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Cairene Ex-Prisoners after the 25 January Revolution

Published 24 September 2021 CMES researcher Maria Malmström has authored the article "The Desire to Disappear in Order Not to Disappear: Cairene Ex-Prisoners after the 25 January Revolution", recently published online in The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology. The article is part of a special issue of the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology guest edited by Myriam Lamrani. To access the special issue,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cairene-ex-prisoners-after-25-january-revolution - 2025-03-14

Queer and Trans Feminisms in the Contemporary Arabic-Speaking World

Published 27 September 2021 Cover: Palgrave Macmillan CMES researcher Joel Abdelmoez has authored the chapter "Deviants, Queers, or Scissoring Sisters of Men? Translating and Locating Queer and Trans Feminisms in the Contemporary Arabic-Speaking World” published in the Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance (2021, edited by Tiina Rosenberg, Sandra d'Urso and Ann

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/queer-and-trans-feminisms-contemporary-arabic-speaking-world - 2025-03-14

Perceptions of success among working-class children of immigrants

Published 1 October 2021 Together with Amy Lutz (Syracuse University), CMES researcher Dalia Abdelhday has authored the article "Perceptions of success among working-class children of immigrants in three cities", available online in the journal Ethnicities. This article examines the subjective understanding of success among members of three groups of children of immigrants from Mexico, North Afric

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/perceptions-success-among-working-class-children-immigrants - 2025-03-14

Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey

Published 5 October 2021 Cover: Palgrave Macmillan Together with İmren Borsuk (Berlin Forum Transregionale Studien & Stockholm University), Sinem Kavak (Lund University) and Pınar Sayan (Beykoz University), CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has edited the book "Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey: Construction, Consolidation, and Contestation". This book offers new clarity on three impor

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/authoritarian-neoliberalism-and-resistance-turkey - 2025-03-14

Read the latest CMES Newsletter

Published 6 October 2021 CMES Newsletter about 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. Click here to read the latest issue Click h

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter - 2025-03-14

Trendspotting in the Middle East

Published 6 October 2021 Photo: Wikimedia Commons As part of the Future Week at Lund University, CMES organises a panel with five Middle East scholars who will discuss future trends in the region on topics ranging from climate change, migration, human rights, protracted conflict, democratization to peace and regional security. The public event takes place on 20 October at Skissernas Museum. All ar

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-middle-east - 2025-03-14

Culture, Space and Boundary Negotiation in Turkish-Islamic Memory Politics

Published 21 October 2021 Together with Neşe Kınıkoğlu (İstanbul Medeniyet University), CMES researcher Torsten Janson has authored the article "Sacred (re)Collections: Culture, Space and Boundary Negotiation in Turkish-Islamic Memory Politics", available online in the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. This article discusses how state-organized, memory-cultural production drawing o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/culture-space-and-boundary-negotiation-turkish-islamic-memory-politics - 2025-03-14

Discharge Decrease in the Tunisian Merguellil Basin

Published 22 October 2021 Together with Khaoula Khemiri (University of Tunis El Manar), Sihem Jebari (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry), and Khlifa Maalel (Laboratory of Modelling in Hydraulics and Environment), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Is Climate or Direct Human Influence Responsible for Discharge Decrease in the Tunisian

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/discharge-decrease-tunisian-merguellil-basin - 2025-03-14

Apply for a Writing Retreat at CMES Spring 2022

Published 25 October 2021 Deadline for application: 30 November 2021 The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports writing retreats on Middle East research with the aim to finalise an article, book chapter, edited volume or a book for publication in peer reviewed outlets. Three writing retreats will be granted during the spring of 2022. CMES offers office space and modern research

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/apply-writing-retreat-cmes-spring-2022 - 2025-03-14

Women Stereotypes in the Book "Yemeni Tales and Legends"

Published 25 October 2021 Together with Esam Wasel (Thamar University), CMES researcher Mohammed Al-Mahfali has authored the article "Women Stereotype in the Book: Yemeni Tales and Legends", available online in the journal Ansaq. The paper aims to understand how women stereotypes are formed in Ḥekayᾱt Wa Asaṭīr Yamanī [Yemeni Tales and Legends] book compiled by Ali Muhammad Abdo. The paper consist

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/women-stereotypes-book-yemeni-tales-and-legends - 2025-03-14

Hossein Hashemi Promoted to Associate Professor

Published 29 October 2021 CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has recently been promoted to Associate Professor at the Division of Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University.  Hossein Hashemi received his Ph.D. in the field of Water Resources Engineering from Lund University in 2014. His Ph.D. research was focused on groundwater management, ground

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/hossein-hashemi-promoted-associate-professor - 2025-03-14

Space and the Emotional Topography of Populism in Turkey

Published 26 October 2021 CMES researcher Spyros Sofos has authored the article "Space and the emotional topography of populism in Turkey: The case of Hagia Sophia", available online in the journal Cogent Social Sciences. Over the past decade, as ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) initiated Turkey’s authoritarian populist turn, it sought to derive legitimacy through extra-institutional ave

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/space-and-emotional-topography-populism-turkey - 2025-03-14

Forest Fires in Dersim and Şırnak

Published 27 October 2021 Cover: Lexington Books CMES researcher Pinar Dinc has authored the chapter "Forest Fires in Dersim and Şırnak: Conflict and Environmental Destruction". Pinar's chapter is part of the edited volume Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities (2021, editor: Stephen Hunt). The book is a pioneering text that examines

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/forest-fires-dersim-and-sirnak - 2025-03-14

The Armenian Community of Sweden

Published 1 November 2021 CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has authored the article "A piece of the Middle East in the north - the Armenian Community of Sweden", available in the Haigazian Armenological Review. The Armenian community of Sweden is small (approximately 12,000 persons) and young (established in the second half of the 20th century). In this article the history of the community is descr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/armenian-community-sweden - 2025-03-14

Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#23)

Published 2 November 2021 New CMES Newsletter about 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. The latest issue of the Newsletter Sig

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-23 - 2025-03-14

CMES Hosting 2023 Olof Palme Visiting Professorship Awarded to Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Published 5 November 2021 In 2023, CMES will be hosting the Olof Palme Visiting Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor The 2023 Olof Palme visiting professorship has been awarded to Raphael Cohen-Almagor, professor in political studies at University of Hull, UK, by the Swedish Research Council. The Olof Palme professorship is awarded to an internationally prominent researcher focused on topics important

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-hosting-2023-olof-palme-visiting-professorship-awarded-raphael-cohen-almagor - 2025-03-14

New Pufendorf Advanced Study Group: Wildfires in the Anthropocene

Published 8 November 2021 Photo: Ross Stone on Unsplash CMES researchers Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund will be coordinating an Advanced Study Group on "Wildfires in the Anthropocene" at the Pufendorf Institute, Lund University in 2022. The world is burning. Wildfires have in the past few years ravaged large areas in Australia, the Americas, and Europe, as well as in other parts of the world. While cl

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-pufendorf-advanced-study-group-wildfires-anthropocene - 2025-03-14

Open House is cancelled

Published 17 November 2021 This event has been cancelled. This event has been cancelled due to the current pandemic situation. The increased spread of infection and great uncertainty about the development of the pandemic in the near future, means that we cannot carry out the event in a safe way. Based on the new recommendations from the Public Health Authority the event has therefore been cancelle

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/open-house-cancelled - 2025-03-14

Political Themes of Huthi Movement Leaders in Yemen

Published 23 November 2021 Cover: I.B. Tauris CMES affiliated researcher Mohammed Almahfali has authored the chapter "Transformation of Dominant Political Themes from the Founder to the Current Leader of the Huthi Movement". Mohammed's chapter is part of the edited volume The Huthi Movement in Yemen: Ideology, Ambition and Security in the Arab Gulf (2022, editor Abdullah Hamidaddin). The book brin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/political-themes-huthi-movement-leaders-yemen - 2025-03-14

Third-Party Intervention and International Monitoring in the City of Hebron

Published 25 November 2021 CMES director Karin Aggestam has contributed to a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council on third-party mechanisms in conflict resolution and lessons learned from the Temporary International Presence in the Hebron (TIPH) Karin Aggestam's contribution focuses on third-party intervention and international monitoring in the city of Hebron and is part of the newly published

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/third-party-intervention-and-international-monitoring-city-hebron - 2025-03-14