The BRISMES annual lecture given by Baroness Haleh Afshar will take place on 16 January 2013 at the London School of Economics:

Baroness Haleh Afshar will be speaking on the very topical subject of Islam and the Politics of Resistance: the Case of Women in Iran. The lecture will start at 1830 and will take place in the Sheikh Zayed theatre, New Academic Building (corner of Lincoln’s Inn and Sardinia Street WC2), London School of Economics – see first hyperlink. The lecture will be followed by the awarding of the 2012 BRISMES Prize and a drinks reception.

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/campusMap.pdf

For more information on Baroness Afshar see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haleh_Afshar,_Baroness_Afshar

The lecture is free (as are the drinks) and open to all, ie you do not have to be a BRISMES member.