📢 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

#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

🎊 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...

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

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 👇

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...

From a PhD student to Co-Vice President & Chair of the Society's Committee for Academic Freedom, watch to Dr Lewis Turner @newcastleuni.bsky.social tell us more about his BRISMES journey: youtube.com/watch?v=2h9S... Get involved. Sign up for membership here: www.brismes.ac.uk/membership

#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

📢 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!

Join BRISMES Trustee, Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social if you’re in @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org this Thursday 📚 📕 Details below 👇 All welcome 🙏

📣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 🙏 📚

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

BRISMES wholeheartedly welcomes the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, whose case we have long supported. His freedom is a hopeful step, and we continue to stand in solidarity with all those unjustly detained, calling for the release of all political prisoners. #FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll

📢 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

#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

BRISMES members at @uni-newcastle.bsky.social are running a fundraiser to support families facing starvation in #Gaza. Please share and donate if you can (donations will still be received after the ‘closing date,’ so please keep giving): www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/gaza-hunge...

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

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

✍️ 40 Students. One Petition. One Chance at Safety. 40 Palestinian students accepted into UK universities are trapped in Gaza - blocked by biometrics they can’t safely provide. 📢 Help us push the UK government to act. 🖊️ www.change.org/the_gaza40 🔗 LINKTREE IN BIO #Gaza40 #LetThemStudy

🎉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)

✨ 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

#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

🌟 If you are a BRISMES #student member and presented a paper at our annual conference #brismes2025, don't forget to submit your paper for this year's BRISMES Conference Student Paper #Prize. Deadline for submissions: 31 October 2025 More information: bit.ly/paperprize-b...

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at #BRISMES2025 — to our plenary and keynote speakers, our conference organising team and student volunteers, and to our amazing hosts at Newcastle University, including the support staff who made the event possible.

On 2 July, following the BRISMES Annual General Meeting at #BRISMES2025, members and conference participants stood in solidarity with Alaa Abd El-Fattah and Leila Soueif. #FreeAlaa #SaveLaila #FreeThemAll

🙏🏾Thanks @brismes.bsky.social for an inspiring & empowering conference in Newcastle. I wish German scholarly associations such as DAVO, DVPW would aim to create such solidarity & community amongst scholars. Also a big thanks to BRISMES members for electing me into the Committee for Academic Freedom.

Thank you to everyone who attended the plenary “Ruins and Rebuilding: Academic and Activist Solidarities Across Borders” at #BRISMES2025. Our heartfelt thanks to our invited speakers Muna Dajani, Jasmine Gani, Golam Khiabany, Aya Nassar and Hala Shoman for their time and words.

On 1 July, following the #BRISMES2025 keynote lecture by Dr Rana Barakat, BRISMES members and conference participants stood in solidarity with all those affected by Israeli bombardments. #StopArmingIsrael #EndTheGenocide

Catch me tomorrow 2-4PM when I will be talking about attacks on academic freedom in Germany and the effects on German Middle Eastern Studies at @brismes.bsky.social annual conference in Newcastle.

Lynne Rienner Publishers is exhibiting at The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies conference this week. It is the largest and most prestigious annual UK gathering of scholars and practitioners focusing on the region. @brismes.bsky.social Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: shorturl.at/HjlNp

📅Today @brismes.bsky.social Our Middle Eastern Studies Commissioning Editor Humairaa Dudhwala will be speaking on the #PathwaysToPublishing panel! ⏰3pm-5pm 📍HER. Lth 1 Lecture Theatre Plus, you can still browse our titles on the MUP stand at up to 70% off!🌞

"History matters because the past has not passed". Thank you to everyone who attended this vital and moving session "Why Does History Matters" at #BRISMES2025. It was a full house. Our heartfelt thanks to our invited speaker Dr Rana Barakat.

A warm welcome to all participants of the 2025 BRISMES Conference! We're excited to kick off three inspiring days of presentations, discussions, and connection. #BRISMES2025

🎥 On Day 1 of the #BRISMES2025 Annual Conference, we’re screening Dr Joy Stacey’s She the Steadfast, a multimedia patchwork of layered history of gender & identities in Palestine 🇵🇸 🎦 Trailer: vimeo.com/1088731484?sha… Full details here 👇 All welcome 🙏

📖 At this BRISMES#2025 Annual Conference, we’re offering a literary break: a reading by the author - Ghada Karmi - of her latest novel, Murjana (2025). Join us at 🕦 11.30am on 🗓️ 2 July in📍HER. Lth 1 Lecture Theatre @nclpolitics.bsky.social Chair: Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social All welcome 🙏

@brismes.bsky.social has published a statement on escalating regional violence in the #MiddleEast. BRISMES expresses its deep alarm at Israel’s recent military aggression against Iran. Read the statement in full: bit.ly/4l0pQB6

Il Comitato per la Libertà Accademica di BRISMES ha dichiarato che i boicottaggi accademici possono essere compatibili con la libertà accademica e in alcuni casi necessari per difendere libertà e diritti umani fondamentali. Leggi la dichiarazione: bit.ly/CAF_Boycotts...

#AcademicFreedom | The BRISMES CAF statement on academic #boycotts has been translated into Italian, and endorsed by, the SeSaMO Committee on Academic Freedom. Read the statement in Italian: bit.ly/CAF_Boycotts...

📣There’s still time to submit a proposal to our AHRC-funded SARN UK International Conference at📍the University of Sussex. Come and join us in beautiful #Brighton on 🗓️ 18-19 September 2025 🎊 🙏 ‼️Deadline: 20 June 2025 Submit your proposal here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The BRISMES Committee on #AcademicFreedom has published a statement on academic #boycotts. These can be consistent with—and even necessary for—upholding academic freedom and fundamental human rights, particularly in contexts of systemic injustice. Read the statement in full: bit.ly/CAF_Boycotts...

Reminder to register for #BRISMES2025 by 12 June 2025! Check out the keynotes: shorturl.at/vk0nn @newcastleuni.bsky.social

🎓 MENACS Talk 🎓 🗓️ 4.00pm; 13 Jun 25 📍 MAH Resource Centre, Sussex University, Campus, Brighton 🕰️ Chaired by Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social Join SARN UK's member Reem Noureddin's talk on: 'The Gendered Impact of Conflict & Crisis: Syrian Girls’ Education & the Pathway to Recovery’

The BRISMES Committee on #AcademicFreedom has published a response to the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) report on #studentencampments and #Palestine solidarity. Read the statement in full: bit.ly/CAF_04062025 Please share widely.

#AcademicFreedom | With utmost urgency BRISMES CAF demands that the Prime Minister’s Office immediately intervene and lobby the Egyptian government for the immediate and unconditional release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah. Read our letter: shorturl.at/SALSt (1/3) #FreeAlaa

#OnlineEvent | 'Navigating Postdoctoral Funding and Applications in Middle East Studies' 🗓️29 May, 14:00-15.30 (BST) Join our next online event with scholars sharing tips on postdoc applications and funding in Middle East Studies. More info: shorturl.at/5g4nJ

#BRISMES2025 | Registration for non-speaking delegates for our 2025 BRISMES conference “Destruction, Loss, and Recovery in the Middle East” is now open! 📅 Register by 12 June 2025 More information & registration: shorturl.at/2Xf4S

📢 Call for Papers Join SARN UK's AHRC-funded First International Conference at the University of Sussex, Brighton. 🗓️ 18–19 Sept 2025 | 📍University of Sussex Theme: Rebuilding Syria: Reflections, Innovations & Collaborations 📝 Submit by 20 June 2025 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#OnlineEvent | 'Connecting Social Psychology and Middle Eastern Studies' 🗓️22 May, 15:00-16.30 (BST) Please join our next online event, which brings together social, political, and community psychologists working on the MENA. More info: shorturl.at/AGbqx