By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 21 September 2020 Nationalistic arson? An interdisciplinary approach to forest fires and conflicts Today CMES researchers Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund are presenting in this POLLEN (Political Ecology Network) conference. Their paper is "Nationalistic arson? An interdisciplinary approach to forest fires and conflicts." In

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/geopolitical-ecologies-violence-and-resistance - 2025-05-03

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 September 2020 Karin Aggestam will start her job as Director of the Centre for Middle eastern Studies October 1. She is a Professor of Political Science and holds the Samuel Pufendorf Endowed Chair (Ragnar Söderbergs and Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelser). Karin is also Honorary Professor at University of Queensland and

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/karin-aggestam-new-director-cmes - 2025-05-03

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 28 September 2020 Orwa Ajjoub is an affiliated researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. On the 19th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, the debate surrounding al-Qaeda strength is still alive among scholars and experts. Along with other researchers Hasan Abu Hanieh and Marwan Shehadeh, CMES researcher Orwa Ajjoub

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/al-qaeda-has-never-been-weaker-now - 2025-05-03

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 September 2020 Dragomanen is the annual publication of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. The coming issue of Dragomanen, the annual publication of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, has been co-edited by Anders Ackfeldt and Leif Stenberg and is dedicated to the topic of leisure.  CMES researcher H

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coming-issue-dragomanenis-about-leisure - 2025-05-03

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 29 September 2020 Middle East Forum Newsletter We cordially welcome the new Director for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and as well the new Coordinator for the strategic research area Middle East in the Contemporary World, Prof. Karin Aggestam.  Karin is the former Director of Peace & Conflict Studies at Lund Un

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-september - 2025-05-03

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 October 2020 Karin Aggestam, ny föreståndare för Centrum för Mellanösternstudier, om det nya fredsavtalet i Mellanöstern: För ett par veckor sedan slöt Bahrain och Förenade Arabemiraten ett fredsavtal med Israel. Det var första gången på 26 år som ett arabland erkänt Israel och Donald Trump tar på sig äran. Vad bety

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/vad-betyder-de-nya-fredsavtalen-som-med-trumps-hjalp-slutits-i-mellanostern - 2025-05-03

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 30 October 2020 Middle Eastern research news from Lund University Very exciting to start up as new CMES director! Karin Aggestam: "It has been some hectic, but very exciting weeks as new director for CMES. I am deeply impressed by the large number of scholars at Lund University who conduct cutting-edge research on the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/newsletter-middle-east-forum-newsletter-october - 2025-05-03

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 26 November 2020 The workshop is called: Unpacking ‘the Opposition’ in undemocratic regimes: The Role, Transformation and Challenges of the Oppositional Actors in Turkey and beyond The purpose of this workshop is to initiate a debate on the opposition in Turkey and contribute to the theorization of the role, transforma

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-pinar-dinc-presenting-fake-news-understanding-conflict-and-forest-fire-nexus-through-media - 2025-05-03

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 1 December 2020 Middle East Forum Newsletter #15 Message from the director: New CMES board in place  While CMES 2.0 is still in the making some important steps have been taken in the last few weeks. We are pleased to announce that a new interdisciplinary board has been formed.  Four faculties are represented from Lund

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-15 - 2025-05-03

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 1 December 2020 Exploring the broader field of environmental dimensions of conflict – in the Middle East region and beyond As part of the Climate Stress in Syria-research project, there was a closed interactive online workshop on October 14th to discuss the nexus around drought, vulnerability and conflict. This post de

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/exploring-broader-field-environmental-dimensions-conflict-middle-east-region-and-beyond - 2025-05-03

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 December 2020 Cover: Nineveh Press Ten non-Armenians from ten European countries write about their interest in and experiences of Armenia. In moving and, at times, funny essays they depict dramatic events, lasting friendships, political struggles. We hear about lavash and brandy, genocide and revival, Yerevan and sma

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-svante-lundgren-one-editors-new-book-armenia-mon-amour-ten-europeans-speak - 2025-05-03

Published 6 September 2021 A new article authored by Maria Frederika Malmström, "Making and unmaking masculinities in Cairo through sonic infrastructural violence", was recently published in the journal Urban Studies.  Maria Frederika Malmström's article explores the Egyptian state’s production of desired manhood and destruction of unwanted masculinities in relation to home and displacement throug

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/masculinities-and-infrastructural-violence-cairo - 2025-05-03

Published 8 September 2021 Lisa Strömbom has coauthored with Bahar Rumelili the article "Agonistic recognition as a remedy for identity backlash: Lessons from Israel and Turkey" which is now available online (open access) in Third World Quarterly. The article is part of a forthcoming Special Issue on agonistic peace, edited by Lisa Strömbom and Isabel Bramsen.  Abstract While an extensive part of

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agonistic-recognition-turkey-and-israel-palestine - 2025-05-03

Published 10 September 2021 Photo: Mohammad Asadi on Unsplash Together with Sayed Fakhreddin Afzali (Shiraz University), Ali Khanamani (Yazd University) and Ehsan Kamali Maskooni (Islamic Azad University), CMES deputy director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Quantitative assessment of environmental sensitivity to desertification using the modified MEDALUS model in a semiarid area", a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/desertification-iran - 2025-05-03

Published 14 September 2021 Together with Mohamed Galal Eltarabily (Port Said University), Nasr M. Abdou (Fayoum University), Mustafa El-Rawy (Minia University) and Tarek Selim (Port Said University), CMES deputy director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A Comparative Analysis of Root Growth Modules in HYDRUS for SWC of Rice under Deficit Drip Irrigation", available online in the jour

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/soil-water-content-and-root-water-uptake-egypt - 2025-05-03

Published 16 September 2021 Together with Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz), Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran) and Hamid Kardan Moghaddam (Water Research Institute Tehran), CMES deputy director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Novel approach for predicting groundwater storage loss using machine learning", available online in t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/groundwater-storage-loss-iran - 2025-05-03

Published 9 September 2021 Together with Ryan G. Smith (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Jingyi Chen (University of Texas), and Rosemary Knight (Stanford University), CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored the article "Apportioning deformation among depth intervals in an aquifer system using InSAR and head data", available online in the Hydrogeology Journal. Abstract Land s

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/surface-deformation-aquifer-system - 2025-05-03

Published 15 September 2021 Photo: Saeed Sarshar on Unsplash Together with Hamideh Kazemi (Curtin University), Fatemeh Fadia Maghsood (Tarbiat Modares University), Ranjan Sarukkalige (Curtin University) and Sadegh Jamali (Lund University), Hossein Hashemi, Seyyed Hasan Hosseini and Ronny Berndtsson from CMES have co-authored the article "Climate vs. Human Impact: Quantitative and Qualitative Asses

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-vs-human-impact-iran - 2025-05-03

Published 17 September 2021 Together with Yoav Kapshuk (Kinneret College), CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article ”Israeli Pre-Transitional Justice and the Nakba-Law”, recently published online (open access) in Israel Law Review. Abstract Pre-transitional justice activities that expose past injustices during entrenched conflicts can incite strong reactions among actors who feel

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israeli-pre-transitional-justice-and-nakba-law - 2025-05-03

Published 20 September 2021 Photo by Miguel Buenrostro, Listening Academy participant CMES researchers Maria Malmström and Mark Levine facilitated a workshop on sound, trauma and politics in the Middle East during the week-long experimental Listening Academy workshop in July 2021. The Listening Academy was organized as part of the Listening Biennial, an international exhibition and event program p

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sound-trauma-and-politics-middle-east - 2025-05-03