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About CMES

The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports, creates and coordinates multidisciplinary research at Lund University (LU) on the Middle East.
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Calls for applications

Apply for MECW research funding!
Three-year-projects and CMES writing retreats.
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Three open PhD positions

Three fully funded PhD positions on demography, comparative politics and water availability in the Middle East.
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CMES Seminar Series

Each semester CMES organizes a broad range of research and public seminars
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Middle East Forum Newsletter

Here you can see the latest activities conducted at CMES.
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About MECW - A Strategic Research Area

Middle East in the Contemporary World

News and Calendar

Latest news
22 Apr 2021
CMES Maria F Malmström gives a talk at the University of Sydney
The series of talks is called "AraBooks: Literature, politics, society and the arts from the Arab world, the Middle East and its diasporas."
20 Apr 2021
Will Lebanon survive the crisis?
After a long economic crisis, Lebanon is on the brink of ruin. The currency has lost much in value and people's savings have been eaten up. The crisis in the country is also…
19 Apr 2021
New CMES research: On the Geopolitics of Fire, Conflict and Land in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
There is limited understanding of the geopolitics of fire, conflict, and land, for example, how conflict and fire are related and how conflict impacts the biophysical environment…
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Calendar
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Apr

30 April 2021 23:59 to 23:59 | Other

Deadline CMES project proposals, writing retreats and applications for our PhD positions
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May

6 May 2021 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar

CMES Research Seminar: New Perspectives on Migration Patterns in Sudan in the Context of Climate Change
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May

20 May 2021 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar

CMES Research Seminar: What is so Sectarian about Sectarian Politics? Identity Politics and Authoritarianism in a New Middle East
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