Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University
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CMES Regional Outlook: The Rising Tide of Dissent in Turkey: A Call for Democracy and Justice
This CMES Regional Outlook by Pinar Dinc focuses on the recent political developments in Turkey.
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News from CMES
10 Jun 2025 | News
Upcoming PhD Viva: Agonism Against the Odds: Epistemic Disruptions and Bodies of Dissent in Palestine and Israel
Lund University PhD student Anne Lene Stein will defend her thesis at the Department of Political Science.
12 Jun 2025 | News
Meaning-Making and the Politics of Intergenerational Injustice in Jordan
CMES researcher Adam Almqvist has recently published about meaning-making and the politics of intergenerational injustice in Jordan.
5 Jun 2025 | News
Understanding Gulf States’ Foreign Aid: A Conceptual Framework
CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has published an article in The International Spectator about Gulf States’ foreign aid.
4 Jun 2025 | News
Upcoming CMES Symposium: Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities: Imagining the Nation in Urban Space
How do ideas about ’the nation’ take place locally? How are imaginaries of ’a people’ represented and challenged in urban memory and forgetting?
28 May 2025 | News
CMES Call for Research Initiation 2025
Applications are now open for the CMES Call for Research Initiation. The application deadline is 18 August 2025.
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