Published 13 January 2023 Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren CMES scholar Lina Eklund has received a career grant from the Swedish National Space Agency for a 4 year project on wildfires in the Middle East. Research on vegetation fires, their spatiotemporal patterns, and their links to biophysical as well as political and socio-economic factors in drylands is limited. No large scale, interdisciplinary a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lina-eklund-receives-swedish-national-space-agency-career-grant - 2025-07-01

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 18 January 2023 The Olof Palme visiting professorship in 2023 is held by Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull. The professorship is funded by the Swedish Research Council and hosted by CMES and the Department of Political Science, Lund University. During his research visit at Lund University, Raphae

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-welcomes-olof-palme-visiting-professor-raphael-cohen-almagor - 2025-07-01

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 27 January 2023 CMES scholar Pinar Dinc has been interviewed by Dagens Nyheter about the relationship between Turkey and Sweden in relation to Sweden's NATO application and recent protests in both countries. The article "Expert: Så bör Sverige agera efter hotet om bojkott" (In English "Expert: How Sweden

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pinar-dinc-interviewed-about-sweden-turkey-relations - 2025-07-01

Published 27 January 2023 On 22 February, CMES researcher Pinar Dinc gives a lecture on democracy in Turkey at AF-Borgen (18:00-20:00) co-organized by CMES and UPF. Welcome! This lecture will focus on the upcoming general elections in Turkey by taking a look at the 22 years of the AKP government. It will do so by elaborating on the long process from “democratic opening” to “democratic breakdown” i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/eleventh-hour-elections-past-and-future-democracy-turkey - 2025-07-01

Published 27 January 2023 Shrine in Iraq. Photo: mhrezaa on Unsplash In this seminar, which is co-organised by the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies and the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, we will look at some cases of fluid boundaries and intertwined identities, when religious belonging and ethnic identification freely mix, and evolve, and change. We will hear about two groups

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/seminar-religious-belonging-and-ethnic-identification-middle-east - 2025-07-01

Published 27 January 2023 Photo: Scott Graham on Unsplash The aim of this workshop is to provide an overview of research-based policy briefs, including formatting and writing conventions, identifying and disseminating to an audience, and evaluating their impact. The workshop is a joint collaboration with the LU Agenda 2030 Graduate School and the Pufendorf Institute Advanced Study Group "Wildfires

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/workshop-writing-policy-briefs - 2025-07-01

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 31 January 2023 Pinar Dinc. Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren CMES scholar Pinar Dinc has been interviewed by ETC about Turkish bombings of Kurdish targets in northern Syria. The article "Turkiets bombattacker hotar kampen mot IS" (English: "Turkey's Bomb Attacks Threaten the Fight Against IS"), written by Al

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pinar-dinc-interviewed-about-turkish-bombings-syria - 2025-07-01

Published 10 February 2023 CMES Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has co-authored the chapter "Gender Discrimination in Israel" together with Uki Maroshek-Klarman (Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace) in a new edited volume published by Routledge. The chapter, which addresses gender discrimination in Israel, is published in the book Discrimination and Employment Law: International Lega

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/gender-discrimination-israel-0 - 2025-07-01

Published 17 February 2023 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. Two writing retreats will be granted during the autumn of 2023. CMES offers office space and modern research facilities in a stimulating work environment on historic premises. Administrative, practical

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-call-cmes-writing-retreats - 2025-07-01

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 17 February 2023 Angela Merkel gestures as Vladimir Putin looks on during a press conference after talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 10, 2015. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev/Reuters. The war in Ukraine has been going on for a year. The devastation is enorm

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/diplomacy-still-relevant - 2025-07-01

Published 21 February 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Assessing Climate Change Impact on Water Balance Components Using Integrated Groundwater–Surface Water Models (Case Study: Shazand Plain, Iran)" together with Farzaneh Soltani (University of Tehran), Saman Javadi (University of Tehran), Abbas Roozbahani (University of Tehran), Ali Reza Massah Bavani (Univ

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-change-impact-water-balance-iran - 2025-07-01

Published 23 February 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

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-33 - 2025-07-01

Published 24 February 2023 CMES scholar Amir Naghibi has co-authored the paper "Examining the Role of the Main Terrestrial Factors Won the Seasonal Distribution of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration over Iran" together with Seyed Mohsen Mousavi (Shahid Beheshti University), Naghmeh Mobarghaee Dinan (Shahid Beheshti University, Saeed Ansarifard (Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences)

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/analyzing-carbon-dioxide-concentrations-iran - 2025-07-01

Published 27 February 2023 The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, the Department of Political Science and the Swedish Research Council have the pleasure to invite you to the inaugural lecture by Raphael Cohen-Almagor as holder of the 2023 Olof Palme visiting professorship. When: Monday 6 March, 15:15 Where: Edens hörsal, Eden (Paradisgatan 5, Lund) Target group: All are welcome! Language:

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/inaugural-lecture-olof-palme-visiting-professorship - 2025-07-01

Published 1 March 2023 CMES supports three-year research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES funds one new project annually and encourages collaboration between scholars from different disciplines at Lund University to conduct interdisciplinary research on the Middle East. Project proposals should be f

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-project-proposals - 2025-07-01

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 7 March 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson inspect a military honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Ankara on November 8, 2022. Photo: Adem Altan/AFP. Does negotiating Sweden's NATO membership mean that the government is prepared to

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sweden-must-stand-turkey-conflict-over-values - 2025-07-01

Published 8 March 2023 5TE sensor installation in potato and barley plots. Source: Chakroun et al. 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Evapotranspiration in Semi-Arid Climate: Remote Sensing vs. Soil Water Simulation" together with Hedia Chakroun (University of Tunis El Manar), Nessrine Zemni (University of Carthage), Ali Benhmid (University of Tunis El Manar),

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/estimating-crop-evapotranspiration-tunisia - 2025-07-01

Published 10 March 2023 Pinar Dinc. Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren The city library in Stockholm (Stockholms Stadsbibliotek) has collected reading recommendations concerning Turkey from several experts. Among them is CMES scholar Pinar Dinc. Pinar has recommended several books about Turkey: Borsuk, Imren - Dinç, Pinar - Kavak, Sinem - Sayan, Pinar (eds.) (2022) Authoritarian neoliberalism and resist

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/turkey-recommended-reading - 2025-07-01

Published 14 March 2023 CMES Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has published his interviews with Ehud Barak in the journal Israel Affairs: "The pursuit of peace with the Palestinians: interviews with Ehud Barak". These interviews are part of a major research project that is based on interviews and discussions with influential decision-makers, facilitators, mediators and negotiators who we

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pursuit-peace-interviews-ehud-barak - 2025-07-01

Published 20 March 2023 CMES Olof Palme Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor has published "Holocaust Denial and the Abuse of Education" in Festschrift Joerden. The text is published in Joanna Długosz-Jóźwiak et al (eds.), Festschrift Joerden (Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt Oder, 2023). This article is opened by explaining a specific type of hate speech: Holocaust denial. I will establish that H

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/holocaust-denial-and-abuse-education - 2025-07-01