Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies Lund University

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Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies Lund University

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Welcome to the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University!

16/10/2026

🎓 Come Work with Us! CMES offer several part-time internships for Lund University students during the autumn of 2026.

Are you a Lund University student with an interest in the Middle East region? The Centre for Advanced Middle East Studies (CMES) offers internships in four projects during 26 October - 31 December. Application deadline is 25 October, 2026.

📚 Open to Lund University students

🌍 Focus on the Middle East region

🚀 Hands-on project experience

Read more and apply: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/come-work-us-student-internships-cmes-autumn-2026

Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren

16/10/2026

New research from CMES! 📖

CMES researcher Sami Al-Daghistani has published a new article exploring the role of maqāsid (the higher objectives of Islamic law) in shaping ethical approaches to economic life.

👉 Read more https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/maqasid-and-market-ethical-reasoning-between-material-and-non-material-values

16/10/2026

The latest CMES Newsletter is out!
Catch up on the latest news, research and activities from CMES.
👉 Read CMES Newsletter
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-62

12/10/2026

CMES researcher Sami Al-Daghistanihas published a chapter in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Muslim Liberation Theologies.

👉 Read more: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/power-poverty-and-hereafter-islamic-liberation-theology-and-economics

09/10/2026

👉 Yesterday, Fredrik Meiton from the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) visited CMES to discuss emerging power dynamics in the Middle East.

In his seminar, The New Middle East: Bloc Politics and Geoeconomics, Meiton explored how regional alliances and rivalries are increasingly shaped by economic competition, security interests, and strategic infrastructure rather than ideology.

👉 Read our summary of the seminar here: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-regional-blocs-reshape-power-politics-middle-east

07/10/2026

🎉 Congratulations to CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi and his colleagues from engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences, has been recognised as one of the standout studies published by researchers in Sweden. Their paper "Unraveling the link between agricultural patterns and dust storm occurrence in Mesopotamia", has been selected for a special collection celebrating high-impact research published in 2025 by IOPscience.

👉 Read an interview with Hossein Hashemi here: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-research-dust-storm-earns-international-recognition

Abdulhakim M. Abdi, Amir Naghibi, Pengxiang Zhao, Sara Brogaard, Ali Mansourian, Ali Torabi Haghighi

06/10/2026

👉 Join us this Thursday, 8 October at 13.15, for a seminar with Fredrik Meiton, Utrikespolitiska institutet (UI). In this talk he offers a tentative outline of a new governing logic in Middle East conflict, suggesting that it reveals something about the world order about to replace American unipolarity.

Read more here: https://www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cmes-seminar-new-middle-east-bloc-politics-and-geoeconomics

02/10/2026

How does North Africa’s renewable energy transition affect local communities, environments and questions of justice?

A recent international workshop at CMES brought together researchers from across disciplines to explore the expansion of renewable energy frontiers in North Africa and the local contestations emerging around them.

Discussions highlighted how large-scale solar and wind projects are reshaping landscapes, livelihoods and power relations, while raising important questions about extractivism, environmental justice and community participation in the green transition.

👉 Read more about the workshop and its key findings: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/international-workshop-towards-research-agenda-expansion-renewable-energy-frontiers-and-local

23/09/2026

CMES Seminar | Elite Mobility: Investment Migration in the Middle East

Join CMES researchers Sara Kalm, Markus Gunneflo and Leysan Storie as they present their new CMES project, Elite Mobility: Investment Migration in the Middle East, and discuss the project's aims, perspectives and research questions.

Read more here: https://www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cmes-seminar-new-mecw-project-elite-mobilities

📅 Thursday 24 Sep, 13:15-14:30
📍 CMES Seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund
☕ Open to everyone. Coffee and pastries will be served after the seminar.

18/09/2026

A big thank you to everyone who joined the CMES Open House! ❤️

It was a pleasure to welcome so many students to CMES and share insights into our research, activities, and Arabic language courses. Visitors had the opportunity to meet our researchers and staff, learn more about the Centre's work, and explore opportunities for study and engagement with the Middle East.

We were delighted by the strong interest and the many inspiring conversations throughout the afternoon.

👉 Read more about the event here: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-open-house-attracts-students

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