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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.

Read CMES Regional Outlook

Read the CMES Regional Outlook series for analysis of current topics related to the MENA region.

About MECW

Middle East in the Contemporary World - A Strategic Research Area

Read the CMES Newsletter

Read and subscribe to the CMES Newsletter with updates on our activities and publications.

Seminar Series

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

Contact Our Researchers

A list of our researchers based on their areas of expertise.

Study Arabic at CMES

Apply for Modern Standard Arabic language courses by 6 September 2023

CMES PhD Course: Environment & Sustainable Development in MENA

Application deadline: 31 October 2023

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News

29 Sep 2023 | News

Now Open: CMES Call for 2024 Writing Retreats

CMES will fund 2 writing retreats on Middle Eastern research during the spring of 2024. Apply before 15 November 2023!

Policy-research dialogue participants

29 Sep 2023 | News

Policy-Research Dialogue on Inclusive Peacemaking

CMES organised a policy-research dialogue on inclusive peacemaking in Prato with Monash University

28 Sep 2023 | News

Normalization of Israeli-Saudi Relations

CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye participated in a discussion about the normalization of Israeli-Saudi relations on PBS News Hour.

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25 Sep 2023 | News

Job Opening: Post Doc in Earth Observation

Apply to a position as a post-doctoral fellow in earth observation of vegetation fires by 15 October!

22 Sep 2023 | News

Azerbaijan and Ethnic Cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has been interviewed by Aftonbladet about the ongoing violent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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