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

📢 Eco-Syria Workshop Report Now Available in Arabic and Kurdish! The report from the Eco-Syria workshop is now accessible in two new languages. Explore the findings and insights shared during the event. 📄 Read more and download here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/eco-... #CMES #EcoSyria #MiddleEast

CMES is proud to announce that CMES researcher, Rami Zalfou, PhD Candidate in Economic History, has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Lund University. www.cmes.lu.se/article/rami... #lunduniversity #EconomicHistory

🔥 How can citizen engagement and satellite data help researchers understand wildfires in the Middle East? CMES researcher Lina Eklund shares insights in a new Q&A. 👉 Read the full interview: www.cmes.lu.se/article/mapp... #LundUniversity #CMES #CitizenScience #Wildfires #Research

CMES researcher Adam Almqvist has recently published an article in The Journal of Comparative Politics titled: “GONGOs, Zombies, and Astroturfers: Rethinking Hybrid Institutions in Autocracies Through a Case of Jordanian.” 👉 Read more here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/gong...

On Tuesday, PhD candidate Joel Abdelmoez marked a major milestone at Lund University by performing the traditional ceremony of spikning—nailing his dissertation. 🎓📚 Read the full story here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel...

CMES-Seminar hosted a highly topical seminar titled “It’s Time to Think About the Future of Palestine-Israel.” featured two distinguished speakers: Professor Haim Yacobi and Dr Rami Nasrallah, from University College London. www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...

New Publication from CMES: This article presents a scoping and conceptual literature review on environmental politics in North and East Syria/Rojava. 👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/environmental-politics-north-and-east-syriarojava-scoping-and-conceptual-literature-review

📄 Joel W. Abdelmoez, PhD student at CMES, was interviewed in Göteborgs-Posten. (In Swedish) 👉 www.gp.se/nyheter/varl...

📢 CMES Seminar: It’s Time to Think About the Future of Palestine\Israel 🗓 Date: 20 November 🕐 Time: 13:15 – 15:00 📍 Location: Department of Political Science, Eden, Room 236 Speakers: 🎙️ Presentation by Rami Nasrallah & Haim Yacobi, University College London. www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

Where does justice come into play during and after a war? Is it possible to create a just peace after years of death and destruction? These are some of the questions raised in this episode of the podcast On Justice: War and Peace with Karin Aggestam. In Swedish. shows.acast.com/8bf44047-aad...?

New article from CMES: Managing coastal aquifer salinity risks: Strategies for balance, recharge, and crop adaptation. www.cmes.lu.se/article/mana...

The ECO-Syria research team at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University, held its second and final workshop on 15–16 September 2025. www.cmes.lu.se/article/eco-...

CMES Seminar. Thu 13:15. Launch of the edited volume The Republic of Turkey and Its Unresolved Issues: 100 Years and Beyond. Join us at CMES, Finngatan 16, Lund. www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

This CMES Regional Outlook (2025:3) by CMES Director Karin Aggestam examines the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas. www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...

Read the latest CMES Newsletter! cmes.ungapped.io/Issues/38841... Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. Photo: Flickr/Daniel Torok/The White House

Upcoming CMES Seminar – Thursday at 13:15 Join us for a seminar with Nina Gren (CMES / Social Anthropology), who will discuss the politics of death in Palestine. Read more here: www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...

Doctoral Dissertation. On October 31, 2025, at 10.00 a.m, at Lecture Hall V:A, building V, Klas Anshelms väg 14, Lund, CMES researcher Behshid Khodaei will defend her PhD thesis. www.cmes.lu.se/article/doct...

CMES Director Karin Aggestam is interviewed in the magazine Forskning & Framsteg about Trump’s peace plan, the ceasefire, and the uncertain path toward a sustainable Peace (In Swedish). fof.se/artikel/gaza...

CMES researcher Maria Småberg has recently published an article in The Conversation together with Johan Schar associate Senior fellow at SIPRI. theconversation.com/the-cooking-...

CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom discusses yesterdays Trump-led peace meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh and whether it could lead to a lasting peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, in Studio Ett, Swedish Radio (in Swedish). www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/topp...

CMES seminar this Thursday at 10 am (please note the time). Title: Harvesting wind, stirring sands: the expansion of renewable energy frontiers, local resistance, and the European academic gaze on green extractivism in West Asia and North Africa. www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...