This is a newsletter from Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University
Middle East Forum Newsletter
#20
April, 2021
Message from the director
New calls for research funding, and scientific advisory board in the making!
While we are still waiting for warmer spring weather to arrive there are some encouraging signs that we are now moving towards brighter times. The surrounding of CMES is distinguished by beautiful Magnolia trees in full blossom and the vaccination program against Covid-19 seems finally to be progressing in Skåne.
CMES seminar series offers another three exciting research seminars this spring. Coming up in May are two highly topical seminars one by CMES researcher Fanny Christou on migration patterns in Sudan.
Later in May, CMES is hosting a guest lecture by Morten Valbjørn, Aarhus University, who is a leading international expert on sectarianism and authoritarianism in the Middle East. You are all warmly welcome to join the webinars on Zoom!
Keep safe and healthy and stay tuned on CMES website!
Karin Aggestam
CMES director and MECW coordinator
Find Middle East Research at Lund University
Lund University conducts Middle Eastern research of international quality and with a societal relevance.
CMES Maria F Malmström will give a a talk at the University of Sydney
"Social Media between Reality and Ambition"
CMES Madeleine Kassab and Manal Al-Sammak participated in
an online scientific workshop held by the University of Mosul, College of
Tourism Sciences. Some points of discussion:
How does social media affect politics,
economics, religion, education, tourism, media and society?
Blocking Social Media in many countries,
especially in times of crisis.
Modelling the impacts of climate and land use change on water security in a semi-arid forested watershed using InVEST
This study, published in Journal of Hydrology, shows substantial spatial variation of the negative impacts of water supply and future water security across the watershed. This is further increasing the pressure on its inhabitants, their economic activities and ecological values.
CMES in social media
About this newsletter
This is a newsletter from the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University. With the objective to provide an overview Middle Eastern studies undertaken at Lund University, this newsletter is intended to give updates on research, events, and other related news. It is also intended to form a window towards the society, showcasing important Middle Eastern research conducted at Lund University.
