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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CyberOrient welcomes Anders Ackfeldt at Lund University in Sweden as a new Managing Editor along with Vit Sisler at Charles University. An expanded CyberOrient, an official open-access journal of the American Anthropological Association, is now up and ready for surfing. The renewed website, cyberorient.net, now has ar

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-anders-ackfeldt-new-editor-journal-cyberorient - 2026-05-23

This unique garden cultivates 60 plant species mentioned in the Qur’an and Hadith, transforming religious texts into living symbols of sustainability. By blending Islamic ethics with modern ecology, the QBG offers a model for faith-based environmental stewardship, one that addresses climate vulnerability, water scarcity, and biodiversity loss in the Gulf region. On 12 March 2026, Zenia Henriksen (

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/quranic-gardens-where-faith-meets-environmental-action - 2026-05-23

Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. Read CMES newsletter here.CMES is pleased to announce a new Call for Project Proposals. We will fund 1–2 new research projects running from 2026 to 2029.  This is an exciting opportunity to develop innovative research within Middle Eastern studies in a dynamic, interdiscipli

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-56 - 2026-05-23

New article published in Scientific Reports by CMES researcher Filippo Verre, Ronny Berndtsson and Hossein Hashemi.  Read the full article here (External Link)AbstractWater scarcity is a dynamic condition influenced by a variety of factors, including environmental variables but also political, economic, technological, and social variables. This research reflects the intersection of natural resourc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/redefining-water-scarcity-through-integrated-water-strategic-resilience-index-amid-climate-and - 2026-05-23

Drylands are often portrayed as hotspots for climate-driven conflict, but this narrative risks oversimplifying their complex realities. In a new article in Cambridge Prisms: Drylands, CMES researcher Lina Eklund critically examines the climate-conflict link in Syria. Read the article here (External link)AbstractDrylands account for a disproportionate share of the world’s armed conflicts, a pattern

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/drylands-frontlines-adaptation-shift-away-climate-conflict-narrative - 2026-05-23

In her new book Agonistic Memory and Peace, Lisa Strömbom, Deputy Director of CMES, explores how contested memories in Colombia, Israel-Palestine, and Northern Ireland can become tools for dialogue and peace. Download the book as open access hereThe book Investigates memory initiatives in three of the world’s hardest to solve conflicts and how they can be invested with more constructive dynamicsAg

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agonistic-memory-and-peace - 2026-05-23

Today we celebrated Nowruz, the Persian new year at CMES. Text: Rafah BarhoumNowruz, meaning "new day" in Persian, is an ancient, 3,000-year-old festival marking the Iranian New Year and the spring equinox (March 20/21). Celebrating rebirth and the great victory of light over darkness, it is honored by over 300 million people across the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.Haft Sin هفت سين 

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/nowruz-celebration-cmes - 2026-05-23

CMES Researcher Torsten Janson has written a review of Alison Scott-Baumann’s study "Paul Ricoeur: Empowering Education, Politics and Society" (published in 2023). The review is published on The London School of Economics and Political Science website blog. Review summaryAlison Scott–Baumann’s Paul Ricoeur: Empowering Education, Politics and Society employs Ricoeur’s philosophy to unpack contempor

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/paul-ricoeur-empowering-education-politics-and-society-review - 2026-05-23

Read the November CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications. The CMES Newsletter offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research. It is distributed regularly to a diverse audience of scholars, both within Lund University and beyond. Each issue features:Message From the DirectorLatest Research NewsUpcoming EventsRecent Publicat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-47 - 2026-05-23

CMES Researcher Lisa Strömbom was interviewed in the Danish newspaper Politiken on Israel's relations with the UN, following the UNRWA ban. Lisa Strömbom is Associate Professor in Political Science and researcher at CMES. She studies identities in conflict, conflict transformation and historiography, recognition in intrastate conflict as well as on grassroots peacebuilding. Her main empirical focu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lisa-strombom-interviewed-politiken-israels-relations-un - 2026-05-23

LUCSUS researcher Sinem Kavak visited CMES to hold a seminar on Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon. How can we understand the complex dynamics of gender and bodily strategies in the context of forced migration? As part of the CMES Seminar Series, Sinem Kavak, researcher at the Center for Sustainability Studies at Lund University (LUCSUS) and a research affiliate at the Raoul Wallenberg Institut

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/gendered-refugee-bodies-feminist-analysis-syrian-refugee-mobility-turkey-and-lebanon - 2026-05-23

CMES researcher Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an edited volume on premodern and contemporary economic and environmental approaches in Islamic traditions. Recovering Environmental and Economic Traditions in the Islamic World. Leiden: Brill’s Themes in Islamic Studies Series, Volume 9, 2024.The book is published in Open Access thanks to financial support from Lund University Library Fund

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/recovering-environmental-and-economic-traditions-islamic-world - 2026-05-23

CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has co-authored an article published in The International Spectator. Donelli, F., Pericoli, A. (2024). Foreign aid, identities, and interests: Qatar and the UAE in Sudan. The International Spectator. DOI: 10.1080/03932729.2024.2416892.The article is published with Open Access. Read it here.About Altea PericoliDr. Altea Pericoli is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in ge

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/foreign-aid-identities-and-interests-qatar-and-uae-sudan - 2026-05-23

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. To the full article

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/det-iranska-samhallet-mer-uppdelat-nagonsin - 2026-05-23

A 4-year fully funded PhD position at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) is now open for applications. Application deadline: 22 December 2024.About the PhD PositionThe Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies is coordinating the Strategic Research Area (SRA) and the research program “The Middle East in the Contemporary World”

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-phd-student-islamic-studies-islamic-ethics-and-moral-economy-middle-east - 2026-05-23

Applications are now open for the CMES Travel Grant of Spring 2025. Application deadline is 20 December 2024. The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports research with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES provides travel grants for conducting field work in the Middle East and conference/workshop particip

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-cmes-travel-grant-spring-2025 - 2026-05-23

CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has published an article in the Durham Middle East Papers. Pericoli A. (2024). Islamic Humanitarianism and Foreign Aid: Gulf States in conflict zones. Durham Middle East Papers, Sir William Luce Fellowship Paper n. 111.The Durham Middle East Papers series covers all aspects of the economy, politics, social science, history, literature and languages of the Middle East

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/islamic-humanitarianism-and-foreign-aid-gulf-states-conflict-zones - 2026-05-23

This Regional Outlook focuses on the recent political developments in Syria and the implications for Rojava. What is currently happening in Syria?Syria is experiencing a significant escalation in violence, with the civil war reigniting in various regions. Islamist militants from the Syrian National Army (SNA) and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have made substantial territorial gains in the past week,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-fall-assad-regime-challenges-and-opportunities-rojava - 2026-05-23

CMES Researcher Pinar Dinc has written an article published in the Conversation on the future of the self-governing region in Syria’s north-east, after the fall of the Assad regime. AbstractAfter more than a decade of brutal civil war, it took Islamist militants just 11 days to sweep through Syria and topple the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The offensive, which has been driven by the Turkish-backed

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrias-self-governing-democratic-north-east-comes-under-attack-country-flux - 2026-05-23

CMES Researcher Adam Almqvist has written a review of Mayssoun Sukarieh’s book "A Global Idea: Youth, City Networks, and the Struggle for the Arab World" (published in 2023). The book review is published in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Review summaryWhy do the same dominant ideas appear in radically different parts of the world? What are the material qualities of a particu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-global-idea-youth-city-networks-and-struggle-arab-world - 2026-05-23