By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 14 May 2019 Helen Avery's work concerns sustainability transitions in the Middle East, with a particular focus on strategies for environmentally and socially sustainable society building. Research interests include organisational development, creativity and transdisciplinarity in higher education, internationalisation

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-helen-avery-meeting-research-colleagues-kurdistan - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 May 2019 "The following include some of the most innovative approaches to Islamic State to date, and promise a wave of fresh voices on one of the most important challenges to global order." Daesh media production is complex, multifaceted, and is arguably a representational microcosm of the organization as a whole. C

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/where-media-meets-statecraft-daesh-promotion-governmental-competence-through-its-media-new-essay - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 9 May 2019 Project Mosaic launches this May with its first event, a roundtable on the theme "Trust in Democratic Societies" on Thursday, May 23 between 15:00-18:00 to be held at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. In the roundtable, Prof. Dr. Nader El-Bizri (Department of Philosophy, American University in Beir

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trust-democratic-societies-roundtable-swedish-research-institute-istanbul - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 8 May 2019 Cherine Hussein is a guest researcher at CMES and has published a chapter in an edited book collection on Palestine. Her chapter is called "The Single State Solution: Vision, Obstacles and Dilemmas of a Re-Emergent Alternative in Flux". The book title is “From the River to the Sea- Palestine and Israel in th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/single-state-solution-vision-obstacles-and-dilemmas-re-emergent-alternative-flux - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 6 May 2019 Måste alla verkligen ta i hand i Sverige? Ska vi ha skolavslutning i kyrkan eller separata badtider i simhallar? Bör huvuddukar och heltäckande plagg för kvinnor förbjudas? Det finns fortfarande möjlighet att anmäla sig till sommarkursen som tar sin utgångspunkt i några av de senaste årens hetaste debatter o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sen-anmalan-sommarkurs-nar-gud-tar-plats-dagsaktuella-debatter-om-religion-course-swedish - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 30 April 2019 CMES arrangerar tre seminarier om Mellanöstern i år: 1 Mellanöstern bortom Islamiska staten. Vad händer nu? 2 Svenska kommuner efter IS - att arbeta med återvändare och förhindra nya resande till terrorgrupper. 3 Kultur, religion, heder och klan. Hur förstår vi Mellanöstern? Mellanöstern bortom Islamiska

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-2019-swedish - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 30 April 2019 One million people in the north part of Iran are confronting serious problems with accessibility to water, due to salinization. The guest researcher at the Centre for Middle Eastern studies Alireza Motevalli is now working with a study in order to map the vulnerability in the area. Alireza Motevalli Prope

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coastal-areas-are-facing-huge-risk-water-salinization - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 26 April 2019 Arab spring, the abuse of women and a visit to Carthage. The CMES´master students study trip to Tunis was full of meetings and here you can read about some of them. Mrs. Ibtihel Abdellatif, Truth and Dignity Commission On Friday morning we met Mrs Abdellatif, who set up Nissaat Tunisiet, an organisation s

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/master-students-study-trip-tunis - 2025-02-07

Published 25 April 2019 Teaching students at Armenia's oldest and foremost university is a grateful and rewarding task. Svante Lundgren from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies speaks of experience. Svante Lundgren Yerevan State University is Armenia's oldest, largest and most prestigious university. It turns one hundred years this year and was thus founded during the short time, 1918-20, when t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lectures-armenia-very-much-appreciated - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 April 2019 Edinburgh University are launching a free online course "The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction". The course brings together a range of academic to help learners think critically about religious law and its many diverse manifestations in different times and places.  

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/free-online-course-sharia-and-islamic-law-introduction - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 24 April 2019 The documentary film "Reformisten – den kvindelige imam" is about Sherin Khankan, Scandinavia's first female imam. In 2016, Sherin Mariam opened the Mosque in Copenhagen, one of the first mosques in Europe led by women. They struggle for a reading of the Quran marked by tolerance, equality and Islamic fem

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/filmreformisten-den-kvindelige-imam-wednesday-may-8 - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 April 2019 Congratulations to Nazanin Shahrokni, Assistant Professor at Syracuse Univesrsity and Guest Researcher at CMES for this academic year for the completion of her book Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran, an outline of which she presented in a CMES public lecture back in February in a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/women-place-politics-gender-segregation-iran - 2025-02-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 April 2019 Fanny Christou and Spyros Sofos have just had a chapter published in The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture, published in association with the International Association for Media and Communication Research. Their contribution in the book focuses on the “Physical and Virtual Spaces A

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/physical-and-virtual-spaces-among-palestinian-diaspora-malmo - 2025-02-07

Published 8 June 2017 The University of Sydney invites applications from qualified individuals for appointment to two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in nineteenth and/or twentieth century international history, as part of Professor Glenda Sluga’s ARC Laureate Research Program in International History. Applications should be submitted before 21 June 2017. The Postdoctoral Fellows will be working

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-post-doctoral-fellow-university-sydney - 2025-02-07

Published 13 June 2017 An article on SASNET's researcher Admir Skodo, written by Elina Vidarsson, has been published in the Swedish online magazine Sydasien (South Asia). Read the article (in Swedish). The article is on Admir’s research, which draws on conceptual history, critical theory of race, historical sociology, and global history in order to examine how the concept of the Afghan refugee/imm

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-concept-afghan-refugee - 2025-02-07

Published 20 June 2017 The Himalayan Studies Conference V will be held 1-4 September 2017 at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. The conference is organized by the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) and hosted by the Tibet Himalaya Intiative at CU Boulder. Participation is restricted to members of the ANHS. Keynote speakers for HSC V will be the author Manjushree Thapa, whose

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/himalayan-studies-conference-colorado - 2025-02-07

Published 20 June 2017 Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute invites applications for a part-time, nine-month, teaching position in Sanskrit starting on August 15, 2017 at its campus in Boudhanath, Nepal. The instructor will teach two undergraduate courses in Sanskrit each semester: Sanskrit I and III in Fall, and Sanskrit II and IV in Spring. Total teaching

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-sanskrit-instructor-kathmandu-university - 2025-02-07

Published 20 June 2017 The Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies at University of Leiden is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Buddhist Studies. Applications must be received no later than 30 June 2017. The researcher will carry out research on Buddhist scriptures, which is part of the ERC-funded project, “The Composition of Buddhist Scriptures: Open Philology” headed by p

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-postdoctoral-researcher-buddhist-studies - 2025-02-07

Published 20 June 2017 The Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies at University of Leiden is looking for a PhD candidate in Buddhist Studies. Applications must be received no later than 30 June 2017 The candidate will carry out research on Buddhist scriptures, which is part of the ERC-funded project, “The Composition of Buddhist Scriptures: Open Philology” headed by prof. Jonatha

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-phd-candidate-buddhist-studies - 2025-02-07

Published 21 June 2017 In order to consolidate its presence in Afghanistan and to maintain, expand and ensure better impact of its current output, AAN is seeking to recruit one Researcher. The deadline for applications for this recruitment is 15 July 2017. The position is expected to be Kabul-based and full time. The Researcher will report to AAN’s Co-Directors or a person designated by them, and

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-researcher-afghanistan-analysts-network-aan - 2025-02-07