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Vad är de regionala konsekvenserna efter mordet på den iranska generalen Qassem Soleimani och det upptrappade läget mellan USA och Iran? Spyros A. Sofos, forskare vid Centrum för Mellanösternstudier, kommenterar läget. Read more here 2020-01-30
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mordet-pa-soleimani-kan-fa-stora-konsekvenser - 2025-10-01
Middle Eastern research news from Lund University Message from the director:UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)6 is devoted to safe access to water and sanitation. The Middle East stands out in this respect since several of its countries now are experiencing a severe physical water scarcity, not due to climate change but due to that the population increase has meant that the domestic natural wat
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-7-january-2020 - 2025-10-01
New three year FORMAS research project at CMES, conducted by Lina Eklund, Pinar Dinc and Petter Pilesjö. Climate change is expected to have widespread effects on societies across the world. While it is difficult to predict exactly how we will be affected in the future, we can gain a better understanding if we study earlier extreme climate events and their effects on society. Extreme climate and co
At a time when new political actors are challenging contemporary democracies in the name of “the people”, there is little agreement on the meaning of populism among academics, political activists and citizens alike. Aiming to bring together voices that don’t often interact, either because they belong to different fields of work, or as a result of geographical distance, to contribute to a vigorous
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-leading-international-project-populism - 2025-10-01
Three months after organizing the "Inequalities, Peace, and Conflict in Turkey" workshop in Stockholm, we are happy to announce this call for papers for the "Inequalities, Peace, Conflict, and Justice in Turkey" workshop. This second workshop aims to add the justice dimension to the discussion. Within this context, we invite papers delving into interrelated issues including, but not limited to, re
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-papers-inequalities-peace-conflict-and-justice-turkey-workshop - 2025-10-01
Please note that the following application information is for new applicants only; you are not required to apply to keep your place on a course. Persian The language training course in Persian is accepting new students at both the beginner and intermediate levels. Apply using the link below, and Mehdi Ghavideldostkohi, the language training expert, will be in touch with information about taking th
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arabic-and-persian-language-courses-offer-graduate-school - 2025-10-01
Mohammed Bin Salman lättar på landets strama tyglar. Kommentar av CMES Dalia Abdelhady. Den saudiske kronprinsen Mohammed Bin Salman har väckt internationell uppmärksamhet med sin reformvänliga linje. Sedan han utsågs till kronprins 2017, kan kvinnor nu köra bil, gå på fotbollsmatcher och resa utan manligt tillstånd. Kosmetiska förändringar anser kritiker. 2020-01-08
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/de-saudiska-reformerna-mest-en-fasad - 2025-10-01
Message from the director: The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Strategic Research Area Middle East in the Contemporary World wish all staff, guest and affiliated researchers, alumni, and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please enjoy a well-deserved break with families and friends. The new year will bring new challenges as well as new experiences and possibilities.To the full v
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-6-december-2019 - 2025-10-01
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies har during the fall been holding a conversation series on passion in relation to contemporary global politics, with a focus on the Middle East, North Africa and citizens in the Diaspora. The last distinguished guest was Jessica Winegar - a sociocultural anthropologist whose work investigates how people articulate understandings of history and political-economi
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/last-part-passion-and-politics-conversation-series - 2025-10-01
Today CMES director Ronny Berndtsson and Mehdi Ghavideldostkohi attended a roundtable and workshop in Stockholm, discussing the relations between Sweden and the Gulf states. Roundtable: Towards a Culture of Understanding or Cultural Understanding? Workshop: Gulf Culture Full programThe workshop was arranged by Euro-Gulf Information Centret (EGIC) - an initiative that aims to build social, politica
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/human-touch-intercultural-dynamics-arab-gulf-sweden-relations - 2025-10-01
Maria Frederika Malmström defended her thesis in Social Anthropology at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, in 2009. Now she is back to talk about her new book. Since then she has continued her thought-provoking research and teaching on Egypt and the broader MENA region – working as a lecturer and visiting scholar at Högskolan Väst, Nordic Africa Institute, New York University
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-launch-afterwork-maria-frederika-malmstrom - 2025-10-01
Offensive jokes is a part of racism towards muslims. How is this regarded in Swedish courts? "This book constitutes a critical engagement with debates on the possibilities and limits of fighting racism with the help of criminal law. 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 iss
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-talk-anti-muslim-racism-trial-muslims-swedish-judiciary-and-possibility-justice - 2025-10-01
Today Ramy Aly, Assistant Professor of Anthropology from American University in Cairo, visited CMES. He gave a talk about culture as a political tool, and censorship in Egypt today and historically. "The study of regulatory censorship is today seen as resounding dull and anachronistic. This is in part because of the way in which assumptions that censorship is the affliction of non-democratic and d
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/culture-police-manning-barricades-allowable-art-and-culture-egypt - 2025-10-01
The semester is quickly coming to an end. We are all very busy with budgets, exams, planning next semester courses, etc. At the same time, the new project application period is soon coming up with issues on partner finding, work packages, and salaries. Partnerships, collaborations, and societal impact are becoming increasingly important for successful research applications (Message from the direct
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-5-november-2019 - 2025-10-01
On 25-26 October 2019, a group of academics, representatives of NGOs and international organisations, social advocates and politicians met at Antwork Beirut to discuss some of the major challenges for Syria in the coming years. The workshop was funded by the Swedish research council for sustainable development, Formas, and was organised by Helen Avery (CMES) and Chavia Ali (ip-ACIRR).CMES Masters
CMES Rola El-Husseini participated last week in the annual MESA meeting in New Orleans where she had co-organised a panel titled "Breaking Boundaries or Entrenching Old Ones? Post-Arab Spring Experiences of Women and Political Representation". She also presented a paper titled "Theorising State Feminism in the Arab World after the 2011 Uprisings." "From women’s key role in the Arab Spring and othe
December 16, at 16 00-18 00 the author Maria F Malmström has invited four guests: Jessica Winegar, Nina Gren, Jonas Frykman, Anja Franck to talk about her book. Place: CMES Finngatan 16. "This sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical insights into the momentous events in the Arab world that began in 2011 and, more importantly, into life and politics in the aftermath of these even
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/streets-are-talking-me-affective-fragments-sisis-egypt-book-talk - 2025-10-01
New article by CMES water researchers in the journal "IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters": Lake Urmia (LU) in northwestern Iran has largely shrunk over the last two decades. The emerged bare, salty soil could turn into a threatening new dust source for the densely populated region around it. Hossein Hashemi is one of the researchers from CMES/LTH: - To quantify LU as a dust source, we exam
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/dust-lake-urmia-threatening-densely-populated-region-iran - 2025-10-01
Islamism är ett brett fenomen med många uttrycksformer som måste förstås utifrån sin geografiska och historiska kontext. Det var huvudtesen när islamologen Torsten Janson, universitetslektor vid Centrum för Mellanösternstudier på Lunds universitet, nyligen höll föredrag i Hässleholms stadsbibliotek. Jansons exempel innefattar superhjältar i islamiska seriealbum såväl som Muslimska brödraskapets fö
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/islamolog-ger-svar-om-islamism-och-ibn-rushd-cmes-torsten-janson-hassleholm-newspaper - 2025-10-01
Försvinnanden och interneringar bland återvändande flyktingar i Syrien, främlingsfientlighet i grannländer och krigets fortgång skapar en omöjlig situation för flyktingarna. Läs Kholoud Mansours artikel om svårigheten att återvända till Syrien. Trycket på syriska flyktingar att återvända ökar. Främlingsfientlig retorik och ekonomisk stress gör deras tillvaro i grannländerna allt svårare. Men från
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pest-eller-kolera-syrier-kan-inte-atervanda-hem-swedish-cmes-kholoud-mansour - 2025-10-01
