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The well-attended CMES panel in Almedalen on democracy in the Middle East is now available on YouTube (in Swedish)! Democracy in the Middle East (Demokratispaning i Mellanöstern) July 6, 2022, 11:15-12:15, Hästgatan 13 in Visby The…

- 2022-08-19

On Friday September 2, Laleh Foroughanfar is defending her PhD thesis in Architecture and Built Environment, "The Street of Associations - Migration and Infrastructural (Re)Production of Norra Grängesbergsgatan, Malmö". Welcome to attend!…

- 2022-08-29

CMES researcher Dalia Abdelhady has co-authored the article "How capital shapes refugees’ access to the labour market: the case of Syrians in Sweden" together with Akram Al Ariss (TBS Education), published in the International Journal of…

- 2022-08-23

The well-attended CMES panel in Almedalen on gender-just peace in the Middle East is now available on YouTube (in Swedish)! Gender-Just Peace in the Middle East - Is It Possible? (Jämställd fred i Mellanöstern – är det möjligt?) July 6,…

- 2022-08-22

The summer 2022 brought extreme heatwaves in many places globally, and the debate has included the term "killer heat". In moist areas the high temperatures will be even harder to the human body, and the rising temperatures may make certain…

- 2022-11-23

Congratulations to Laleh Foroughanfar for successfully defending her thesis "The Street of Associations - Migration and Infrastructural (Re)Production of Norra Grängesbergsgatan, Malmö"! Dr. Laleh Foroughanfar has successfully defended her…

- 2022-09-02

The World is Burning is a photo exhibition about the causes and effects of wildfires in the anthropocene. It opens on Sept. 17 at 12:30 and runs until October 10 in the garden of the Pufendorf Institute. All are welcome! Over the last…

- 2022-09-08

CMES scholar Lina Eklund has been interviewed in an article about the recent floods in Pakistan in Dagens Nyheter. The article was written (in Swedish) by Alexandra Urisman Otto and published on August 30, 2022. Below are some excerpts…

- 2022-09-06

CMES scholar Helen Avery organized a well-attended and successful two-day workshop on community capacity-building in Yemen for climate adaptation. The workshop, "Community capacity-building in Yemen for climate adaptation of agriculture…

- 2022-09-13

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Linking Hydro-Physical Variables and Landscape Metrics using Advanced Data Mining for Stream-Flow Prediction" together with Vahid Moosavi (Tarbiat Modares University),…

- 2022-09-14

Welcome to Pufendorf & Friends – A dialogue forum and After Work series at the Pufendorf IAS at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ. The event is co-hosted with The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and the strategic research area (SRA) “The…

- 2022-09-27

New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ and beyond. The Newsletter…

- 2022-09-28

CMES PhD researcher Joel Abdelmoez has authored the article "Good Tidings for Saudi Women? Techno-Orientalism, Gender, and Saudi Politics in Global Media Discourse", published in CyberOrient. Gender equality in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia…

- 2022-09-29

CMES PhD researcher Joel Abdelmoez has reviewed the book "Constructions of Masculinity in the Middle East and North Africa" edited by Mohja Kahf and Nadine Sinno. The book review is published in Middle East Journal of Culture and…

- 2022-10-03

Welcome to a book launch of the Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Diasporas with editors Dalia Abdelhady (CMES, 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ) and Ramy Aly (American University in Cairo) and contributing authors Öncel Naldemirci (UmeÃ¥ University),…

- 2022-10-03

The Islamic presence in Europe is becoming normalised. But integration also leads to increased conflict, according to Oliver Scharbrodt, 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ’s new Professor of Islamic Studies. Oliver Scharbrodt came to the University last…

- 2022-09-30

CMES Phd researcher Joel Abdelmoez has written a Q & A on Qatar and the World Cup on the blog Tabsir. In the blog post, Joel describes Qatar politically and economically and discusses the controversies surrounding Qatar acting as host to…

- 2022-10-18

CMES scholar Svante Lundgren has authored the article "När den assyriska tragedin blev Seyfo: En undersökning av svens-assyrisk minnespolitik" [In English: "When the Assyrian Tragedy Became Seyfo: A Study of Swedish-Assyrian Memory…

- 2022-10-07

This panel of Middle East experts will discuss: What is the status of women’s rights in Iran? How can we understand recent political acts of resistance and civil protests expressed by young people in Iran? What is the role of the Iranian…

- 2022-10-10

What is most surprising about the demonstrations in Iran, is how young the protesting girls are. So says Rola El-Husseini, researcher in political sociology and expert on women's movements in the Middle East. On Monday, she will…

- 2022-10-12