic freedom and #freedomofexpression. Worth a read 👇 edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/e... #HigherEducation

BRISMES has written to the Metropolitan Police and the Greater Manchester Police expressing our serious concern regarding recent arrests of #Palestine #solidarity protesters for holding placards or chanting slogans that include the phrase “Globalise the intifada". Read our letter: bit.ly/49WU0RP

The CAFs of the German Middle Eastern Association (DAVO) & @brismes.bsky.social condemn Israel’s military assault on Birzeit University and call on the international community to pressure Israel to end its systematic targeting of Palestinian universities. ➡️ davo1.de/wp-content/u...

📢We are pleased to announce that submissions are open for the 2026 BRISMES #EarlyCareer Development Scholarship! Two awards of £3,000 each are available. 🗓Deadline: 20 March 2026 🔗www.brismes.ac.uk/awards/ecds #EarlyCareerResearchers #ECR #awards #funding #MiddleEastStudies #postdoc

The core problem for the international order is twofold: 1. Persistent armed attacks and violence against students and universities 2. A broad lack of engagement and integrity in Western academia

A @brismes.bsky.social online webinar on “What’s in an Archive? The Colonial and Anticolonial Afterlives of MENA Archives” - 27 January 2026 For more information and to register: www.brismes.ac.uk/events/outre... #MMARe #MSCA #HistoryOfArchaeology Shared for reference; opinions not my own.

Join us for the launch of our new report: Palestinian Education Still Under Attack: Restoration, Recovery, Rights and Responsibilities in and through Education Register here to join in person or online: https://palestinianeducation.eventbrite.co.uk/

#eventreminder | BRISMES warmly invites you to its next event “What’s in an #Archive? The Colonial and Anticolonial Afterlives of MENA Archives.” 🗓️ 27 January | 15:30 | Online 🗂️ Exploring #MENA collections, archival ethics and archive research. More info and registration: bit.ly/OP_Archives

Joined statement by the @brismes.bsky.social and DAVO committees on #academicfreedom on the IDFs attack on Birzeit University Campus calling for condemnation of the ongoing attacks and destruction of Palestinian higher education institutions by the international academic community.

The #AcademicFreedom Committees of BRISMES and the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) strongly condemn the Israeli military attack on #Birzeit University on 6 January 2026. Read our statement in full: bit.ly/Birzeit_200126

📢 #CallForApplications | BRISMES invites nominations for two elected positions on our Communications Committee - help shape our social media, website & newsletter and promote #MENA studies. 🕔 Submit by Sunday, 18 January, at 5PM (GMT) More info: bit.ly/BRISMESComms

Grateful to @brismes.bsky.social for this letter, calling out the harmful path @qmul.bsky.social management has taken in policing posters on staff's office doors.

📢 Submissions are still open for #BRISMES2026 and the deadline is approaching! "#War, Empire and Sabotage in an Age of #Genocide" 📅 23–25 June 2026 @soasuni.bsky.social 👉 #CallForPapers: bit.ly/BRISMES2026 Submit by next Sunday 18 Jan! #MiddleEastStudies #AcademicConference

📢 #CallForApplications | The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (BJMES) is seeking applications for a new Editor. The successful candidate will lead the journal’s next phase and oversee its editorial direction. Apply by 30 Mar 2026 #EditorRole #MiddleEastStudies

#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES stands with civil society in defending the right to protest and freedom of expression—fundamental for both democracy and academic freedom 👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

#AcademicFreedom | Honoured that BRISMES and BRISMES CAF are cited in the new article “Academic freedom challenged: Comparing France, Germany and the UK” by Donatella della Porta & Sevgi Doğan. Check it out here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF has written to @qmul.bsky.social regarding recent instructions to remove materials described as “pro-Palestine,” “anti-Israel”, or otherwise ‘personal political opinions’ from office doors and campus spaces at the university. Read our letter: bit.ly/49cfHhy 1/4

#OnlineEvent | BRISMES warmly invites you to its next event “What’s in an Archive? The Colonial and Anticolonial Afterlives of MENA Archives.” 🗓️ 27 January | 15:30 | Online 🗂️ Exploring MENA collections, archival ethics & archive research. More info and registration: bit.ly/OP_Archives

BRISMES invites nominations for two elected positions on our Communications Committee - help shape our social media, website & newsletter and promote MENA studies. 🕔 Deadline: 5PM (GMT), 18 Jan 2026 More info: www.brismes.ac.uk/news/call-fo... #BRISMES #MENA #AcademicCommunity

🔊 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.

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

🤔 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...

📢 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!

📚#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 👇

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

#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...

📚#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 👇

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...

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

#MENA #Events | "Facing Satan: The Iranian Revolution and Its Demons" 📅 8 Dec, 17.00 GMT (Online) Hosted by the Centre for the Study of #Islam (Exeter), the event will feature Alireza Doostdar discussing Satan’s role in the Iranian political and religious landscape. 👇

📢 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!

📚#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

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.

#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

#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...

#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

🏆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

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

#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...

📢 Reminder: there is still time to register for our BRISMES Annual Lecture, which is happening tomorrow - don’t miss it!