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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Pinar Dinc, researcher from from CMES, tomorrow holds a lecture at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. Being a mountainous region with numerous bodies of water, valleys, and grottos, Dersim or Tunceli was a shelter for non-dominant groups (non-Sunni and non-Turkish) for centuries. Both the Ottoman Empire and t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/art-government-reading-turkeys-raison-detat-through-novels-and-short-stories-dersim-1937-38 - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Next week CMES affiliated researcher Kholoud Mansour is speaking at an event that marks the launch of policy papers by the Syrian Women’s Political Movement (SWPM) on an engendered constitution, the return of displaced Syrians and reconstruction. The papers relied on the findings of a series of national consultations

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/feminist-perspective-syrian-political-process-return-displaced-syrians-reconstruction-and-engendered - 2026-05-09

From Jabhat al-Nusra to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, what has changed? CMES Researcher Orwa Ajjoub has written an article examining the history of one of the most significant opposition groups in the Syrian conflict, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). In it, he traces the group through four main phases: during the first phase, which lasted between January 2012 and April 2013, the group emerged under the name

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-article-history-hts - 2026-05-09

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is looking for a post-doc that will be part of the research area regarding groundwater as a natural resource in the arid Middle East and how the use of satellite data and advanced machine-learning algorithms can be used to solve complex water supply problems. The groundwater is rapidly dwindling as a natural resource in the Middle East. At the same time popula

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/postdoctoral-position-centre-middle-eastern-studies - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Welcome to our newsletter about research on the Middle East at Lund University! The Middle East is an area that affects us all. It is the cradle of human civilization with a recent conflict-ridden history, and aspiring democracy movements that are of global concern. Its immense strategic importance and strong role in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-1-may-2019 - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES, The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and a new platform called ip-ACIRR* are working to promote rights for people with disabilities in contexts of armed conflicts and for inclusive post-conflict society building. When CMES researcher Helen Avery was in Sulaimaniya in Kurdistan, she

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-cooperation-initiative-around-people-disabilities-conflict-areas - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Madeleine Kassab is a guest researcher at Middle Eastern Studies. Her research about The Media Coverage of the Syrian Crisis analyses the media coverage of the Syrian crisis from 2011 to 2013. It is a comparison between Al-Jazeera and Al-Manar channels through quantitative and qualitative analysis. The Syrian crisis i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/media-coverage-syrian-crisis-presentation-sol-sprak-och-litteraturcentrum-lund-university - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Madeleine Kassab is a guest researcher at Middle Eastern Studies. Her research about The Media Coverage of the Syrian Crisis analyses the media coverage of the Syrian crisis from 2011 to 2013. It is a comparison between Al-Jazeera and Al-Manar channels through quantitative and qualitative analysis. The Syrian crisis i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/media-coverage-syrian-crisis - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Monday the 27th of May, CMES affiliated researcher, the Syria scholar and ethnographic filmmaker Joshka Wessels will present her upcoming book which will be published by Bloomsbury/IB Tauris entitled "Documenting Syria: Film-making, Video Activism and Revolution". Joshka's book is the world's first history of Syrian D

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/worlds-first-history-syrian-documentary-cinema - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year's Graduate Student Conference was entitled "The Middle East in the Contemporary World". The conference is as an opportunity for students at CMES and more widely at Lund University to present and discuss their own research and ideas. One of the presentations was The Hurdles of the Patriarchy – Women and Polit

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/women-and-politics-lebanon-one-many-interesting-presentations-graduate-student-conference - 2026-05-09

CMES researchers Helen Avery and Spyros Sofos are working to build a university-wide post-conflict research network with strong and diverse international connections. This brings together scholars and practitioners working on reconstruction of social fabrics and physical/technical infrastructure, institution building, rehabilitation of populations, memory, justice and reconciliation, transitions t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/university-wide-post-conflict-research-network - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Helen Avery's work concerns sustainability transitions in the Middle East, with a particular focus on strategies for environmentally and socially sustainable society building. Research interests include organisational development, creativity and transdisciplinarity in higher education, internationalisation strategies,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-helen-avery-meeting-research-colleagues-kurdistan - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "The following include some of the most innovative approaches to Islamic State to date, and promise a wave of fresh voices on one of the most important challenges to global order." Daesh media production is complex, multifaceted, and is arguably a representational microcosm of the organization as a whole. Claiming uni

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/where-media-meets-statecraft-daesh-promotion-governmental-competence-through-its-media-new-essay - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Project Mosaic launches this May with its first event, a roundtable on the theme "Trust in Democratic Societies" on Thursday, May 23 between 15:00-18:00 to be held at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. In the roundtable, Prof. Dr. Nader El-Bizri (Department of Philosophy, American University in Beirut) and As

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trust-democratic-societies-roundtable-swedish-research-institute-istanbul - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cherine Hussein is a guest researcher at CMES and has published a chapter in an edited book collection on Palestine. Her chapter is called "The Single State Solution: Vision, Obstacles and Dilemmas of a Re-Emergent Alternative in Flux". The book title is “From the River to the Sea- Palestine and Israel in the Shadow o

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/single-state-solution-vision-obstacles-and-dilemmas-re-emergent-alternative-flux - 2026-05-09

Måste alla verkligen ta i hand i Sverige? Ska vi ha skolavslutning i kyrkan eller separata badtider i simhallar? Bör huvuddukar och heltäckande plagg för kvinnor förbjudas? Det finns fortfarande möjlighet att anmäla sig till sommarkursen som tar sin utgångspunkt i några av de senaste årens hetaste debatter om religion och ställer frågor kring var gränsen går för samförstånd. Lärare är islamologen

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sen-anmalan-sommarkurs-nar-gud-tar-plats-dagsaktuella-debatter-om-religion-course-swedish - 2026-05-09

CMES arrangerar tre seminarier om Mellanöstern i år: 1 Mellanöstern bortom Islamiska staten. Vad händer nu? 2 Svenska kommuner efter IS - att arbeta med återvändare och förhindra nya resande till terrorgrupper. 3 Kultur, religion, heder och klan. Hur förstår vi Mellanöstern? Mellanöstern bortom Islamiska staten. Vad händer nu? 3/7 2019 10:00 - 11:00 Händelseutvecklingen i Mellanöstern har varit om

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-2019-swedish - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One million people in the north part of Iran are confronting serious problems with accessibility to water, due to salinization. The guest researcher at the Centre for Middle Eastern studies Alireza Motevalli is now working with a study in order to map the vulnerability in the area. Proper management of groundwater res

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coastal-areas-are-facing-huge-risk-water-salinization - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Arab spring, the abuse of women and a visit to Carthage. The CMES´master students study trip to Tunis was full of meetings and here you can read about some of them. Mrs. Ibtihel Abdellatif, Truth and Dignity Commission On Friday morning we met Mrs Abdellatif, who set up Nissaat Tunisiet, an organisation supporting wom

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/master-students-study-trip-tunis - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Teaching students at Armenia's oldest and foremost university is a grateful and rewarding task. Svante Lundgren from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies speaks of experience. Yerevan State University is Armenia's oldest, largest and most prestigious university. It turns one hundred years this year and was thus found

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lectures-armenia-very-much-appreciated - 2026-05-09