{"id":3847,"date":"2025-06-16T07:51:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axsonjohnsonfoundation.org\/?post_type=seminar&p=3847"},"modified":"2025-06-18T07:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:01:35","slug":"mellanosterns-historia-trons-imperier","status":"publish","type":"seminar","link":"https:\/\/axsonjohnsonfoundation.org\/sv\/seminarier\/mellanosterns-historia-trons-imperier\/","title":{"rendered":"Engelsbergsseminariet 2025: MELLAN\u00d6STERNS HISTORIA \u2013 TRONS IMPERIER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Alla f\u00f6rs\u00f6k att f\u00f6rdjupa v\u00e5r kunskap om Mellan\u00f6stern var tvungna att b\u00f6rja med att definiera regionen. Paradoxalt nog var namnet vi anv\u00e4nder f\u00f6r v\u00e5r civilisations vagga modernt, myntat i b\u00f6rjan av 1900-talet. Omr\u00e5det som betraktades och diskuterades str\u00e4ckte sig fr\u00e5n Marocko i v\u00e4st till Iran i \u00f6st, fr\u00e5n Turkiet i norr till Sudan i s\u00f6der. \u00c4nd\u00e5 var m\u00e5nga fortfarande oense om var gr\u00e4nserna skulle dras. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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F\u00f6r de flesta av oss som f\u00f6ljer nyheterna har den verkliga ber\u00e4ttelsen om Mellan\u00f6stern \u2013 fr\u00e5n de persiska rikena, Alexander den stores er\u00f6vringar, f\u00f6rst\u00f6relsen av det andra templet i Jerusalem \u00e5r 70 e.Kr., framv\u00e4xten av kristendomen och islam, de arabiska er\u00f6vringarna, uppkomsten av inflytelserika imperier som de egyptiska mamlukerna och osmanerna, till Saudi\u2013Wahhabi-pakten p\u00e5 1700-talet \u2013 ofta f\u00f6rblivit ober\u00e4ttad.<\/p>\n

Att f\u00f6rst\u00e5 den rika mosaik av folk, religioner och kulturer som pr\u00e4glade dessa omr\u00e5den var ingen l\u00e4tt uppgift. Hur hade religionens, civilisationens och imperieambitionernas krafter format regionen? Vad gjorde just detta geopolitiska omr\u00e5de till en br\u00e4nnpunkt f\u00f6r s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga konflikter, b\u00e5de religi\u00f6sa och v\u00e4rldsliga, under \u00e5rtusenden?<\/p>\n

Mellan\u00f6stern har alltid varit en korsv\u00e4g f\u00f6r kontinenter, handel och er\u00f6vring. Dess centrala l\u00e4ge och m\u00e5ngfald f\u00f6rde med sig materiell rikedom, kulturella skatter och ett extraordin\u00e4rt kunskapsutbyte. Samtidigt ledde det till konflikter, instabilitet och l\u00e5nga, bittra krig. Men d\u00e4r fanns \u00e4ven ett brett spektrum av \u00f6msesidigt gynnsamma allianser mellan europeiska och mellan\u00f6sternmakter. F\u00f6r att kunna hantera dagens och morgondagens komplexitet i Mellan\u00f6stern var det avg\u00f6rande att f\u00f6rst\u00e5 dess historia.<\/p>\n

Engelsbergsseminariet 2025 syftade till att belysa Mellan\u00f6sterns historia och understryka dess gr\u00e4ns\u00f6verskridande betydelse som f\u00f6delseplats f\u00f6r m\u00e5nga v\u00e4rldsreligioner och de trosimperier som f\u00f6ljde, v\u00e4xte och utvecklades. V\u00e5r tid kr\u00e4ver en omfattande kunskap om regionens historiska, religi\u00f6sa och kulturella brytpunkter f\u00f6r att b\u00e4ttre f\u00f6rst\u00e5 dess nutida turbulens.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\n Medverkande <\/h2>\n \n
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Tidiga trosimperier<\/h3>\n\n
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\n MARK RONAN <\/p>\n

\n Hedersprofessor i matematik vid University College London <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n ALI M. ANSARI <\/p>\n

\n Professor i iransk historia och grundande direkt\u00f6r f\u00f6r Institute for Iranian Studies vid University of St Andrews <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n AMBER GARTRELL <\/p>\n

\n Universitetslektor i romersk historia vid Historiska institutionen vid University College London <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n MARTIN GOODMAN <\/p>\n

\n Professor emeritus i judiska studier vid Oxfords universitet och ledamot av British Academy <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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Att forma tron och imperiet fr\u00e5n Bysans till korst\u00e5gen<\/h3>\n\n
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\n PETER SARRIS <\/p>\n

\n Professor i senantikens, medeltidens och bysantinska studier vid University of Cambridge <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n HUGH KENNEDY <\/p>\n

\n Professor vid School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n GENERAL SIR SIMON MAYALL <\/p>\n

\n Tidigare general i brittiska arm\u00e9n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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S\u00e4rskilt anf\u00f6rande<\/h3>\n\n
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\n STEPHEN KOTKIN <\/p>\n

\n Kleinheinz Senior Fellow vid Hoover Institution, Stanford University, och Birkelund professor emeritus i historia och internationella relationer vid tidigare Woodrow Wilson School for International and Public Affairs, Princeton University <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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Kvarvarande skuggor \/ L\u00e5ng nutid<\/h3>\n\n
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\n PETER FRANKOPAN <\/p>\n

\n Professor i global historia vid Oxfords universitet <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n YOSSEF RAPOPORT <\/p>\n

\n Professor i islamisk historia vid Queen Mary University, London <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n HALIL M. KARAVELI <\/p>\n

\n Senior Fellow vid Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center och redakt\u00f6r f\u00f6r Turkey Analyst <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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Det l\u00e5nga kulturella utbytet<\/h3>\n\n
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\n SELENA WISNOM <\/p>\n

\n Universitetslektor i Mellan\u00f6sterns kulturarv, University of Leicester <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n STEFANIE RUDOLF <\/p>\n

\n Postdoktor vid Max Planck-institutet f\u00f6r vetenskapshistoria i Berlin <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n GABRIEL MARTINEZ-GROS <\/p>\n

\n Professor i medeltidshistoria vid University of Paris-Nanterre <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n ANDREW S. GILMOUR <\/p>\n

\n G\u00e4stforskare vid Center for the Study of Statesmanship, Catholic University of America <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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Nationsbyggande<\/h3>\n\n
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\n HUGH KENNEDY <\/p>\n

\n Professor vid School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n NATHAN SHACHAR <\/p>\n

\n Journalist och f\u00f6rfattare <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n CHAIM GANS <\/p>\n

\n Professor emeritus i juridik vid juridiska fakulteten, Tel Avivs universitet <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n JAMES BARR <\/p>\n

\n F\u00f6rfattare och journalist <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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Att utforska regional dynamik: fallstudier<\/h3>\n\n
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\n SIR JOHN JENKINS <\/p>\n

\n Associate Fellow vid Chatham House, ansvarig f\u00f6r Mellan\u00f6stern och Nordafrika vid Cambridge University\u2019s Centre for Geopolitics, Senior Fellow vid Policy Exchange och r\u00e5dgivare \u00e5t Conservative Middle East Council <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n RANIA ABOUZEID <\/p>\n

\n Journalist, f\u00f6rfattare och Fellow vid European Council on Foreign Relations <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n NELLY LAHOUD <\/p>\n

\n Professor i s\u00e4kerhetsstudier vid avdelningen f\u00f6r nationell s\u00e4kerhet och strategi vid US Army War College <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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Mot ett nytt Mellan\u00f6stern: Religion, makt och geopolitiska omst\u00e4llningar<\/h3>\n\n
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\n JON B. ALTERMAN <\/p>\n

\n Brzezinski Chair i global s\u00e4kerhet och geostrategi vid Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington D.C. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n DMITRY ADAMSKY <\/p>\n

\n Chef f\u00f6r hedersprogrammet i strategiska studier vid School of Government, Reichman University, och g\u00e4stforskare vid Oxfords universitet <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n ELISABETH KENDALL <\/p>\n

\n President (Mistress) f\u00f6r Girton College vid University of Cambridge <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n WALTER RUSSELL MEAD <\/p>\n

\n Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow i strategi och statsbyggande vid Hudson Institute <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n ALI FATHOLLAH-NEJAD <\/p>\n

\n Grundare och direkt\u00f6r f\u00f6r Center for Middle East and Global Order, Fellow vid University of Bonns Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n EMILE HOKAYEM <\/p>\n

\n Direkt\u00f6r f\u00f6r regional s\u00e4kerhet och Senior Fellow f\u00f6r Mellan\u00f6sterns s\u00e4kerhet vid International Institute for Strategic Studies, London <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n BRENDAN SIMMS <\/p>\n

\n Professor i europeisk internationell relationshistoria och direkt\u00f6r f\u00f6r Centre for Geopolitics vid University of Cambridge <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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