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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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-Gu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/human-touch-intercultural-dynamics-arab-gulf-sweden-relations - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-launch-afterwork-maria-frederika-malmstrom - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-talk-anti-muslim-racism-trial-muslims-swedish-judiciary-and-possibility-justice - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 w

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/culture-police-manning-barricades-allowable-art-and-culture-egypt - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 inc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-5-november-2019 - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/strategies-socially-and-environmentally-sustainable-futures-urgent-challenges-and-emerging - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 Wo

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/breaking-boundaries-or-entrenching-old-ones-post-arab-spring-experiences-women-and-political - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/streets-are-talking-me-affective-fragments-sisis-egypt-book-talk - 2026-05-21

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 - 2026-05-21

The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) CMES was founded in 2007 to support, coordinate and expand interdisciplinary research at Lund University (LU) on the Middle East. Since then, CMES has been leading, coordinating and producing cutting-edge research through innovative, critical and multi-disciplinary approaches towards Middle Eastern studies. Research on the Middle East and Semit

https://www.cmes.lu.se/about-cmes - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/islamolog-ger-svar-om-islamism-och-ibn-rushd-cmes-torsten-janson-hassleholm-newspaper - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 retori

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pest-eller-kolera-syrier-kan-inte-atervanda-hem-swedish-cmes-kholoud-mansour - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is 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.          How can we understand today’s global collective body of anxiety? The fear of the other? NEW TIME AND PLACE:

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-time-and-place-passion-and-global-politics-conversation-series-jessica-winegar - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University Date: 11 November 2019, 1.00 PM - 2.30 PM Research seminar with Maria Malmström, Associate Professor at the Center for Middle Eastern, Lund University and Associate Research Scholar in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University, New York City. Particip

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-discussion-maria-malmstrom-streets-are-talking-me-affective-fragments-sisis-egypt - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The magazine will be distributed to the faculties, FSI (Sektion Forskning, Samverkan och Innovation), External relations, LU's management, Bishop's House, Lund municipality via meetings, conferences etc. WIDELY SPREAD AROUND THE WORLDIt will also be sent to Lärosäten Syd's office in Brussels as well as to embassies ar

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/printed-version-magazine-mission-possible - 2026-05-21

CMES Helen Avery attended the workshop Defending and Exhibiting Diversity in Syrian Museums, 29-31 October 2019. "Looking back to a rich history of the Middle Ages, medieval collections are an integral part of many Arab Museums. This is especially true for the Arab countries in Northern Africa and the Near East: From Morocco to Iraq there exist plenty of large and small, state owned and private mu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/defending-and-exhibiting-diversity-syrian-museums-beirut - 2026-05-21

SASNET, – Swedish South Asian Studies Network, is an interdisciplinary network for the production and dissemination of research, education, and information about South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). SASNET is a subdivision of the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES).Contact information:SASNET – Swedish South Asian Studies NetworkLund Uni

https://www.cmes.lu.se/sasnet - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Come and watch this film with us at November 4, at 4 pm! FIKA will be served here at 3 30 pm. The Seven Doors is a local story told from a universal perspective. Instead of foregrounding “our values”, it questions the status quo, and also makes inroads for imagining less cynical alternatives—to prioritize inclusion ra

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/seven-doors-documentary-film-film-maker-and-researcher-mehmet-mim-kurt - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Middle Eastern research news from Lund University - read here or subscribe! To the full newsletter2019-10-29

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-4-october-2019 - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With a background in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mehran Naseri Rad is currently doing his Ph.D. at the Division of Water Resources Engineering and Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at Lund University. His job is to look at environmental pollutions and particularly soil and groundwater contamination to

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/working-new-multi-disciplinary-solutions-managing-water-problems-middle-east - 2026-05-21