Feras Alkabani
@ferasalkabani.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature (Sussex). Co-Director of MENACS (Sussex). Trustee of BRISMES. Editorial Board Member of M&M (North Carolina State Uni). PI of the AHRC-Funded SARN UK. Contributor to TV Documentaries in the UK, USA & MENA.
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@ferasalkabani.bsky.social join us to discuss his book.
We'll talk about how cross-cultural encounters shaped understandings of #homosexuality from the 19th century to the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
📅 Tue, 9 June, 7pm
🌍The Southern Belle & Online
🎟 #Free www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/richard-bu...
We'll talk about how cross-cultural encounters shaped understandings of #homosexuality from the 19th century to the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
📅 Tue, 9 June, 7pm
🌍The Southern Belle & Online
🎟 #Free www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/richard-bu...
May 29, 2026 at 3:36 PM
@ferasalkabani.bsky.social join us to discuss his book.
We'll talk about how cross-cultural encounters shaped understandings of #homosexuality from the 19th century to the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
📅 Tue, 9 June, 7pm
🌍The Southern Belle & Online
🎟 #Free www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/richard-bu...
We'll talk about how cross-cultural encounters shaped understandings of #homosexuality from the 19th century to the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
📅 Tue, 9 June, 7pm
🌍The Southern Belle & Online
🎟 #Free www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/richard-bu...
Delighted to announce that my first monograph, Richard Burton, T.E. Lawrence and the Culture of Homoerotic Desire, is now available in paperback 🎊
Get your copy for only £23.19 📕📘 📚 (with this discount code: GLR BD8) directly from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social:
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Get your copy for only £23.19 📕📘 📚 (with this discount code: GLR BD8) directly from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/richard-b...
May 14, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Delighted to announce that my first monograph, Richard Burton, T.E. Lawrence and the Culture of Homoerotic Desire, is now available in paperback 🎊
Get your copy for only £23.19 📕📘 📚 (with this discount code: GLR BD8) directly from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/richard-b...
Get your copy for only £23.19 📕📘 📚 (with this discount code: GLR BD8) directly from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/richard-b...
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Watch Dr Farah Alrajeh tell us about her experience attending last year’s BRISMES Conference as a non-presenting delegate.
A year on, she is now presenting her work at this year’s Conference @soasuni.bsky.social
Register to attend as a non-presenting delegate:
www.brismes.ac.uk/news/2026-br...
A year on, she is now presenting her work at this year’s Conference @soasuni.bsky.social
Register to attend as a non-presenting delegate:
www.brismes.ac.uk/news/2026-br...
April 28, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Watch Dr Farah Alrajeh tell us about her experience attending last year’s BRISMES Conference as a non-presenting delegate.
A year on, she is now presenting her work at this year’s Conference @soasuni.bsky.social
Register to attend as a non-presenting delegate:
www.brismes.ac.uk/news/2026-br...
A year on, she is now presenting her work at this year’s Conference @soasuni.bsky.social
Register to attend as a non-presenting delegate:
www.brismes.ac.uk/news/2026-br...
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There’s still time to submit an abstract for this year’s SARN UK Conference 🙌
Conference Themes: Syria in Transition: Knowledge, Memory, and the Everyday Aftermath”
🕛📆 Abstracts are due by 23:59 BST on 17 May 2026
✨For more details and to apply, please go to: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Conference Themes: Syria in Transition: Knowledge, Memory, and the Everyday Aftermath”
🕛📆 Abstracts are due by 23:59 BST on 17 May 2026
✨For more details and to apply, please go to: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 31, 2026 at 9:18 AM
There’s still time to submit an abstract for this year’s SARN UK Conference 🙌
Conference Themes: Syria in Transition: Knowledge, Memory, and the Everyday Aftermath”
🕛📆 Abstracts are due by 23:59 BST on 17 May 2026
✨For more details and to apply, please go to: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Conference Themes: Syria in Transition: Knowledge, Memory, and the Everyday Aftermath”
🕛📆 Abstracts are due by 23:59 BST on 17 May 2026
✨For more details and to apply, please go to: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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📣 CFP: SARN UK Conference 2026 📣
📆 When: 17-18 September 2026
📍Where: @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
🎭Theme: Syria in Transition (more details👇)
💻Submit abstract here: forms.gle/CYxwrgtDs9RH...
📅Submission deadline: 17 May 2026
🖼️Artwork by Issam Kourbaj
📆 When: 17-18 September 2026
📍Where: @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
🎭Theme: Syria in Transition (more details👇)
💻Submit abstract here: forms.gle/CYxwrgtDs9RH...
📅Submission deadline: 17 May 2026
🖼️Artwork by Issam Kourbaj
March 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
📣 CFP: SARN UK Conference 2026 📣
📆 When: 17-18 September 2026
📍Where: @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
🎭Theme: Syria in Transition (more details👇)
💻Submit abstract here: forms.gle/CYxwrgtDs9RH...
📅Submission deadline: 17 May 2026
🖼️Artwork by Issam Kourbaj
📆 When: 17-18 September 2026
📍Where: @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
🎭Theme: Syria in Transition (more details👇)
💻Submit abstract here: forms.gle/CYxwrgtDs9RH...
📅Submission deadline: 17 May 2026
🖼️Artwork by Issam Kourbaj
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@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
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
February 15, 2026 at 10:38 AM
@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
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
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🤔 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...
Submit your abstract by the 18th of January 2026 via this link: www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/a...
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🤔 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...
Submit your abstract by the 18th of January 2026 via this link: www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/a...
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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...
All welcome; register here: us11.campaign-archive.com?u=391c72db26...
Syria in Transition – One Year After The Assad Regime's Collapse
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December 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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...
All welcome; register here: us11.campaign-archive.com?u=391c72db26...
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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
Free to attend and open to all, but registration is essential.
📅Wednesday, 19 November 2025
🕕1800-1930 GMT
📍Online
🔗https://bit.ly/42QPHEU
October 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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
Free to attend and open to all, but registration is essential.
📅Wednesday, 19 November 2025
🕕1800-1930 GMT
📍Online
🔗https://bit.ly/42QPHEU
Excellent collaboration between BRISMES, SARN UK and the Sussex 🙌🎉 Full details here 👇
🎊 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...
Read our press release here 👇
www.brismes.ac.uk/news/brismes...
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Excellent collaboration between BRISMES, SARN UK and the Sussex 🙌🎉 Full details here 👇
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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 👇
Watch the trailer 🎞️ here 👇
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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 👇
Watch the trailer 🎞️ here 👇
I'm on telly 📺 encore une fois 🙈☺️
Watch my contribution to the latest season of TV documentary, Empire Builders: The Untold Story of the Orientalists: Adventure, Art & Exploration 🎬
Watch the trailer 🎞️ here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUk9...
Watch my contribution to the latest season of TV documentary, Empire Builders: The Untold Story of the Orientalists: Adventure, Art & Exploration 🎬
Watch the trailer 🎞️ here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUk9...
Empire Builders: The Untold Story of The Orientalists: Adventure, Art & Exploration - Trailer
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October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm on telly 📺 encore une fois 🙈☺️
Watch my contribution to the latest season of TV documentary, Empire Builders: The Untold Story of the Orientalists: Adventure, Art & Exploration 🎬
Watch the trailer 🎞️ here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUk9...
Watch my contribution to the latest season of TV documentary, Empire Builders: The Untold Story of the Orientalists: Adventure, Art & Exploration 🎬
Watch the trailer 🎞️ here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUk9...
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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...
Listen to the celebrated Palestinian physician, author and activist tell us more about her book on Instagram ✨🪄
www.instagram.com/reel/DQMAvNZ...
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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...
Listen to the celebrated Palestinian physician, author and activist tell us more about her book on Instagram ✨🪄
www.instagram.com/reel/DQMAvNZ...
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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
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
Dr Lewis Turner, Co-Vive President of BRISMES
YouTube video by Feras Alkabani
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October 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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
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
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Join BRISMES Trustee, Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social if you’re in @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org this Thursday 📚 📕
Details below 👇 All welcome 🙏
Details below 👇 All welcome 🙏
We are pleased to announce that Dr Feras Alkabani, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature (University of Sussex), is giving a book talk at the Centre for Islamic Studies (University of Cambridge) at 5.00pm on Thursday, 9 October. Please see the poster for more details.
October 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Join BRISMES Trustee, Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social if you’re in @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org this Thursday 📚 📕
Details below 👇 All welcome 🙏
Details below 👇 All welcome 🙏
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📣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 🙏 📚
🗓️ Thursday, 9 October 2025; 17:00 – 18:45
📍 Room 10, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
All welcome 🙏 📚
October 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
📣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 🙏 📚
🗓️ Thursday, 9 October 2025; 17:00 – 18:45
📍 Room 10, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
All welcome 🙏 📚
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🎥 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 🙏
🎦 Trailer: vimeo.com/1088731484?sha…
Full details here 👇 All welcome 🙏
June 24, 2025 at 4:33 AM
🎥 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 🙏
🎦 Trailer: vimeo.com/1088731484?sha…
Full details here 👇 All welcome 🙏
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📖 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 🙏
Join us at 🕦 11.30am on 🗓️ 2 July in📍HER. Lth 1 Lecture Theatre @nclpolitics.bsky.social
Chair: Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social
All welcome 🙏
June 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
📖 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 🙏
Join us at 🕦 11.30am on 🗓️ 2 July in📍HER. Lth 1 Lecture Theatre @nclpolitics.bsky.social
Chair: Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social
All welcome 🙏
📣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...
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...
June 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
📣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...
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...
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Join our AHRC-funded partner, SARN UK, on the 28th of April for an online symposium entitled, "Scholarship Beyond Borders: Resilience and Reform in Syrian Academia".
More details here: www.sarn-uk.org/.../ahrc-fun....
Register to attend here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/.../WN...
All welcome 🙏
More details here: www.sarn-uk.org/.../ahrc-fun....
Register to attend here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/.../WN...
All welcome 🙏
April 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Join our AHRC-funded partner, SARN UK, on the 28th of April for an online symposium entitled, "Scholarship Beyond Borders: Resilience and Reform in Syrian Academia".
More details here: www.sarn-uk.org/.../ahrc-fun....
Register to attend here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/.../WN...
All welcome 🙏
More details here: www.sarn-uk.org/.../ahrc-fun....
Register to attend here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/.../WN...
All welcome 🙏
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Sussex people, come along on 7th April to hear me talk about my book alongside some great colleagues who will be talking about their own fabulous publications (including @ferasalkabani.bsky.social).
March 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Sussex people, come along on 7th April to hear me talk about my book alongside some great colleagues who will be talking about their own fabulous publications (including @ferasalkabani.bsky.social).
My first post here has got to be special ✨ Syria is free 🕊️ 💚❤️💚
December 14, 2024 at 11:04 PM
My first post here has got to be special ✨ Syria is free 🕊️ 💚❤️💚