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Associate Professor Maria Frederika Malmström in conversation with Jonas Otterbeck in London. Associate Professor Maria Frederika Malmström is in London hosted by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) and the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations (ISMC), to give a talk entitled "Urban Bodies in the Cityscape of Cairo: Passion, Despair and Entanglement". The talk, a conversation with Jona

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/urban-bodies-cityscape-cairo-passion-despair-and-entanglement - 2026-01-11

Ever since the birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx in New York, Islam has been a key feature of the music. Islamologist Anders Ackfeldt at Lund University analyzes several examples of this in his thesis Islamic Semiotic Resources in US Hip-Hop Culture. The hip-hop has, and still is, giving voice to weak and vulnerable groups in American society. And many of today's religious expressions are popula

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/islam-resource-struggle-american-hip-hop - 2026-01-11

The students had the opportunity to learn more about matters such as: History of the Persian language and some common phrases (Mehdi Ghavideldostkohi), Islam and the young people in the Middle East (Anders Ackfeldt) Is populism a European fruit? The experience of the Middle East (Spyros Sofos) Has peace a chance in the Middle East? (Svante Lundgren). Ellen Björklund studies her third year in the H

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/katedralskolans-history-class-had-full-day-lectures-about-middle-east - 2026-01-11

We are pleased to announce the dates of this year's Graduate Student Conference. CMES is pleased to announce this year's Graduate Student Conference, entitled "The Middle East in the Contemporary World". The conference is intended as an opportunity for students at CMES and more widely at Lund University to present and discuss their own research and ideas. Papers will be organised into panels of 3-

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-graduate-student-conference - 2026-01-11

Middle Eastern research news from Lund University. Words from the directorThe covid-19 has turned teaching, research, and ordinary university activities upside down. Still, we do not see the end of it. But the most important lesson to be learned is to adapt to future pandemics and increase resilience of society and university tasks. Indeed, technology such as Skype, Zoom, and Teams has proven inva

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-10-april-2020 - 2026-01-11

CMES welcomes affiliated researcher Orwa Ajjoub! CMES is pleased to welcome orwa [dot] ajjoub [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Orwa Ajjoub), who will be working on a report discussing the future of Islamic State. Orwa's research focuses on the theology of Salafi-Jihadi groups. He recently graduated with an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from CMES, with a thesis discussing the theological aspects of the s

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/op-eds-salafi-jihadi-groups - 2026-01-11

On Wednesday 20th of March, CMES staff and students came together to celebrate Nowruz. The celebration was organised by Mehdi Ghavideldostkohi as part of CMES' Persian Language instruction, and included staff and students showing off their cooking with a pot-luck dinner including Iranian favourites ash reshteh, fesenjan, and ghormeh sabzi.  

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-celebrates-nowruz - 2026-01-11

Since its launch by Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law back in 2016, the festival has become a tradition which we have consistently supported. This year, we at CMES, support the festival with our MA in Middle Eastern Studies students playing an active role as student ambassadors and through the Centre hosting a Q&A session between Johanna Caminati Engström (LUMID) and

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-proud-be-swedish-human-rights-film-festival-partner-organization-once-more-year - 2026-01-11

CMES Associate Professor Maria Frederika Malmström's upcoming work, published by University of California Press. "This sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical light on the momentous events in the Arab world that began in 2011 and, more importantly, life and politics in the Arab world in the aftermath of these events. Focusing on the qualities of the sensory world, Maria Frederik

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/streets-are-talking-me-affective-fragments-sisis-egypt - 2026-01-11

Obesity is associated with reduced muscle mass and impaired metabolism. Epigenetic changes that affect the formation of new muscle cells may be a contributing factor, according to new research from Lund University, Sweden. In a new study, doctoral student Cajsa Davegårdh has studied so-called DNA methylation in muscle stem cells in both obese and non-obese individuals. DNA methylation is an epigen

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/obesity-reprogrammes-muscle-stem-cells - 2026-01-11

BEAt-DKD (“Biomarker Enterprise to Attack Diabetic Kidney Disease”), a unique public private partnership funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), member companies from the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the state of Switzerland has announced the launch of a 5-¬¬year project (total budget 28

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/innovative-medicines-initiative-project-precision-medicine-dkd - 2026-01-11

Almost 0.5 billion people have diabetes globally, many of whom are unaware of their condition; within the next two decades, this number is expected to double, largely owing to a growing, ageing, and increasingly industrialized global population. Lund University receives 100 million SEK from The Swedish Foundation of Strategic Research to help stop this development. “This is excellent news and a fa

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/100-million-sek-personalized-medicine-diabetes - 2026-01-11

Throughout our lives, our genes are affected by the way we live. Diet, exercise, age and diseases create imprints that are stored in something called methylome. Now, for the first time, researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have been able to map the entire methylome in the pancreatic islets which produce insulin, and the researchers have made several important discoveries. U

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/unique-mapping-methylome-insulin-producing-islets - 2026-01-11

Six researchers from Lund University Diabetes Centre have recieved prestigous grants from the European Research Council (ERC). In order to celebrate the success we invited the public to an open seminar. Some of the talks can be reviewed here (in Swedish). Forskning för bättre folkhälsa:Framsteg inom typ 2-diabetes, fetma och hjärtsjukdomar   Professor Olle Melander: Hormoner – gårdagens livräddare

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/successful-research-funded-european-research-council - 2026-01-11

They govern everything we think and do, they give us the ability to feel pain and to secrete insulin: they are the ion channels that are present in every one of our cells and that control the electrical impulses in our nerve and muscle cells. “For me, they are the very spark of life”, says Dame Frances Ashcroft, professor at the University of Oxford, who is also now to be an honorary doctor at Lun

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/injections-pills-research-neonatal-diabetes - 2026-01-11

Four researchers have been awarded grants from The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation. The grant consists of Euro 50 000 each and are aiming towards better treatments and prevention of type 2-diabetes. Improved life expectancy and quality of people with diabetesDiabetes affects millions of patients around the world. The two main types of the disease, type 1 and type 2, are both characterized

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/200000-euro-diabetes-research - 2026-01-11

There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A -- until now. A new study suggests that the vitamin improves the insulin producing β-cell´s function.The researchers initially discovered that insulin-producing beta-cells contain a large quantity of a cell surface receptor for vitamin A. "There are no unnecessary surface receptors in human cells. They all serve a purpose but which, in ma

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/role-vitamin-diabetes - 2026-01-11

Research from King’s College in London, UK, and Lund University in Sweden could explain why diabetes drugs which have worked in animal experiments are not equally successful in humans. The researchers discovered differences – but also unknown similarities – in the function of insulin-producing beta cells. The team have mapped a category of receptors, known as G protein-coupled receptors, which con

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-research-describes-differences-between-mice-and-humans - 2026-01-11

Taking advantage of a novel sub-classification of diabetes LUDC-IRC, a newly launched collaboration between academia, the health care system and industry, aims at delivering precision medicine in diabetes.  - We have set the bar high. We very specifically aim at making a difference for diabetes patients by the end of this eight year program. We need to find smart ways to use all resources we colle

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ludc-irc-ready-take - 2026-01-11

Can insulin taken as an infant in small doses together with food render the immune system used to insulin and thus prevent type 1 diabetes? Can a gluten-free diet and probiotics prevent celiac disease (so called gluten intolerance)? These questions will be asked by two separate studies that are being planned at Lund University in Sweden. A new comprehensive screening of newborn babies in southern

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/newborn-babies-be-screened-studies-type-1-diabetes-and-celiac-disease-gluten-intolerance - 2026-01-11