Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies

Monday 30 June - Tuesday 1 July 2025

Old Divinity School, St John's College, University of Cambridge

An Invitation to Academic Publishers in Islamic Studies

WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR THE BRAIS 2025 PUBLISHER EXHIBITIOIN AS WE HAVE REASCHED CAPACITY.

BRAIS invites academic publishers from across the world to join us for our 2025 Annual Conference taking place in the historic surroundings of the Old Divinity School, St John's College, University of Cambridge. 

If you are an academic publisher with interests in any aspect of Islamic Studies then we encourage you to reserve a table as part of our Publisher Exhibition.

The Publisher Exhibition will be located at the heart of the conference in the Main Hall (see image below) where all refreshments and lunches will be served to delegates, maximising engagement between publishers and delegates.

Exhibition Costs

The cost of a table at the BRAIS 2025 Publisher Exhibition is £350. This includes all lunches and refreshments for up to two publisher representatives on both days of the conference (Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 May). Additional representatives can attend at a rate of £50 per person for the full conference.

If you would like to include promotional materials in all BRAIS delegate packs, this will cost £100 (we anticipate around 180 delegates attending BRAIS 2025 in total). Promotional materials are limited to a maximum of four A4 pages.

Registering for the BRAIS 2025 Publisher Exhibition

PLEASE NOTE: This year, we have a limited number of tables available, and these will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR THE BRAIS 2025 PUBLISHER EXHIBITIOIN AS WE HAVE REASCHED CAPACITY.

Any Questions?

If you have any questions about the BRAIS 2025 Publisher Exhibition, please do not hesitate to contact us: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies

Monday 18^th-Tuesday 19^th May 2026

10 Handyside Street, London, N1C 4DN

If you are a doctoral student and your abstract has been accepted for BRAIS 2026, you might be eligible to apply for a conference bursary. To apply, you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Applicants must be in their second year or higher of their PhD programme
• Applicants should provide a formal statement of support from their supervisor
• Applicants’ papers must have been accepted for the BRAIS 2025 conference

If you would like to apply for a student bursary, please complete the online form by CLICKING HERE.

Please note, the application process is administered by our Management Hub at the Alwaleed Centre, University of Edinburgh.

Please submit your application by 5pm GMT on Monday 9 March 2026. Applications received after this date will not be considered.

Your supervisor will need to submit their statement of support directly to BRAIS via email on or before the 9 March deadline. Statements of support should be emailed directly to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Applications will be considered by the BRAIS Conference Committee and bursaries will be awarded based on the excellence of the abstract, quality and originality of the research and the potential for subsequent research.

If you have any questions about conference bursaries, please do not hesitate to contact us: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies

Monday 18^th-Tuesday 19^th May 2026

10 Handyside Street, London, N1C 4DN

BRAIS invites academic publishers from across the world to join us for our 2026 Annual Conference in the stunning surroundings of the Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London.

If you are an academic publisher with interests in any aspect of Islamic Studies then we encourage you to reserve a table as part of our Publisher Exhibition.

The beautiful London venue, just ten minutes from Kings Cross Station, will undoubtedly attract a large volume of delegates to our 2026 Annual Conference making this is a unique opportunity to engage with scholars from the UK and across the world.

We are working closely with our hosts to insure that the Publisher Exhibition is located in highly visible space enabling maximum engagement between publishers and delegates.

For more information about the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, visit the website: www.aku.edu/ismc/

Costs

The cost of a table at the BRAIS 2026 Publisher Exhibition is £350. This includes all lunches and refreshments for up to two publisher representative on both days of the conference (Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 May). Additional representatives can attend at a rate of £50 per person for the full conference.

If you would like to include promotional materials in all BRAIS delegate packs, this will cost £100 (we anticipate around 170 delegates attending BRAIS 2026 in total). Promotional materials are limited to a maximum of four A4 pages.

Registering for the BRAIS 2026 Publisher Exhibition

To register for the exhibition, please complete the online registration form by CLICKING HERE.

Once you have submitted your form, an invoice will be sent to you via email.

Any Questions?

If you have any questions about the BRAIS 2026 Publisher Exhibition, please do not hesitate to contact us: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 0131 650 4165.

BRAIS 2020

Monday 6th - Tuesday 7th April 2020

The Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations