🤔 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!

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-...

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

Call for Papers: The Oxford Middle East Review (OMER) seeks submissions for their upcoming issue, themed 'Reconstruction' - deadline 4 January: omerjournal.com/current-call...

#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

A reminder that the deadline for submissions for the 2026 Leigh Douglas Memorial #Prize is midnight on 15 November 2025. More details below 👇and on our website: brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp

#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

#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