SWEDISH RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN ISTANBUL
The Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (SRII) was founded in 1962 with the aim of promoting Swedish and Nordic research about Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean as well as other regions that are connected linguistically, culturally, or historically.
 

Located within the compound of the Swedish Consulate General in Istanbul, the SRII offers a local academic platform for Nordic scholars coming to Istanbul, including a library, guesthouse, workplaces and an auditorium.

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WHAT'S NEW?
The institute office, library and guest house have re-opened after the summer, but most activities still take place online.
CALENDAR
NEWS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
LECTURES
Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence
2021-10-19
with Jenny White
IN SWEDEN
Geo Widengren – en svensk religionshistoriker
2021-10-07
with Forskarkollegiet
LECTURES
The Reception of Kassia
2021-09-30
with Per-Arne Bodin, Burak Özdemir
WORKSHOPS
Motifs, Influences, and Narrative Strategies in the Epics of the Medieval East and West
2021-09-17
with Ingela Nilsson, Marketa Kulhánková
IN SWEDEN
Instil The Love Of The Beloved
2021-09-09
with Forskarkollegiet
WORKSHOPS
Archaeology, Art and Heritage in Constantinople during the First World War and Allied Occupation
2021-08-31
with SRII and Macar Kültür Merkezi Istanbul
LECTURES
The Shiites of Lebanon & Ottoman History
2021-06-16
with SRII, IFEA
LECTURES
Politics of Narrative and the Possibility of a Better Story
2021-06-15
with Selda Tuncer, Milan Vukašinović
LECTURES
Narrated Empires and the Politics of Ottomanism
2021-05-31
with Johanna Chovanec, Olof Heilo, Alp Eren Topal
CULTURAL
Dialoglar VII: Grafting the Hoped-for-We: Words as Autonomous Forces
2021-05-12
with SRII, Consulate General
LECTURES
The Politics of Narration and the Literary Text
2021-05-04
with Adam Goldwyn, Ipek Hüner Cora
LECTURES
Refugeedom in Syria (1915–1946)
2021-04-28
with SRII, IFEA
IN SWEDEN
Att bredda sin vy: extra-temenal aktivitet och hur grekiska helgedomar kan förstås som allmänningar
2021-04-22
with Forskarkollegiet
LECTURES
RESPOND (Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration in Europe and Beyond Project)
2021-04-20
with A. Kaya, E. G. Aras, Z. Ş. Mencütek, S. Rottman
IN SWEDEN
Bokpresentation: Female Sexuality in the Early Islamic World
2021-04-15
with Forskarkollegiet, Vänföreningen
CULTURAL
Dialoglar VI: Art-Media-Politics: Investigating untold narratives
2021-03-25
with SRII, Consulate General
LECTURES
Fascism and Hellenism / Freud: Between Oedipus and the Sphinx
2021-03-23
with Han Lamers, Miriam Leonard
IN SWEDEN
En mangfoldig offentlighet: Teatre, tidsskrifter og trykkerier i Istanbul, ca. 1870 – 1900
2021-03-17
with Svenska Istanbulinstitutets Vänner
IN SWEDEN
Bokpresentation: Dictionary of Italian-Turkish Language (1641)
2021-03-15
with Forskarkollegiet
LECTURES
Occidentalism and the Imagination of Self and Other / The Historicity of Züppe
2021-03-03
with Johanna Chovanec / Erol Köroğlu
WORKSHOPS
Arabicities II: Arab Presence in Turkey
2021-02-26
with SRII and IFEA
IN SWEDEN
Varför har de religiösa minoriteterna från Mellanöstern blivit allt viktigare att känna till?
2021-02-17
with Svenska Istanbulinstitutets Vänner
LECTURES
Great Goddesses of the East / Adolf Furtwängler
2021-01-26
with Frederika Tevebring / Ulf R Hansson
IN SWEDEN
Bokpresentation: Folkmord, flyktingar och fortlevnad
2021-01-12
with Forskarkollegiet
IN SWEDEN
Istanbul’s Art & Culture Scene between Crackdown and Lockdown
2020-12-16
with Svenska Istanbulinstitutets Vänner
WORKSHOPS
Mapping Gender
2020-12-09
with Orient Institut, SU Gender, SRII, ANAMED, IPC
LECTURES
Language, Communication and Greek Epigraphy. A Material Relationship
2020-12-08
with Jenny Wallensten
IN SWEDEN
Muslim Preaching in the Middle East and Beyond
2020-12-07
with Forskarkollegiet
IN SWEDEN
Vid världens ände – Sultanens sändebud och hans berättelse om 1700-talets Sverige
2020-11-24
with Svenska Istanbulinstitutets Vänner
LECTURES
Archaeology as Epic: Language, Transmission and Politics in Patriarch Konstantios I's Konstantinias
2020-11-24
with Haris Theodorelis Rigas
CULTURAL
Dialoglar V: Language, memory, history
2020-11-12
with SRII, Consulate General
LECTURES
How does the European integration context impact bilingualism among second-generation Turks?
2020-11-02
with Memet Aktürk Drake
CULTURAL
Dialoglar IV: Tayfun Karatekin
2020-10-28
with SRII, Consulate General
LECTURES
Struggling against Language Shift: Kurdish Language Activism in Turkey
2020-10-20
with Anu Leinonen
CULTURAL
Dialoglar III: Feminist Graphic Novelists
2020-10-14
with SRII, Consulate General
CULTURAL
Dialoglar II: Pioneering Women in Film
2020-09-23
with SRII, Consulate General
CULTURAL
Dialoglar I: Migration Roads
2020-05-28
with SRII, Consulate General
PUBLICATIONS
New book in the Transactions series
Transactions no. 24, Transformations of Public Space
BILLBOARD
New book in the Transactions series!
Forskarkollegiets seminarier hösten 2021
SRII Autumn Lectures 2021
Winter / Spring 2021
ISSUE
No 9
Winter / Spring 2021
Winter / Spring 2021
The unknown Turkish oak landscapes / Fostering Intellectual Solidarity and Cooperation during the Pandemic
Read Kalabalik!