Published 25 May 2023 Nordic House (Dar Nordique) and Embassy of Sweden in Tunis. Photo: Joel W. Abdelmoez. CMES PhD researcher Joel W. Abdelmoez recently returned from fieldwork in Tunisia. Visit to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) office in Tunis. Tell us, why Tunisia? As a PhD student in political science with a focus on comparative politics in the Middle East, I invest

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-w-abdelmoez-fieldwork-tunisia - 2025-07-11

Published 26 May 2023 CMES Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has authored "Academic freedom and the anti-Israeli BDS movement" published on the ECPR's Political Science Blog, the Loop. Raphael Cohen-Almagor looks at the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign to boycott Israeli academics and ban Israel tout court. He argues that there is no justification for any academic organisatio

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-and-bds-movement - 2025-07-11

Published 26 May 2023 On March 21, CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini Dean participated in an event organised by The Arab Center for Research and Political Studies of Paris (CAREP Paris). Rola participated in a panel on feminism and receptions of knowledge in the Arab world and spoke about how authoritarian regimes in the Arab world instrumentalize gender. You can watch a recording of the panel (in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/event-recording-gender-arab-authoritarian-regimes - 2025-07-11

Published 26 May 2023 CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has participated in a podcast to speak about her research on youth in conflict in the Middle East. The podcast episode is part of the Online Indian Journal of Peace & Conflict Resolution (OIJPCR) Podcast Series, which is focused on peace and conflict resolution, positively contributing toward the creation of a peaceful society.  I

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/podcast-youth-trajectories-middle-east-conflict - 2025-07-11

Published 26 May 2023 LU i Almedalen CMES will participate in Almedalen with two topical panels on climate change in the Middle East and Israel's democratic backsliding. Welcome to join us on 29 June! The End of Liberal Democracy in Israel? 29 June 2023, 10:00 to 10:45, Hästgatan 13, Visby Please note that this seminar will be held in Swedish. Israel is facing its worst internal political crisis i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-2023 - 2025-07-11

Published 29 May 2023 Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren CMES is looking to employ an ambitious scholar in Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies for a tenure track position. Last day to apply: 17 August 2023 General Information Last application date: 17 August, 2023 11:59 PM CEST Type of employment: Temporary position Contract type: Full time Reference number: PA2023/1199 Link to the job listing in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/open-position-tenure-track-position-islamic-studies - 2025-07-11

Published 29 May 2023 Photo: Meg Jerrard/Unsplash Welcome to a symposium at CMES on Turkish nationalism on 1 June! Please register to attend in-person or online. Warmly welcome to a mini-symposium arranged within the MECW project Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities: Exploring Politics of Memory, Space, and Religion in Middle Eastern Nationalisms, with three timely talks on Turkish nationalism and Republi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/symposium-framing-turkish-memory - 2025-07-11

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 30 May 2023 Layout: Linda Eitrem Holmgren Photo: Yoav Aziz/Unsplash On 9-10 May, CMES organized a workshop titled “Israel at the Crossroads: Democratic Backsliding and Elusive Peace” with international scholars to discuss the ongoing mass protests and democratic upheaval in Israel. The workshop explored

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-workshop-israels-democratic-backsliding-and-elusive-peace - 2025-07-11

Published 1 June 2023 The Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies has published a call for submission for its MA thesis award. Application deadline: 15 September 2023 The call is open for students who are based at a Nordic university (in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland or Denmark) and have submitted their MA thesis between 16 August 2022 and 15 August 2023. The thesis must be written in English

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/master-thesis-award-middle-eastern-studies - 2025-07-11

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 2 June 2023 CMES launches a new series, Regional Outlook, on topical issues and analyses related to the Middle East and North Africa region from CMES researchers. The series will offer fresh perspectives and analysis of current events related to countries in the MENA region. Researchers at CMES will use

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/launch-new-series-cmes-regional-outlook - 2025-07-11

By pinar [dot] dinc [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Pinar Dinc) - published 2 June 2023 Photo: Kubra Kısa/Pexels What were the results of the Turkish elections? On May 14, over 50 million people went to polls to cast their vote for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey. There were four presidential candidates on the ballot papers, but due to the withdrawal of one candidate, the race

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-turkish-elections - 2025-07-11

Published 7 June 2023 Photo: Ahmed Akacha/Pexels CMES is happy to announce the new MECW project for 2023-2026 which will focus on conflict, environment and sustainable development in Syria. Over a decade has passed since the onset of the Syrian conflict, which continues to have dire humanitarian consequences in the region. Syria, with a population of approximately 17 million, ranks among low-incom

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-mecw-project-conflict-environment-and-sustainable-development-syria - 2025-07-11

Published 12 June 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on climate change and groundwater resources in Iran. The article is published in the journal Agricultural Water Management. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Soft computing assessment of current and future groundwater resources under CMIP6 scenarios in northwestern Iran" togethe

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-change-and-groundwater-resources-iran - 2025-07-11

Published 13 June 2023 CMES Visiting Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has authored "Should Liberal Democracy Respect Group Rights that Discriminate against Women and Apostates?" published in the journal Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review. Abstract The paper examines the limits of state interference in proscribing cultural norms by considering gender discrimination,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/liberal-democracy-group-rights-and-gender-discrimination - 2025-07-11

Published 14 June 2023 CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written a review of a book about Erdoğan's Turkey, the Kurds and Sweden. The reviewed book is called Endast den som är turk är lycklig: Erdoğan, kurderna och Sverige (English translation: Only the Turks Are Happy: Erdoğan, the Kurds and Sweden) and was written by Kurdo Baksi (Kaunitz-Olsson, 2023). Svante's review was published in Ny Tid o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-kurds-erdogans-turkey-and-sweden - 2025-07-11

Published 15 June 2023 CMES researcher Jayne Svenungsson has authored the article "Religion and secularity as supersessionist categories: contemplating diversity and otherness after 9/11" in the journal Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik. Abstract This article argues that the Christian ambivalence towards the Jews throughout history lies at the heart of the difficulties liberal soc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/religion-secularism-and-supersessionism-post-911 - 2025-07-11

Published 15 June 2023 Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift recently published a special issue on the Middle East after twenty years of the war on terror with contributions from CMES researchers Lina Eklund, Isabell Schierenbeck, Karin Aggestam, Linda Eitrem Holmgren, and Lisa Strömbom. The special issue was edited by Anders Persson and includes the following articles written (in Swedish) by CMES researche

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-and-20-years-war-terror - 2025-07-11

Published 16 June 2023 CMES researcher Lina Eklund has written an article (in Swedish) on climate, drought and conflict in Syria 2000-2022, published in a special issue of Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift focusing on the Middle East. English Title "Climate and conflict in Syria: a spatial perspective of drought, agriculture and vulerability in Syria during the period 2000–2022" Swedish Title "Klimat oc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-drought-and-conflict-syria - 2025-07-11

Published 14 June 2023 CMES researcher Yafa Shanneik will be participating in an event organised by Hand i Hand and Ibn Rushid on Friday 16 June in Malmö. Yafa will participate in a conversation about her use of art in her project on Syrian and Iraqi refugees followed by an art exhibition. In the art exhibition, representations of refugees in art are tackled using “body mapping” with the renowned

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/art-exhibition-narratives-displacement - 2025-07-11

Published 19 June 2023 CMES Director Karin Aggestam and researcher Linda Eitrem Holmgren have written an article (in Swedish) about women, peace and security in the Middle East and North Africa, published in a special issue of Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift focusing on the Middle East. English Title "Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa" Swedish Title "Kvinnor, fred och säker

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/women-peace-and-security-middle-east-and-north-africa - 2025-07-11