Message from the director |
Seasonal greetings from the team at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies This has been a strange and challenging year. We have just closed down the Centre temporarily due to escalating Covid-19 pandemic. However, in 2021 we hope to be moving towards brighter times! CMES is set to launch some new initiatives to consolidate interdisciplinary Middle East research at Lund University. We welcome applications for “writing retreats” and “local sabbaticals” at CMES for LU scholars who need research time to finish a book, article or a report. New PhD positions will be opened as part of the efforts to foster a new generation of Middle East scholarship. Nearly set is also the spring program of CMES new research seminar series. We are thrilled and excited that CMES first public seminar will be hosting the outstanding Swedish Radio journalist Cecilia Uddén for a talk on the regional implications of the new peace treaties in the Middle East on 3 February 2021. So stay tuned on CMES website and by subscribing to the Newsletter! Keep safe and healthy! Wishing you happy holidays and a peaceful New Year! Karin Aggestam, CMES director and MECW coordinator | | | | |
New PhD thesis: “The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy”CMES Spyros Sofos was awarded a PhD in Regional and Cross-cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen after the examination of his thesis entitled “The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy” on Monday 7 December. | LU doctor with water focus and CMES connections new minister in TunisiaIt is during a difficult time that Akiça Bahri has taken over the responsibility as Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Tunisia. But with a doctorate in water management from Lund University and many international missions on her CV, she was ready for the assignment.
LU doctor with water focus and CMES connections new minister in Tunisia
| | | | CMES Maria Frederika Malmström´s new article: Female Circumcision/Genital Mutilation and Human Rights | "The Role of Citizen Science in Sustainable Agriculture" - new article by CMES Helen AveryThe article has been published in Sustainability and is available online. Co-writers are Khaldoon A. Mourad and Hasan Hosseini, also from CMES.
This paper assesses the role of citizen science relating to agricultural practices and covers citizen science literature on agriculture and farmers’ participation during the period 2007–2019.
| | | | CMES Svante Lundgren is one of the editors of the new book "Armenia, mon amour Ten Europeans Speak"Ten non-Armenians from ten European countries write about their interest in and experiences of Armenia. In moving and, at times, funny essays they depict dramatic events, lasting friendships, political struggles. We hear about lavash and brandy, genocide and revival, Yerevan and small God-forgotten villages in Hayastan and Artsakh. | | | | Two new papers on water issues by CMES researchersNaghibi, S.A., Hashemi, H., Berndtsson, R. and Lee, S., 2020. Application of extreme gradient boosting and parallel random forest algorithms for assessing groundwater spring potential using DEM-derived factors.
Journal of Hydrology, 589, p.125197.
Kamali Maskooni, E., Naghibi, S.A., Hashemi, H. and Berndtsson, R., 2020. Application of advanced machine learning algorithms to assess groundwater potential using remote sensing-derived data.
Remote Sensing, 12(17), p.2742. |
About this newsletterWith 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.If you have information that you want to be included in the next edition of the newsletter, please contact maria.lofstedt@cme.lu.se. |
| | New University management
A new University management team will take over from the start of the new year. It will be led by vice-chancellor Erik Renström and deputy vice-chancellor Lena Eskilsson. Together with five pro vice-chancellors with various areas of responsibility, they will be in charge of the University for the next three years. The presentation of the entire new University management team |
FACULTY GRANTSEach year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff:
- faculty travel and research grants
- application months
- educational development funding
More information and application dates here
| Future Week at Lund University 18–24 October 2021 (Save the date)Despite the pandemic, we succeeded in putting together a great programme for this year’s Future Week.
We can hope that the circumstances are better next autumn, but much depends on what kind of breakthrough the vaccines have in terms of hampering Covid-19. And it is with that very term breakthrough in mind that we in the Future Week steering group want to inspire you to propose items for the agenda of next year’s event, which will take place between 18 and 24 October 2021. | A workshop about Exploring the broader field of environmental dimensions of conflict – in the Middle East region and beyond | Research grant for a three-month-stay
in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean The board of the SWEDISH RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN ISTANBUL hereby announces one or several
fellowship grants of 36 000 SEK for the spring term of 2021. The grant is awarded to scholars in human sciences with research focus on Istanbul, Turkey, the
Eastern Mediterranean or culturally, historically or religiously affiliated areas.
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The University offers Swedish language courses for University employees through the Centre for Languages and Literature (SOL). The courses are offered at five levels, depending on prior knowledge. The course fee is paid by the employee’s home department. Read more and register at Staff Pages.
| | CMES Hasan Hosseini has got Pre-seed funding for 2021 by LU innovation! | |
