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The Middle East in the Contemporary World Annual Report 2013 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES | LUND UNIVERSITY

Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University

Box 201, 221 00 Lund, Sweden, cmes.lu.se

Visiting address: Finngatan 16, 223 62 Lund, Sweden

Editor: Lory Dance & Anna Hellgren

Text: Leif Stenberg, Anna Hellgren, Torsten Janson, Dalia Abdelhady, Ronny Berndtsson, Ann Kull

Lay-out: Anna Hellgren

Assistants: Caner Ulug

Printed by MediaTryck 2014

Table of Contents

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ANNUAL REPORT. 3

I RESEARCH. 4

II EDUCATION. 6

III OUTREACH. 8

IV FACTS & FIGURES. 10

Financial results 10

Key figures publications 2010-2013 11

Key figures students 12

Faculty appointments 2013 12

International Visiting Researchers 2013 12

Guest Speakers 2013 12

APPENDIX I: PUBLICATIONS 2013 13

CONTACT 23

3CMES ANNUAL REPORT 2013

An Introduction to the Annual Report.

Founded in 2007, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports and coordinates research,

teaching, and other forms of scholarship related to a range of issues, topics, activities, and events

that have some significant link to a variety of areas commonly referred to as “The Middle East.” Re-

search on the Middle East has existed in Lund since the university’s founding in 1666, however the

Middle East in The Contemporary World (MECW) research environment was established at CMES in

the autumn of 2009 by a Strategic Research Area grant from the Swedish Research Council (Veten-

skapsrådet). The aim of MECW/CMES is to coordinate, redirect, and expand research related to The

Middle East at Lund University. MECW/CMES are referred to as CMES throughout the report.

In 2014 CMES underwent an extensive evaluation of the past four years (2010-2013). This Annual

Report for 2013 derives in large part from this extensive evaluation; some of the sections below are

excerpted from the official evaluation answers submitted by CMES.

The Annual Report for 2013 presents activities carried out during 2013 at CMES. There are four

chapters: Research, Education, Outreach and ’Facts & Figures’. We hope you will enjoy the reading!

4 CMES ANNUAL REPORT 2013

I Research.RESPONDING TO CHANGING REALITIES

The drastic changes in the political situation in the Middle East over recent years have raised the demands on academia to

be reactive and provide relevant analysis. It is a challenge to every academic discipline to produce and disseminate “real-

time” knowledge and analysis. Research results produced today usually take at least a year to get published in conventional

scientific journals. To have a real societal impact, researchers have to work with many different tools designed for outreach.

There are several options at hand, e.g. commenting on events in the media, using social media channels, writing reports

and publishing special editions of journals. Here follow a few examples of how CMES has reacted to new realities.

SYRIA

The anti-authoritarian uprising that began in March 2011 and successively evolved into a civil war has brought contem-

porary Syria to global awareness. Today the war has driven millions of people from their homes. The situation has been

described as the worst humanitarian disaster of our era, to which an end is yet to be seen. The conflict has consequences

for Europe and Sweden and the exceptional situation needs to be analysed and explained from different academic angles.

Within CMES, Syria has been a focus area. A large conference in 2010 and several workshops on issues in relation to

developments in Syria after 2011 have given rise to several important publications such as a special edition of the journal

Middle East Critique and two edited volumes on Syria during the presidency of Bashar al-Asad. The director of CMES, Leif

Stenberg, has also frequently been interviewed in media about the developments, and has written numerous articles since

the start of the uprisings in the country.

This conflict, and the often blurring, ill-informed news coverage of it, has exposed the absence of expert writing on Syria.

The need for scholarly perspectives has been imperative. The contributions of CMES researchers to the journal and edited

volumes mentioned above offer a unique body of research that examines Syria beneath its puzzling surface. These unique

scholarly contributions reveal how Bashar al-Asad’s decisive first decade of rule generated changes in power relations,

economic, religious, cultural and social circumstances and public discourse that fed the 2011 protest movement. Thus,

research within CMES has also explored the complex and intersecting social, political, economic and religious fault lines

that obstructed and still obstruct a peaceful development of the Syrian society.

TURKEY

On May 28, 2013 what started out as a peaceful sit-in to counter government plans to raze

Istanbul’s Gezi Park turned into a countrywide protest movement. The Gezi protests were

arguably the most serious political crisis Turkey – a country often hailed as a “model” in the

Middle East – has faced in the last decade. Triggered by a violent police crackdown and

precipitated by the then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s defiant and polarising

rhetoric, the demonstrations quickly spread to other cities. There had been more than 200

demonstrations in 67 cities across the country by 3 June according to Interior Minister

Muammer Güler, turning Gezi into a hub of diverse grievances directed at what was widely

perceived as the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) growing “authoritarian”

tendencies.

Much ink has been spilled since June 2013 to explain Gezi in the media, most of it based

on hasty analogies and banal platitudes, speaking of a “Turkish Spring” or portraying the

events as the latest manifestation of the global occupy movements. Yet no academic analyses of the protests had been

published before The Making of a Protest Movement in Turkey: #occupygezi – the first academic book on the topic in Eng-

lish – was produced at CMES. The aim of the book was to offer a preliminary analysis of the Gezi protests and address the

following questions: How can we account for the protests? Who were the protesters? Why did the AKP government choose

to suppress the protests instead of meeting the demands of the protesters? Were the Gezi protests in any way connected

to protest movements in other parts of the world?


Gezi constitutes a landmark in recent Turkish history. The legacy of the protests is far from certain. It remains to be seen if

a new durable form of politics and citizenship will emerge out of this rather unique moment. Still, one thing is certain. The

seed has been sown, and a generation that had been taught to shy away from politics has been caught up in the maelst-

rom of political contention, and has gained/reclaimed its voice. The book, even though it hit the shelves only three months

ago, has already contributed to this process by sparking debates in Turkish media and academic circles, leading to several

interviews with Umut Ozkirimli, editor and senior researcher at CMES. A good example of the impact of the book is the

speed at which the rights for the Turkish edition of the book have been sold just a month after its publication in English.

When the Turkish edition is published, the book will have a greater societal impact as the current hardback edition is too

expensive to reach wider audiences.

LIFE ON THE NILE – TRANSGRESSING DISCIPLINARY BORDERS

Water management is one of the biggest challenges the Middle East will face in the future. Scarce water resources affect

economic development as well as political stability in the region. In 2012 CMES researchers from the humanities and

natural and social sciences were involved in a project called “Hydrosolidarity in the Nile Basin” with the ambition to ap-

proach the challenge of water management from different academic perspectives. An essential research problem addressed

in the hydrosolidarity project was how to improve the communication and understanding of the need to find global as well

as local solutions to the water scarcity problems in Middle Eastern countries. Important questions in this project were rela-

ted to solving water infrastructure problems in view of demands that are in excess of existing supplies – as well as finding

new solutions regarding how national and international collaboration can improve water use efficiency. Solving these issues

will have immense positive societal effects and spin-offs with regard to water security and economic development in water

scarce countries.

Results of the project have led to improved recognition of MECW nationally as well as internationally – as an outspoken

and truly cross-disciplinary research centre. The collaboration has also resulted in a joint policy report written with several

consultant companies and NGOs (Glaumann, K., et al., (2014), Measuring Results in Transboundary Water Management.

Swedish Water House Policy Brief/SIWI). This policy report has been distributed internationally and will have implications on

views of water management in internationally shared river basins.

Through the project, a strategic alliance with the Oxford University research cluster “Transformations: Economy, Society

and Place” has been formed. This research cluster focuses on the roles that water insecurity plays in poverty, environmental

degradation and dispute, as well as the role water security plays in growth and stability. The continued work strives to

further initiate research through co-founding with research allies.

The hydrosolidarity project has helped to highlight the need for sincerely cross-disciplinary research at Lund University. The

project has enhanced research and created added value not only for the university, but potentially also on a national and

international level.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONHuman Rights in the Arab World: Research, Advocacy and Public Policy (RAPP) - A Joint Project by the American University of Beirut and Lund University

This project seeks to advance the state of knowledge about human rights in the Arab world, highlighting Research,

Advocacy and Public Policy (RAPP) and their interrelations. For decades, Arab activists, academics and organizations have

been working in the field of human rights. Mapping and analyzing this history is one important objective of this project.

However, the primary objective is to investigate and analyze how the practices and discourses related to human rights have

been affected by contemporary political upheavals over the last three years as countries across the region have witnessed

pro-democracy uprisings and anti-authoritarian revolutions, and in some contexts counter-revolutionary repression and

full-scale wars. One overarching goal is to understand if and how these developments have altered and/or complicated

demands for human rights and affected the work of activists and organizations.

In 2013, CMES visited The American University in Beirut to continue to develop and support the research. The plan for

2014/15 is a first publication for the joint research project.


II Education.INTEGRATING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

The international, multidisciplinary MA program in Middle East Studies is the cornerstone of CMES integrated approach

to education and research. During the first year of studies, researchers teach 6 elective courses on topics of their current

research. Students are trained in reviewing research literature, conducting analysis in their own research and organizing and

leading seminars. As an example, students were given an opportunity to present their own papers as part of the Graduate

Student Conference held in Spring 2014. Students get involved in research projects as interns resulting in conference papers

and articles. Several MA theses are based on participation in CMES research projects. Researchers and students contribute

in conducting research, internships, events, sharing findings with NGOs, blogging, media, local community, and govern-

ment.

An important aspect of the close relationship between education and research is the physical environment. The building

provides a natural gathering place and easy interaction between researchers and students that strengthens mentoring

relationships.

Based on the strong interdisciplinary research environment that provides students with unique academic and practical skills,

the diverse student body creates a dynamic classroom that introduces students to different opinions, outlooks and analyti-

cal perspectives. The International MA program in Middle Eastern Studies balances this with compulsory common courses

that establish a shared conceptual framework, including key theories and methodological approaches that permeate the

entire program. The third semester prioritizes interaction with the community, providing a basis on which students make

their original contribution to ME studies. A research- or internship based field course in the Middle East (at NGOs, embas-

sies, businesses or research centers) provides practical experience, opportunities for data collection and valuable contacts.

These internships have often developed into career opportunities. For example, students have set up their own business,

created NGOs or have in several cases been hired by the organizations where they have conducted their internships.

Importantly, the many open lectures and outreach activities make students meet and discuss with persons from state

agencies, businesses and NGOs. These meetings provide students and CMES with first hand empirical knowledge about

what is needed in society at large.

We believe that our students move on to become valuable members of their communities given their ability to reflect on

empirical realities utilizing their academic training and cross cultural experience. As an example, one of our graduates after

working on a CMES-related research internship – spending her third semester in the Kurdish region of Iraq and writing a

thesis based on the research she conducted in the region - has started her own NGO focusing on providing assistance to

Syrian refugees in northern Iraq. Currently, CMES is developing innovative forms for the dissemination of students’ MA

thesis research results after graduation. One example is the opportunity for graduates to publish thematic articles on the

news site and private business “Your Middle East”, based on the result of the MA theses.

The intimate relationship between CMES and the MA program give students an updated knowledge on recent research on

the Middle East. The connection through outreach to various actors prepare them for the questions they should be able

to answer, but also possible answers. In a strong relation to MECW we have created a program in which students upon

graduation are able to pursue careers in businesses, NGOs, academia and in society in general.


MEET AN ALUMNUS OF CMES’ INTERNATIONAL MA PROGRAM

Ferencz Thuroczy, Class of 2012

Editor for the Arabic version of sweden.se at The Swedish Institute in

Stockholm

What have you done since you graduated?

I started working after my studies. I work with Sweden’s digital diplomacy towards

the Middle East at the Swedish Institute in Stockholm. It means that we work on buil-

ding relationships with people in the whole region through different contact points.

We expose people to information about Sweden. We do not necessarily promote

Sweden, but we want to provide people with factual information about Sweden. We

work from the principle ‘show, don’t tell’, which means that we show what Sweden

is already doing. We engage with people and talk to them. Some people call it ‘public

diplomacy’.

What does a typical day at work look like?

My day usually starts out with going through my emails and then I log on to our social media

networks: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram. I look at what is going on and if there is

anything we need to take care of. I look at results; what activities have engaged the audience and

what activities haven’t. Then I have a lot of meetings, the Swedish way, and I plan for the future.

I am also working on a new animation series about Sweden for YouTube in Arabic, which is really

exciting!

What are your recommendations to other students who wish to pursue a career within your field?

Be unconventional! People tend to focus on things that are easy! Thinking about what kind of skills you want to gain is

a good place to start when choosing where to go. Go to places that are challenging rather than going to places that are

safe. By that I imply that students should, instead of choosing an organisation in your city, try to go somewhere else to gain

experience. Do not be afraid. We can all do this, but it takes time and courage.

”Be unconventional. Do not be afraid. We can all do this, but it takes time

and courage.”


III Outreach.CMES has an ambitious outreach programme. We believe that reaching out to people and organisations outside academia

is of utmost importance in order to achieve real societal impact. Since the beginning of CMES, lunch seminars, public

lectures, conferences, concerts and cultural events have been an integral part of our organisation’s activities. Some of our

research projects directly involve civil society in Sweden and elsewhere in the world. Here are some examples of research

projects and activities that connect to civil society and target groups outside academia.

PODCAST

Together with Anton Berg (acknowledge redio journalist at the National Swedish Radio) a podcast on Syria was released at

the beginning of 2014. Anton applied his unique storytelling techniques to explain the conflict in Syria and its consequen-

ces for people in Syria and Sweden. The podcast can be listened to and downloaded from the collection “Mellanöstern

idag” on ItunesU.

LUNDS UNIVERSITET

Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

48H OF SYRIA

During a time span of 48 hours (5–7 December 2013) twenty-four events on Syria were orga-

nised in the city of Lund. Events included lectures, seminars, theatre workshops, concerts and

poetry readings. 48H of Syria was a non-political event with the aim of spreading knowledge

about the current situation in Syria, but also about the history of the country.

STREETPOSIA

Researchers at CMES work with and do research on different NGOs. We work with the Unite Lebanon Youth Project (ULYP)

on empowering and including Palestinian youth in Lebanese society and with Streetposia, linking academics, activists and

artists through cross-national conferences engaging youth from marginalised backgrounds in discussions on social justice.

SPORTS, RELIGION & SOCIETY

We have received two grants (Åke Wiberg & Magnus Bergwall foundations) to study Swedish football clubs such as the

Assyrian/Syriac, Kurdish and Palestinian teams, and their Middle Eastern links. One ambition within the project is to study

migration to Europe through the lens of football. Another is to analyse the identity politics related to football clubs. The

case of Sweden is of particular interest through the success of clubs like Assyriska FF, Syrianska FC and Dalkurd FF, which

are built on strong link to a religious and/or ethnic identity. A third ambition is to discuss the role of clubs in regard to

integration processes in Swedish society.

SYSTEMBOLAGET

(the state owned company that has a monopoly on selling alcohol) has given a grant to CMES scholars (one theologian and

one from the discipline of medicine) to carry out a study on the Swedish Temperance Movement, where the International

Order of Good Templars (IOGT) is a partner. Research results produced within the project on alcohol consumption among

teenagers have been utilised by national policy makers as well as the Swedish Temperance Movement.

MIDDLE EAST IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

Every spring CMES arranges a “fieldweek” in which scholars and students at CMES spend a week working together to

map the Middle East in the local and regional area (Malmö/Lund, Skåne). The main purpose is to document activities in

Malmö and Lund in order to ease contacts between researchers, students and wider society, but also to obtain knowledge


about local environments with a connection to the Middle East that could be of interest to the general public. This is all in

accordance with CMES’ ambition to reach out to various groups within as well as outside academia. Thereby this docu-

mentation constitutes a part of the third-stream activities of the university, which are to interact with, inform and explain

research and projects to the general public. One additional positive outcome has been that our students gain their first

experience of doing fieldwork. Our hope is that this material can provide information and inspiration for a wide range of

people interested in the Middle East in Sweden.

ALMEDALEN

During Almedalen Week 2013 and 2014, CMES arranged lectures, debates and seminars with staff and scholars. Panels

were a mix of CMES staff and practitioners, and in one panel representatives from Swedish companies dealing with water

management in arid areas participated. Another panel focused on Muslims in Sweden, during which CMES scholars enga-

ged in discussions with several politicians. Other panels concerned updates and discussions on the developments in several

countries in the Middle East. All seminars arranged by CMES in Almedalen were full and people were standing in order to

be able to listen to the panel members.

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

CMES scholars have given lectures and provided full days of training for staff at schools, businesses, NGOs and

governmental organisations. For example, scholars have participated in seminars at the Foreign Ministry, trained

schoolteachers, lectured to political parties, prepared Swedish companies and relief organisations for activities in the

Middle East, and trained employees of municipalities and the Swedish Migration Board working with migrants from the

Middle East.


IV Facts & Figures.

GRANTS 2013

Funding body Grant

Vetenskapsrådet 760 000 SEK

Riksbankens Jubleumsfond - The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences 920 000 SEK

Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien 736 000 SEK

The Crafoord Foundation 200 000 SEK

Other 349 000 SEK

INCOME 2013 - TOTAL 21,3 MKR

Government funding, research 14,6 Mkr

Government funding, education 2,5 Mkr

Grants 4,2 Mkr

EXPENSES 2013 - TOTAL 22,4 MKR

Staff 14,8 Mkr

Operating expenses 2,5 Mkr

Premises 0,9 Mkr

Depreciation 0,26 Mkr

Other operations 3,9 Mkr

Statsanslag Utbildning Statsanslag Forskning Bidrag Forskning

Personal

Universitetsgemensamt Avskrivning

Lokaler

Financial results


Key figures publications 2010-2013

0 5

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

2010 2011 2012 2013

Publication output

Books

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

Conference Publications

Other

PUBLICATIONS 2010-2013

Number of outputs 2010 2011 2012 2013

Books 1 5 6 6

Book Chapters 4 46 17 17

Journal articles 10 41 33 42

Conference Publications 4 29 15 39

Other 5 40 24 23

PHD DISSERTATIONS 2013

While CMES is currently developing its own PhD program, CMES is already supporting several PhD positions at the Faculty

of Political Science, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2013, following PhD disserta-

tions were completed:

Author Title of dissertation Year

Aljaradin, Mohammad Towards sustainable solid waste management in Jordan 2013

Islar, Mine Private Rivers: Politics of Renewable Energy and the Rise of

Water Struggles in Turkey

2013

Lundqvist, Erica Li Gayted Communities : Marginalized Sexualities in Lebanon 2013

Persson, Anders Defining, Securing and Building a Just Peace: The EU and the

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

2013

A complete list of publications in 2013 can be found in Appendix I: Publications 2013.

Book chapters

Books

Journal articles

Conference publications

Other


Key figures students

Figures for CMES international MA program

Student Body 2012 2013 2014

Students (overseas) 6 8 9

Students 42 49 50

Faculty appointments 2013Petter Pilesjö, Professor in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis

International Visiting Researchers 2013John W. Anderson, The Catholic University of America

Ea Arnoldi (Young Fellowship)

Guest Speakers 2013Faraj Bayrakdar, poet & journalist, ”Syria - Before and After the Revolution”

Sami Zubaida, Birkbeck College & SOAS, ”Turkey as a model for Arab Transformations?”

Matthew Goldman, University of Washington, ”Whose Democracy? Oligarchy, Markets, and Economic Theory in Turkey

and the Middle East”

Reina Lewis, London College of Fashion, ”Modesty, Media and Markets: Ala Magazine and the Muslim Fashion Industry in

Turkey”

Selin Cagatay, Central European University, Budapest, ”Contentious Citizenship: Secularism, Nationalism and Women’s

Activism in Turkey”

Maysam Behravesh, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Lund University, ” The Syrian Civil War and Iran: Policies, Perils, and

Prospects”

Dana Galan, Breaking the Silence, ”A testimony by former officer Dana Galan in the Israeli Defense Forces”

Fatima Salman Hassan Haji, BRAVO (Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organization),”The Attack on Medics in

Bahrain - 2 years ongoing”

Nawal Al-Saadawi, doctor and human rights activist,”Revolution, Creativity and Women”

Matteo Legrenzi, School of International Relations, Italian Association for Middle Eastern Studies, ”Gulf Security: by Who?

For Whom? Basics, Tropes and Sectarianism”.

James Fergusson, freelance journalist and author, ”Taliban - the unknown enemy”


APPENDIX I: PUBLICATIONS 2013

I. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Authors Title Type Year

Books

Bogdan, Michael Concise introduction to comparative law Book 2013

Eliassi, Barzoo Contesting Kurdish Identities in Sweden: Quest for Belong-

ing among Middle Eastern Youth

Book 2013

Karlsson, Ingmar Mala Europa Book 2013

Ozkirimli, Umut; Sofos, Spyros Tarihin Cenderesinde: Türk ve Yunan Milliyetçiliği Book 2013

Sofos, Spyros; Tsagarousianou, Roza Islam in Europe: Public Spaces and Civic Networks Book 2013

Sofos, Spyros; Tsagarousianou, Roza Islam in Europe: Public Spaces and Civic Networks Book 2013

Book chapters

Abdelhady, DaliaThe Sociopolitical History of Arabs in the US: Assimilation,

Ethnicity and Global CitizenshipBook Chapter 2013

Abdelhady, Dalia; Alba, Richard; Silberman,

Roxanne; Brinbaum, Yaël; Lutz, Amy

From School to Work: The Transition to the Labor Market in

France and the US

Book Chapter 2013

Aggestam, Karin Recognitional just peace Book Chapter 2013

Aggestam, Karin Politik för en fredligare värld Book Chapter 2013

Aggestam, Karin; Björkdahl, Annika Introduction: The Study of Just and Durable Peace Book Chapter 2013

Aggestam, Karin; Björkdahl, Annika Bridging the just peace gaps Book Chapter 2013

Bogdan, Michael Some reflections on multiculturalism, application of Islamic

law, legal pluralism and the new EU succession regulation

Book Chapter 2013

Bogdan, Michael Website accessibility as basis for jurisdiction under the Brus-

sels I regulation in view of new case law of the ECJ

Book Chapter 2013

Bogdan, Michael Some reflections onthe treatment by the ECtHR of the

Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child

abductions

Book Chapter 2013

de Kaminski, Marcin; Svensson, Måns;

Larsson, Stefan; Alkan Olsson, Johanna;

Rönkkö, Kari

Studying Norms and Social Change in a Digital Age Book Chapter 2013

de Kaminski, Marcin; Svensson, Måns;

Larsson, Stefan; Alkan Olsson, Johanna;

Rönkkö, Kari

Studying Norms and Social Change in a Digital Age: Identify-

ing and Understanding a Multidimensional Gap Problem

Book Chapter 2013

Heilo, Olof Guarding and Gardening: Syria from Byzantine to Islamic

Rule

Book Chapter 2013

Holmberg, Bo Uppbrottet och återkomstens illusion Book Chapter 2013

Holmberg, Bo The Syriac Collection of Apophthegmata Patrum in MS Sin.

syr. 46

Book Chapter 2013

Kull, Ann Women’s Agency in Transforming Religious Discourse:

Gender-Sensitive Interpretations of Islam in Indonesia

Book Chapter 2013

Lagervall, Rickard Tamaththulat al-din fi-l-dawla al-´ilmaniyya: al-Jawali al-

muslima fi-l-gharb

Book Chapter 2013



Levine, Mark Theatre of Immediacy, Transversal Poetics Book Chapter 2013

Levine, Mark; Hjelm, Titus; Kahn-Harris,

Keith

Introduction: Heavy Metal as Controversy and Countercul-

ture

Book Chapter 2013

Lindkvist, Linde Can Stereotyping Be Banned? Book Chapter 2013

Ozkirimli, Umut; Keyman, Fuat ”The Kurdish Question” Revisited: Modernity, Nationalism

and Citizenship in Turkey

Book Chapter 2013

Småberg, Maria ”Peacemakers” from the ”Bridge Church”: The Anglican

Church as a Third Party in Palestine 1920-1948”

Book Chapter 2013

Suárez-Orozco, Carola; Martin, Margary;

Alexanderson, Mikael; Dance, Lory; Lun-

neblad, Johannes

Preparing Children of Immigrants: Promising Schools in New

York and Sweden

Book Chapter 2013

Wikander, Ola The Burning Sun and the Killing Resheph: Proto-Astrological

Symbolism and Ugaritic Epic

Book Chapter 2013

Ozkirimli, Umut The Topography of Nationalism in Turkey: Actors, Discourses

and the Struggle for Hegemony

Book Chapter

(in press)

2013

Andersson, Dan-Erik Mänskliga rättigheter i konflikt och samspel med religion –

en mångbottnad historia

Book Chapter

(submitted)

2013

Conference papers

Yuan, Feifei; Zhang, Linus; Berndtsson,

Ronny

Identifying the relationship between the precipitation in the

source region of the Yellow River and climatic patternsConference 2013

Jebari, Sihem; Berndtsson, Ronny Tunisian water resources policy at a cross road Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Jebari, Sihem; Berndtsson, Ronny; Bahri,

Akissa; Olsson, Jonas

Soil loss estimation, an opportunity to establish sustainable

development strategies for rural areas

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Nakagawa, Kei; Saito, M.; Berndtsson,

Ronny

Numerical evaluation of nitrate pollution remediation Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Ojha, Chandra; Adeloye, A.J.; Berndtsson,

Ronny

Development of a rational approach for estimating air vapor

pressure in evaporation studies

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Ozkirimli, Umut A Sense of Belonging: Multiculturalism and National Citizen-

ship in the Contemporary World

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Stenberg, Leif Lecture at University of Bergen, Norway, on Islam, Muslims

and contemporary science

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Stenberg, Leif Lecture on contemporary Sufism in Syria, Vanderbilt

University, Nashville

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Stenberg, Leif Lecture at Malmö University College entitled “Honorary

Cultures, the Middle East and Religion”

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Stenberg, Leif Lecture on the history of Syria and the civil war in the

country, Jönköping, Sweden, in collaboration with Region-

förbundet Södra Småland

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013



Stenberg, Leif Halmstad Föreläsningsförening: Lecture on Syria: “Situa-

tionen i Syrien – från lokala demonstrationer till humanitär

katastrof”,

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Stenberg, Leif Chair of the Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies

during the triennial conference, “The Middle East and

Everyday Life”

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Stenberg, Leif The Middle East Studies Association’s conference Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Stenberg, Leif Det syriska samhället från självständigheten till dagens

inbördeskrig samt turk-syriska relationer

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Stenberg, Leif Islam i vardagen och politiken- Public lecture in Borås Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Stokoe, Takashi; Jebari, Sihem; Berndtsson,

Ronny

Hydropolitics in the Middle East, the Medjerdah Basin Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Wessels, Joshka Ecological peacebuilding in the Jordan River Basin, a serious

game

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Wessels, Joshka Local agency, water and power in military occupied

territories near border areas: two case-studies from the

Middle-East

Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Wessels, Joshka Daily life, Hydropolitics and Water in the Jordan River Basin Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Wikander, Ola Biblical Chaos Dragons – and Indo-European Ones Conference

(oral presenta-

tion)

2013

Rennick, Sarah Anne Strategic Alliance vs. Multisectorial Mobilization: Under-

standing the Shifting Position of the Youth Revolutionary

Movement in Tri- ğPolar Egypt

Conference

(submitted)

2013

Wessels, Joshka; Mourad, Khaldoon Playing the Jordan River Basin Boardgame (JRBB) with Syrian

communities in the Occupied Golan Heights

Conference

(submitted)

2013

Arvidsson, Matilda “Beloved father”, “darling mother”: Race, purity and the

divine duty – Pedagogy as a continuation of war in Gertrude

Bell’s Mesopotamian writings

Conference

Abstract

2013

Arvidsson, Matilda The political theology of international law of belligerent

occupation

Conference

Abstract

2013

Arvidsson, Matilda; Bengtsen, Peter Artistic and Cultural Practicies in Urban Spaces: Law, Justice,

Contestation

Conference

Abstract

2013

Hashemi, Hossein; Berndtsson, Ronny Climate change and the future of water management in Iran Conference

Abstract

2013



Pakparvar, Mojtaba; Cornelis, Wim;

Gabriels, Donald; Nekooeian, Gholam-

Ali; Fereidoonian, Ali; Hashemi, Hossein;

Kowsar, Sayyed Ahang

Soil water movement through vadose zone as influenced by

a flooding event in Gareh Bygone (saturated phase)

Conference

Abstract

2013

Wessels, Joshka Ecological peacebuilding in the Jordan River Basin, a serious

game

Conference

Abstract (sub-

mitted)

2013

Wessels, Joshka The feasibility of ecological peace building in the Jordan

River Basin for water and security; reflections from a local

level

Conference

Abstract (sub-

mitted)

2013

Wessels, Joshka Anthropologists and their heart; empathy, love, compassion

and alliances in a conflict zone

Conference

Abstract (sub-

mitted)

2013

Wessels, Joshka; Mourad, Khaldoon Hydropolitics, Ecosystems and Syrian communities at the

Occupied Golan Heights

Conference

Abstract (sub-

mitted)

2013

Farsakoglu, Eda Making ”Sense” of Spatiality among Queer Iranian Refugees

in Turkey

Conference

Abstract (unpu-

blished)

2013

Farsakoglu, Eda Travails, Travels, Leaves: Emotional Dynamics in Fieldwork

with Queer Refugees

Conference

Abstract (unpu-

blished)

2013

Farsakoglu, Eda Rainbow Lives in Limbo: Re-thinking the Gendered and

Sexualized Belonging in the Case of Iranian LGBTQ Transit

Refugees in Turkey

Conference

Abstract (unpu-

blished)

2013

Farsakoglu, Eda Being, Becoming, Belonging: Iranian Queer Refugees`

Experiences in Turkey

Conference

Abstract (unpu-

blished)

2013

Gunneflo, Markus Carl Schmitt and the political immune self as the ultimate

arbiter in law and politics

Conference

Abstract (unpu-

blished)

2013

Sofos, Spyros The construction of space and place in the everyday life of

European Muslims: a five country comparative investigation

Conference

Abstract (unpu-

blished)

2013

Tsagarousianou, Roza; Sofos, Spyros European Muslim Charities Online: Networks, Communities,

Identities

Conference

Abstract (unpu-

blished)

2013

Dissertations

Aljaradin, Mohammad Towards sustainable solid waste management in Jordan Dissertation 2013

Islar, Mine Private Rivers: Politics of Renewable Energy and the Rise of

Water Struggles in Turkey

Dissertation 2013

Lundqvist, Erica Li Gayted Communities : Marginalized Sexualities in Lebanon Dissertation 2013



Persson, Anders Defining, Securing and Building a Just Peace: The EU and the

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Dissertation 2013

Encyclopedia/Newspaper articles/ Journal Articles & Miscellaneous

Lagervall, Rickard Yusuf al-QaradawiEncyclopaedia

Entry2013

Lagervall, Rickard Tablighi Jamaat Encyclopaedia

Entry

2013

Bigliardi, Stefano Fast Food Harun Yahya Journal Article 2013

Bigliardi, Stefano Tre appunti per un ridimensionamento amichevole del

neoateismo scientista

Journal Article 2013

Dance, Lory; DeLoatch, Nicole All My Babies’ Mamas’: Black Caricatures in the Media Miscellaneous 2013

Dance, Lory; Hübinette, Tobias Sweden: No Longer the Exception to the Western Racist Rule Miscellaneous 2013

Khidher, Salar Ali; Pilesjö, Petter The Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on Iraq climate Miscellaneous 2013

Persson, Anders Media appearance: Sydsvenskan (Försvagad Netanyahu mot

seger)

Miscellaneous 2013

Persson, Anders Media appearance: TT (Helt jämnt mellan blocken i Israel) Miscellaneous 2013

Persson, Anders Media appearance: Sydsvenskan (Högervindar blåser bort

allt tal om fred)

Miscellaneous 2013

Arjmand, Reza Presidenten med två sidor Newspaper

Article

2013

Behravesh, Maysam; Persson, Anders Why Israel Won’t Abide Any Iran Nuclear Accord Newspaper

Article

2013

Eliassi, Barzoo Leftist intellectuals and the Kurds: The cases of Edward Said,

Hamid Dabashi and Tariq Ali

Newspaper

Article

2013

Eliassi, Barzoo Privilege and oppression – the Persian example in multi-

ethnic Iran

Newspaper

Article

2013

Karlsson, Ingmar Från noll problem till noll vänner – Turkiets utrikespolitiska

dilemma

Newspaper

Article

2013

Karlsson, Ingmar Kurdfrågan – ett lackmustest för den fortsatta utvecklingen

i Turkiet

Newspaper

Article

2013

Karlsson, Ingmar Upproret vill väcka Erdogan Newspaper

Article

2013

Lagervall, Rickard Demokratisering. Om den svåra konsten att kompromissa Newspaper

Article

2013

Lagervall, Rickard Mursi och makten. När islam blir politisk tar politiken över Newspaper

Article

2013

Lagervall, Rickard Mot femtio-femtio? Manliga muslimska ledare kan få det

tufft framöver

Newspaper

Article

2013

Lagervall, Rickard Den stora klyftan Newspaper

Article

2013

Lagervall, Rickard Lagen och imamen Newspaper

Article

2013

Ozkirimli, Umut; Sofos, Spyros Tala om modeller Newspaper

Article

2013

Sofos, Spyros L’Islam ne devrait pas être considérée comme une menace à

l’inviolable liberté suédoise

Newspaper

Article

2013



Stenberg, Leif “Turkiet fortsätter att vara en källa till inspiration” Newspaper

Article

2013

Stenberg, Leif “Maktkritik i syriskt tv-drama” Newspaper

Article

2013

Stenberg, Leif “Är du en islamist Newspaper

Article

2013

Wikander, Ola Perfect or Imperfect Learning - Teaching the Hebrew

”Tenses”

Preprint (in

press)

2013

Wikander, Ola Classical Hebrew in the Golden Dawn Tradition Preprint

(unpublished)

2013

Abdelhady, Dalia; Aldabbagh, May;

Gargani, Ghalia

Women and Globalization in the GCC: Negotiating States,

Agency and Social Change

Report 2013

Bogdan, Michael Anm. av Magnus & Mankowski: Brussels I Regulation Review 2013

Lindkvist, Linde The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History by Samuel Moyn Review 2013

Rubenson, Samuel Riot in Alexandria: Tradition and Group Dynamics in Late

Antique Pagan and Christian Communities

Review 2013

Småberg, Maria Sten Rylander, Nelson Mandela - tolerans och ledarskap,

Historiska media 2012

Review 2013

Wessels, Joshka Book Review War As Experience: Contributions from

international relations and feminist analysis, by Christine

Sylvester

Review

(submitted)

2013

Sofos, Spyros Taksim - a protest like no other Working Paper 2013

Sofos, Spyros Taksim Revisited Working Paper 2013


II. PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS

Authors Title of paper Name of conference Location Year

Abdelhady, Dalia Women and the Arab

Uprisings

Regime Change in the Middle East:

Concept and Historical Precedents

Bergen Norway 2013

Abdelhady, Dalia Women in the UAE between

the Global and the National

Annual Meeting of the American

Sociological Association

New York City 2013

Abdelhady, Dalia;

Brinbaum, Yaël; Lutz,

Amy

Educational Inequalities and

perceptions of Social Mobility

of the Second Generation In

France and US

Annual Meeting of the American

Sociological Association

New York City 2013

Abdelhady, Dalia;

Brinbaum, Yaël; Lutz,

Amy

Inequalities in Education and

Employment: Comparing

Second Generation Mexicans

in the US and North Africans

in France

Colloque comparaisons franco-

américaines

Science Po, Paris 2013

Aggestam, Karin Power in peacebuilding.

Desecuritization, technocracy

and water management

International Studies Association San Francisco 2013

Aggestam, Karin The quest for recognitional

peace. Reconciliation and the

politics of (non)recognition

International Society for Political

Psychology

Herzliya 2013

Aggestam, Karin Unilateralism, multilateralism

and the quest for hydrosoli-

darity

Hydrosolidarity – the Quest for Better

Water Management in the Nile Basin

Lund 2013

Aggestam, Karin;

Sundell, Anna

Depoliticising water conflict European Consortium for Political

Research General Conference

Bordeaux 2013

Arjmand, Reza Education Reforms in the

Muslim Middle East: A Move

Towards Democracy?

Alexandria, Egypt 2013

Arjmand, Reza Higher Education and Human

Capital in Kurdistan: What

Have Been Outcomes of the

Reforms

Arjmand, Reza Re-appropriation of religion

in Educational Reform in the

Middle East

World Education Conference Buenos Aires,

Argentina

2013

Arjmand, Reza A Space for their Own?

Women-Only Parks in Iran,

Pakistan and U.A.E

European Sociological Association Torino, Italy 2013

Arjmand, Reza Women in Public Space: A

Comparative Study of Women

in Women-Only Parks and

Gender-Mixed Parks in Iran

European Conference on Sociology of

Urban and Regional development

Berlin, Germany 2013

Arjmand, Reza Segregation of Women in

Public Space in Iran

9th Nordic Conference on Middle

Eastern Studies

Lund, Sweden 2013

Arjmand, Reza Educational Reform in the

Contemporary Middle East: A

Crossroad of Global and Local

MESA 2013 New Orleans, USA 2013



Bashitialshaaer, Raed;

Larson, Magnus;

Persson, Kenneth M

Advanced Findings in Inclined

Negatively Buoyant Jet

Experiments

Desalination and Water Reuse 2013 /

Tianjin, China

Tianjin, China 2013

Bengtsen, Peter;

Arvidsson, Matilda

Artistic and cultural praxes in

the transitional and contested

territory of urban public space

Critical Legal Conference 2013 (Reconci-

liation & Reconstruction)

Belfast 2013

Dance, Lory Struggles of Disenfranchised

Kurds in Turkey

Kurdistan between Past and Present Soran University, Iraqi-

Kurdistan

2013

Dance, Lory Social Death and Immigrant

Kids Outside of Swedish Civil

Society

Global Gender Matters International

Workshop on Civil Society, Politics, and

Opposition

Lund Sweden 2013

Dance, Lory What Are Little Girls Made

Of?: The Memories of a

Colonized and Dehumanized

8-Year-Old

De Nya Barnbokskaraktärerna Work-

shop

Diversity Center

Stockholm

2013

Dance, Lory R-E-S-P-E-C-T…In the Name

of Love: Poetic Reflections on

Civil Protest in the U.S. and

Sweden

Aktivistsalongen Panel, Clandestino

Festival, House of Win Win

Göteborg 2013

Hashemi, Hossein;

Berndtsson, Ronny

Water resources management

through rainwater harvesting

in arid area

International Conference on Efficient

Use and Management of Water (Ef-

ficient 2013)

Paris, France 2013

Khatami, Sina;

Berndtsson, Ronny

Urmia Lake Watershed

Restoration in Iran: Short- and

Long-Term Perspectives

6th International Perspectives on Water

Resources & the Environment (IPWE

2013)

Izmir, Turkey 2013

Lagervall, Rickard The Definition of National

Identity in the Moroccan

Constitution from 2011

The Ninth Nordic Conference on Middle

Eastern Studie: Everyday Life in the

Middle East

Lund 2013

Ozkirimli, Umut Nationalism and the State,

Society and the Individual:

The Youth Talks about

Nationalism

Center for European Studies Student

Forum

Bogazici University,

Istanbul

2013

Ozkirimli, Umut Governing Diversity: The

Kurds in a New Middle East

International Institute for Strategic

Studies (IISS)

Beirut 2013

Rubenson, Samuel The Formation and Reforma-

tions of the Sayings of the

Desert Fathers

The Sixteenth International Conference

on Patristic Studies

Oxford 2013

Strömbom, Lisa Identity shifts and conflict

transfromation - Probing the

Israeli history debates

Tang, Jing; Pilesjö,

Petter

An approach of coupling to-

pographic indices to dynamic

ecosystem modelling

International Association of Hydrological

Sciences Symposium on Climate and

Land Surface Changes in Hydrology /

IAHS-IAPSO-IASPEI Joint Assemply

Gothenburg, Sweden 2013

Thompson, Darcy Liberalising Local Empo-

werment in Egypt: Foreign

Funding and the Freedom to

‘Democratise’

“Everyday Life in the Middle East”

Nordic Society for Middle Eastern

Studies

Lund Sweden 2013



Wessels, Joshka Renovating qanats in Syria

and Iraq; a retrospective of

contemporary qanat rehabi-

litations between 2000 and

2010

International Water Association (IWA)

International Workshop on Traditional

Qanat Technologies

Marrakech, Morocco 2013

Östlund, Joachim New Sources to the History of

Algiers during the Ottoman

Era: The Algerian-Swedish

documents in the National

Archives of Sweden as a

source for historical research.

Algiers, Scientific International

Meeting about the Algerian

Scandinavian relations March

12-14.

Stiftelsen Marcus och Amalia Wal-

lenbergs

Algiers, Algeria 2013

Östlund, Joachim The Swedish Involvement in

the Trans-Mediterranean Slave

Trade, Serfdom and Slavery

in the European Economy,

11th-18th centuries during

the 18th Century. Prato (Italy)

14-18 April.

Serfdom and Slavery in the European

Economy, 11th-18th centuries during the

18th Century

Prato, Italy 2013

Östlund, Joachim Everyday Life in Ottoman Algi-

ers through the eyes of Johan

Fredrik Schultze, 1810-1847

Everyday life in the Middle East Lund, Sweden 2013

Östlund, Joachim The presence of Africans in

Sweden during the eighteenth

century

Black Presence and Practices of Ensla-

vement in 18th Century Central and

Northern Europe

Bremen, Germany 2013

Stenberg, Leif Respondent on keynote

speaker Salman Hameed’s

paper on Islam and modern

science.

“Social Relations and Human Security” Coventry, England 2013

Stenberg, Leif the relationship between Gulf

Cooperation Council and

Sweden

The Swedish Institute of International

Affairs Conference

2013

Stenberg, Leif The Levant 2015: With Syria in

Focus Scenarios and Actions

presented at a seminar at the Swedish

Foreign Ministry, Stockholm, January 15

in the presence of Carl Bildt, Swedish

Foreign Minister and Gunilla Carlsson,

Minister for International Development

Cooperation.

2013

Stenberg, Leif Muslim Views on Knowledge

and Science: The Produc-

tion of Islam and Cultural

Dynamism.

Global Thought, Local Lives: Cultural

Politics of Multiculturalisms, Cosmopoli-

tanisms and Secularisms

Kaunas University,

Latvia

2013


III. SCIENTIFIC PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Authors Title of publication Journal Vo. Issue Pages Year

Aboulila, Tarek Selim;

Berndtsson, Ronny;

Persson, Magnus

Simulation of soil water and salinity

distribution under surface drip irrigation

Irrigation and Drainage 62 3 352-362 2013

Ackfeldt, Anders I Am Malcolm X” – Islamic Themes in

Hip-hop Video Clips Online

CyberOrient - Online

Journal of the Virtual

Middle East

7 2 2013

Aggestam, Karin;

Strömbom, Lisa

Disempowerment and marginalisation

of peace NGOs: Exposing peace gaps in

Israel and Palestine

Peacebuilding 1 1 109-124 2013

Aggestam, Karin;

Sundell, Anna

Situating water in peacebuilding Water International 39 1 2013

Aljaradin, Mohammad;

Persson, Kenneth M

Proposed water balance equation for

municipal solid waste landfills in Jordan.

Waste management &

research

31 10 1028-

1034

2013

Bhunya, Pradeep;

Berndtsson, Ronny; Jain,

S.K.; Kumar, R.

Flood analysis using negative binomial

and generalized pareto models in partial

return duration series

Journal of Hydrology 497 121-132 2013

Bhunya, Pradeep;

Berndtsson, Ronny; Jain,

S.K.; Kumar, R.

Flood analysis using negative binomial

and generalized Pareto models in partial

Duration Series (PDS)

Journal of hydrology 497 121-132 2013

Biganzoli, Laura; Ilyas,

Aamir; van Praagh, Mar-

tijn; Persson, Kenneth M;

Grosso, Mario

Aluminium recovery vs. hydrogen

production as resource recovery options

for fine MSWI bottom ash fraction

Waste management 33 5 1174-

1181

2013

Bigliardi, Stefano The Interpretation of Miracles according

to Mutahhari and Golshani: Comparative

and Critical Notes

Journal of Shia Islamic

Studies

6 3 261-288 2013

Bigliardi, Stefano The Contemporary Debate on the

Harmony between Islam and Science:

Emergence and Challenges of a New

Generation

Social Epistemology 2013

Bigliardi, Stefano Above Analysis and Amazement. Some

Contemporary Muslim Characterizations

of ”Miracle” and their Interpretation

Sophia: international

journal for philosophy

of religion, metaphysical

theology and ethics

2013

Bigliardi, Stefano Some Characterizations of

“Miracle”According to Muslim Authors:

Sketch of an Interpretation on the

Footprints of S. H. Nasr and J. Hick

Philosophy, Culture, and

Traditions

2013

Bouksila, Fethi;

Bahri, Akica; Berndtsson,

Ronny; Persson, Magnus;

Rozemae, J.; van der

Zeef, S.

Assessment of soil salinization risks

under irrigation with brackish water in

semiarid Tunisia

Environmental and

Experimenatl Botany

92 176-185 2013

Dile, Yihun Taddele;

Berndtsson, Ronny; Se-

tegn, Shimelis G.

Hydrological Response to Climate

Change for Gilgel Abay River, in the Lake

Tana Basin - Upper Blue Nile Basin of

Ethiopia

PLoS One 8 10 e79296 2013


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