Badaro Talks, public lecture 23.10. “What Do Psychologists in Finland Discuss About?”
The Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME) organizes the next Badaro Talks lecture Monday 23rd of October at 18.00. Nina Lyytinen […]
A Conversation and a Book Launch with Rima Majed, Jeffrey G. Karan and other contributors, September 21, 2023, at 18:00
Abstract: In October 2019, hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Lebanon to protest austerity measures in what became […]
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 […]
Badaro Talks, public lecture 24.8. “Ethnographic fieldwork in a refugee camp – studying Palestinian refugees’ lifeworld in Southern Lebanon”
The Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME) is launching a public lecture series under the title Badaro Talks. Our first […]
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 […]
Annual report 2022 has been published
The annual report for 2022 from the Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME) and its accessible text version are […]
Erasmus+ initiative: Mirsal ry and YLDP visit FIME in Beirut
‘Me and You are Global Citizens’ is the Erasmus+ youth mobility project of Mirsal and Young Lebanese for Peace & […]
Roundtable Report: Everyday Peace in conflict-affected societies
The Embassy of Finland in Beirut and FIME hosted together a roundtable discussion under the title Everyday Peace in conflict-affected […]
Mariam Al-Hasbani selected as the new FIME resident scholar
Researcher Mariam Al-Hasbani from University of Balamand has been selected as the new FIME resident scholar for autumn 2023. Al-Hasbani […]
Susanne Dahlgren will be the next Institute Director
Researcher Susanne Dahlgren has been selected as the next Director of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East. Dahlgren is […]