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29 Apr 2025
CMES Call for Workshop Proposal
Applications are now open for the CMES Workshop Proposal of 2025. Application deadline is 30 May 2025.
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29 Apr 2025
GloHub Seed Funding to Sami Al-Daghistani for Islamic Studies Collaboration
CMES Researcher Sami Al-Daghistani has been granted Lund University’s GloHub seed funding for an international collaboration on Islamic Studies.
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28 Apr 2025
CMES Research Seminar: Shattered Landscapes: An Agonistic Approach to Ethnography in Palestine and Israel
Anne Lene Stein (Lund University) visited CMES to share her work on an agonistic approach to ethnographic research in Palestine and Israel.
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24 Apr 2025
Israel, Palestine and Just Peace
CMES Director Karin Aggestam has contributed to the yearbook of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, writing about Israel, Palestine, and just peace.
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23 Apr 2025
CMES Research Seminar with Christie S. Warren: Reconstructing Syria
A recent CMES Research Seminar with Professor Christie S. Warren offered a look into the complex journey of rebuilding Syria after years of conflict.
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17 Apr 2025
Call: CMES Travel Grant Autumn 2025
Applications are now open for the CMES Travel Grant of Autumn 2025. Application deadline is 30 May 2025.
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16 Apr 2025
CMES Researchers Participated in SRA Leadership Development Program
CMES researchers took part in a leadership program within Lund University’s Strategic Research Areas.
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11 Apr 2025
CMES Research Seminar: Iran's Mothers of "Martyrs": Public Dissent in Times of Sorrow
Professor Kristin Soraya Batmanghelichi (University of Oslo) visited CMES for a research seminar on Iran's mothers of "martyrs".
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9 Apr 2025
Lina Eklund wins European Space Agency's Earth Observation Excellence Award
CMES Researcher Lina Eklund and the collaboration Decentralised Damage Mapping Group have been granted a prestigious award by the European Space Agenc
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7 Apr 2025
Improving Drought Forecasting in Iran’s Arid Regions Using Machine Learning and Soft Computing Approaches
CMES Researcher Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article for PLOS One.
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3 Apr 2025
The Republic of Turkey and its Unresolved Issues: 100 Years and Beyond
CMES Researcher Pinar Dinc has co-edited a new book about Turkey and its unresolved issues.
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2 Apr 2025
Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#50)
Read the March CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications.
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1 Apr 2025
CMES Workshop Explores Regionalisation of Crisis Response in the Gulf States
A recent CMES workshop aimed to explore how the Gulf States have been responding to regional crises.
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31 Mar 2025
Job Opening: Associate Senior Lecturer in History with Specialisation in Middle Eastern History
Application deadline: 19 May 2025.
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31 Mar 2025
Assessment of Drinking Water Quality and Identifying Pollution Sources in a Chromite Mining Region
CMES Researcher Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article for Journal of Hazardous Materials.
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28 Mar 2025
CMES Research Retreat: The Art of Writing Successful Research Applications
CMES scholars gathered for a productive and insightful research retreat on writing research applications.
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27 Mar 2025
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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25 Mar 2025
Traditional Nowruz Celebrations at CMES
On 19 March, CMES staff and students came together to celebrate Nowruz, the Iranian New Year.
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24 Mar 2025
On Creation, Nature, and the Ethical Self: A Comparative Analysis of Ikhwān al-Ṣafā, al-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī, and Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī
CMES Researcher Sami Al-Daghistani has written an article for Brill’s Studies in Islamic Ethics on creation, nature, and the ethical self.
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21 Mar 2025
CMES Research Seminar: Reimagining History, Rethinking Sudan
Noah Salomon (University of Virginia) visited CMES for a research seminar on Sudan.