Joanna Töyräänvuori appointed as a new researcher at FIME
Docent Joanna Töyräänvuori will start as a researcher at FIME on 1 June, following Nina Maaranen moving on to the […]
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 […]