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Middle East Forum Newsletter September

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We cordially welcome the new Director for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and as well the new Coordinator for the strategic research area Middle East in the Contemporary World, Prof. Karin Aggestam.  Karin is the former Director of Peace & Conflict Studies at Lund University and holds the Samuel Pufendorf Endowe

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-september - 2026-05-03

Vad betyder de nya fredsavtalen som med Trumps hjälp slutits i Mellanöstern?

Karin Aggestam, ny föreståndare för Centrum för Mellanösternstudier, om det nya fredsavtalet i Mellanöstern: För ett par veckor sedan slöt Bahrain och Förenade Arabemiraten ett fredsavtal med Israel. Det var första gången på 26 år som ett arabland erkänt Israel och Donald Trump tar på sig äran. Vad betyder detta för freden i Mellanöstern? Varken Bahrain eller Förenade arabemiraten har ju haft någo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/vad-betyder-de-nya-fredsavtalen-som-med-trumps-hjalp-slutits-i-mellanostern - 2026-05-03

Newsletter: Middle East Forum Newsletter October

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Very exciting to start up as new CMES director! Karin Aggestam: "It has been some hectic, but very exciting weeks as new director for CMES. I am deeply impressed by the large number of scholars at Lund University who conduct cutting-edge research on the Middle East.   The House on Finngatan 16 serves as a wonderful hu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/newsletter-middle-east-forum-newsletter-october - 2026-05-03

CMES Pınar Dinç is presenting 'Fake news? Understanding the conflict and forest fire nexus through media breakdown’

The workshop is called: Unpacking ‘the Opposition’ in undemocratic regimes: The Role, Transformation and Challenges of the Oppositional Actors in Turkey and beyond The purpose of this workshop is to initiate a debate on the opposition in Turkey and contribute to the theorization of the role, transformation, mobilization strategies and different forms of the opposition in undemocratic regimes.  The

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-pinar-dinc-presenting-fake-news-understanding-conflict-and-forest-fire-nexus-through-media - 2026-05-03

Middle East Forum Newsletter #15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Message from the director: New CMES board in place  While CMES 2.0 is still in the making some important steps have been taken in the last few weeks. We are pleased to announce that a new interdisciplinary board has been formed.  Four faculties are represented from Lund University, which include dean and prof Christof

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-15 - 2026-05-03

Exploring the broader field of environmental dimensions of conflict – in the Middle East region and beyond

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As part of the Climate Stress in Syria-research project, there was a closed interactive online workshop on October 14th to discuss the nexus around drought, vulnerability and conflict. This post describes the workshop that was held online on October 14th, 2020, as the first workshop in the Climate Stress Syria project

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/exploring-broader-field-environmental-dimensions-conflict-middle-east-region-and-beyond - 2026-05-03

CMES Svante Lundgren is one of the editors of the new book "Armenia, mon amour Ten Europeans Speak"

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ten non-Armenians from ten European countries write about their interest in and experiences of Armenia. In moving and, at times, funny essays they depict dramatic events, lasting friendships, political struggles. We hear about lavash and brandy, genocide and revival, Yerevan and small God-forgotten villages in Hayasta

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-svante-lundgren-one-editors-new-book-armenia-mon-amour-ten-europeans-speak - 2026-05-03

New PhD thesis: “The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy”

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES Spyros Sofos was awarded a PhD in Regional and Cross-cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen after the examination of his thesis entitled “The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy” on Monday 7 December. This thesis is intended to make a contribution to ongoing efforts to enhance our un

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-phd-thesis-meanings-people-turkish-politics-genealogy - 2026-05-03

CMES Hasan Hosseini has got Pre-seed funding for 2021 by LU innovation

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Local weather often is not what news reports for cities and counties. As transient, local, and intense as a cloudburst, rainfall can be highly variable, impractical to measure for usual rain-gauge networks. Frequent extreme events with climate change call for fundamental knowledge developments on rainfall. With the ne

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-hasan-hosseini-has-got-pre-seed-funding-2021-lu-innovation - 2026-05-03

"The Role of Citizen Science  in Sustainable Agriculture" - new article by CMES Helen Avery

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The article has been published in Sustainability and is available online. Co-writers are Khaldoon A. Mourad and Hasan Hosseini, also from CMES. Farmers know much more than we think, and they are keen to improve their knowledge in order to improve their farms and increase their income. On the other hand, decision-maker

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/role-citizen-science-sustainable-agriculture-new-article-cmes-helen-avery - 2026-05-03

CMES Maria Frederika Malmström´s new article: Female Circumcision/Genital Mutilation and Human Rights

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Co-writer Lisen Dellenborg. The article is published in the book "FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING The Global North and South" (Malmö University). Open access. In recent decades, female genital mutilation has come to be regarded as a major breach of human rights. International anti-FGM agencies such as WHO, UNICEF and The Red C

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-maria-frederika-malmstroms-new-article-female-circumcisiongenital-mutilation-and-human-rights - 2026-05-03

Nowruz Celebration at CMES

Today we celebrated Nowruz, the Persian new year at CMES. Text: Rafah BarhoumNowruz, meaning "new day" in Persian, is an ancient, 3,000-year-old festival marking the Iranian New Year and the spring equinox (March 20/21). Celebrating rebirth and the great victory of light over darkness, it is honored by over 300 million people across the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.Haft Sin هفت سين 

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/nowruz-celebration-cmes - 2026-05-03

Agri-labour mobility in a changing climate: A systems approach to vulnerability and precarity among migrant farmworkers

New Study by CMES Researcher Sinem Kavak: How Climate Change Shapes the Lives of Migrant Farmworkers. Read the article here (External link).HighlightsExamines climate change vulnerability of migrant farmworkers through a critical political economy lens. Synthesises a decade of qualitative data from multiple regions and historicises agri-labour migration in Turkey. Moves beyond hazard-based studies

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agri-labour-mobility-changing-climate-systems-approach-vulnerability-and-precarity-among-migrant - 2026-05-03

CMES affiliated researchers launch climate research project in Sudan

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In January-February 2020, three researchers affiliated with CMES travelled to Khartoum, Sudan for the official kick-off seminar and workshop of a 3-year project that is funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR), FORMAS and SIDA and entitled: "Resilience in Urban Sudan (RUS): An Interdisciplinary Spatial and Temporal

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-affiliated-researchers-launch-climate-research-project-sudan - 2026-05-03

Climate change is altering Saharan dust – and Europe is downwind

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 full article: (External link. The Conversation)Saharan dust storms are a natural phenomenon, often experienced in southern Europe, but climate change is altering their intensity, frequency, and paths, with growing consequenc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-change-altering-saharan-dust-and-europe-downwind - 2026-05-03

The invisible labour behind “intelligent” machines

Cowritten by CMES researcher Mo Hamza, this article sheds light on the often-overlooked human work that makes so‑called intelligent machines function. Read the full article here: External link to The Loop.Artificial intelligence is frequently presented as autonomous, efficient and almost frictionless. In The invisible labour behind “intelligent” machines, the authors challenge this narrative by sh

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/invisible-labour-behind-intelligent-machines - 2026-05-03

Stirring Up the Ashes: Exhibiting the Great Fire of Smyrna in the Context of Turkish Politics of Memory

New article co-written by CMES researcher Torsten Jansson. In the academic article Stirring Up the Ashes: Exhibiting the Great Fire of Smyrna in the Context of Turkish Politics of Memory, the authors examine how one of the most traumatic events in the late Ottoman period continues to shape historical narratives and public memory today. Focusing on museum exhibitions and commemorative practices, th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/stirring-ashes-exhibiting-great-fire-smyrna-context-turkish-politics-memory - 2026-05-03

Read the latest CMES Newsletter! #59

Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. Read CMES newsletter here.Spring is slowly transforming the lawns across Lund into brilliant shades of blue as early flowers come into bloom, also around the Forsman Villa, home to researchers at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies.  Another clear sign of the seas

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-59 - 2026-05-03

Challenges and Strategies of Fieldwork in Repressive and Illiberal Contexts

Researchers conducting fieldwork in repressive and illiberal countries face profound ethical, personal and professional challenges — particularly when they are native to the societies they study. These issues were at the centre of a well attended CMES seminar by professor Merouan Mekouar, York University, Canada, that brought together scholars to reflect on risk, responsibility and inequality in a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/challenges-and-strategies-fieldwork-repressive-and-illiberal-contexts - 2026-05-03

A Sustainable Middle East in a Turbulent World?

How can the Middle East move towards sustainability and peace amid escalating conflicts and environmental crises? This question was at the heart of a well-attended panel discussion hosted by the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) during Sustainability Week 2026. The event brought together researchers and students from across Lund University to share insights from political science,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sustainable-middle-east-turbulent-world - 2026-05-03