Published 28 March 2023 CMES scholars Lina Eklund and Hossein Hashemi have written "Returning to Traditional Solutions in the Face of Climate Challenges", published online by the Near East Policy Forum. The Middle East region is facing major challenges related to climate change, and Iraq is no exception. Despite being a historically water-rich country, Iraq faces demands from multiple directions f

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-change-and-water-harvesting-iraq - 2025-07-05

Published 29 March 2023 The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies in collaboration with Doc Lounge invites you to a presentation of the photographic exhibition “Wildfires in the Anthropocene” and screening of Alexander Abaturov's documentary film “Paradise”, followed by an open discussion. Registration is required to attend. Wildfires are now a frequent phenomenon perceived as a global threat t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/photo-exhibition-and-film-screening-world-burning-20-paradise - 2025-07-05

Published 31 March 2023 New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and 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. Read the latest iss

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-34 - 2025-07-05

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - published 5 April 2023 Raphael Cohen-Almagor at his office at The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Photo: Ulrika Oredsson A multifaceted British-Israeli researcher has been awarded the prestigious visiting professorship in Olof Palme’s memory and will spend 10 months at the Centre for Advanced Middle Easte

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/professorship-olof-palmes-memory-british-israeli-researcher - 2025-07-05

Published 24 April 2023 The second Annual SWEMENA Conference will be hosted by Stockholm University’s Institute for Turkish Studies on 24-25 August 2023. The second Swedish Middle East and North Africa Network (SWEMENA) Annual Conference will be hosted by Stockholm University's Institute for Turkish Studies. We look forward to this opportunity to solidify the network and meet in person, and to hos

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/extended-call-papers-and-panels-second-annual-swemena-conference-2023-0 - 2025-07-05

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 26 April 2023 Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren On 25 April, the Arabic language students at CMES received their certificates after completing this semester's language courses. This was celebrated by enjoying some traditional Arabic sweets and cardamom tea together with CMES staff. The festive event was organ

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/students-celebrate-successful-completion-cmes-arabic-language-courses - 2025-07-05

Published 27 April 2023 CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written a review of a book about the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The reviewed book is called Varje dag dör jag långsamt. En reportagebok inifrån Nagorno-Karabach (English translation: Every day I die slowly. Reporting from Inside Nagorno-Karabakh) and was written by Rasmus Canbäck (2023, SILC Förlag). Svante's review was published

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-voices-nagorno-karabakh - 2025-07-05

Published 28 April 2023 On 19 April, Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor participated in a seminar on academic freedom and freedom of expression together with Noam Chomsky. The event, organised by the Middle East Study Centre (MESC) at Hull University, was chaired by Glenn Burgess and CMES visiting professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor acted as discussant. Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, ph

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-and-freedom-expression - 2025-07-05

Published 5 May 2023 CMES funds 1-2 new workshop per year and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from different disciplines within Lund University. The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports and coordinates workshops and higher public research seminars with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the Contem

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-workshop-proposals - 2025-07-05

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 5 May 2023 The natural sources of sand and dust storms are mainly deserts and dry lands. In the hot months in the summertime, the strong north-easterly winds carry large amounts of particles across the region. Photo: AFP PHOTO/STR The Middle East and North African region lose about $13 billion a year because of increasin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sand-and-dust-storm-research-finds-answers-ai-and-ancient-knowledge - 2025-07-05

Published 5 May 2023 CMES provides travel grants for conducting field work in the Middle East and conference/workshop participation with paper presentations focused on Middle East research. Applications are open to employees at Lund University. Grant period: autumn 2023. Application deadline: 31 May 2023 For more information and instructions please read the call: Call CMES travel grant 2023.pdf

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-travel-grants - 2025-07-05

Published 5 May 2023 New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and 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. Read the latest issue

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-35 - 2025-07-05

Published 8 May 2023 On March 16, CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini Dean participated in an online event about the humanitarian impact of Lebanon's deepening crises. The event was hosted by the Arab Center Washington DC. Rola spoke about the country’s religious personal status laws and its nationality law, as well as domestic violence and child marriage. On domestic violence in Lebanon, El-Husseini

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/event-recording-women-lebanon - 2025-07-05

Published 15 May 2023 CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has written a review of a book about youth activists in Egypt's 2011 revolution. The reviewed book is called Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution, written by Rusha Latif (2022, American University in Cairo Press). Sarah's review was published in The Middle East Journal. The book explores the trajectories of Egyptian

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-egypts-leaderless-revolution - 2025-07-05

Published 16 May 2023 As a PhD student in this project you will be working in a dynamic and interdiscplinary research environment with links to two strategic research areas: The Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW) and Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing Climate (BECC). Application deadline: 26 May 2023. Doctoral student at Lund University's Department of Physical Geograhy and Ecosys

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-vacancy-lu-doctoral-student-pyrogeography-middle-east - 2025-07-05

Published 17 May 2023 CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini Dean has authored an article published by the Arab Center Washington DC. The problems facing women in Lebanon today have been further complicated by the financial, economic, and social crises that have been affecting the country since 2019. It is therefore not surprising that women were on the frontlines of the so-called Tishreen (October) Rev

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/harrowing-state-womens-rights-lebanon - 2025-07-05

Published 23 May 2023 CMES researcher Pinar Dinc has co-authored the article "From resolution to resecuritization: populist communication of the AKP’s Kurdish peace process in Turkey" together with Ozge Ozduzen (University of Sheffield) published in the journal New Perspectives on Turkey. This article contributes to the existing literature on the populist online communication of governments. We lo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/erdogan-twitter-and-kurdish-peace-process - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05