Published 25 April 2022 Cover: Palgrave Macmillan CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has edited the book "Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey: Construction, Consolidation, and Contestation" together with İmren Borsuk (Berlin Forum Transregionale Studien & Stockholm University), Sinem Kavak (Lund University) and Pınar Sayan (Beykoz University). When: May 2, 12:00-13:15 Where: CMES (Finngat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-book-launch-may-2-authoritarian-neoliberalism-and-resistance-turkey - 2025-02-20

Published 4 May 2022 Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren On May 18, CMES scholars will be showcasing their ongoing Middle East research with posters on display at Finngatan 16. Come mingle, learn something new and enjoy some drinks, snacks and sweets! 18 May 2022 13:00 to 16:00 CMES scholars presenting their research: Ali Mansourian (Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science) – AI and Sustainable Dust-Sto

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/welcome-cmes-open-house-may-18 - 2025-02-20

Published 2 May 2022 We are happy to announce the launch of the CMES YouTube channel with brand new content on the latest in Middle East research! Want to learn more about what is happening in the Middle East in terms of climate change, authoritarian regimes or migration? Or perhaps you are interested in democratic reform, the war on terror or hydrosolidarity and peacebuilding in the MENA region?

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/launch-new-cmes-youtube-channel - 2025-02-20

Published 29 April 2022 CMES welcomes applications for travel grants and research initiation from employees at Lund University. Application deadline: May 30, 2022 Travel Grants CMES provides travel grants for conducting field work in the Middle East and conference/workshop participation with paper presentations focused on Middle East research. Applications are open to employees at Lund University.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-calls-travel-grants-and-research-initiation - 2025-02-20

Published 5 May 2022 CMES will host two events on democracy and gender-just peace in the MENA region (in Swedish) on July 6 during the Almedalen week in Visby. All welcome! Please note that the events will be held in Swedish! Democracy in the Middle East (Demokratispaning i Mellanöstern) July 6, 2022, 11:15-12:15, Hästgatan 13 in Visby The contemporary Middle East and North Africa is populated by

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen - 2025-02-20

Published 9 May 2022 Shia Shrine in Iraq. Photo: Mhrezaa on Unsplash Welcome to a CMES Roundtable about current research on transnational Twelver Shiism with LU researchers Oula Kadhum, Fouad Marei, Stefan Williamson Fa, Nada Al-Hudaid and Yafa Shanneik! May 19, 15:00-16:30, at CMES (Finngatan 16) The Middle East has witnessed radical changes in the last 20 years with regimes being removed by fore

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-roundtable-may-19-resistance-diaspora-and-sensory-material-culture - 2025-02-20

Published 10 May 2022 CMES scholar Dalia Abdelhady has co-authored the article "Human Interest Stories in the Coverage of Syrian Refugees: A Case Study from Turkey" together with Fatmanur Delioglu (Yildiz Technical University), published in Mashriq & Mahjar - the Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies. This paper investigates the forms of representation of Syrian refugees in Za

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/media-coverage-syrian-refugees-turkey - 2025-02-20

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson (English translation: Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 13 May 2022 Political scientist Sarah Anne Rennick is a guest researcher at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Photo: Ulrika Oredsson How can youth movements influence and promote democratisation and social justice in the Middle East? Can researchers

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sarah-anne-rennicks-research-profiled-lund-university-magazine - 2025-02-20

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Original article by TT (English translation: Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 16 May 2022 CMES scholar Rola El-Husseini Dean has been interviewed for an article about the Lebanese election in Göteborgs-Posten. Lebanon’s fraudulent elite predicted to remain in power For the first time since 2018, at a time when one crisis was followed b

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/rola-el-husseini-dean-interviewed-about-lebanese-election-goteborgs-posten - 2025-02-20

Published 16 May 2022 New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. Read the latest issue

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-28 - 2025-02-20

Published 29 October 2018 SASNET researcher Admir Skodo presented a paper entitled "The internationalized state and conflicts: The Afghan diaspora and Afghan statebuilding since 1979" at the international Refugees, Borders and Membership Conference, held at Malmö University October 24-26. Read more about the conference here. 

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-researcher-presented-paper-international-refugees-borders-and-membership-conference - 2025-02-20

Published 30 October 2018 SASNET Director Andreas Johansson has published an article in The Conversation on the political crisis in Sri Lanka. The article is entitled "Sri Lanka: constitutional crisis triggers fears of ‘bloodbath’". Read the articel here.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/publication-sri-lankan-political-crisis - 2025-02-20

Published 19 November 2018 SASNET invites students to apply for an internship. SASNET is a network at Lund University that promotes and encourages research and education on South Asia. SASNET organizes seminars, conferences, and offers grants to students who want to conduct fieldwork in South Asia. SASNET also offers grants to researchers who want to write an application for research projects on S

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/internship-opening-sasnet - 2025-02-20

Published 20 November 2018 The magazine Sydasien (www.sydasien.se) is an important channel for spreading news and analyses about South Asia in the Swedish language. Sydasien was founded in 1977. First appearing in print, Sydasien transitioned into an online-only format in 2011. Read the new issue sydasien_nr2_2018_lowres.pdf . Through a new collaboration between Sydasien and SASNET the magazine on

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-issue-sydasien-now-available-0 - 2025-02-20

Published 5 December 2018 SASNET invites students to apply for an student assistant position, 20%. SASNET is a network at Lund University that promotes and encourages research and education on South Asia. SASNET organizes seminars, conferences, and offers grants to students who want to conduct fieldwork in South Asia. SASNET also offers grants to researchers who want to write an application for re

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/student-assistant-position-sasnet - 2025-02-20

Published 7 December 2018 SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has published an article in the Migration Policy journal Migration Information Source entitled "Sweden: By Turns Welcoming and Restrictive in its Immigration Policy." Read the articel here. 

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-publication-sasnet-researcher-admir-skodo - 2025-02-20

Published 11 December 2018 SASNET is an interdisciplinary network for the production and dissemination of research, education, and information about South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). SASNET produces and disseminates knowledge and research about South Asia in three principal ways. First, SASNET produces knowledge about South Asia through r

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/postdoctoral-position-sasnet - 2025-02-20

Published 13 December 2018 Andreas Johansson, Director of SASNET, published a brief for the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore on the role of Muslim Politics in the Sri Lanka political crisis. Read it here. 

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/publication-isas-insight - 2025-02-20

Published 13 December 2018 SANR is an annual conference about all things South Asian. It offers a platform for Nordic scholars of South Asia to present their research and meet other researchers. It is particularly intended to be a supportive meeting point for emerging scholars.   After initial meetings in Copenhagen in 2017 and Oslo in 2018, Uppsala will be the host in 2019 with the event taking p

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/conference-announcement-south-asia-across-nordic-region-2019 - 2025-02-20

Published 19 December 2018 On December 12, 2018, Anna Lindberg, affiliated researcher at SASNET, attended an International Conference on Afghanistan, organized in Stockholm by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA). The aim of the conference was to address local Afghani perspectives on peace building, and explore the role of development partners, humanitarian actors, civil society, and others

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/report-international-conference-afghanistan - 2025-02-20