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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 surface subsidence due to ex

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/surface-deformation-aquifer-system - 2025-10-29

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 Assessment of Streamflow Variation", available online in the journ

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-vs-human-impact-iran - 2025-10-29

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 threatened by or dislike suc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israeli-pre-transitional-justice-and-nakba-law - 2025-10-29

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 presented at Errant Sound in Berlin during the summer of 2021. The Listening Academy pr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sound-trauma-and-politics-middle-east - 2025-10-29

CMES researcher Maria Malmström has authored the article "The Desire to Disappear in Order Not to Disappear: Cairene Ex-Prisoners after the 25 January Revolution", recently published online in The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology. The article is part of a special issue of the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology guest edited by Myriam Lamrani. To access the special issue, "Beyond Revolution: Reshapi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cairene-ex-prisoners-after-25-january-revolution - 2025-10-29

CMES researcher Joel Abdelmoez has authored the chapter "Deviants, Queers, or Scissoring Sisters of Men? Translating and Locating Queer and Trans Feminisms in the Contemporary Arabic-Speaking World” published in the Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance (2021, edited by Tiina Rosenberg, Sandra d'Urso and Anna Winget). Joel's chapter deals with the increased vis

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/queer-and-trans-feminisms-contemporary-arabic-speaking-world - 2025-10-29

Together with Amy Lutz (Syracuse University), CMES researcher Dalia Abdelhday has authored the article "Perceptions of success among working-class children of immigrants in three cities", available online in the journal Ethnicities. This article examines the subjective understanding of success among members of three groups of children of immigrants from Mexico, North Africa and Turkey, in Dallas,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/perceptions-success-among-working-class-children-immigrants - 2025-10-29

Together with İmren Borsuk (Berlin Forum Transregionale Studien & Stockholm University), Sinem Kavak (Lund University) and Pınar Sayan (Beykoz University), CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has edited the book "Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey: Construction, Consolidation, and Contestation". This book offers new clarity on three important political concepts: authoritarianism, neoliber

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/authoritarian-neoliberalism-and-resistance-turkey - 2025-10-29

CMES Newsletter about 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. Click here to read the latest issue Click here to sign up for the Ne

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter - 2025-10-29

As part of the Future Week at Lund University, CMES organises a panel with five Middle East scholars who will discuss future trends in the region on topics ranging from climate change, migration, human rights, protracted conflict, democratization to peace and regional security. The public event takes place on 20 October at Skissernas Museum. All are warmly welcome! The CMES panel on trendspotting

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-middle-east - 2025-10-29

Together with Neşe Kınıkoğlu (İstanbul Medeniyet University), CMES researcher Torsten Janson has authored the article "Sacred (re)Collections: Culture, Space and Boundary Negotiation in Turkish-Islamic Memory Politics", available online in the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. This article discusses how state-organized, memory-cultural production drawing on religious signifiers con

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/culture-space-and-boundary-negotiation-turkish-islamic-memory-politics - 2025-10-29

Together with Khaoula Khemiri (University of Tunis El Manar), Sihem Jebari (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry), and Khlifa Maalel (Laboratory of Modelling in Hydraulics and Environment), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Is Climate or Direct Human Influence Responsible for Discharge Decrease in the Tunisian Merguellil Basin?", avail

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/discharge-decrease-tunisian-merguellil-basin - 2025-10-29

Deadline for application: 30 November 2021 The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports writing retreats on Middle East research with the aim to finalise an article, book chapter, edited volume or a book for publication in peer reviewed outlets. Three writing retreats will be granted during the spring of 2022. CMES offers office space and modern research facilities in a stimulati

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/apply-writing-retreat-cmes-spring-2022 - 2025-10-29

Together with Esam Wasel (Thamar University), CMES researcher Mohammed Al-Mahfali has authored the article "Women Stereotype in the Book: Yemeni Tales and Legends", available online in the journal Ansaq. The paper aims to understand how women stereotypes are formed in Ḥekayᾱt Wa Asaṭīr Yamanī [Yemeni Tales and Legends] book compiled by Ali Muhammad Abdo. The paper consists of a preface that includ

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/women-stereotypes-book-yemeni-tales-and-legends - 2025-10-29

CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has recently been promoted to Associate Professor at the Division of Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University.  Hossein Hashemi received his Ph.D. in the field of Water Resources Engineering from Lund University in 2014. His Ph.D. research was focused on groundwater management, groundwater artificial recharge,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/hossein-hashemi-promoted-associate-professor - 2025-10-29

CMES researcher Spyros Sofos has authored the article "Space and the emotional topography of populism in Turkey: The case of Hagia Sophia", available online in the journal Cogent Social Sciences. Over the past decade, as ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) initiated Turkey’s authoritarian populist turn, it sought to derive legitimacy through extra-institutional avenues, notably the emotiona

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/space-and-emotional-topography-populism-turkey - 2025-10-29

CMES researcher Pinar Dinc has authored the chapter "Forest Fires in Dersim and Şırnak: Conflict and Environmental Destruction". Pinar's chapter is part of the edited volume Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities (2021, editor: Stephen Hunt). The book is a pioneering text that examines the ideas about social ecology and communalism b

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/forest-fires-dersim-and-sirnak - 2025-10-29

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has authored the article "A piece of the Middle East in the north - the Armenian Community of Sweden", available in the Haigazian Armenological Review. The Armenian community of Sweden is small (approximately 12,000 persons) and young (established in the second half of the 20th century). In this article the history of the community is described based on written sour

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/armenian-community-sweden - 2025-10-29

New CMES Newsletter about 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. The latest issue of the Newsletter Sign up for the Newsletter

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-23 - 2025-10-29

In 2023, CMES will be hosting the Olof Palme Visiting Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor The 2023 Olof Palme visiting professorship has been awarded to Raphael Cohen-Almagor, professor in political studies at University of Hull, UK, by the Swedish Research Council. The Olof Palme professorship is awarded to an internationally prominent researcher focused on topics important to the pursuit of peace in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-hosting-2023-olof-palme-visiting-professorship-awarded-raphael-cohen-almagor - 2025-10-29