By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 9 June 2025 Photo: Therese Ek Facts and research must carry more weight when planning the greening of cities in the future. A new research article calls for a paradigm shift – from 'arbitrary decisions' to more evidence-based urban planning, where urban nature is managed as a resource for both people and biodiver

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/researchers-call-evidence-based-urban-greening - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 9 September 2019 CMES affiliated researcher Marta Kolankiewicz just published a book about anti-Muslim violence in Sweden. Anti-Muslim Racism on Trial "With in-depth analyses of cases of anti-Muslim violence in Sweden―a mosque fire, hate speech and of a series of assaults―Anti-Muslim Racism on Trial sheds light on issu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/anti-muslim-racism-trial-muslims-swedish-judiciary-and-possibility-justice-routledge-research-race - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 4 September 2019 CMES researcher Madeleine Kassab recently presented her work at the conference IAVS_AISV-2019 12TH CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VISUAL SEMIOTICS: VISUAL SEMIOTICS GOES COGNITIVE at Lund University. Media coverage of the Syrian crisis from 2011 to 2013; a comparison between Al-Jazeera

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/media-coverage-syrian-crisis-2011-2013-comparison-between-al-jazeera-and-al-manar-channels - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 4 September 2019 CMES researcher Pınar Dinç is presenting at a conference in Geneva called "Place names in Turkey: Naming, Erasing, Re-naming: Political Uses of Place Names in Turkey". Dersim Anatolian High School in Ataturk Neighborhood of Tunceli: Naming, renaming, and contingent openings in Turkey The politics of pl

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/dersim-anatolian-high-school-ataturk-neighborhood-tunceli-naming-renaming-and-contingent-openings - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 2 September 2019 CMES affiliated researcher Josepha Wessels will be presenting her work at the conference: "Regime-Critical Media and Arab Diaspora: Challenges and Opportunities post-Arab Spring". The conference is hosted by the project Mediatized diaspora (MEDIASP): Contentious Politics among Arab Media Users in Europ

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/artistic-expression-regime-critical-activism-and-social-networks-syrians-denmark-and-sweden - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 2 September 2019 CMES researcher Mohammed Almahfali, is presenting his work at the conference "Regime-Critical Media and Arab Diaspora: Challenges and Opportunities post-Arab Spring" in Copenhagen. Photo: Hello I'm Nik on Unsplash Mohammed´s presentation: "Discourse of Yemeni TV broadcasters and the Dilemma of Regime C

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/discourse-yemeni-tv-broadcasters-and-dilemma-regime-criticism-2015-2019 - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 29 August 2019 A seminar at Malmö University, with Michael Degerald, Visiting Researcher, CMES.   Heritage, archives, and state power. Digital traces of Iraq’s cultural and political history in state media and publications. Photo: Mr Cup / Fabien Barral on Unsplash It will take place on Wednesday, September 4 at 10.15-

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/heritage-archives-and-state-power-digital-traces-iraqs-cultural-and-political-history-state-media - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 29 August 2019 Spyros Sofos, CMES Research Coordinator, is giving a lecture at UPF, The Association of Foreign Affairs in Lund, September 11 at 7 pm. In the morning of September 11, 2001, a series of coordinated attacks by al-Qaeda in the USA, killed 2,996 people and injured over double that number. 9/11 led to legisla

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/differential-citizenship-rights-european-muslims-and-far-right-populism-aftermath-islamic-states - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 28 August 2019 The second edition of Syria Docdays will take place on 7 and 8 September at Panora Folkets bio in Malmö. Syrian Docdays in Malmö CMES affiliated researcher, Joshka Wessels from Malmö University, will give a book talk about her new book "Documenting Syria: filmmaking, video activism and revolution" at Fil

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrian-docdays-malmo-book-talk-joshka-wessels - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 23 August 2019 New article by CMES affiliated researchers Orwa Ajjoub and James Root. Salafi-Jihadis and white supremacists see the world in a way reminiscent of Samuel Huntington’s 1996 “Clash of Civilizations” thesis, which posited that in the post-Cold War era, world conflicts would emerge between “civilizations” ra

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/through-looking-glass-clash-civilizations-narrative-extremist-worldviews - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 August 2019 Would you like to examine the impact the September 11 terrorist attack has had on religious practice and on interpretations of religious records in Judaism, Christianity and Islam? And also participate in a study trip to Istanbul and Jerusalem? Religion, Heritage, and Generation - Conceptualizing Religio

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/religion-heritage-and-generation-conceptualizing-religion-after-911 - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 21 August 2019 This analysis examines the foreign policy features and domestic implications of British policy towards Iran between 1974 and 1976. Starting with the assumption that economic interests, as well as Cold War imperatives, shaped British policy towards Iran into one where human rights had no space, the conduc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-article-vittorio-felci-anti-shah-activism-and-british-policy-towards-iran-1974-1976 - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 19 August 2019 CMES was well represented at the conference. One of the panels was "The Politics of Islam in the Middle East and Europe" and was presented by Demian Voksi, James Root and Orwa Ajjoub. It was moderated by Rola El-Husseini. The Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSMES) is an independent and non-pro

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/nordic-society-middle-eastern-studies-nsmes-conference-helsinki - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 July 2019 In August 2019, the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME) will be hosting the conference in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The conference is open for participants beyond the Nordic countries. Several researchers from CMES will be presenting their work at the conferen

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/break-ing-and-creating-boundaries-middle-east-nsmes2019helsinki - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 July 2019 Under det fullsatta seminariet ”Mellanöstern bortom Islamiska staten – vad händer nu?” avhandlades på onsdagen allt från Turkiet till Egypten och Algeriet i ett soligt Almedalen.   De många konflikterna i Mellanöstern (Photo: Amnesty Press, Ylva Sundgren) Ämnet var minst sagt omfattande, men de tre experte

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/almedalen-2019-de-manga-konflikterna-i-mellanostern-amnesty-press - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 July 2019 Heavy rainfall and flooding in late March and early April 2019 affected millions of people in Iran, caused deaths, displacement and catastrophic damage to the infrastructure. The historic Kashkan bridge was damaged in the recent flood. This is happening while the country has long suffered from frequent drou

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/disastrous-floods-after-prolonged-droughts-have-challenged-iran - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 28 June 2019 CMES is arranging three seminars on the Middle East next week in Almedalsveckan in Gotland. Middle East beyond the Islamic state. What happens now?  Swedish municipalities after IS - to work with returnees and prevent new travelers to terrorist groups.  Culture, religion, honor and clan. How do we understa

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-final-programme - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 June 2019 A new cohort of students have graduated with a Master's degree in ME studies and wrote master's theses on very diverse topics (Algeria, Afghanistan, Jordan and migration from the ME to Europe). Master Students graduated First row left to right:Zane LiepenlauskaLinda el-NaggarTaha Haj AhmadDalia Abdelhady (

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/me-master-students-graduated - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 19 June 2019 We wish you all a warm and relaxing summer. However, in only a few weeks from now the important Almedalen week starts. Lund University is as always well represented and many panels have connections to the Middle East and the dynamics of this region. Middle East Forum Newsletter #2 As well, keep your eyes a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-2-summer-edition - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 18 June 2019 CMES guest researcher Defne Kadıoğlu Polat just published a chapter in the book "German-Turkish Relations Revisited: The European Dimension, Domestic and Foreign Politics and Transnational Dynamics". Creatively Displaced? The Impact of Neoliberal Urban Policies on Immigrants from Turkey in Berlin "In recen

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/creatively-displaced-impact-neoliberal-urban-policies-immigrants-turkey-berlin - 2025-06-29