The Middle East in the Contemporary World Annual Report for 2011
The Middle East in the Contemporary World Annual Report for 2011
The Middle East in the Contemporary World Annual Report for 2011
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Contents<br />
INTRODUCTION 5<br />
Letter from <strong>the</strong> Director of CMES and Coord<strong>in</strong>ator of MECW ....................................................................................7<br />
Letter from <strong>the</strong> Co-Coord<strong>in</strong>ator of MECW and Co-Director of CMES .........................................................................8<br />
Letter from <strong>the</strong> MECW Doma<strong>in</strong> Leaders ....................................................................................................................9<br />
PART I: GENERAL OVERVIEW 10<br />
Ma<strong>in</strong> Priorities ..........................................................................................................................................................10<br />
Major Activities ........................................................................................................................................................10<br />
Major Results ...........................................................................................................................................................11<br />
Major Challenges Faced by MECW ..........................................................................................................................13<br />
Major Initiatives Taken by MECW .............................................................................................................................14<br />
Challenges Regard<strong>in</strong>g Knowledge Transfer and Research Utilization .........................................................................14<br />
Initiatives Regard<strong>in</strong>g Knowledge Transfer and Research Utilization ...........................................................................15<br />
Societal Needs Addressed by MECW ........................................................................................................................15<br />
PART II: CMES/MECW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 16<br />
Elective Focus Courses .............................................................................................................................................16<br />
Tutor<strong>in</strong>g ...................................................................................................................................................................17<br />
Internships ...............................................................................................................................................................17<br />
Extracurricular Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g .............................................................................................................................................18<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>East</strong> Association .....................................................................................................................................18<br />
PART III: OVERVIEWS OF THE FIVE MECW RESEARCH DOMAINS 19<br />
<strong>Contemporary</strong> Interpretations of Islam and Muslim Cultures ....................................................................................19<br />
Hydropolitics, Security, and International Law ...........................................................................................................19<br />
Migration and Spatial Mobility .................................................................................................................................20<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>in</strong> Sweden ......................................................................................................................................20<br />
Women <strong>for</strong> Susta<strong>in</strong>able Growth ...............................................................................................................................21<br />
PART IV: GUEST LECTURERS, SPEAKERS, AND FILM SCREENINGS 22<br />
Guest Lecturers and Speakers ..................................................................................................................................22<br />
Brown Bag Lunches and Sem<strong>in</strong>ars ............................................................................................................................22<br />
Films ........................................................................................................................................................................23<br />
APPENDIX 24<br />
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