Published 25 October 2024 On behalf of Lund University and the United Nations University (UNU), Prof. Erik Renström and Prof. Kaveh Madani invite you to the official launch ceremony for the UNU Hub on “Water in a Changing Environment” at Lund University. Lund University is proud to become the second UNU Hub in Europe to address the global issues related to Water in a Changing Environment (WISE). T

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/united-nations-university-hub-launch-ceremony - 2025-04-21

By adam [dot] almqvist [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Adam Almqvist) - published 5 November 2024 Election Ink at the Jordanian General Election 2016. Photo: Raya Sharbain (CC BY-SA 4.0). This Regional Outlook focuses on the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections, their political consequences, and how the elections were affected by the War on Gaza. Earlier this fall, on September 10th, almost 1.5 mill

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-jordanian-parliamentary-elections - 2025-04-21

Published 6 November 2024 During Almedalsveckan 2024, CMES hosted a variety of events. Two panel discussions are now available to watch in their entirety: "Israel Palestina en olöslig konflikt" and "Kriser, krig och klimatförändringar – hur tar vi hand om begränsade vattenresurser?" Please note that the following article as well as the Almedalen videos are in Swedish.Israel Palestina – en olöslig

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/watch-cmes-events-almedalsveckan-2024 - 2025-04-21

By lisa [dot] strombom [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Lisa Strömbom) - published 8 November 2024 This Regional Outlook focuses on the prospect for Israeli and Palestinian peace activism and how, during times of pressure, solidarity groups redress their methods. In the aftermath of October 7th, with Israeli hostages still in captivity and ongoing war, destruction and violence in Gaza, prospects for f

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-any-prospect-peace-activism - 2025-04-21

Published 11 November 2024 Application deadline: 9 December 2024. A 4-year fully funded PhD position at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) is now open for applications.The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies is coordinating the Strategic Research Area (SRA) and the research program “The Middle East in the Contemporary World” (MECW). The program conducts cutting-edge inter

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-phd-student-political-science-nuclear-politics-middle-east - 2025-04-21

Published 18 November 2024 CMES Researcher Lisa Strömbom has written an article published in The Conversation on Israel's relations with the United Nations. AbstractIsrael’s relationship with the United Nations has historically been strained, but over the past year, tensions have reached new levels. On October 28, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) passed a law to prohibit operations of the UN’s

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israels-relations-un-hit-new-low-unrwa-ban-0 - 2025-04-21

Published 18 November 2024 CMES Researcher Torsten Janson has written a review of Alison Scott-Baumann’s study "Paul Ricoeur: Empowering Education, Politics and Society" (published in 2023). The review is published on The London School of Economics and Political Science website blog. Review summaryAlison Scott–Baumann’s Paul Ricoeur: Empowering Education, Politics and Society employs Ricoeur’s phi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/paul-ricoeur-empowering-education-politics-and-society-review - 2025-04-21

Published 19 November 2024 Read the November CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications. The CMES Newsletter offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research. It is distributed regularly to a diverse audience of scholars, both within Lund University and beyond. Each issue features:Message From the DirectorLatest Research NewsUpc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-47 - 2025-04-21

Published 21 November 2024 CMES Researcher Lisa Strömbom was interviewed in the Danish newspaper Politiken on Israel's relations with the UN, following the UNRWA ban. Lisa Strömbom is Associate Professor in Political Science and researcher at CMES. She studies identities in conflict, conflict transformation and historiography, recognition in intrastate conflict as well as on grassroots peacebuildi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lisa-strombom-interviewed-politiken-israels-relations-un - 2025-04-21

Published 25 November 2024 LUCSUS researcher Sinem Kavak visited CMES to hold a seminar on Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon. How can we understand the complex dynamics of gender and bodily strategies in the context of forced migration? As part of the CMES Seminar Series, Sinem Kavak, researcher at the Center for Sustainability Studies at Lund University (LUCSUS) and a research affiliate at th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/gendered-refugee-bodies-feminist-analysis-syrian-refugee-mobility-turkey-and-lebanon - 2025-04-21

Published 25 November 2024 CMES researcher Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an edited volume on premodern and contemporary economic and environmental approaches in Islamic traditions. Recovering Environmental and Economic Traditions in the Islamic World. Leiden: Brill’s Themes in Islamic Studies Series, Volume 9, 2024.The book is published in Open Access thanks to financial support from L

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/recovering-environmental-and-economic-traditions-islamic-world - 2025-04-21

Published 26 November 2024 CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has co-authored an article published in The International Spectator. Donelli, F., Pericoli, A. (2024). Foreign aid, identities, and interests: Qatar and the UAE in Sudan. The International Spectator. DOI: 10.1080/03932729.2024.2416892.The article is published with Open Access. Read it here.About Altea PericoliDr. Altea Pericoli is a Postdoc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/foreign-aid-identities-and-interests-qatar-and-uae-sudan - 2025-04-21

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 29 January 2020 Det händer mycket i Iran just nu. Irankännaren Laleh Foroughanfar, forskare vid Centrum för Mellanösternstudier vid Lunds universitet, analyserar läget just nu och vad som har lett fram till dagens situation. Laleh Foroughanfar on recent Iran events. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Barg To the full article

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/det-iranska-samhallet-mer-uppdelat-nagonsin - 2025-04-21

Published 26 November 2024 A 4-year fully funded PhD position at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) is now open for applications. Application deadline: 22 December 2024.About the PhD PositionThe Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies is coordinating the Strategic Research Area (SRA) and the research program “The Middle East

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-phd-student-islamic-studies-islamic-ethics-and-moral-economy-middle-east - 2025-04-21

Published 27 November 2024 Applications are now open for the CMES Travel Grant of Spring 2025. Application deadline is 20 December 2024. The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports research with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES provides travel grants for conducting field work in the Middle East and c

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-cmes-travel-grant-spring-2025 - 2025-04-21

Published 29 November 2024 CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has published an article in the Durham Middle East Papers. Pericoli A. (2024). Islamic Humanitarianism and Foreign Aid: Gulf States in conflict zones. Durham Middle East Papers, Sir William Luce Fellowship Paper n. 111.The Durham Middle East Papers series covers all aspects of the economy, politics, social science, history, literature and l

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/islamic-humanitarianism-and-foreign-aid-gulf-states-conflict-zones - 2025-04-21

By pinar [dot] dinc [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Pinar Dinc) - published 10 December 2024 This Regional Outlook focuses on the recent political developments in Syria and the implications for Rojava. What is currently happening in Syria?Syria is experiencing a significant escalation in violence, with the civil war reigniting in various regions. Islamist militants from the Syrian National Army (SNA)

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-fall-assad-regime-challenges-and-opportunities-rojava - 2025-04-21

Published 13 December 2024 CMES Researcher Pinar Dinc has written an article published in the Conversation on the future of the self-governing region in Syria’s north-east, after the fall of the Assad regime. AbstractAfter more than a decade of brutal civil war, it took Islamist militants just 11 days to sweep through Syria and topple the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The offensive, which has been dr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrias-self-governing-democratic-north-east-comes-under-attack-country-flux - 2025-04-21

Published 9 January 2025 CMES Researcher Adam Almqvist has written a review of Mayssoun Sukarieh’s book "A Global Idea: Youth, City Networks, and the Struggle for the Arab World" (published in 2023). The book review is published in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Review summaryWhy do the same dominant ideas appear in radically different parts of the world? What are the materi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-global-idea-youth-city-networks-and-struggle-arab-world - 2025-04-21

Published 13 January 2025 The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) will offer three Arabic language courses during Spring of 2025. Applications are now open for the CMES language courses in Arabic. The following courses are offered during the Spring Semester of 2025:  A1, Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners, Part 2 (Only for students who took A1 Part 1 last term) A2, Modern Standard

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/apply-now-study-arabic-cmes-spring-2025 - 2025-04-21