📣 CMES seminar thursday: Eco-Syria The Eco-Syria research team presents insights of interdisciplinary research on the links between conflict, environment, and sustainable development in Syria. 📅 13:15–14:30 📍 CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund 👉 Read more: www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

📣 CMES book-talk: Dalia Dassa Kaye examined how American domestic politics, political framing, and missed opportunities for engagement have shaped US policy towards Iran. 👉 Read the article: www.cmes.lu.se/article/book...

📣 New CMES Regional Outlook Is Iran really pursuing nuclear weapons — or is it trying to achieve something more complex? 👉 Read the article: www.cmes.lu.se/article/futu...

📣 Book talk this thursday at CMES: Enduring Hostility – The Making of America’s Iran Policy 28 May 2026 13.15 - 14.30 CMES, Finngatan 16. 👉 Read more: www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/boo...

Reminder: Travel grant deadline approaching – 31 May 2026 Application deadline: 31 May 👉 Read more here: www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-re...

CMES researcher Lina Eklund has been elected as a new member of the Young Academy of Sweden, a multidisciplinary academy bringing together outstanding early-career researchers. 👉 Read more here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...

CMES researcher Filippo Verre has published the book chapter Ensuring Water Resilience in Smart Hospitals: The Role of AI in Crisis Management and Resource Optimization in the Scopus-index book "Smart Healthcare" 👉 Read it here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/ensu...

The Center for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) organized an interdisciplinary workshop “Critical Approaches to Middle East and Islamic Studies: Power, Politics, and Decoloniality” The workshop was convened by Sami Al-Daghistani. 👉 Read the full summary: www.cmes.lu.se/article/crit...

Semitiska seminariet & CMES: The Publics of Syrian Prison Narratives After 2011. 🎓 Speaker: Anne-Marie McManus (Forum Transregionale Studien Berlin) 📅 29 May, 10:15–12:00 📍 SOL:A158, Lund 👉 Read more: www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/sem...

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Join us tomorrow, Thursday, for a CMES seminar exploring everyday life, entertainment, and cultural practices in twentieth-century Iraq 🎓 Pelle Valentin Olsen 📅 Thursday, 13:15–14:30 📍 CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund 👉 Read more: www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

📣 Don’t miss tomorrow’s CMES seminar! What is the role of the state in relation to settler violence in Palestine? Join us for a timely talk by Alice Panepinto (Queen’s University Belfast). 🗓️ 7 May | 13:15–14:30 📍 CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund. 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

How do salinity and chloride interact to affect plant growth and soil health? Read the latest CMES article for new research insights. 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/sali...

How do Syrians recalibrate their lives after conflict and upheaval? Read about the key insights from yesterday’s CMES seminar with Andreas Bandak, University of Copenhagen. 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/worl...

How do urban spaces become sites of power and national symbolism? A new CMES article by Torsten Janson and Mattias Kärrholm, examines Safra Square in Jerusalem and how politics, space and everyday practices shape dominance and national narratives. 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/squa...

Join Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies for a panel discussion on the turbulent events in Iran during winter/spring 2026 🗓️ When: 27 April 2026, 18:15–20:00 👉 Read more and register here: www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/wha... Tehran. Photo Sajad Nori / Unsplash

📢 In tomorrows CMES seminar “Worlds of Waymaking: Viability, Orientation, and the Recalibration of Syrian Lives” with Andreas Bandak, from University of Copenhagen. 🗓️ 16 April 2026, 13:15–14:30 📍 CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

How can the Middle East move towards sustainability and peace in times of conflict and environmental crisis? Read about the key insights from our recent CMES panel discussion, held as part of Sustainability Week 2026 at Lund University. 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/sust...

A full CMES seminar on fieldwork in repressive and illiberal contexts — now summed up in a short article. 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/chal...

In a new article, CMES researchers reflect on how climate stress and conflict are reshaping the region. Contributions include Lisa Strömbom, Deputy Director of CMES, together with Hossein Hashemi and Maria Andrea Nardi, both CMES researchers. 👉 www.lu.se/artikel/mell...

📢 CMES-Seminar on fieldwork in challenging contexts: Challenges and Strategies for Fieldwork in Repressive and Illiberal Countries by Merouan Mekouar (York University, Canada) 🗓 9 April 2026 | 13:15–14:30 📍 CMES Seminar Room, Finngatan 16, Lund 👉 Learn more: www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

Book talk 8 April | Between God and State: Iran after the “Long 20th Century” Discussant: Lisa Strömbom, CMES Deputy Director. 👉 Read more at Human right studies webbpage: www.mrs.lu.se/en/about-us/...

New article co-written by CMES researcher Torsten Jansson. Focusing on museum exhibitions and commemorative practices, the study explores how the 1922 fire of Smyrna (Izmir) is interpreted, framed, and instrumentalised within contemporary Turkish memory politics.

In a new article for The Conversation, CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi reveals how climate change is reshaping Saharan dust storms and their growing impact on Europe. 👉 Read the article: theconversation.com/climate-chan... #LundUniversity #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalScience #TheConversation

Join us this Thursday for a seminar on The Making of Migrant Labour: Politics of Land Displacement, and Social Reproduction in Turkey with CMES researcher Sinem Kavak. 📅 26 Mars ⏰ 13.15 - 14.30 📍 CMES Seminar Room, Finngatan 16, Lund www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

Climate change isn’t just about the weather, it’s reshaping lives. New research cowritten by CMES researcher Sinem Kavak explores how migrant farmworkers in Turkey face climate vulnerability, precarity, and systemic inequality. Read the article: www.cmes.lu.se/article/agri...

Today, we celebrated Nowruz at CMES! 🌷🌿 A joyful gathering to welcome spring. 👉 Read more: www.cmes.lu.se/article/nowruz-celebration-cmes

Can memory heal conflict? In Agonistic Memory and Peace, Lisa Strömbom, CMES Deputy Director, explores how contested pasts in Colombia, Israel-Palestine, and Northern Ireland can become tools for dialogue and transformation. 👉 Read more: www.cmes.lu.se/article/agonistic-memory-and-peace

In a new article in Cambridge Prisms: Drylands, CMES researcher Lina Eklund critically examines the climate-conflict link in Syria. 👉Read more: www.cmes.lu.se/article/dryl...

How can we build resilience against water stress? A new article from CMES introduces the Integrated Water Strategic Resilience Index, a framework for sustainable water management amid climate and geopolitical challenges. www.cmes.lu.se/article/rede...

Yesterday, Zenia Henriksen (University of Southern Denmark) presented her fascinating research on Muslim environmentalism at Lund University’s CMES seminar. Read more about the seminar here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/qura... Photo: Linus Edlund / Lunds universitet

Join us tomorrow Thursday for a intresting seminar on Muslim Environmentalism: Religious Environmental Ethics in Practice with Zenia Henriksen from the University of Southern Denmark. 📅 12 March ⏰ 13:15–14:30 📍 CMES Seminar Room, Finngatan 16, Lund 🍵 Coffee, tea will be served after the seminar.

🚀 Last chance! Apply for a spring internship at CMES! CMES (Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University) is now accepting applications for spring 2026 internships! Deadline: March 15. 📅 Apply now: www.cmes.lu.se/article/come-work-us-student-internships-cmes-spring-2026

Workshop on Agonistic diplomacy On 2–3 March, CMES hosted a workshop on agonistic diplomacy to kick off the newly launched UNPEACE project led by Isabel Bramsen with researchers Katarzyna Jezierska and Lisa Strömbom. Read more about the workshop here. www.cmes.lu.se/article/work...

Lisa Strömbom, Deputy Director of CMES, provides expert commentary in today’s Dagens Nyheter on the US and Israel’s attack on Iran and why it may constitute a breach of international law. 👉 Read the full article in Swedish: www.dn.se/sverige/tre-...

Lisa Strömbom, CMES Deputy Director and Associate Professor in Political Science at Lund University provides expert analysis on the unfolding events and their implications in P1’s Godmorgon, världen! www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/iran... #Iran #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #CMES #LundUniversity

Yesterday, the CMES Seminar featured Maria Louise Clausen from the Danish Institute for International Studies. Her talk examined how governance structures formed during ongoing conflict shape the prospects for peace in Yemen. Read the article here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/semi...

📢 Tomorrow (Thursday) at 13:15 - CMES Seminar: Between War and Peace – Governance and Political Authority in Yemen. Join a seminar at the Centre for Advanced Middle East Studies with Maria Louise Clausen from the Danish Institute for International Studies.

🎓 Come Work with Us! Student Internships Spring 2026 Are you a student at Lund University with an interest in the Middle East region? 📚 Open to Lund University students 🌍 Focus on the Middle East region 🚀 Hands-on project experience Read more and apply: www.cmes.lu.se/article/come...

New insights into the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in Jordan 🌍A recent workshop brought together researchers, practitioners, and students from Lund University, SOAS and Brunel University London. 🤝

📢 CMES Seminar – 5 February Join us for a talk by Adam Almqvist on “The Authoritarian Afterlives of International Liberal Norms: Jordan and the UN Youth, Peace and Security Agenda in Comparative Perspective”. 🕒 13:15–14:30 📍 CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16 ☕️ Coffee, tea and pastries served

Today, CMES researcher Pınar Dinç was interviewed in Dagens ETC on parallels between Trump’s rhetoric and Erdoğan’s approach to central bank independence. (In Swedish) 👉 www.etc.se/inrikes/trum...

👉CMES Yearbook 2025 is now available to read and download.The Yearbooks summarize the Centre's activities during the year. 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...

Read the latest CMES Newsletter! #55 Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. www.cmes.lu.se/article/read...

Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) is proud to announce that researcher, Joel W. Abdelmoez, PhD Candidate in Political Science, has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Lund University. www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel...

New book from CMES. CMES director, Karin Aggestam has edited the book Israel: Democratic Backsliding and Elusive Peace. 👉 Read the article here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-...

New article from CMES The 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza brought the humanitarian response into the spotlight, alongside the international community’s inability to deal with political obstacles in the humanitarian response. 👉 Read here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/huma...

International Workshop - Green extractivism The rapid expansion of wind and solar infrastructure in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA), framed as part of sustainability and green energy transitions, raises urgent questions. 👉 Read more about the workshop here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/inte...

New article from CMES! Discover how combining ensemble empirical mode decomposition with deep learning models improves daily pan evaporation (Evp) prediction—crucial for water resource management in semi-arid regions as in northeastern Iran. 🔗 Read the full article: www.cmes.lu.se/article/impr...

📢 Don’t miss this seminar at Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University! “Frictional Humanitarian Homebuilding – Civil Society Actors’ Navigation in the Politics of International Aid” 🗓 11 December 2025 | 13:15–15:00 📍CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund