I utställningen på Galleri Ping-Pong visas projektet Jane Avril som handlar om min relation till den historiska personen Jane Avril (1868-1943), en fransk danskonstnär mest känd idag genom sin vän Toulouse-Lautrecs affischer. https://www.galleripingpong.se/marie-norrman-elisabet-apelmo-10-30-april-2021/ 10 - 30 april 2021 Galleri Ping-Pong, Malmö Öppettider: Onsdag-Fredag: 12-17  Lördag: 12-16 Sön

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumn-maria-norrman-exhibitis-gallery-ping-pong - 2025-09-13

Alumna Samaneh Roghani ställer ut bland tio andra nyutbildade konstnärer i grupputställningen Future Watch på Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, 16 april - 8 augusti. https://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/utstallningar/future-watch-tio-konst… Se utställningen digitalt  

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumna-samaneh-roghani-bland-tio-utvalda-i-grupputstallning-pa-kulturhuset-stadsteatern - 2025-09-13

CPH:DOX presents: SUPPLY AND A MILLION TIMES GOODBYE by Majse Vilstrup where and what Online Premiere at CPH:DOX film festival 2021 April 25, 15.00 pm. Access the film through: https://www.doxonline.dk/film/supply-and-a-million-times-goodbye/ Physical Premiere at CPH:DOX film festival 2021 CINEMATEKET, Gothersgade 55, Copenhagen K May 7, 17.00 pm. Press-release_CPHDOX2021.pdf

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumn-majse-vilstrup-cph-dox - 2025-09-13

Figur på säng, 2018-2019, olja på duk, 54 x 62 cm 1 MAJ - 6 JUNI 2021 GABRIELLA IOANNIDES ÖPPNING UTAN VERNISSAGE LÖRDAGEN DEN 1 MAJ KL.12–17 http://www.gallerithomaswallner.com/    

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumn-gabriella-ioannides-staller-ut-pa-galleri-thomas-wallner - 2025-09-13

CMES researcher has co-authored an article published in the Journal of Strategic Studies. The article, "How dawn turned into dusk: Scoping and closing possible nuclear futures after the Cold War", was co-authored by Benoît Pelopidas (Sciences Po), Hebatalla Taha (CMES), and Tom Vaughan (Aberystwyth University).AbstractHow was the scope of nuclear weapons policy change immediately after the Cold Wa

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/nuclear-proliferation-iraq - 2025-09-13

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article in the journal Applied Soft Computing. The article, "Temporal cluster-based local deep learning or signal processing-temporal convolutional transformer for daily runoff prediction?", is written by Vahid Moosavi (Tarbiat Modares University), Sahar Mostafaei (Tarbiat Modares University) and Ronny Berndtsson (CMES). AbstractWater scarci

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/deep-learning-and-runoff-prediction-iran - 2025-09-13

Read the 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 newsletterSubscribe to the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-42 - 2025-09-13

CMES supports three-year research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES funds one new project annually and encourages collaboration between scholars from different disciplines at Lund University to conduct interdisciplinary research on the Middle East.Project proposals should be focused on novel interdis

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-project-proposals-0 - 2025-09-13

CMES is organising the Third Annual Swedish Middle East and North Africa Network (SWEMENA) Conference, Lund University, 22-23 August 2024. This interdisciplinary annual conference reflects SWEMENA’s main objective to bring together different communities of researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers across Sweden with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa region SWEMENA encourages the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swemena-annual-conference-2024 - 2025-09-13

Apply by 30 April 2024 Writing Retreats (Autumn 2024)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. CMES offers office space and modern research facilities in a stimulating work environment on historic premises. Administrative, practical and technical support is available on

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-writing-retreats-0 - 2025-09-13

Read the 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 NewsletterSubscribe to the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-43 - 2025-09-13

CMES visiting scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye has written an article in Foreign Affairs. IntroductionOn April 1, Israel launched its latest attack on Iran in the two countries’ ongoing shadow war, with an airstrike that flattened a section of Iran’s embassy complex in Damascus and reportedly killed at least 12 people. Among the dead was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who headed Iran’s military operations in Syria

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israels-campaign-against-iranian-targets-could-backfire - 2025-09-13

On 8-9 April, CMES organized a policy-research dialogue entitled "Exploring Europe’s Changing Perceptions and Policies Towards Iran" with international experts and policymakers. The workshop explored a broad set of themes, such as Iran's nuclear program and the nuclear agreement, the Mahsa Amini protests and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. These issues were discussed in relation to the relationship

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-policy-research-dialogue-exploring-europes-changing-perceptions-and-policies-towards-iran - 2025-09-13

Satellite images of Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory, and Israel, from 1984 and 2020 (Captured by Landsat/Copernicus) This Regional Outlook focuses on the role of satellite imagery in shaping our understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the physical damage it has caused the landscape.  On 7 October 2023, Hamas carried out a large scale attack against Israel, causing over 1 000 fat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-monitoring-israels-destruction-gaza-space - 2025-09-13

On 11-12 April, CMES hosted a workshop entitled "On the Edge - Post-Conflict Political Generations of Women and Youth Activists in the ‘Second Wave’ of the Arab Spring" with international scholars. The workshop explored the mass popular mobilizations calling for radical regime change in Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon, and Iraq in 2019, which were billed the ‘Second Wave’ of the Arab Spring. The four coun

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-workshop-women-and-youth-activists-second-wave-arab-spring - 2025-09-13

On Friday 12 April, CMES researcher Filippo Verre participated in the radio program "Il Mondo alla Radio" (Eng. translation: "The World on the Radio") on Vatican Radio. Vatican Radio is part of the channel Vatican News, which is the official radio channel of the Vatican State. In the interview, Filippo spoke about the role of water policy in the Middle East as a tool to foster cooperation.Listen t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/water-policy-middle-east - 2025-09-13

Apply by 31 May 2024. CMES Workshop Proposals (Academic Year 2024-2025)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 Contemporary World (MECW). CMES funds 1-2 new workshop per year and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/open-cmes-calls-workshops-and-travel - 2025-09-13

CMES Director met with Morocco’s Ambassador Karim Medrek. On 23 April Morocco’s Ambassador to Sweden Karim Medrek visited Lund University. CMES Director Karin Aggestam briefed the Ambassador about the Strategic Research Area the Middle East in the Contemporary World and discussed opportunities for research and student exchanges.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/moroccos-ambassador-visits-lund-university - 2025-09-13

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute at Lund University has contributed to the independent review report of UNRWA. The report has evaluated to what extent UNRWA adheres to the humanitarian principle of neutrality. The report recognizes the complexity of UNRWA’s mandate within a highly political context.  It makes a series of recommendations that the Agency commits to act upon, namely in the areas relati

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/independent-review-report-unrwa-released - 2025-09-13

CMES visiting scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye has co-authored an article published in Foreign Affairs. The article, "Is an Anti-Iran Alliance Emerging in the Middle East? The Limits of Cooperation Between Israel and the Arab States", was co-written by Dalia Dassa Kaye and Sanam Vakil (Chatham House's MENA Programme). It was published in Foreign Affairs on 26 April 2024.IntroductionWhen Iran directed over

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/limits-cooperation-between-israel-and-arab-states - 2025-09-13