By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 November 2019 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. Jessica Winegar is a sociocultural anthropologist.          How can we understand today’s global col

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-time-and-place-passion-and-global-politics-conversation-series-jessica-winegar - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 November 2019 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 Yor

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-discussion-maria-malmstrom-streets-are-talking-me-affective-fragments-sisis-egypt - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 6 November 2019 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. On page 12-15 you will find an article on Rola El Husseini´s research about gender and politics in t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/printed-version-magazine-mission-possible - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 5 November 2019 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 N

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/defending-and-exhibiting-diversity-syrian-museums-beirut - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 4 November 2019 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 prioriti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/seven-doors-documentary-film-film-maker-and-researcher-mehmet-mim-kurt - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 29 October 2019 Middle Eastern research news from Lund University - read here or subscribe! Middle East Forum Newsletter #4 October, 2019 To the full newsletter2019-10-29

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-4-october-2019 - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 29 October 2019 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. Mehran Naseri Rad. His job is to look at environmental pollutions and particularly soil

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/working-new-multi-disciplinary-solutions-managing-water-problems-middle-east - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 9 September 2019 "We must historicize the interaction between women and the state regarding the ban, as well as the broader societal and cultural barriers, intrastate divides and international dynamics that have contributed to the longevity of the exclusion of women from sports spectatorship over the long forty years t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mobilizing-pity-iranian-women-long-road-azadi-stadium-cmes-nazanin-shahrokni-and-spyros-sofos - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 28 October 2019 Researcher Orwa Ajoub: "The danger of ISIS will not end with the killing of Al-Baghdadi" CMES affiliated Orwa Ajoub in رادیو السوید Radio Sweden Arabic. في تعليقه لراديو السويد على مقتل زعيم تنظيم داعش أبو بكر البغدادي، قال الباحث بمركز دراسات الشرق الأوسط بجامعة لوند عروة عجوب، أن سقوط الارهابي البغداد

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/orwa-ajoub-radio-sweden-arabic-killing-al-baghdadi - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 October 2019 The UN Migration's first online talk show to break all the barriers and get you closer to the different aspects and opportunities of migration. "Hijrah Talk" Episode 4: Successful Cultural Integration Stories with Dr. Dalia Abdelhady. Photo: IOM MENA Watch Hijrah Talk's 4th episode to learn more about S

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/un-migration-successful-cultural-integration-stories-filmed-interview-cmes-dalia-abdelhady - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 24 October 2019 An important barrier to interdisciplinary work is the difficulty to communicate over disciplinary boundaries. The seminar series on concepts, of which the seminar on Capacity Building is the fourth, is intended to create a platform for the discussions needed to overcome such barriers. There will be inte

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/capacity-building-research-concept - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 23 October 2019 The Embassy of Canada to Sweden and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University are pleased to invite you to a seminar on Leaving Radical Society: Processes of Exit from Violent Extremism. Leaving Radical Society: Processes of Exit from Violent Extremism In recent years, focus on the incide

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/leaving-radical-society-processes-exit-violent-extremism - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 23 October 2019 Workshop in London, 10–12 October, 2019, at Aga Khan Centre Participants: Jonas OtterbeckMaria Frederika MalmströmCristina Moreno AlmeidaTom RiceSama AlshaibiMichael FrishkopfRobert SaundersDeborah KapchanAnja FranckDarci SprengelAnne-Mette KirkegaardMartin SköldMarc MichaelZiad FahmyMark LeVineTed Swed

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/touching-sound-passion-and-global-politics - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 17 October 2019 Tisdag 12 november kl. 18-19 Pufendorfinstitutet, Biskopsgatan 3 Medverkande: Olof Heilo, Svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul Samuel Rubenson, Centrum för Teologi och Religionsvetenskap Vägar till Bysans Olof Heilo (red.), Vägar till Bysans, Norma förlag 2019142 sidor, med 50 kartor och illustration

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/vagar-till-bysans-bokpresentation-med-anforanden - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 October 2019 Associate Professor Varuzhan Geghamyan is visiting Lund University. He works at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Yerevan State University. He is a Turkey scholar, but the Faculty has three departments: for Turkish, Arabic and Iranian studies. While Professor Varuzhan Geghamyan is here he will give thr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lectures-turkey-and-armenia-professor-varuzhan-geghamyan - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 15 October 2019 Three experts on Turkey from CMES will visit Stockholm and SUITS, the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies, in December. CMES at SUITS The researchers are:Pinar DincOmer TuranSpyros Sofos2019-10-15

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-suits-stockholm - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 14 October 2019 The “Inequalities, Peace and Conflict in Turkey” workshop aims to shed light on the patterns and mechanisms of inequalities and their impact on societal conflicts in Turkey. We invite papers that tackle the issues of inequalities, peace, and conflict in Turkey from a broader perspective, including socia

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-papers-workshop-inequalities-peace-and-conflict-turkey - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 October 2019 This week on the brand new blog CMES researchers Pinar Dinc, Orwa Ajjoub and Spyros A. Sofos contribute texts that attempt to shed light on the questions arising from the increased volatility in the region. Dinc and Sofos provide their takes on the implications of the US military withdrawal from Norther

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-cmes-blog - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 October 2019 USA:s tillbakaträdande från de kurdiska områdena i norra Syrien och Turkiets invasion där gör kurderna, araberna, turkmenerna, assyrierna, armenierna och andra som bor i regionen väldigt sårbara. Det menar Turkietexperten Pinar Dinc, på Centrum för Mellanösternstudier vid Lunds universitet.   Svårt läge

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/svart-lage-i-rojava-efter-turkiets-attack-cmes-pinar-dinc-rojava-situation-swedish - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 October 2019 A talk "Personality cults in Modern Turkey: narratives, discourses and authoritarian politics", two films: "Seven Doors" (also on Turkey) and "No way to freedom: from Western Sahara to Gaza" plus the Conversation Series: Passion and politics. Fall events at CMES These are some of the events, hosted by CM

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/updated-list-fall-events-cmes - 2025-04-17