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13 Dec 2024
Syria’s Self-Governing Democratic North-East Comes under Attack with Country in Flux
CMES Researcher Pinar Dinc has written an article published in the Conversation on the future of Syria's self-governing region in the north-east.
10 Dec 2024
CMES Regional Outlook: The Fall of the Assad Regime: Challenges and Opportunities for Rojava
This Regional Outlook focuses on the recent political developments in Syria and the implications for Rojava.
29 Nov 2024
Islamic Humanitarianism and Foreign Aid: Gulf States in Conflict Zones
CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has published an article in the Durham Middle East Papers.
27 Nov 2024
Call: CMES Travel Grant Spring 2025
Applications are now open for the CMES Travel Grant of Spring 2025. Application deadline is 20 December 2024.
26 Nov 2024
Job Opening: PhD Student in Islamic Studies: Islamic Ethics and Moral Economy in the Middle East
A 4-year fully funded PhD position at CMES and Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) is now open for applications.
26 Nov 2024
Foreign Aid, Identities, and Interests: Qatar and the UAE in Sudan
CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has co-authored an article published in The International Spectator.
25 Nov 2024
Recovering Environmental and Economic Traditions in the Islamic World
Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an edited volume on premodern and contemporary economic and environmental approaches in Islamic traditions.
25 Nov 2024
Gendered Refugee Bodies: A Feminist Analysis of Syrian Refugee Mobility in Turkey and Lebanon
LUCSUS researcher Sinem Kavak visited CMES to hold a seminar on Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon.
21 Nov 2024
Lisa Strömbom Interviewed in Politiken on Israel's Relations with the UN
CMES Researcher Lisa Strömbom was interviewed in the Danish newspaper Politiken on Israel's relations with the UN, following the UNRWA ban.
19 Nov 2024
Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#47)
Read the November CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications.
18 Nov 2024
Paul Ricoeur: Empowering Education, Politics and Society – Review
CMES Researcher Torsten Janson has written a review of Alison Scott-Baumann’s study "Paul Ricoeur: Empowering Education, Politics and Society".
18 Nov 2024
Israel’s Relations with the UN Hit a New Low with UNRWA Ban
CMES Researcher Lisa Strömbom has written an article published in The Conversation on Israel's relations with the United Nations.
11 Nov 2024
Job Opening: PhD Student in Political Science: Nuclear Politics in the Middle East
Application deadline: 9 December 2024.
8 Nov 2024
CMES Regional Outlook: ”Any Prospect for Peace Activism?”
On the prospects for Israeli and Palestinian peace activism and how, during times of pressure, solidarity groups redress their methods.
6 Nov 2024
Watch CMES Events from Almedalsveckan 2024
Two CMES panel discussions from Almedalsveckan 2024 are now available to watch in their entirety.
5 Nov 2024
CMES Regional Outlook: The Jordanian Parliamentary Elections
This regional outlook focuses on the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections, their consequences, and how they were affected by the War on Gaza.
25 Oct 2024
United Nations University Hub Launch Ceremony
On behalf of Lund University and the United Nations University (UNU), Prof. Erik Renström and Prof. Kaveh Madani invite you to the official launch ceremony for the UNU Hub on “Wate...
15 Oct 2024
The Failure of Diplomacy and Protection in Syria
Karin Aggestam and Tim Dunne have co-authored the chapter “The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria”, in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3d edition), eds S. Smith,...
15 Oct 2024
Refugee Decision-making in First Countries of Asylum
In this closing workshop of the project the aim is to present the results and findings of the project’s empirical work and engage the audience in an open dialogue with the research...
7 Oct 2024
Sami Al-Daghistani on the Emic-Etic Distinction and Islamic Studies in Oslo/Norway
Sami Al-Daghistani has recently published an article discussing the emic-etic distinction in Islamic Studies with a special focus on Norway.