This is a newsletter from Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University
Middle East Forum Newsletter
#18
February, 2021
Message from the director
New calls for interdisciplinary research on the Middle East and writing retreats at CMES!
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to restrict physical interaction that we all long for, CMES is trying to look ahead and stimulate exciting research on the Middle East by announcing new calls. Lund University scholars are now invited to submit proposals for a three-year research project. CMES is also testing a new idea of “internal sabbatical” for Lund University scholars who can apply for writing retreats at the House on Finngatan 16 with its pleasant surrounding and garden in the autumn.
CMES has had a fantastic start and digital outreach with its new seminar series. Coming up here in March are two super topical research seminars on virtual peace diplomacy in Syria and Yemen during COVID-19 lockdown and on the necessity of rethinking environmental security in the Middle East.
Also do not miss our public seminar in the end of March on the Arab Spring 10 Years On, which will be discussed by a highly distinguished panel of leading Middle East experts. You are all warmly welcome to join the digital discussions!
Stay tuned on CMES website and by subscribing to the Middle East Forum Newsletter!
Keep safe and healthy!
Karin Aggestam
CMES director and MECW coordinator
Maria F Malmström is giving a virtual presentation on her book, The Streets are Talking to Me at University of Virginia March 23th
The event will be open to the faculty and students of the Middle Eastern and South Asian Language and Cultures (MESALC) Department and the Department of Anthropology.
Published
Citizen science for sustainable agriculture – A systematic literature review
By CMES Helen Avery (and Larmbert Ebitua, Khaldoon A.Mourad, Joshua Enyetua)
To raise awareness of and start a discussion about gender equality at Swedish universities, Chalmers University’s gender equality initiative Genie (Gender Initiative for Excellence) invites you (researchers and staff at Swedish universities) to watch the movie Picture a Scientist online 5-7 March, and participate in an event on International Women’s Day Monday March 8th, 10:00 - 12:00.
Knowledge for Sustainable Development - Lund University Research conference
Call for abstract open until March 21
What can the research community at Lund University bring to the table in order to advance the knowledge for sustainable development? At this conference, we ask researchers at Lund University for research contributions and pitches to the matchmaking event, that relate to the conference themes. The call for abstract closes on March 21.
"Reaching the Sustainability Goals" Klimatstudenterna and Lund University Sustainability Forum invites you to a digital event discussing Lund University’s Sustainability Plan
3 mars 2021 16:00 till 17:30
The event will be held in English. For students, employees and others interested in Sustainability at Lund University.
If you have questions, you are encouraged to post them in the discussion section in the Facebook-event or email them to contact@sustainability.lu.se
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.
