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SWEMENA Annual Conference 2024

CMES is organising the Third Annual Swedish Middle East and North Africa Network (SWEMENA) Conference, Lund University, 22-23 August 2024. This interdisciplinary annual conference reflects SWEMENA’s main objective to bring together different communities of researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers across Sweden with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa region SWEMENA encourages the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swemena-annual-conference-2024 - 2025-10-01

Now Open: CMES Call for Writing Retreats

Apply by 30 April 2024 Writing Retreats (Autumn 2024)CMES supports writing retreats on Middle East research with the aim to finalise an article, book chapter, edited volume or a book for publication in peer-reviewed outlets. CMES offers office space and modern research facilities in a stimulating work environment on historic premises. Administrative, practical and technical support is available on

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-writing-retreats-0 - 2025-10-01

Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#43)

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 NewsletterSubscribe to the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-43 - 2025-10-01

Israel's Campaign Against Iranian Targets Could Backfire

CMES visiting scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye has written an article in Foreign Affairs. IntroductionOn April 1, Israel launched its latest attack on Iran in the two countries’ ongoing shadow war, with an airstrike that flattened a section of Iran’s embassy complex in Damascus and reportedly killed at least 12 people. Among the dead was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who headed Iran’s military operations in Syria

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israels-campaign-against-iranian-targets-could-backfire - 2025-10-01

CMES Policy-Research Dialogue on Exploring Europe’s Changing Perceptions and Policies Towards Iran

On 8-9 April, CMES organized a policy-research dialogue entitled "Exploring Europe’s Changing Perceptions and Policies Towards Iran" with international experts and policymakers. The workshop explored a broad set of themes, such as Iran's nuclear program and the nuclear agreement, the Mahsa Amini protests and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. These issues were discussed in relation to the relationship

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-policy-research-dialogue-exploring-europes-changing-perceptions-and-policies-towards-iran - 2025-10-01

CMES Regional Outlook: Monitoring Israel’s Destruction of Gaza From Space

This Regional Outlook focuses on the role of satellite imagery in shaping our understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the physical damage it has caused the landscape.  On 7 October 2023, Hamas carried out a large scale attack against Israel, causing over 1 000 fatalities, taking more than 200 hostages and firing thousands of rockets into Israeli territory. At the time of writing, Isr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-monitoring-israels-destruction-gaza-space - 2025-10-01

CMES Workshop on Women and Youth Activists in the ‘Second Wave’ of the Arab Spring

On 11-12 April, CMES hosted a workshop entitled "On the Edge - Post-Conflict Political Generations of Women and Youth Activists in the ‘Second Wave’ of the Arab Spring" with international scholars. The workshop explored the mass popular mobilizations calling for radical regime change in Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon, and Iraq in 2019, which were billed the ‘Second Wave’ of the Arab Spring. The four coun

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-workshop-women-and-youth-activists-second-wave-arab-spring - 2025-10-01

Water Policy in the Middle East

On Friday 12 April, CMES researcher Filippo Verre participated in the radio program "Il Mondo alla Radio" (Eng. translation: "The World on the Radio") on Vatican Radio. Vatican Radio is part of the channel Vatican News, which is the official radio channel of the Vatican State. In the interview, Filippo spoke about the role of water policy in the Middle East as a tool to foster cooperation.Listen t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/water-policy-middle-east - 2025-10-01

Open CMES Calls for Workshops and Travel

Apply by 31 May 2024. CMES Workshop Proposals (Academic Year 2024-2025)The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports and coordinates workshops and higher public research seminars with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES funds 1-2 new workshop per year and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/open-cmes-calls-workshops-and-travel - 2025-10-01

The Independent Review Report of UNRWA Released

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute at Lund University has contributed to the independent review report of UNRWA. The report has evaluated to what extent UNRWA adheres to the humanitarian principle of neutrality. The report recognizes the complexity of UNRWA’s mandate within a highly political context.  It makes a series of recommendations that the Agency commits to act upon, namely in the areas relati

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/independent-review-report-unrwa-released - 2025-10-01

The Limits of Cooperation Between Israel and the Arab States

CMES visiting scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye has co-authored an article published in Foreign Affairs. The article, "Is an Anti-Iran Alliance Emerging in the Middle East? The Limits of Cooperation Between Israel and the Arab States", was co-written by Dalia Dassa Kaye and Sanam Vakil (Chatham House's MENA Programme). It was published in Foreign Affairs on 26 April 2024.IntroductionWhen Iran directed over

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/limits-cooperation-between-israel-and-arab-states - 2025-10-01

Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#44)

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 NewsletterSubscribe to the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-44 - 2025-10-01

Geopolitics and Diplomacy in the Wake of the Gaza War

The war in Gaza is testing alliances and shaking up politics, both globally and regionally. What does this mean for the West's relationship with the Middle East? How are inter-regional dynamics affected? And what is the impact of the war in Israel? Read an interview with Karin Aggestam, Political Scientist and Director of the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. What geopolitical consequenc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/geopolitics-and-diplomacy-wake-gaza-war - 2025-10-01

CMES Public Seminar with Samir Abu Eid: Inside the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Join us on 30 May for an evening with Samir Abu Eid at the Department of Political Science! Welcome to an evening with Samir Abu Eid, Honorary Doctor in Social Science at Lund University and Foreign Correspondent in the Middle East for Swedish Public Service Television (SVT).The event is chaired by Karin Aggestam, CMES DIrector and Professor of Political Science.The event is co-organized by CMES,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-public-seminar-samir-abu-eid-inside-israeli-palestinian-conflict - 2025-10-01

On Protracted Conflict, Negotiation and Water Cooperation in the Middle East

Watch an interview with CMES Director Karin Aggestam In this episode of the "Distinguished Diplomatic Interviews" series, the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy hosts Dr Karin Aggestam, Professor of Political Science. She is the Director of the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies and Scientific Coordinator of the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). This

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/protracted-conflict-negotiation-and-water-cooperation-middle-east - 2025-10-01

Palestinians in Israeli International Aid

CMES researcher Heba Taha has published a chapter about Palestinians in Israeli international aid imaginaries. The chapter, "Dislocating Development: Palestinians in Israeli International Aid Imaginaries in the 1950s and 1960s", was published in the edited volume Resisting Domination in Palestine: Mechanisms and Techniques of Control, Coloniality and Settler Colonialism (IB Tauris 2024), edited by

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/palestinians-israeli-international-aid - 2025-10-01

Nanoparticle Infection of Soils and Groundwater

CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored an article published in the journal Chemosphere. The article, "Transport and retention of functionalized graphene oxide nanoparticles in saturated/unsaturated porous media: Effects of flow velocity, ionic strength and initial particle concentration", was authored by Mahsa Shahi (Lund University), Mohammad Reza Alavi Moghaddam (Amirkabir University of

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/nanoparticle-infection-soils-and-groundwater - 2025-10-01

Climate Change and Plant Diversity in Iran

CMES researcher Amir Naghibi has co-authored an article published in the journal Diversity. The article "Climate-Change-Driven Shifts in Aegilops tauschii Species Distribution: Implications for Food Security and Ecological Conservation" was co-authored by Shirin Mahmoodi (Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center), Mohammad Jaffar Aghaei (National Plant Gene Bank of Iran), K

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-change-and-plant-diversity-iran - 2025-10-01