By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 October 2019 A talk "Personality cults in Modern Turkey: narratives, discourses and authoritarian politics", two films: "Seven Doors" (also on Turkey) and "No way to freedom: from Western Sahara to Gaza" plus the Conversation Series: Passion and politics. Fall events at CMES These are some of the events, hosted by CM

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/updated-list-fall-events-cmes - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 October 2019 Research in suspicious fields can be transformative in both amplifying and destructive ways. "Conducting fieldwork for a project about the materiality of suspicion in today's Egypt sounds topical, relevant and exciting, but fear can touch researchers as well as their subjects. In this essay, I work to un

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/infused-suspicion-transformation-anthropologist-body-new-article-maria-frederika-malmstrom - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 27 September 2019 How can we understand today’s global collective body of anxiety? The fear of the other? War and hostility? Such topics will be explored in five separate conversations with prominent and innovative scholars, formed as dialogues where the audience is invited to actively participate. The Center for Middl

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arjun-appadurai-and-maria-frederika-malmstrom-about-passion-and-politics - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 12 September 2019 Middle Eastern research news from Lund University Middle East Forum Newsletter #3 September, 2019 Read the newsletter hereSubscribe here2019-09-12

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-3-september-2019 - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 September 2019 CMES researcher Dalia Abdelhady recently published a book chapter on “Framing the Syrian Refugee: Divergent Discourses in Three National Contexts.” inThe Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises, edited by Cecilia Menjivar, Marie Ruiz, and Emmanuel Ness, Oxford: Oxford University Press. The Handbook of Mig

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/framing-syrian-refugee-divergent-discourses-three-national-contexts - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 September 2019 Dalia Abdelhady has presented a paper on “Perception of Educational Inequality among the Children of Immigrants in Three Systems” (with Amy Lutz from Syracuse University) at the European Sociological Association meeting in Manchester, UK, August 20-23, 2019. The European Sociological Association meeti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/perception-educational-inequality-among-children-immigrants-three-systems - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 September 2019 CMES affiliated researcher Kholoud Mansour has just published a chapter in the report "Rebuilding Syria: The Middle East's Next Power Game? Rebuilding Syria: The Middle East's Next Power Game? The chapter is published 09/09/2019 by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies in their rep

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrians-abroad-future-refugees-and-their-return-home - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 10 September 2019 CMES researcher Maria F Malmström is holding a book talk at University of Oxford. "The Streets Are Talking to Me" About the book: "This sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical light on the momentous events in the Arab world that began in 2011 and, more importantly, life and politics

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/streets-are-talking-me-book-talk - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 9 September 2019 CMES affiliated researcher Marta Kolankiewicz just published a book about anti-Muslim violence in Sweden. Anti-Muslim Racism on Trial "With in-depth analyses of cases of anti-Muslim violence in Sweden―a mosque fire, hate speech and of a series of assaults―Anti-Muslim Racism on Trial sheds light on issu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/anti-muslim-racism-trial-muslims-swedish-judiciary-and-possibility-justice-routledge-research-race - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 4 September 2019 CMES researcher Madeleine Kassab recently presented her work at the conference IAVS_AISV-2019 12TH CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VISUAL SEMIOTICS: VISUAL SEMIOTICS GOES COGNITIVE at Lund University. Media coverage of the Syrian crisis from 2011 to 2013; a comparison between Al-Jazeera

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/media-coverage-syrian-crisis-2011-2013-comparison-between-al-jazeera-and-al-manar-channels - 2025-07-07

Published 22 November 2017 The department of History at The Wagner College seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the History of South Asia, Africa or the Middle East and the history of Islam to begin Fall 2018. Teaching requirements include introductory Global History survey course, as well as upper-level courses on Africa, the Middle East or South Asia and Islam.  Candidates are expected to

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-assistant-professor-history-0 - 2025-07-07

Published 30 November 2017 The peer-reviewed journal "Asia in Focus", published online twice a year by NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, is now seeking full papers for its sixth issue. The deadline for submissions is 1 February 2018. Asia in Focus provides Master students and Ph.D. students affiliated to a European institution a widely accessible and transnational forum to publish their fi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-asia-focus-issue-6 - 2025-07-07

Published 30 November 2017 The Department of History at Reed College invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Humanities, with a specialization in modern or early modern African, Middle Eastern, or South Asian history. This is a one-year position with a possibility for renewal. In addition to teaching courses in their own area, the appointee may also contribute to the

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-visiting-assistant-professor-south-asian-history - 2025-07-07

Published 30 November 2017 Photo: LUMS Call for Papers for LUMS Annual Conference on Courts and Politics in Pakistan to be held on 14-15 March 2018. The conference is jointly organized by the Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences (MGSHSS) and the Shaikh Ahmed Hassan School of Law (SAHSOL). The conference will focus on the role of higher courts in dealing with cases concern

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Published 21 November 2017 On Wednesday 8 November Amrita Ghosh held a seminar entitled: "Silent Waters: Mapping Silence and Women’s Agency in Post-Partition Pakistan" at the Department of Gender Studies. The seminar was organized by the Department of Gender Studies and SASNET. Her seminar focused on a Partition film titled, Silent Waters (2003) and argued that it subverts patriarchal religio-nati

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/interesting-seminar-womens-agency-post-partition-pakistan - 2025-07-07

Published 30 November 2017 On Thursday 23 November SASA representative Phu Doma Lama Ph.D student from the Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety, held a talk entitled: “Exploring the consequences of adaptation to changes: The case of mobility and gender in Maldives” at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. The event was organized by SASA. Abstract her talk: Communities in Maldives have

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/important-talk-mobility-and-gender-maldives - 2025-07-07

Published 6 December 2017 Photo: Wikimedia The Department of History at Franklin & Marshall College invites applications for a one-year visiting position in South Asian, Southeast Asian or Chinese history, beginning Fall semester 2018. The rank will be Visiting Assistant Professor or Visiting Instructor depending on qualifications. Candidates should have or be close to completing the Ph.D. Teachin

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/one-year-visiting-position-available-south-asian-history - 2025-07-07

Published 6 December 2017 The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Kharagpur, invites applications for its Conference "India @ 70 Memories and Histories" to be held 3-4 January 2018. India celebrated the 70th year of its Independence on 15th August 2017. Celebratory national histories, in their enthusiasm to commemorate the giant strides made by the Indian nation in the last seven d

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-conference-memories-and-histories - 2025-07-07

Published 13 December 2017 On Saturday 9 December 2017, 14-17 Kino screened the movie 'Parched' followed by a conversation with Maria Tonini and Sarah Bodelson. Almost 200 people showed up to watch the movie! The event was organized by SASNET/SASA in collaboration with Kino, Swallows India Bangladesh and ABC. ‘PARCHED’ is a story about women set in the heart of parched rural landscape of Rajasthan

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/successful-movie-screening-and-talk-kino - 2025-07-07

Published 18 December 2017 Photo: Leiden University In June 2018 Leiden University will host a two day conference - Modalities of Displacement - that will discuss 'displacement' in its multiple vectors and possibilities. The conference is jointly organized by the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), the Anthropology Department, and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) at Leide

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-conference-modalities-displacement-south-asia - 2025-07-07