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Friday 10:45-12:15 Panel D1: Probing the Politics of Memory and Myth: Museums, Cultural Heritage, and Historical Narratives in the Middle EastChair and discussant: Jenny White (Stockholm University)Torsten Janson (Lund University) Which Fire? What Victims? Contesting Memories of Trauma and Triumph in Contemporary IzmirElena Chiti (Stockholm University) Ruthless Women/National Heroines/Murderers fo
https://www.cmes.lu.se/panel-session-d - 2026-04-19
Friday 13:15-14:45 Panel E1: Cultural Identity and Architecture in Turkey and JerusalemChair and discussant: Pinar Dinc (Lund University)Canse Yüzer (Istanbul Technical University) The Sound of Modernity: State Radio and Architecture in TurkeyGertrud Olsson (University of Gothenburg) Understanding Edirne Balloon Hangar from a Narrative PerspectiveTorsten Janson (Lund University) and Mattias Kärrho
https://www.cmes.lu.se/panel-session-e - 2026-04-19
Funding Agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024-2027 This project explores the complex history of Swedish humanitarian initiatives in the occupied Palestinian territories through the concept of frictional humanitarian homebuilding. Addressing three research questions, it studies the complex interactions between civil society actors and various stakeholders, shedding light on the frictions and power dynam
Latest news about Middle Eastern research at Lund University The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. Read the latest CMES Newsletter Subscribe to the CMES Newsletter 2025 January 2025 CMES Newsletter #48February 2025 CMES Newsletter #49March 2025 CMES Newsletter #50April 2025 CMES Newsletter #51May June 20
https://www.cmes.lu.se/outreach/cmes-newsletter - 2026-04-19
Funding Agency: The Strategic Research Area - MECW Nuclear Middle East (NUCLEAR-ME) is a research project that focuses on the nuclear condition in/from the Middle East. The project aims to confront the long-standing invisibility of the region from nuclear thought. The nuclear condition, in this project, is considered broadly, challenging the divide between weapons and energy, and considering multi
https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/research-projects/nuclear-middle-east-nuclear-me - 2026-04-19
Det händer mycket i Iran just nu. Irankännaren Laleh Foroughanfar, forskare vid Centrum för Mellanösternstudier vid Lunds universitet, analyserar läget just nu och vad som har lett fram till dagens situation. https://www.lu.se/article/det-iranska-samhallet-mer-uppdelat-an-nagonsin
https://www.cmes.lu.se/det-iranska-samhallet-mer-uppdelat-nagonsin - 2026-04-19
Researchers/teachers
https://www.cmes.lu.se/researchersteachers - 2026-04-19
Universities of Lund and Copenhagen Workshop Last day to register: 2 October 2023 This workshop will focus on the Nordic aid to Palestine. The aim with this workshop is to initiate research which will add to the literature on “new humanitarianism” and to develop theory, ethics and practice of humanitarianism with perspectives from research in humanities and social sciences by focusing on Nordic in
https://www.cmes.lu.se/form/workshop-registration-nordic-humanitarian-aid-palestinians-24-october-2023 - 2026-04-19
Administration
https://www.cmes.lu.se/administration - 2026-04-19
Guest/affiliated researchers
https://www.cmes.lu.se/guestaffiliated-researchers - 2026-04-19
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https://www.cmes.lu.se/administration-0 - 2026-04-19
Funding agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024- CMES aims to coordinate and compile data and analyses on the MENA region to be openly shared through a data infrastructure platform. CMES aims to coordinate and compile data and analyses generated through a range of PhD, postdoctoral and interdisciplinary research projects on the MENA region to be openly shared through a data infrastructure platform. Othe
https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/research-projects/research-data-infrastructure-mena - 2026-04-19
Funding Agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024- This is a collaborative research project between CMES and Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) on political youth in conflicts in the Middle East. Since 2011, two broad societal changes challenge the political exclusion of youth: (1) new spaces and institutions have opened up for youth action, allowing young women and men to assume new roles as political and socia
https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/research-projects/being-young-conflict - 2026-04-19
CMES hosts and coordinates a large number of interdisciplinary research projects. Whereas a majority of them are part of the MECW-research program there are additional projects with external research funding from the Swedish Research Council, Fortes, Riksbankens Jubileumsfund, the European Commission, Australian Research Council and more. Recognizing that the complexities of the Middle East region
https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/research-projects - 2026-04-19
Funding agency: EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 796086. Duration: 2018-ongoing Interest in the relationship between environmental degradation and conflict is growing despite the lack of consensus over its nature. Yet most discussions of the environment-conflict nexus still take for granted the direction of causality and seek to demonstra
https://www.cmes.lu.se/cmes-research/research-projects/fire-fighting-insurgency-ruining-environment - 2026-04-19
Funding Agency: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024- Water security, scarcity and climate change are urgent pressing issues in the Middle East and North Africa. The region is marked by increasing environmental challenges, population growth, and changing climate patterns. This research project aligns with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a particular emphasis on Goal 6: Clean Wat
Funder: SRA-MECW. Duration: 2024- The Middle East and North Africa region is today witnessing a combination of upheavals, conflicts, and civil wars, but also increasing diplomatic activities and greater cooperation. The increased involvement of China and Russia, changing relationships between Arab countries and Israel as well as competition for regional leadership while the US is disengaging are e
This is a reading course on the Israel-Palestine conflict offered free of charge for Lund University staff and students during the 2024 spring semester at CMES. Course DescriptionThe reading course introduces and elaborates on various perspectives on the Israel-Palestine conflict, focusing on (1) the history and causes of the conflict, (2) the Middle East peace process and its collapse (3) mechani
https://www.cmes.lu.se/centre-advanced-middle-eastern-studies-cmes/reading-course-israel-palestine-conflict - 2026-04-19
Welcome to the IIIEE! See our master's programs We equip future sustainability decision-makers, leaders and practitioners to provide solutions for complex challenges Explore our research topics We produce rigorous, impactful and solution-oriented interdisciplinary research in close collaboration with business and other societal partners. This is who we are We advance knowledge on how to catalyse t
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/international-institute-industrial-environmental-economics - 2026-04-19
Excellence and Renewal in Interdisciplinary Research The IIIEE is a centre of excellence conducting interdisciplinary and collaborative research focused on advancing sustainable solutions. We provide excellence and renewal in interdisciplinary research, involving stakeholders from government, industry, and society. The transformation to a sustainable society involves a multitude of actors such as
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/research - 2026-04-19
