CENTRE for MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC STUDIES

The Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS) is offering three (3) internships on a voluntary basis for the current academic year. The interns, that will be supervised by senior associates, will be dealing with the study and analysis of ongoing events. Applicants have to be either students or graduates in a field related to the research focus of CEMMIS.     To apply, please send: 1. a CV 2. a cover letter *Applicants should have advanced writing skills in English.   The deadline for applications isOctober 5, 2018Please send your applications to [email protected]   Applications should include…

The video recording of the lecture by Anthony O' Mahony (Reader in Heythrop College of University of London) on: "Christians and the current crisis in the Middle East", which was co-organized by CEMMIS and the Institute for Alternative Policies (June 14, 2018).

Régis Le Sommier’s just published book is a highly idiosyncratic contribution to a growing body of books on Syria’s civil war. The author is deputy editor in chief of the elitist weekly Paris Match. Like David W. Lesch’s 2005 book, this one too is largely based on the author’s intimate knowledge of Syria’s President, a number of interviews with him and his entourage, and six trips to Syria in two years. The book is not meant to contribute highly original information on any aspect of the Syrian war. It is rather a knowledgeable insider’s account of a host of events…

The contours of a different Middle East taking shape under a volatile global order are far from final. Yet recent years have witnessed a growing assertiveness on the part of countries like Russia and China. The interventions of these countries are usually less overt and more non-committal than those of their Western counterparts. But one would be amiss to ignore their symbolism: in what has been a rather unilateral post-Cold War region, new voices are heard and new possibilities are contemplated. It is with regard to China that Reardon-Anderson’s highly interesting edited book offers an almost encyclopaedic debate.