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CMESNewsletter #25January/February 2022 | | | | Message from the DirectorStarting off the new year with exciting seminars, an open call for project proposals and planning for Almedalen! CMES set off the new year of 2022 by launching the spring seminar program that covers a broad range of topics. First out was a seminar on revolution and counterrevolution in the Middle East and North Africa with scholars from Europe, Canada and the Middle East presenting their recent publications. The next seminar was held by Barzoo Eliassi, Linnaeus University, on his recently published book on Narratives of Statelessness and Political Otherness: Kurdish and Palestinian Experiences. Do not miss the upcoming exciting seminars in March on Gender and techno-Islam in Saudi politics; UN agencies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and Creativity of Swedish Muslim Art Creators. CMES is also in the midst of planning several other activities this spring. A CMES Call for project proposals is now open. "Almedalsveckan" will be resumed in July after two years of pandemic restrictions. Lund University has selected ”Democracy” as an overarching theme of its program and CMES is contributing two panels on the Middle East, consisting of academics, practitioners and civil society organizations. There is also a new date, 18 May, for "CMES Open House", which unfortunately was postponed in December due to the pandemic. With spring around the corner, the removal of most Covid-restrictions and with the first sign of snowdrops in our fantastic garden at Finngatan 16, we are all energized and look forward to many exciting research activities at CMES this spring! So stay tuned on CMES website, social media and by subscribing to the Newsletter! | Karin AggestamCMES Director and MECW Coordinator
| | | | Project Proposal Call Now OpenCMES supports supports and coordinates research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area: Middle East in the Contemporary World, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from different disciplines within Lund University. All project members will get institutional affiliation with CMES and perform the research at CMES. Office space, meeting rooms and modern technical facilities are provided for. One new research project will be funded, starting in September 2022 and running for 3 years. Applications are open to scholars with employment at Lund University that hold doctoral degrees from at least two different disciplines. Deadline for applications: 19 April 2022. More information can be found on our website. | | | | Knowledge About Climate Stress Could Counteract ConflictsTo find out why so many people have left their farms in north-eastern Syria, physical geographer and CMES scholar Lina Eklund uses both satellite data and interviews. ‟It is important to understand what can be linked to climate change and what are societal factors, so that we can better equip ourselves for the future.” Read the full article by Marianne Loor here.
| | | | New CMES StaffCMES is delighted to welcome Sarah Anne Rennick, joining us from the Arab Reform Initiative. Sarah's research focuses on Arab social movements, in particular youth and revolutionary movements, as well as conflict resolution and peacebuilding strategies in the region. She has previously conducted research with the Regional Centre on Conflict Prevention in Jordan and worked in microfinance development in Morocco and Palestine. | | | | Public Lecture with Dr. Yafa ShanneikOn March 17, the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University will be hosting a public lecture with Visiting Professor Yafa Shanneik (Islamic Studies). The lecture, "The Aestheticization of Politics and the Female Body: Shi‘i Women's Resistance Movement as an Example", examines how the female body becomes a tool for the aesthetisation of gender politics and also a form of resistance to intra-communal and state power structures. It discusses how such embodied practices contribute to a new understanding of female agency and empowerment within contemporary resistance movements. | | | | Find Out More About Middle East Research at Lund UniversityLund University conducts Middle Eastern research of international quality and with a societal relevance across and between faculties. To find out more about the Middle East research being conducted at LU in Science, Medicine, Engineering, Humanities and Theology, and Social Sciences, please visit our website. | |
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