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Welcome to the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)!

About CMES

The Centre supports, creates and coordinates multidisciplinary research on the Middle East at LU.

About MECW

Middle East in the Contemporary World - A Strategic Research Area

CMES Seminar Series

Each semester CMES organizes a broad range of research and public seminars.

Open Calls

CMES calls for writing retreats, travel grants, and research initiation are now open

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News

Lunds universitetshus bakom en skyline av Visby

5 May 2022 | News

CMES in Almedalen

CMES will host two events on democracy and gender-just peace in the MENA region (in Swedish) on July 6 during the Almedalen week in Visby. Welcome!

Satellite image showing fires in an agricultural area in the southwestern part of Chernobyl.

25 May 2022 | News

CMES Researchers Warn of Increased Fire Risk in War-Torn Ukraine

CMES researcher Lina Eklund fears that a dry summer could lead to further fires with catastrophic humanitarian & environmental consequences in Ukraine

20 May 2022 | News

Rola El-Husseini Dean Interviewed About Lebanese Election in Dagens Nyheter

CMES scholar Rola El-Husseini Dean has been interviewed for in article about the Lebanese election in Dagens Nyheter.

20 May 2022 | News

Developing Surface Water Distribution Systems in Iran

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on developing surface water distribution systems in Iran.

A woman on a crop field in Syria

19 May 2022 | News

The Role of Drought in the Syrian War Was Exaggerated

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have uncovered unique data on the severe drought that hit Syria between 2007 and 2009.

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