Published 18 January 2024 CMES Researcher Nina Gren has written an article on Palestinian resilience, local communities and ways of mourning. The article "Hemsökelser från Gaza" (English translation: "Hauntings from Gaza") was published in Antroperspektiv, an online journal run by the Swedish Association of Anthropologists, on December 22, 2023. Below are some excerpts translated into English.Read

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/hauntings-gaza - 2025-06-11

Published 18 January 2024 CMES Affiliated Researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has authored an article on support to democracy among marginalized youth in Tunisia in Mediterranean Politics. Given incumbent-led autocratization in Tunisia, the article investigates support to democracy among youth in historically marginalized regions and the likelihood they will prefer the authoritarian alternative. Putting

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/democracy-and-marginalized-youth-tunisia - 2025-06-11

Published 19 January 2024 CMES researchers Lina Eklund and Pinar Dinc have co-authored a paper on farmland abandonment in northeast Syria together with Berit Mohr (GeoInsight Ltd New Zealand) published in Environmental Research Letters. AbstractFarmland abandonment is often associated with biophysical, political, or socio-economic changes, like droughts, economic reforms, rural-urban migration, or

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/farmland-abandonment-northeast-syria - 2025-06-11

Published 29 January 2024 Anna Karin Eneström and Karin Aggestam CMES Director Karin Aggestam participated in a panel at the Swedish "Folk och Försvar" conference on 7-9 January 2024. The panel (in Swedish), "Behövs nya fredsskapande verktyg?" (English translation: "Are New Peacebuilding Tools Needed?"), took place in Sälen, Sweden on 9 January 2024. It was part of a larger discussion on how to bu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/rethinking-peace-diplomacy-middle-east - 2025-06-11

Published 29 January 2024 David Kaye (Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren) On 29 January, Professor David Kaye (Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Public International Law) held a rapid response seminar on the ICJ case between South Africa and Israel. On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed a claim in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is committing genocide in its military campa

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/south-africa-v-israel-international-court-justice - 2025-06-11

Published 30 January 2024 CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored a paper on uncoordinated water resources development in Iran. The article, "When rain does not run, a fingerprint of uncoordinated water resources development", was published in the Journal of Hydrology. It was co-authored by Ali Torabi Haghighi (University of Oulu), Alireza Sharifi (University of Oulu), Hamid Darabi (Univer

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/uncoordinated-water-resources-development-iran - 2025-06-11

Published 1 February 2024 CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has co-authored an article on the path to a post-American regional order in the Middle East, published in Foreign Affairs. The article "Only the Middle East Can Fix the Middle East: The Path to a Post-American Regional Order" was written by Dalia Dassa Kaye and Sanam Vakil. It was published in Foreign Affairs on 1 February 2024.Int

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/only-middle-east-can-fix-middle-east - 2025-06-11

Published 2 February 2024 President Macron and CMES Director Karin Aggestam CMES Director Karin Aggestam attended the Farewell Reception. On Wednesday 31 January, French President Emmanuel Macron visited Lund. After visiting the European Spallation Source (ESS) together with the Swedish King, he participated in "Studentafton", where he spoke to and answered questions from 200 Lund University stude

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/french-president-emmanuel-macron-visits-lund-university - 2025-06-11

Published 2 February 2024 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

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-41 - 2025-06-11

Published 7 February 2024 Charlotta Sparre speaking to staff and students at CMES. Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren On 6 February, Director Charlotta Sparre visited CMES and spoke about the work at the Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa in Amman, Jordan. Charlotta Sparre is the Director of the Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa. She has previou

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/director-swedish-dialogue-institute-charlotta-sparre-visits-cmes - 2025-06-11

Published 8 February 2024 Lund University's Raoul Wallenberg Institute will be part of the group of institutions doing a review of UNWRA) The UN Secretary-General, in consultation with United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, has appointed an independent Review Group to assess whether the Agency is doing everyth

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/raoul-wallenberg-institute-lund-university-assigned-review-unwra - 2025-06-11

Published 9 February 2024 CMES Researcher Svante Lundgren has written an article in The Conversation. The article, "Jerusalem: Jewish settler movement makes bid for large slice of Armenian quarter", was published in The Conversation on 8 February 2024.IntroductionThe Armenian quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City is facing its biggest crisis in a long time. A Jewish businessman with connections to the r

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/jewish-settlers-make-bid-armenian-quarter-jerusalem - 2025-06-11

Published 20 February 2024 Photo: Ulrika Oredsson CMES Visiting Fulbright Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has been interviewed about the war in Gaza and the need for new leadership as the only way forward. The war in Gaza will end when Israel realises that its two goals are mutually exclusive - it will not be able to both destroy Hamas and free the hostages. This is what the new visiting Fulbright prof

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-visiting-fulbright-professor-dalia-dassa-kaye-war-gaza - 2025-06-11

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 21 February 2024 The Conversation is a unique collaboration between academics and journalists that in a decade has become the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis. 25% of all articles from Lund University published in the Conversation in 2023 focused on the Middle East, generatin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/46000-reads-lund-university-articles-middle-east-conversation-2023 - 2025-06-11

Av nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - publicerad 23 mars 2020 Nu är anmälan till högskolepedagogiska kursen Lärarrollen i utveckling (7,5 Hp) öppen. Kursledare är docent och universitetslektor Ylva Hofvander Trulsson som här svarar på några frågor:Vilka hoppas du anmäler sig till utbildningen?– Jag ser fram emot anmälningar från lärare från hela vår fakultet, junior

https://www.mhm.lu.se/internt/artikel/jag-ser-fram-emot-anmalningar-fran-hela-var-fakultet - 2025-06-11

Publicerad 9 oktober 2020 This lecture (in English) is a result of a collaboration between the choral teachers at the Academies of Music in Sweden. Due to the corona pandemic, we see the need of strengthening the choral life, and we also see new possibilities to use digital tools to arrange exchange projects to enrich the choral education. We organize two lectures fall 2020: November, 3 with Karin

https://www.mhm.lu.se/internt/artikel/guest-lecture-karin-rehnqvist - 2025-06-11

Av Joakim [dot] Nilsson [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Joakim Nilsson) - publicerad 24 maj 2022 Vi förväntar oss en förändring i arbetslagstiftningen som träder i kraft den 1 oktober i år. Det som händer i höst är att allmän visstidsanställning, vilket är alla visstidsanställningar inklusive timanställningar men inte vikariat, försvinner som anställningsform och ersätts av särskild visstidsanställni

https://www.biologi.lu.se/internt/artikel/arbetslagsstiftningen-kommer-att-forandras-i-host - 2025-06-11

Av Henrik [dot] Wendel [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Henrik Wendel) - publicerad 25 maj 2022 Äntligen är vi framme vid ventilationsprojektets utförandefas! Åratal av planering och den vanligaste upptäckten (att ”det här har visst ingen tänkt på”) har förhoppningsvis gjort oss så förberedda som vi kan bli. Vad är det då som händer? Hela fläktsystemet uppe på vinden byts ut, med de delar som berör Ek

https://www.biologi.lu.se/internt/artikel/renovering-av-ekologihusets-ventilation - 2025-06-11

Av Joakim [dot] Nilsson [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Joakim Nilsson) - publicerad 15 september 2022 Grunden i lagstiftning är att tillsvidareanställning blir ännu starkare norm och visstidsanställningar konverteras snabbare till tillsvidareanställningar. Tiden är 1 år som visstidsanställd istället för som tidigare 2 år, och räknas retroaktivt från 1 mars i år. Vad innebär de nya reglerna för våra

https://www.biologi.lu.se/internt/artikel/nya-las-regler-fran-forsta-oktober - 2025-06-11

Av Inger [dot] Ekstrom [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Inger Ekström) - publicerad 22 september 2022 Nu finns det två nya sidor utlagda – en sida med vanliga frågor och en webbversion av vår strategiska plan. Sidan med vanliga frågor (FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions) riktar sig framförallt till yngre forskare som har egna anslag. Även andra kan ha nytta av sidan så ta gärna en titt. Vi har gjort en

https://www.biologi.lu.se/internt/artikel/vanliga-fragor-och-strategisk-plan-tva-nya-webbsidor - 2025-06-11