FIME is recruiting a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher – The application period has been extended until 22.5.2024!
The Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME) is recruiting a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher for a fixed term of […]
Student, apply for a conference assistant position at the Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African studies!
The Finnish institute in the Middle East (FIME) is hiring three conference assistants for the preparations and practical arrangements of […]
Call for Applications – Resident Scholar Program for Lebanon-based and Lebanese Scholars
The Finnish Institute in the Middle East in Beirut is excited to announce the call for applications for its Resident […]
The institute’s spring intern started her work in Beirut
FIME’s intern for spring 2024 Jasmin Paananen started her work in Beirut in the middle of January. Jasmin is an […]
The fall interns express their gratitude
Time went by swiftly in Beirut’s diverse landscape. After a few weeks of getting used to the new environment, everyday […]
Guest lecture in Helsinki: Re-thinking the histories of violence, colonialism and democracy in the Middle East
Benoit Challand, an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the New School for Social Research, will come to Helsinki to discuss […]
Call for Papers, Panels and Roundtables: Decolonizing Middle Eastern Studies – Critical Perspectives and Emerging Debates
The Seventh Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African Studies 10 – 11, June 2024 – Tampere, Finland (with a […]
Call for Applications: Research residency in the Middle East
Last day to apply: November 26th, 2023 The research residency program of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East is […]
New interns of the institute began their work in Beirut
FIME’s interns for Fall 2023 Sofia Nyberg and Sara Kosonen began their work in Beirut in the beginning of August […]
Research opportunities within the project “Dwelling with Crisis: Home at Spaces of Chronic Violence” (HOMCRI)
Exciting news for MENA studies in Finland: The Senior Research Fellow Mikko Joronen from Tampere Institute of Advanced Studies has […]
Soprano Annika Leino ja composer-pianist Jukka Nykänen give a concert at Hotel Al Bustan in Lebanon
The Finnish Institute in the Middle East organized a concert together with the Honorary Consulate General of Finland and the […]
Dedicated to Palestine – the biography of Hilma Granqvist has been published in English
The biography of Finnish anthropologist Hilma Granqvist, titled Dedicated to Palestine and written by Dr. Sofia Häggman, has been published […]