The Center for Middle Eastern
Studies was founded in 2007 and
is a dynamic multi-discilplinary
research environment. Our main
activities are research, education
and outreach. Our international
master’s program in Middle Eastern
Studies was established in 2010.
Visit us on cmes.lu.se and
facebook.com/cmeslund
Photo: Hussain Al-Ahmed
Al Mughasil beach, Salalah
Spring Program 2015
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES | LUND UNIVERSITY
SPRING PROGRAM 2015
FEBRUARY
9 | “WATER MANAGEMENT IN IRAN: WHAT IS CAUSING THE
LOOMING CRISIS?”| 10.00 | FINNGATAN 16, LUND - ENG
Dr. Kaveh Madani is an Environmental Management Lecturer
at the Centre for Environmental Policy of the Imperial College
London.
27 | EXPEDITION YEMEN: 126 DEGREES IN THE SHADE | 14.00 |
KINO SALONG 2, LUND - ENG
Film screening and discussion with the director and explorer
Mikael Strandberg. Free entrance!
28 | AL-HAKAWATI - STORYTELLING PERFORMANCES WITH
TALES FROM SYRIA | 14.00 | KULTUREN, LUND - SWE/ENG/
ARABIC
The tradition of oral storytelling in Syria goes back many thousands of years. Come listen to stories in Swedish and Arabic.
Cooperation with Cultural Heritage Without Borders, the Swedish
Post-code Lottery, Hakaya, Fabula Storytelling.
MARCH
10 | AL-HAKAWATI - STORYTELLING PERFORMANCES WITH
TALES FROM SYRIA | 14.00 | DUNKERS KULTURHUS, HBG - SWE/
ENG/ARABIC
Come listen to stories in Swedish and Arabic. Cooperation with
Cultural Heritage Without Borders, the Swedish Post-code Lottery, Hakaya, Fabula Storytelling.
12 | ”TRUST OR TOLERANCE: ON THE TREACHERY OF FRIENDS
IN HIGHLAND MOROCCO” | 13.00 | FINNGATAN 16, LUND - ENG
Matthew Carey, University of Copenhagen gives a lecture on
social trust and tolerance in the Moroccan High Atlas mountains.
19 | ”TALE OF TWO CITIES- URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL
PERSPECTIVE” + ”CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
RECONSTRUCTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN ALEPPO” | 13.00
| A-HUSET (LTH) A:C - ENG
Two lectures with Emad Alsaleh and Layla Kandakji, Syrian architects and guest researchers at University of Gothenburg.
27 | ”ISLAM AND THE QUEST FOR MODERN SCIENCE” | 13.00
| LUX B:336 - ENG
Stefano Bigliardi, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe,
Mexico City presents his reflections upon ”Islam and the Quest
for Modern Science” one year after its publication.
CMES ON TOUR IN STOCKHOLM
APRIL
FEBRUARY
25 | AL-HAKAWATI - STORYTELLING PERFORMANCES WITH
TALES FROM SYRIA | 14.00 | MALMÖ STADSBIBLIOTEK - SWE/
ENG/ARABIC
The tradition of oral storytelling in Syria goes back many thousands of years. Come listen to stories in Swedish and Arabic. Cooperation with Cultural Heritage Without Borders, the Swedish
Post-code Lottery, Hakaya, Fabula Storytelling.
3 | ”TURKEY AT THE CROSSROADS” | 18.00 | MEDELHAVSMUSEET, STHLM - ENG
Umut Özkirimli, Expert on Turkey and researcher at CMES, Andrea Karlsson, PhD candidate in Human Rights, Lund University
and Bitte Hammargren, journalist and author. Event in English.
MAY
12 | “AFTERMATH OF THE ARAB UPRISING: THE REBIRTH OF THE
MIDDLE EAST” | 13.00 | FINNGATAN 16, LUND
Book presentation by Jerry M. Rosenberg, Founder and Director
of the Center for Middle East Business Studies, Rutgers Business
School. Moderator: Zouheir El-Sahli Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Lund University
THE ANNUAL INGMAR KARLSSON LECTURE (IKL) - ENG
The inaugural Ingmar Karlsson Lecture was held in May 2012 at
Lund University. The IKL is held annually in honor of Ambassador Ingmar Karlsson and his contributions to diplomacy. Date
and guest will be announced on cmes.lu.se and facebook.com/
cmeslund
SPECIAL SERIES ISRAEL/PALESTINE
This Spring CMES organizes a speaker series on Isreal/Palestine.
For dates and time, please visit cmes.lu.se or facebook.com/
cmeslund. Lectures will be held during April.
SPEAKERS
Lisa Hajjar, University of California Santa Barbara
Beshara Doumani, Brown University
Gershon Shafir, University of California San Diego
Samer Alatout, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Every spring CMES goes on tour. This year, you will find us in
Stockholm in cooperation with RE:Orient and Medelhavsmuseet.
Would you like us to visit your town next year? Let us know!
17 | ”IRAK OCH SYRIEN – VAD FÖLJER ISIS EXPANSION?” | 18.00
| MEDELHAVSMUSEET, STHLM - SWE
Samtal med Leif Stenberg, professor i islamologi och Aron Lund,
Syrienexpert, författare och frilansskribent. Moderator: Anna
Hellgren, CMES
MARCH
3 | ”IRAN OCH SAUDIARABIEN – REGIONENS TVÅ MAKTPOLER”
| 18.00 | MEDELHAVSMUSEET, STHLM - SWE
Samtal med Rouzbeh Parsi, Iranexpert och lektor, Lunds universitet och David Thurfjell, professor i religionsvetenskap vid
Södertörns högskola.
17 | ”WHAT IS THE HOPE FOR THE ARAB SPRING?” | 18.00 |
MEDELHAVSMUSEET, STHLM - ENG
Paneldiscussion Dalia Abdelhady and Darcy Thompson, CMES.
Moderator: Javeria Rizwi Kabani, Swedish Institute.
31 | ”DESTINATION JIHAD – VARFÖR VÄLJER UNGA MEDBORGARE I EUROPA ATT STRIDA FÖR VÅLDSBEJAKANDE ISLAMISM?” | 18.00 | MEDELHAVSMUSEET, STHLM - SWE
Samtal med Rickard Lagervall, debattör, islamolog och doktorand vid Lunds universitet och Leif Stenberg, professor i islamologi, CMES.