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About Us
The British
Society for Middle Eastern Studies (popularly known as BRISMES) was established
in 1973 to encourage and promote the study of the Middle East in the United Kingdom .
It brings
together teachers, researchers, students, diplomats, journalists and others who
deal professionally with the Middle East .
Membership is open to all the above, regardless of nationality - indeed
regardless of where in the world you are based.
At the
national level, the Society pursues a concerted strategy by impressing on
national, governmental and university bodies the importance of safeguarding and
expanding Middle Eastern studies. In the UK 's Research Assessment Exercise,
BRISMES fulfils a consultative role to the organising higher education funding
bodies.
Our
international links make the Society the foremost channel through which
scholars outside Britain
may create co-opeerative links with UK-based researchers. Links between BRISMES
and Middle East studies associations elsewhere
in the world are constantly being expanded (as is our international
membership). BRISMES has traditionally played a prominent role in the European
Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES). We also have links with The
Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA). In 2007 we became one
of the Societies to receive funding from the British Academy .
The
well-established British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies - an internationally
refereed publication with varied scholarly articles and a large book-review
section - is commercially published (three times a year) by Taylor and Francis
for BRISMES. If you are a member, you get it free - along with the Newsletter,
which is full of information about what is happening in the field (conferences,
the latest publications, research, scholarships, jobs, etc).
The Society
also organises public annual lectures. Last year's lecture was given by Yasir
Suleiman on 'Arabic and I'. Previous
recent speakers include Carole Hillenbrand who spoke on 'Images of Saladin,
Past and Present' and other recent speakers include Charles Tripp and Philip
Robins. Texts of the lectures feature in the Journal.
Previous
speakers include Roger Owen, Tony Allan, Fred Halliday, Sir James Craig,HRH
Prince Hassan of Jordan, HE Dr Ghazi al-Gosaibi, the Saudi Ambassador in Britain and a
well-known poet and Rodney Wilson.
There is
also, of course, the other big annual event, drawing attendance from all over
the world: the BRISMES Annual Conference, which attracts the latest research on
all aspects of Middle Eastern studies in Britain and beyond. Members enjoy a
reduced rate here, too.
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