Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)
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Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)
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Part of Lund University, Sweden.
New article from CMES: Managing coastal aquifer salinity risks: Strategies for balance, recharge, and crop adaptation.

www.cmes.lu.se/article/mana...
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The ECO-Syria research team at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University, held its second and final workshop on 15–16 September 2025.

www.cmes.lu.se/article/eco-...
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This CMES Regional Outlook (2025:3) by CMES Director Karin Aggestam examines the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas.
www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Read the latest CMES Newsletter!
cmes.ungapped.io/Issues/38841...
Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications.

Photo: Flickr/Daniel Torok/The White House
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
CMES researcher has recently published an article on “Developing Rainfall Spatial Distribution for Using Geostatistical Gap-Filled Terrestrial Gauge Records in the Mountainous Region of Oman.”
Read more here:

www.cmes.lu.se/article/deve...
September 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Read the latest CMES Newsletter!
cmes.ungapped.io/Issues/c6153...
Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications.
September 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
CMES researcher Hebatalla Taha was recently interviewed in the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan about US bombings in Iran and the future of nuclear weapons in the Middle East: www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-06-27/l...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #sydsvenskan #iran #middleeast #mena #nuclearweapons
July 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
CMES Director Karin Aggestam participates in this week's episode of Radiokorrespondenterna Mellanöstern: www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/tva-...
#cmes #lundsuniversitet #lunduniversity #sverigesradio #sr #mellanöstern #middleeast #israel #iran #gaza #internationalpolitics #politicalscience
July 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
CMES Director Karin Aggestam was interviewed in Swedish Radio yesterday about the Iran-Israel ceasefire and the prospects for diplomacy: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sake...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #lund #iran #israel #internationalpolitics #politicalscience #middleeast
June 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
New CMES Regional Outlook: "Global Responses to the Escalating Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza", written by Lisa Strömbom: www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #gaza #israel #humanitariancrisis #globalpolitics
June 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Read the May-June CMES Newsletter about recent research activities and new publications: cmes.ungapped.io/Issues/e1fea...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #mena #politicalscience #newsletter
June 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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: www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-...
#cmes #lund #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleest
June 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On June 12–13, CMES hosted the symposium "Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities: Imagining the Nation in Urban Space" at Lunds universitet.
www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
#cmes #lund #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #symposium
June 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
On 13 June, Anne Lene Stein successfully defended her PhD thesis "Agonism against the odds: Epistemic disruptions and bodies of dissent in Palestine and Israel".
www.cmes.lu.se/sites/cmes.l...

#cmes #lund #phdviva #politicalscience #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #israel #palestine #agonism
June 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This weekend, CMES Director @karinaggestam.bsky.social has been interviewed in Swedish media on the violent escalation between Israel and Iran.
www.svtplay.se/video/jqPy47...
www.dn.se/varlden/tota...

#cmes #lunduniversity #lund #svt #dn #dagensnyheter #iran #israel #middleeast #politicalscience
June 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"Meaning-Making and the Politics of Intergenerational Injustice in Jordan". Read the recent contribution to the APSA-MENA Newsletter by CMES researcher Adam Almqvist: zenodo.org/records/1533...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #jordan #middleeast #mena
June 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
On Friday, Anne Lene Stein (Lund University) will defend her PhD thesis "Agonism Against the Odds: Epistemic Disruptions and Bodies of Dissent in Palestine and Israel": www.cmes.lu.se/sites/cmes.l...
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversity #israel #palestine #politicalscience #agonism #phdviva
June 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Concluding the three-year project "Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities: Exploring the Politics of Memory, Space, and Religion", CMES will host a symposium on 12-13 June: www.cmes.lu.se/sites/cmes.l...

#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #lund #symposium
June 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Understanding Gulf States’ Foreign Aid: A Conceptual Framework. CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has published an article in The International Spectator: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#cmes #lunduniversity #gulfstates #foreignaid #middleeast #theinternationalspectator
June 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Applications are now open for the CMES Call for Research Initiation. The application deadline is 18 August 2025. Read more here: www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
#cmes #lund #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #mena #researchinitation
May 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
On Wednesday, Swedish writer and journalist Göran Rosenberg visited CMES for a public talk on the future of Israel. The conversation was held with Lisa Strömbom and was moderated by CMES Director Karin Aggestam:
www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...

#cmes #lunduniversity #lund #israel #palestine
May 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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. 👇 Read and download it here: www.cmes.lu.se/sites/cmes.l...

#cmes #middleeast #lunduniversity #lund #yearbook
May 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Tommorow, CMES will host a public talk with renowned Swedish writer and journalist Göran Rosenberg on the future of Israel, in conversation with Lisa Strömbom (Lund University) www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme...
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#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #israel #middleeast
May 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Last week, Rola El-Husseini Dean held a CMES Research Seminar on the rise and fall of Hezbollah.
#cmes #lunduniversity #lundsuniversitet #middleeast #hezbollah #lebanon #politicalscience #researchseminar
May 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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: theconversation.com/why-are-turk...

@pinardinch.bsky.social #cmes #lunduniversity
May 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM