Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies Lund University

Workshop proposal
CMES funds 1-2 new workshops per year and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from different disciplines within Lund University. Application deadline: 31 August 2026.

Read the call: https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/cmes-calls-and-research-grants

CMES Research Initiation
The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) provides seed money for research initiation and preparation of applications for national and international research calls. Application deadline: 31 August 2026.

👉 Read the call: https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/cmes-calls-and-research-grants

📣 CMES seminar thursday: Eco-Syria
Join us tomorrow as the Eco-Syria research team presents insights from three years of interdisciplinary research on the links between conflict, environment, and sustainable development in Syria.

📅 13:15–14:30
📍 CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund
Open to all – coffee and pastries will be served afterwards ☕

👉 Read more: https://www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cmes-seminar-eco-syria-exploring-conflict-environment-interactions-sustainable-development-and

👉 Read more about the Project: https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/research-projects/eco-syria-exploring-conflict-environment-interactions-sustainable-development-and-conservation

📣 CMES book-talk: Dalia Dassa Kaye examined how American domestic politics, political framing, and missed opportunities for engagement have shaped US policy towards Iran.

👉 Read the article: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-talk-enduring-hostility-making-americas-iran-policy

📣 New CMES Regional Outlook
Is Iran really pursuing nuclear weapons — or is it trying to achieve something more complex?

In this new CMES Regional Outlook, Hebatalla Taha and Dina Tawfik examine Iran’s nuclear posture, highlighting the concept of nuclear latency and its implications for diplomacy and regional dynamics.

👉 Read the article: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/future-irans-nuclear-activities

📣 Book talk this thursday at CMES: Enduring Hostility – The Making of America’s Iran Policy

In the timely seminar, Dalia Dassa Kaye will talk about her recent book, linking to the current turmoil in the region and its wider geoppolitical implications.

28 May 2026
13.15 - 14.30
CMES, Finngatan 16.

👉 Read more: https://www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/book-talk-enduring-hostility-making-americas-iran-policy

Reminder: Travel grant deadline approaching – 31 May 2026

The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports research with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW).

Application deadline: 31 May

👉 Read more here: https://www.cmes.lu.se/strategic-research-area-middle-east/cmes-calls-and-research-grants

CMES researcher Lina Eklund has been elected as a new member of the Young Academy of Sweden, a multidisciplinary academy bringing together outstanding early-career researchers.

👉 Read more here: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-researcher-elected-young-academy-sweden

CMES researcher Filippo Verre has published the book chapter Ensuring Water Resilience in Smart Hospitals: The Role of AI in Crisis Management and Resource Optimization in the Scopus-index book "Smart Healthcare: Leveraging AI and Cloud Technologies for Enhanced Medical Solutions".

👉 Read it here: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/ensuring-water-resilience-smart-hospitals-role-ai-crisis-management-and-resource-optimization

The Center for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) organized an interdisciplinary workshop “Critical Approaches to Middle East and Islamic Studies: Power, Politics, and Decoloniality” with international scholars to analyze and evaluate major paradigms and methods used to study the Middle East and Islam. The workshop was convened by CMES researcher Sami Al-Daghistani.

👉 Read the full summary: https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/critical-perspectives-middle-east-and-islamic-studies-cmes-workshop-summary