What’s going on in Turkey: Peace with the PKK, suppressing the opposition? -panel discussion
Turkey is currently witnessing a promising but precarious peace process between the state and the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), with […]
Badaro Talk 15.5. – Yasmeen al-Eryani: The Houthis: Between Local Power Consolidation and an Evolving Regional Role
The next Badaro Talks lecture ”The Houthis: Between Local Power Consolidation and an Evolving Regional Role” will be given by Yasmeen al-Eryani, […]
Student, come to FIMEs student evening 6.5.
Welcome to a networking evening for students interested in the Middle East, organized by the Finnish Institute in the Middle […]
FIME is looking for an Arabic-speaking employee for a pay subsidy position
The application period has ended, we are no longer accepting applications. The Foundation of the Finnish Institute in the Middle […]
Former FIME researcher and current MIGDIA researcher Sandra Nasser El-Dine defends her thesis
Sandra Nasser El-Dine, (M.Soc.Sc.), former researcher at the Finnish Institute in the Middle East and researcher in the MIGDIA-project supported […]
Journey to ancient Mesopotamia with FIME’s new, open-to-all online course The Age of the Cuneiform: Discover the Ancient Near East
Do you know how writing developed? Who lived in the Middle East 5 000–2 500 years ago? What literature they […]
Badaro Talk 24.4. – Nina Maaranen: Ancient Lives, Modern Discoveries: Life and Death in Saida in the 2nd mill BC
The next Badaro Talks lecture ”Ancient Lives, Modern Discoveries: Life and Death in Saida in the 2nd mill BC” will be given […]
FIME’s foundation awarded grants
The Foundation of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East awarded three Travel Grants for research and three Grants for […]
FIME has a new representative in Cairo
The new Cairo representative for the Finnish Institute in the Middle East is Sylvia Akar, following the retirement, at the […]
Apply for the EDUFI-internship at FIME
FIME is looking for a university intern to Beirut for fall 2025 through the Finnish National Board of Education’s EDUFI […]
The future of Syria sparked a lively discussion at the University of Helsinki seminar
Yesterday FIME had the pleasure to co-organise the seminar ”The future of Syria and the diaspora” at the University of […]
The FIME’s Foundation awarded two anniversary scholarships for master’s theses dealing with J. J. Sederholm and Egyptian women’s experiences of mobility
The Foundation of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East awarded two anniversary scholarships for master’s theses dealing with the […]