By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 17 August 2020 Transforming Iraq: a History of Development and the Politics of Third Worldism from 1968-1991 We are pleased to announce that CMES Michael Degerald is one of the 2020 TARII Fellows! TARII, with the feedback and support of a scholarly review committee, has selected seven Iraqi fellows and five American fe

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/2020-tarii-fellowship-awards - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 31 August 2020 Middle East Forum Newsletter #12 August, 2020 We hope you all had a warm and relaxing though probably somewhat unusual “hemester” summer holidays. The objective of this newsletter from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and the Strategic Research Area (SRA): the Middle East in the Contemporary

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-12-august-2020 - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 September 2020 Photo: Scancode Productions on Unsplash By focusing on recent water struggles in rural Turkey against run‐of‐the‐river hydropower plants (SHPs), the research delves into the societal and economic factors that enable or inhibit the emergence of strong mobilizations through a comparison of four localitie

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/rethinking-political-economy-rural-struggles-turkey-space-structures-and-altered-agencies - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 September 2020 Madeleine Kassab Congratulations to CMES affiliated Madeleine Kassab for successfully defending her PhD thesis on "Media Coverage of the Syrian Crisis"! The Syrian crisis is characterized by the intertwining of factors and variables at the local, regional and global levels.The geopolitical importance

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/media-coverage-syrian-crisis-0 - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 14 September 2020 Photo: Hasan Almasi on Unsplash Graduate School together with CMES offers courses in Modern Standard Arabic and Persian, which are open to all Graduate School students. The courses are not credit bearing but you do receive a certificate at the end of each voluntary course.Courses in Modern Standard Ar

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/language-courses-arabic-and-persian - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 14 September 2020 Photo: Laura Kapfer on Unsplash The Dawit Isaak Library is a freedom of expression library at Malmö City Archives. It will open On 16 September 2020 to the public and it is located in Malmö City Archives' existing premises.  The library contains the banned books, books that have been burned or censore

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-mohammed-almahfali-part-new-dawit-isaak-library - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 September 2020 Somalia workshop about water management. The water sector in Somalia is fragmented and needs coordination to establish a functioning water governance system.  Therefore, in cooperation with UNDP and the Ministry of Energy and water resources and the Office of the Prime Minister, a national technical w

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-dr-khaldoon-mourad-proposes-possible-water-compact-functioning-water-governance-system-somalia - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 September 2020 Photo: Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash New research by CMES Raed Bashitialshaaer: "The results indicate that the professors and students faced self-imposed obstacles, as well as pedagogical, technical, and financial or organizational obstacles. Recommendations are presented to overcome and understand t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/exploratory-study-obstacles-achieving-quality-distance-learning-during-covid-19-pandemic - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 18 September 2020 https://web.uoz.edu.krd This new project has now been been approved and signed by University of Zakho (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) and CMES, Lund University.  The project will start with a course ''Research Methodology'' for master students from two departments at UOZ.  More about University of Zakho Co

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-project-empowerment-and-evaluation-postgraduate-courses-scientific-research-approaches-based-e - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 21 September 2020 Nationalistic arson? An interdisciplinary approach to forest fires and conflicts Today CMES researchers Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund are presenting in this POLLEN (Political Ecology Network) conference. Their paper is "Nationalistic arson? An interdisciplinary approach to forest fires and conflicts." In

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/geopolitical-ecologies-violence-and-resistance - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 September 2020 Karin Aggestam will start her job as Director of the Centre for Middle eastern Studies October 1. She is a Professor of Political Science and holds the Samuel Pufendorf Endowed Chair (Ragnar Söderbergs and Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelser). Karin is also Honorary Professor at University of Queensland and

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/karin-aggestam-new-director-cmes - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 28 September 2020 Orwa Ajjoub is an affiliated researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. On the 19th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, the debate surrounding al-Qaeda strength is still alive among scholars and experts. Along with other researchers Hasan Abu Hanieh and Marwan Shehadeh, CMES researcher Orwa Ajjoub

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/al-qaeda-has-never-been-weaker-now - 2025-07-01

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 September 2020 Dragomanen is the annual publication of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. The coming issue of Dragomanen, the annual publication of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, has been co-edited by Anders Ackfeldt and Leif Stenberg and is dedicated to the topic of leisure.  CMES researcher H

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coming-issue-dragomanenis-about-leisure - 2025-07-01

Published 24 February 2017 On 14 March 2017, 16.15-18.00 The Network for Asian Studies' (Asianettverket) at University of Oslo will hold its Annual Lecture 2017: "Rebellion and Repression in China, 1966-1969". Venue: Morgenstiernes hus, Arne Næss auditorium, Blindern, Oslo. This year, Andrew G. Walder from Stanford University offers new insights into the Cultural Revolution in China. In the first

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/oslo-annual-lecture - 2025-07-01

Published 2 February 2017 On 23 June 2017 the Conference "Subaltern Women’s Narratives: Subversion, Resilience, and Shifting Responses" will be held at the University of Sheffield, Uk. Abstract deadline is 23 April. This conference aims to look at the material histories and lives of subaltern women. In her 1988 essay ‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’, Gayatri Spivak extends the definition of the ‘subalte

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sheffield-conference-subaltern-womens-narratives - 2025-07-01

Published 1 February 2017 The book "Sri Lanka: The Struggle for Peace in the Aftermath of War" edited by Amarnath Amarasingam and Daniel Bass was recently published. The paperback is now available from Hurst in the UK and Oxford University Press in the US. Even though Sri Lanka’s protracted civil war came to a bloody conclusion in May 2009, prospects for a sustainable peace remain uncertain. The S

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-book-post-war-sri-lanka - 2025-07-01

Published 3 February 2017 The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for the fall 2017 issue of Asia Pacific Perspectives. The issue will explore the varied interpretations of masculine identity across Asia. Deadline is 3 April. This issue will provide a forum for exchange of the latest research on both historical and contemporary const

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-fall-issue-asia-pacific-perspectives - 2025-07-01

Published 4 February 2017 Three conferences will be held in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the United Kingdom supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) in 2017 and 2018. The name is "Comparative Peacebuilding in Asia - Liberal and Illiberal Transitions from Ethnic Conflict and Authoritarianism". This series of three conferences see

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/conference-comparative-peacebuilding-asia - 2025-07-01

Published 7 February 2017 On 8 September 2017 The Annual Meeting of the South Asia Anthropology Group (SAAG) will be held at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. This year's theme is: Identity, Politics, and Resistance. The issue of identity has been at the heart of several important political developments and social movements over the past few years in South Asia. In India, critics argue

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/south-asia-anthropology-group-saag-meeting-edinburgh - 2025-07-01

Published 27 February 2017 The 2017 Women in Asia (WIA) conference will be held at the University of Western Australia on 26-28 September. Deadline for submissions is 31 March 2017. The Women in Asia (WIA) Conference continues a tradition started by the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Women’s Caucus (now Women’s Forum) in 1981.This will be the first time this Conference has been held

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/women-asia-conference-western-australia - 2025-07-01