Published 5 May 2023 CMES funds 1-2 new workshop per year and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from different disciplines within Lund University. 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 Contem

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-workshop-proposals - 2025-08-09

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 5 May 2023 The natural sources of sand and dust storms are mainly deserts and dry lands. In the hot months in the summertime, the strong north-easterly winds carry large amounts of particles across the region. Photo: AFP PHOTO/STR The Middle East and North African region lose about $13 billion a year because of increasin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sand-and-dust-storm-research-finds-answers-ai-and-ancient-knowledge - 2025-08-09

Published 5 May 2023 CMES provides travel grants for conducting field work in the Middle East and conference/workshop participation with paper presentations focused on Middle East research. Applications are open to employees at Lund University. Grant period: autumn 2023. Application deadline: 31 May 2023 For more information and instructions please read the call: Call CMES travel grant 2023.pdf

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-travel-grants - 2025-08-09

Published 5 May 2023 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 latest issue

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-35 - 2025-08-09

Published 8 May 2023 On March 16, CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini Dean participated in an online event about the humanitarian impact of Lebanon's deepening crises. The event was hosted by the Arab Center Washington DC. Rola spoke about the country’s religious personal status laws and its nationality law, as well as domestic violence and child marriage. On domestic violence in Lebanon, El-Husseini

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/event-recording-women-lebanon - 2025-08-09

Published 15 May 2023 CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has written a review of a book about youth activists in Egypt's 2011 revolution. The reviewed book is called Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution, written by Rusha Latif (2022, American University in Cairo Press). Sarah's review was published in The Middle East Journal. The book explores the trajectories of Egyptian

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-egypts-leaderless-revolution - 2025-08-09

Published 16 May 2023 As a PhD student in this project you will be working in a dynamic and interdiscplinary research environment with links to two strategic research areas: The Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW) and Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing Climate (BECC). Application deadline: 26 May 2023. Doctoral student at Lund University's Department of Physical Geograhy and Ecosys

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-vacancy-lu-doctoral-student-pyrogeography-middle-east - 2025-08-09

Published 17 May 2023 CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini Dean has authored an article published by the Arab Center Washington DC. The problems facing women in Lebanon today have been further complicated by the financial, economic, and social crises that have been affecting the country since 2019. It is therefore not surprising that women were on the frontlines of the so-called Tishreen (October) Rev

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/harrowing-state-womens-rights-lebanon - 2025-08-09

Published 23 May 2023 CMES researcher Pinar Dinc has co-authored the article "From resolution to resecuritization: populist communication of the AKP’s Kurdish peace process in Turkey" together with Ozge Ozduzen (University of Sheffield) published in the journal New Perspectives on Turkey. This article contributes to the existing literature on the populist online communication of governments. We lo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/erdogan-twitter-and-kurdish-peace-process - 2025-08-09

Published 25 May 2023 Nordic House (Dar Nordique) and Embassy of Sweden in Tunis. Photo: Joel W. Abdelmoez. CMES PhD researcher Joel W. Abdelmoez recently returned from fieldwork in Tunisia. Visit to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) office in Tunis. Tell us, why Tunisia? As a PhD student in political science with a focus on comparative politics in the Middle East, I invest

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-w-abdelmoez-fieldwork-tunisia - 2025-08-09

Published 26 May 2023 CMES Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has authored "Academic freedom and the anti-Israeli BDS movement" published on the ECPR's Political Science Blog, the Loop. Raphael Cohen-Almagor looks at the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign to boycott Israeli academics and ban Israel tout court. He argues that there is no justification for any academic organisatio

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-and-bds-movement - 2025-08-09

Published 26 May 2023 On March 21, CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini Dean participated in an event organised by The Arab Center for Research and Political Studies of Paris (CAREP Paris). Rola participated in a panel on feminism and receptions of knowledge in the Arab world and spoke about how authoritarian regimes in the Arab world instrumentalize gender. You can watch a recording of the panel (in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/event-recording-gender-arab-authoritarian-regimes - 2025-08-09

Published 26 May 2023 CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has participated in a podcast to speak about her research on youth in conflict in the Middle East. The podcast episode is part of the Online Indian Journal of Peace & Conflict Resolution (OIJPCR) Podcast Series, which is focused on peace and conflict resolution, positively contributing toward the creation of a peaceful society.  I

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/podcast-youth-trajectories-middle-east-conflict - 2025-08-09

Published 26 May 2023 LU i Almedalen CMES will participate in Almedalen with two topical panels on climate change in the Middle East and Israel's democratic backsliding. Welcome to join us on 29 June! The End of Liberal Democracy in Israel? 29 June 2023, 10:00 to 10:45, Hästgatan 13, Visby Please note that this seminar will be held in Swedish. Israel is facing its worst internal political crisis i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-2023 - 2025-08-09

Published 29 May 2023 Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren CMES is looking to employ an ambitious scholar in Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies for a tenure track position. Last day to apply: 17 August 2023 General Information Last application date: 17 August, 2023 11:59 PM CEST Type of employment: Temporary position Contract type: Full time Reference number: PA2023/1199 Link to the job listing in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/open-position-tenure-track-position-islamic-studies - 2025-08-09

Published 29 May 2023 Photo: Meg Jerrard/Unsplash Welcome to a symposium at CMES on Turkish nationalism on 1 June! Please register to attend in-person or online. Warmly welcome to a mini-symposium arranged within the MECW project Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities: Exploring Politics of Memory, Space, and Religion in Middle Eastern Nationalisms, with three timely talks on Turkish nationalism and Republi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/symposium-framing-turkish-memory - 2025-08-09

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 30 May 2023 Layout: Linda Eitrem Holmgren Photo: Yoav Aziz/Unsplash On 9-10 May, CMES organized a workshop titled “Israel at the Crossroads: Democratic Backsliding and Elusive Peace” with international scholars to discuss the ongoing mass protests and democratic upheaval in Israel. The workshop explored

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-workshop-israels-democratic-backsliding-and-elusive-peace - 2025-08-09

Published 1 June 2023 The Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies has published a call for submission for its MA thesis award. Application deadline: 15 September 2023 The call is open for students who are based at a Nordic university (in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland or Denmark) and have submitted their MA thesis between 16 August 2022 and 15 August 2023. The thesis must be written in English

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/master-thesis-award-middle-eastern-studies - 2025-08-09

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 2 June 2023 CMES launches a new series, Regional Outlook, on topical issues and analyses related to the Middle East and North Africa region from CMES researchers. The series will offer fresh perspectives and analysis of current events related to countries in the MENA region. Researchers at CMES will use

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/launch-new-series-cmes-regional-outlook - 2025-08-09

By pinar [dot] dinc [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Pinar Dinc) - published 2 June 2023 Photo: Kubra Kısa/Pexels What were the results of the Turkish elections? On May 14, over 50 million people went to polls to cast their vote for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey. There were four presidential candidates on the ballot papers, but due to the withdrawal of one candidate, the race

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-turkish-elections - 2025-08-09