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25 Jun 2025
CMES Regional Outlook: Global Responses to the Escalating Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
This CMES Regional Outlook (2025:2) by Lisa Strömbom focuses on the global responses to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
24 Jun 2025
Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#52)
Read the May-June CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications.
18 Jun 2025
New MECW Project on Satellite Water Investigation of Fragile Terrains: Monitoring and Managing Environmental Alterations Under Conflict and Governance Stress
CMES is happy to announce the new MECW project for 2025-2028 which will focus on satellite water investigation of fragile terrains in the Middle East.
18 Jun 2025
CMES Symposium Explores Urban Memory Beyond Sacred/Secular Divides
On June 12–13, CMES hosted the symposium "Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities: Imagining the Nation in Urban Space" at Lund University.
17 Jun 2025
Agonism Against the Odds: Epistemic Disruptions and Bodies of Dissent in Palestine and Israel
On 13 June, Anne Lene Stein successfully defended her PhD thesis "Agonism against the odds" at the Department of Political Science.
12 Jun 2025
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.
10 Jun 2025
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.
5 Jun 2025
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
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
CMES Call for Research Initiation 2025
Applications are now open for the CMES Call for Research Initiation. The application deadline is 18 August 2025.
23 May 2025
CMES Public Talk with Göran Rosenberg: Whither Israel?
Swedish writer and journalist Göran Rosenberg visited CMES for a public talk on the future of Israel.
23 May 2025
CMES Yearbook of 2024
The CMES Yearbook 2024 is now available in both print and digital formats, offering a comprehensive overview of the Centre's work over the past year.
16 May 2025
CMES Research Seminar: The Rise and Fall of Hezbollah
On 8 May, Rola El-Husseini Dean (Lund University) held a CMES Research Seminar on the rise and fall of Hezbollah.
15 May 2025
Why Are Turkey and the PKK Turning to Peace – and Can It Last?
CMES Researcher Pinar Dinc has written an article for The Conversation about the recent developments in the negotiations between Turkey and PKK.
14 May 2025
Whither Israel? Upcoming Public CMES Talk with Göran Rosenberg
Welcome to a CMES Public Talk with Göran Rosenberg on the future of Israel.
12 May 2025
CMES Researchers Join Academic Exchanges During Yerevan Visit
CMES researchers Svante Lundgren and Pinar Dinc recently visited Yerevan, Armenia, for the launch of a new book and to engage in academic discussions.
8 May 2025
Book Talk: "Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel"
Rhys Machold visited Lund for a book talk on "Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel".
6 May 2025
Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#51)
Read the April CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications.
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.
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.