Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University 3.03

HistoryThe Center for Middle Eastern studies was founded in 2007 on behalf of a new effort to conduct and coordinate research on the Middle East within Lund University. SInce Lund University's foundation in 1666 Islamology and semitic languages have been taught, but no coordinated effort to focus research existed. In 2007 the center was inaugurated by Jordanian Price Hassan bin Talal and has since hosted internationally renowned scholars like Robert Fisk, Darius Rejali, Aaron David Miller, and Naomi Sakr.StructureCMES functions both as an international hub for multidisciplinary research and an academic department, holding courses, open seminars and movie screenings that are attended by experts in their fields. The four core structures of CMES are: ResearchAcademicsPublishingOutreachStaff Director: Leif Stenberg MA Program Director Torsten JanssonVisiting Researchers: Mark LeVineAbdulhadi KhalafEric HooglundLory DanceMathias MossbergIngmar KarlssonMona Abaza