Publications at the Center for Islamic and Middle East Studies

Jacob Høigilt (IKOS/PRIO) and Gunvor Mejdell has edited this newly published book on Brill.

PhD Candidate Olav G. Ørum has published the book ᵓUṣṣit il-Gumguma or 'The Story of the Skull' (Brill, 2017). The book is based on his master's thesis in semittic languages.

Jon Nordenson has published a new book on I.B.Tauris about the influence of social media on political changes and democratization in the Middle East.

Erik Skare has published the first book to investigate the increasingly important role of hacker activists in the Palestinian liberation struggle.

Anne Stensvold is the editor of this newly published book which approaches the UN as a laboratory of religio-political value politics. 

Proceedings of the Erlangen Workshop on April 26, 2014

Herausgegeben von Edzard, Lutz

Professor Bjørn Olav Utvik and Associate Professor Kjetil Selvik have published the book Oil States in the New Middle East: Uprisings and Stability at Routledge. 

Tradisjonelt har Midtøsten vært preget av religiøs og etnisk pluralisme. Men krig, konflikt og fremmarsjen til militante islamister har ført til at svært mange kristne har forlatt regionen. Ja, mange frykter at Midtøstens kristne er i ferd med å forsvinne for godt.

Article by Einar Wigen in European Journal of International Relations

Article by Einar Wigen in International Relations 28(4).

Einar Wigen writes about Ottoman Concepts of Empire in Contributions to the History of Concepts

This article is a call for making the Eurasian steppe an object of study within International Relations. 

Edited by Lena Larsen, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Christian Moe og Kari Vogt.

Turkey's energy policy is closely tied to its tradition of geopolitical thinking. While Turkey has very few energy resources of its own, the country's policy-making elite is deeply committed to making energy a central aspect of its foreign policy. Taking for granted the uniqueness of the country's geography and convincing others of the same, Turkey is on the path to becoming an important part of the network supplying Europe with energy.

The waves of Syrian refugees seeking a safe haven have further exacerbated the division among the Christian parties in Lebanon.

Boka tar for seg strukturene, historien og litteraturen til hovedspråkene i den muslimske verden.

Berit Thorbjørnsrud og Kari Vogt er viktige bidragsytere i ny bok som inngår i serien Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons-Akademiets Småskrifter.

Boka kom nylig ut på Cappelen Damm forlag.

Redigert av Guvor Mejdell og Lutz Edzard

Crossings and Transitions in Modern Arabic Literature.

- edited by Lutz Edzard

Hvor mektige er islamske imamer og katolske prester i dagens Norge? Hva gjør de egentlig og hva slags makt har de?

This book examines the structure of political power amongst elites inside Saudi Arabia and how they might cope with the very serious challenge posed by succession.