Published 19 January 2024 CMES researchers Lina Eklund and Pinar Dinc have co-authored a paper on farmland abandonment in northeast Syria together with Berit Mohr (GeoInsight Ltd New Zealand) published in Environmental Research Letters. AbstractFarmland abandonment is often associated with biophysical, political, or socio-economic changes, like droughts, economic reforms, rural-urban migration, or

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Published 29 January 2024 Anna Karin Eneström and Karin Aggestam CMES Director Karin Aggestam participated in a panel at the Swedish "Folk och Försvar" conference on 7-9 January 2024. The panel (in Swedish), "Behövs nya fredsskapande verktyg?" (English translation: "Are New Peacebuilding Tools Needed?"), took place in Sälen, Sweden on 9 January 2024. It was part of a larger discussion on how to bu

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Published 29 January 2024 David Kaye (Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren) On 29 January, Professor David Kaye (Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Public International Law) held a rapid response seminar on the ICJ case between South Africa and Israel. On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed a claim in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is committing genocide in its military campa

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Published 30 January 2024 CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored a paper on uncoordinated water resources development in Iran. The article, "When rain does not run, a fingerprint of uncoordinated water resources development", was published in the Journal of Hydrology. It was co-authored by Ali Torabi Haghighi (University of Oulu), Alireza Sharifi (University of Oulu), Hamid Darabi (Univer

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Published 1 February 2024 CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has co-authored an article on the path to a post-American regional order in the Middle East, published in Foreign Affairs. The article "Only the Middle East Can Fix the Middle East: The Path to a Post-American Regional Order" was written by Dalia Dassa Kaye and Sanam Vakil. It was published in Foreign Affairs on 1 February 2024.Int

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Published 2 February 2024 President Macron and CMES Director Karin Aggestam CMES Director Karin Aggestam attended the Farewell Reception. On Wednesday 31 January, French President Emmanuel Macron visited Lund. After visiting the European Spallation Source (ESS) together with the Swedish King, he participated in "Studentafton", where he spoke to and answered questions from 200 Lund University stude

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Published 2 February 2024 Read the new CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars.Read the

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Published 7 February 2024 Charlotta Sparre speaking to staff and students at CMES. Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren On 6 February, Director Charlotta Sparre visited CMES and spoke about the work at the Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa in Amman, Jordan. Charlotta Sparre is the Director of the Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa. She has previou

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Published 8 February 2024 Lund University's Raoul Wallenberg Institute will be part of the group of institutions doing a review of UNWRA) The UN Secretary-General, in consultation with United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, has appointed an independent Review Group to assess whether the Agency is doing everyth

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Published 9 February 2024 CMES Researcher Svante Lundgren has written an article in The Conversation. The article, "Jerusalem: Jewish settler movement makes bid for large slice of Armenian quarter", was published in The Conversation on 8 February 2024.IntroductionThe Armenian quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City is facing its biggest crisis in a long time. A Jewish businessman with connections to the r

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Published 20 February 2024 Photo: Ulrika Oredsson CMES Visiting Fulbright Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has been interviewed about the war in Gaza and the need for new leadership as the only way forward. The war in Gaza will end when Israel realises that its two goals are mutually exclusive - it will not be able to both destroy Hamas and free the hostages. This is what the new visiting Fulbright prof

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Published 31 August 2016 Meeting with the City of Malmö August 29 The announced meeting between Lund University and The city of Malmö took place in Lund as planned. The city of Malmö was represented by Mayor Jan-Inge Alfridh and Planning Director Christer Larsson. The meeting covered both the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts shared premises project, which apply to all institutions and entities,

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Published 1 March 2017 Mary Kelly has been appointed honorary doctor at the he Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts at Lund University. Mary Kelly is a legendary artist, feminist and educator. Her Post-Partum Document (1973–79) is one of the first research-based works in an international context. It was formally ground-breaking, combining Lacanian structuralism with personal journal annotations and

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Published 26 February 2019 Photo: Hannes Schmid/Bea Borgers Over the past ten years, Swiss director Milo Rau has made a name for himself as one of the most influential and provocative theatre and film directors of our time. His work has been performed at several important international performing arts festivals such as the Theatertreffen in Berlin and the Festival d’Avignon. Rau has been awarded m

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By nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - published 3 June 2020 Two internationally acclaimed artists, Yael Bartana and Bouchra Khalili, have been accepted to our postgraduate programme in fine art. Over two hundred people applied for the two postgraduate positions and the jury* conducted fifty interviews before choosing Yael Bartana and Bouchra Khalili. Yael Bartana is

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By nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - published 30 September 2020 Esa Kirkkopelto Malmö Theatre Academy is forming a platform for their research with the name Öresund Collegium of Artistic Research. Professor Esa Kirkkopelto is the initiator who believes in building communities and that artistic research needs a critical mass. -The fundament of this is in the name i

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By nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - published 30 September 2020 Lena Ekman Frisk There is every reason to keep an eye on Körcentrum Syd during "Future Week" 2020 as they let three different choires interpret the theme of the week: forces in motion. Körcentrum Syd participates for the second year in Future Week and the idea for this year's project has been to let t

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By nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - published 28 October 2020 Youngjae Lih The 34th Beckers Art Award - a grant of 200 000 SEK - will this year be awarded to Malmö-based artist Youngjae Lih, born in 1984 in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from Malmö Art Academy in 2016 and now works as a junior lecturer at the school. Congratulations to the Beckers Art Award, how

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By nina [dot] hansson [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Hansson) - published 15 November 2020 Maj Hasager Maj Hasager is herself educated at Malmö Art Academy and has for the past nine years been teaching at the Master's Program. From January 1, she will take on the role as Rector. What are your feelings about your new assignment? -I feel great joy, recognition and trust being elected as Rector

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Published 19 November 2020 Heimo Zobernig Heimo Zobernig, Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, has been appointed honorary doctor of Malmö Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts 2021. Since his debut in 1978, Heimo Zobernig has been one of Europe's and the world's most interesting and influential artists. In his field, he works with the equivalent of art to basic research, as he challenges our notions of

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/heimo-zobernig-appointed-honorary-doctor - 2025-04-29