By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 30 July 2024 Postdoctoral fellow in Earth Observation of land cover and vegetation dynamics in the Middle East. The Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) announce one vacant position as a 2-year postdoctoral fellow with an orientation towards

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/open-position-postdoctoral-fellow-earth-observation - 2025-08-11

By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 7 August 2024 Photo by Jan Huber on Unsplash. Researcher Patrik Vestin writes in a " news and views " article in Nature that the woody surfaces of trees may take up methane on a scale of global importance. This is a missing piece in the estimation of global methane budgets, and hence in climate models. Future resear

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/bigger-role-trees-global-carbon-cycling - 2025-08-11

Published 16 October 2024 Photo by E. Diop, Unsplash. Africa, despite its large area and thus large impact on the global carbon cycle, is relatively unexplored with respect to ecosystem functions and impact on climate change. Now one of few in situ studies over a long period of time, 2010-2022, shows that the Sahel area has lost a lot of its power as a carbon sink during the time period examined.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/reduced-carbon-sink-power-sahel - 2025-08-11

By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 10 April 2025 The study shows that rewilding-inspired forest management has several benefits, including for biodiversity. Photo by Scott Walsh on Unsplash Allowing nature to cover up after human activities, known as rewilding, has several benefits. It improves the resilience of ecosystems, increases biodiversity and

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/rewilding-good-planet-and-people - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 29 August 2019 A seminar at Malmö University, with Michael Degerald, Visiting Researcher, CMES.   Heritage, archives, and state power. Digital traces of Iraq’s cultural and political history in state media and publications. Photo: Mr Cup / Fabien Barral on Unsplash It will take place on Wednesday, September 4 at 10.15-

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/heritage-archives-and-state-power-digital-traces-iraqs-cultural-and-political-history-state-media - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 29 August 2019 Spyros Sofos, CMES Research Coordinator, is giving a lecture at UPF, The Association of Foreign Affairs in Lund, September 11 at 7 pm. In the morning of September 11, 2001, a series of coordinated attacks by al-Qaeda in the USA, killed 2,996 people and injured over double that number. 9/11 led to legisla

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/differential-citizenship-rights-european-muslims-and-far-right-populism-aftermath-islamic-states - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 28 August 2019 The second edition of Syria Docdays will take place on 7 and 8 September at Panora Folkets bio in Malmö. Syrian Docdays in Malmö CMES affiliated researcher, Joshka Wessels from Malmö University, will give a book talk about her new book "Documenting Syria: filmmaking, video activism and revolution" at Fil

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrian-docdays-malmo-book-talk-joshka-wessels - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 23 August 2019 New article by CMES affiliated researchers Orwa Ajjoub and James Root. Salafi-Jihadis and white supremacists see the world in a way reminiscent of Samuel Huntington’s 1996 “Clash of Civilizations” thesis, which posited that in the post-Cold War era, world conflicts would emerge between “civilizations” ra

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/through-looking-glass-clash-civilizations-narrative-extremist-worldviews - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 August 2019 Would you like to examine the impact the September 11 terrorist attack has had on religious practice and on interpretations of religious records in Judaism, Christianity and Islam? And also participate in a study trip to Istanbul and Jerusalem? Religion, Heritage, and Generation - Conceptualizing Religio

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/religion-heritage-and-generation-conceptualizing-religion-after-911 - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 21 August 2019 This analysis examines the foreign policy features and domestic implications of British policy towards Iran between 1974 and 1976. Starting with the assumption that economic interests, as well as Cold War imperatives, shaped British policy towards Iran into one where human rights had no space, the conduc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-article-vittorio-felci-anti-shah-activism-and-british-policy-towards-iran-1974-1976 - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 19 August 2019 CMES was well represented at the conference. One of the panels was "The Politics of Islam in the Middle East and Europe" and was presented by Demian Voksi, James Root and Orwa Ajjoub. It was moderated by Rola El-Husseini. The Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSMES) is an independent and non-pro

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/nordic-society-middle-eastern-studies-nsmes-conference-helsinki - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 July 2019 In August 2019, the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME) will be hosting the conference in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The conference is open for participants beyond the Nordic countries. Several researchers from CMES will be presenting their work at the conferen

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/break-ing-and-creating-boundaries-middle-east-nsmes2019helsinki - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 July 2019 Under det fullsatta seminariet ”Mellanöstern bortom Islamiska staten – vad händer nu?” avhandlades på onsdagen allt från Turkiet till Egypten och Algeriet i ett soligt Almedalen.   De många konflikterna i Mellanöstern (Photo: Amnesty Press, Ylva Sundgren) Ämnet var minst sagt omfattande, men de tre experte

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/almedalen-2019-de-manga-konflikterna-i-mellanostern-amnesty-press - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 July 2019 Heavy rainfall and flooding in late March and early April 2019 affected millions of people in Iran, caused deaths, displacement and catastrophic damage to the infrastructure. The historic Kashkan bridge was damaged in the recent flood. This is happening while the country has long suffered from frequent drou

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/disastrous-floods-after-prolonged-droughts-have-challenged-iran - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 28 June 2019 CMES is arranging three seminars on the Middle East next week in Almedalsveckan in Gotland. Middle East beyond the Islamic state. What happens now?  Swedish municipalities after IS - to work with returnees and prevent new travelers to terrorist groups.  Culture, religion, honor and clan. How do we understa

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-final-programme - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 June 2019 A new cohort of students have graduated with a Master's degree in ME studies and wrote master's theses on very diverse topics (Algeria, Afghanistan, Jordan and migration from the ME to Europe). Master Students graduated First row left to right:Zane LiepenlauskaLinda el-NaggarTaha Haj AhmadDalia Abdelhady (

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/me-master-students-graduated - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 19 June 2019 We wish you all a warm and relaxing summer. However, in only a few weeks from now the important Almedalen week starts. Lund University is as always well represented and many panels have connections to the Middle East and the dynamics of this region. Middle East Forum Newsletter #2 As well, keep your eyes a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-2-summer-edition - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 18 June 2019 CMES guest researcher Defne Kadıoğlu Polat just published a chapter in the book "German-Turkish Relations Revisited: The European Dimension, Domestic and Foreign Politics and Transnational Dynamics". Creatively Displaced? The Impact of Neoliberal Urban Policies on Immigrants from Turkey in Berlin "In recen

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/creatively-displaced-impact-neoliberal-urban-policies-immigrants-turkey-berlin - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 June 2019 Svante Lundgren is a researcher at CMES. Two of his popular science books have recently been published in translation. The Assyrians - Fifty Years in Sweden Assyrierna - från Nineve till Södertälje (2014) have been published in Dutch: De Assyriërs - van Nineveh naar Enschede (AJN Press). It has previously

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/books-assyrians-svante-lundgren-translated - 2025-08-11

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 10 June 2019 Pinar Dinc, researcher from from CMES, tomorrow holds a lecture at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. The “Art” of Government: Reading Turkey’s Raison d’etat through Novels and Short Stories on Dersim 1937–38 Being a mountainous region with numerous bodies of water, valleys, and grottos, Dersim or

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/art-government-reading-turkeys-raison-detat-through-novels-and-short-stories-dersim-1937-38 - 2025-08-11