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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 June 2019 Svante Lundgren is a researcher at CMES. Two of his popular science books have recently been published in translation. The Assyrians - Fifty Years in Sweden Assyrierna - från Nineve till Södertälje (2014) have been published in Dutch: De Assyriërs - van Nineveh naar Enschede (AJN Press). It has previously

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/books-assyrians-svante-lundgren-translated - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 10 June 2019 Pinar Dinc, researcher from from CMES, tomorrow holds a lecture at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. The “Art” of Government: Reading Turkey’s Raison d’etat through Novels and Short Stories on Dersim 1937–38 Being a mountainous region with numerous bodies of water, valleys, and grottos, Dersim or

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/art-government-reading-turkeys-raison-detat-through-novels-and-short-stories-dersim-1937-38 - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 5 June 2019 Next week CMES affiliated researcher Kholoud Mansour is speaking at an event that marks the launch of policy papers by the Syrian Women’s Political Movement (SWPM) on an engendered constitution, the return of displaced Syrians and reconstruction. The papers relied on the findings of a series of national con

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/feminist-perspective-syrian-political-process-return-displaced-syrians-reconstruction-and-engendered - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 June 2019 From Jabhat al-Nusra to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, what has changed? CMES Researcher Orwa Ajjoub has written an article examining the history of one of the most significant opposition groups in the Syrian conflict, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). In it, he traces the group through four main phases: during the firs

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-article-history-hts - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 27 May 2019 The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is looking for a post-doc that will be part of the research area regarding groundwater as a natural resource in the arid Middle East and how the use of satellite data and advanced machine-learning algorithms can be used to solve complex water supply problems. The ground

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/postdoctoral-position-centre-middle-eastern-studies - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 24 May 2019 Welcome to our newsletter about research on the Middle East at Lund University! Middle East Forum Newsletter #1 May, 2019 The Middle East is an area that affects us all. It is the cradle of human civilization with a recent conflict-ridden history, and aspiring democracy movements that are of global concern.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-1-may-2019 - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 20 May 2019 CMES, The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and a new platform called ip-ACIRR* are working to promote rights for people with disabilities in contexts of armed conflicts and for inclusive post-conflict society building. New cooperation initiative around people with disabilities

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-cooperation-initiative-around-people-disabilities-conflict-areas - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 17 May 2019 Madeleine Kassab is a guest researcher at Middle Eastern Studies. Her research about The Media Coverage of the Syrian Crisis analyses the media coverage of the Syrian crisis from 2011 to 2013. It is a comparison between Al-Jazeera and Al-Manar channels through quantitative and qualitative analysis. The Syri

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/media-coverage-syrian-crisis-presentation-sol-sprak-och-litteraturcentrum-lund-university - 2025-07-07