This is a newsletter from Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University
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Middle East Forum Newsletter #11
May-June, 2020
Middle Eastern research news from Lund University | | | | | |
Message from the director |
Ad utrumque. The summer holidays are closing in and they will be different from what we are used to. In any case, they give time for reflection and planning for the autumn. We need to be prepared for both continuing doing high-quality research and teaching using online platforms as well as partly returning to more traditional communication forms. To be prepared for both means to achieve a better sustainability and resilience against future pandemics. Reflecting on the LU vision on more research towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it is obvious that a better interaction and collaboration between the different Strategic Research Areas would better visualize the transdisciplinary research of LU. To address climate change, for instance, engineering solutions are not lacking. However, approaches addressing the socioeconomic and human challenges in implementing these solutions are still deficient. These and other innovative perspectives on important societal challenges could be used to produce socially and policy-relevant research. We wish you all relaxing and well-deserved summer holidays! | Ronny Berndtsson, acting director CMES | | | | | Folkmord, flyktingar och fortlevnad, ny bok av bl a Svante Lundgren och Maria Småberg
I början av 1900-talet åkte hundratals skandinaviska kvinnor ut i världen för att som missionärer sprida det kristna budskapet samt verka inom sjukvård och undervisning. Ofta handlade det om en livslång gärning under svåra förhållanden.I den här boken möter vi tre sådana kvinnor som dessutom kom att hamna mitt i storpolitikens stormar: Alma Johansson från Sverige, Bodil Biørn från Norge och Maria Jacobsen från Danmark. Läs mer här
| | | | "Scholars and the public alike expect children of immigrants without a college degree to fail to assimilate into U.S. society. Our research, however, leads us to a more optimistic point of view regarding the recent incorporation of working‐class children of immigrants, although this may be changing in the aftermath of COVID‐19." New article by CMES Dalia Abdelhady and Amy Lutz. | | | | New publication by CMES guest researcher Raed BashitialshaaerSolar-Energy Innovative and Sustainable Solution for Freshwater and Food Production for Lake Titicaca Islands. European Journal of Engineering Research and Science. 5, 4 (Apr. 2020), 436-442.
Bashitialshaaer, Raed. 2020. DOI: doi.org/10.24018/ejers.2020.5.4.1875 | | | | CMES Persian instructor Mehdi Ghavideldostkohi is contributing to the UPF magazine the Perspective with a piece about the fascinating relation between Persian literature and the current pandemic outbreak – and what this means for human affinity. | | | | Towards an Understanding of the Political Theology of Malcolm X (article by Anders Ackfeldt in Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift) | | | Events
June 12, at 12-13 Resilience in Urban Sudan (RUS): An Interdisciplinary Spatial and Temporal Study of Social Cohesion and Resilience to tackle the consequences of Climate and Environmental Change in Urban Khartoum. This presentation by CMES Fanny Christou, will specifically focus on one of the study of this research project that deals with the spatial analysis of migrants’ social cohesion and resilience to tackle environmental hazards in Tuti, an island located at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Register in advance for this meeting After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
| The University’s handling of the CoronavirusLund University is following the Government and Public Health Authority’s new recommendations regarding measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. University facilities will remain open. Read more here
| Practical tips regarding the coronavirus outbreakSome practical tips on how to avoid being infected and manage work during the coronavirus outbreak. To the Staff Pages | New communication guide The “Lund University Communication Guide” is now here. It is the first university-wide guide of its kind and is aimed at all University staff, not just those who work specifically on communication. | Future Week 12–18 OctoberThis year’s theme is Forces in Motion. Work on the week is in full swing and in order to arrange Future Week in October, the working group is ensuring that the event is planned according to two scenarios, i.e. either as usual or remotely, so that Future Week will be held regardless. Contact project manager Louise Pierce, to take part or for more information about the week. | Free admission to Skissernas Museum The museum reopens on 2 June and the week after, on 9 June, is the opening of Jockum Nordström’s exhibition Utan Lykta (Without lantern). The show will present sculptures, collages and sketches, focusing on Jockum Nordström’s artistic process. The exhibition runs until 18 October, so there is an opportunity to enter Jockum Nordström’s dreamlike world throughout the summer. Admission is free to Skissernas Museum on presentation of an LU Card. | Conference on researchers at risk Lund University is a member of Scholars at Risk, an international network that works to promote academic freedom and protect researchers at risk. The Swedish section of Scholars at Risk (SAR-Sverige) consists of 20 Swedish higher education institutions. On 8 June there is the first Stakeholder Forum, which will be opened by Frédérique Vidal, France’s minister of higher education. The morning session will cover the importance of academic freedom for the quality of research, and the conditions and possibilities for researchers at risk. Two workshops will be held in the afternoon – one on mentoring for researchers at risk and another on non-academic careers for researchers. More information, programme and registration. | | | |
Our blog showcase the diverse and timely work we do on the Middle East and on its impact globally, across all disciplines at Lund University. |
About the 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. | |
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