brismes.ac.uk/conference/for… Don't miss the BRISMES conference in Lancaster 1-3 July. Excellent programme focused on highly pressing issues. Neve Gordon Neil Sadler Abdul Gabbar Al-Sharafi

The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) Stands in Solidarity with Student Encampments: brismes.ac.uk/news/brismes-s…

Happening today:

... and those advocating for Palestinian rights, on campus. The report issued last year by BRISMES and European Legal Support Center (ELSC) documented how the conflation of antisemitism and advocacy for Palestine is used to suppress protest. brismes.ac.uk/news/press-rel…

Letter expressing shock at the brutalization of Prof. Steve Tamari at a protest at Washington University in St. Louis, concern at the suspension of 6 faculty members for alleged participation in the same protest and the arrest and suspension of students.
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Pro-Palestinian encampments spread across UK universities: more than a dozen institutions have been affected as students join global movement with roots on US campuses. Paddy Jack reports
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Join us Thursday, 9 May, for a discussion on the question of violence and decolonization, at 4 pm UK time / 5 pm CET / 6 pm Palestine/Israel time.

Link to register: nomadit-co-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

brismes.ac.uk/news/brismes-s… As Europe’s largest academic association focused on the study of the Middle East and North Africa, BRISMES stands in solidarity with the student encampments and calls on university and college leaders to respect their freedom of expression and assembly.

BRISMES supports the #StudentEncapments . Read full statement ➡️bit.ly/brismes-statem…

The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies is in solidarity with the student encampments for Gaza and calls on university and college leaders to respect their freedom of expression and assembly and to constructively engage with students' demands ✊🏻🇵🇸

Our letter to the leadership of Hebrew University of Jerusalem and co-signed with the Association for Middle East Women's Studies vehemently protesting the persecution of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian.
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🚨📢 OPPORTUNITY: BIAA-University of Oxford Martin Harrison Memorial Fellowship

A short-term Fellowship instituted by University of Oxford of up to £1,200 to support a visit to the United Kingdom and Oxford for a period of research for up to 60 days

Learn more: biaa.ac.uk/grants/biaa-un…

#Research | In ‘Gender Trouble in the Land of the Nile: Transgender Identities, the Judiciary and Islam in Egypt’ Nora Noralla analyses the evolution of civil and Islamic law and policy on #transgender rights in #Egypt from 1980s to present-day.
Read more: buff.ly/45vRUUN

📣Call from Palestinian academics in the UK to defend Gaza universities and public commitments from UK universities and international organisations to support their rebuilding. 🎓🇵🇸

Statement on Campus Demonstrations 🔊

Please read our full statement here: bisa.ac.uk/news/statement…
Juliet Dryden / BISA Kyle Grayson

MESA and CAF view with alarm the recent attempts to intimidate, repress, and criminalize campus protests.

Universities and colleges must recommit to freedom of inquiry, expression, and protest—now more than ever.

Full statement:
mesana.org/advocacy/lette…