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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IMPORTANT NOTICE
In light of the uncertainty concerning the new Corona virus, our guest house is currently closed and all activities in Istanbul cancelled until further notice. We hope to return to normal in the autumn. Meanwhile, we will keep updating this page with information on publications, podcasts and online events.
CALENDAR
NEWS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CULTURAL
Dialoglar I: Migration Roads
2020-05-28
with SRII, Consulate General
SEMINARS
Diplomatic correspondences from Ottoman Hungary / Arabic varieties
2020-03-18
with Mihaly Pokorni and Louise Backelin
LECTURES
Classical Pasts in Oriental Landscapes: Archaeologists, Tourists and the Arabic Language
2020-02-18
with Rachel Mairs
SEMINARS
The Byzantine gardens at the Mangana / The medical lore of Eastern Turkestan
2020-02-12
with Ewan Short and Patrick Hällzon
LECTURES
Prometheus Unbound: Classicism and Orientalism as Projections of Continuity and Change
2020-02-04
with Olof Heilo
CULTURAL
Translation of words, transfer of culture
2020-01-14
with Jesper Hour and Namdar Nasser
WORKSHOPS
Spoliation as Translation: The Medieval World of the Eastern Mediterranean
2019-12-12
with SRII and ANAMED
LECTURES
Spoiling the Hellenes: Intertextuality, Appropriation, Embedment
2019-12-12
with Margaret Mullett
SEMINARS
When Laws Meet: The Ottoman-European Encounter 1860 / Narrow Responses to Broad Movements
2019-12-11
with Fé de Jonge and Jonas Bergan Dræge
LECTURES
Orb-session: Justinian's Bronze Horseman and Prognostication of Constantinople's End
2019-12-02
with Elena Boeck
LECTURES
Living with the Heritage of the Other: Kavala in the post-Ottoman and post-Lausanne
2019-11-19
with Michalis Lychounas
IN SWEDEN
Lecture: Women and Public Space in Turkey: Gender, Modernity and the Urban Experience
2019-11-18
with Selda Tuncer
IN SWEDEN
Bokpresentation: Vägar till Bysans (Norma förlag 2019)
2019-11-12
with Olof Heilo
LECTURES
Tarlabaşı in the late Ottoman period:Urbanization and social stratificationin an Istanbul
2019-11-04
with Ayşe Ozil
SEMINARS
SRII Research Seminars, autumn 2019
2019-10-23
with I. Fossestøl, A. Nuri, D. Johannesson, J. Root
LECTURES
Premodern attitudes to female sexuality: advice and gender norms in Arabic-Islamic sex manuals
2019-10-22
with Pernilla Myrne
LECTURES
Manuscript evidences of early modern knowledge transfer from Anatolia to Central Asia
2019-10-08
with László Károly
CULTURAL
Horungen (The Bastard Child)
2019-09-25
with Knutte Wester
LECTURES
Romani Music and Dance in Turkey
2019-09-24
with Adrian Marsh
CULTURAL
Immersions in Istanbul: a discussion about art and literature, submergence and reflection
2019-09-09
with Pontus Kyander and Marie Silkeberg
LECTURES
Between History and Fiction – a Discussion about Crime Fiction set in the Past
2019-06-25
with Panagiotis Agapitos and Ahmet Ümit
FROM OUR PARTNERS
Visitor Guide for the Feriköy Protestant Cemetery
The Feriköy Protestant Cemetery Initiative aims to preserve, document, and study Istanbul’s main Protestant cemetery as an important local historic landmark.
PUBLICATIONS
New book in the Transactions series
Transactions no. 23, Constantinople as Center and Crossroad (ed. Olof Heilo and Ingela Nilsson)
PUBLICATIONS
New book from the SRII
Cornelius Loos in the Ottoman World 1710–1711 (ed. Karin Ådahl)
PUBLICATIONS
Ny bok i vänföreningarnas serie!
Vägar till Bysans (ed. Olof Heilo)
PUBLICATIONS
The new Labraunda volume is out!
Labraunda no. 5, The Andrones (ed. Jesper Blid and Pontus Hellström)
INFORMATION FOR VISITORS
Institute temporarily closed
POSITIONS
The SRII is recruiting!
SCHOLARSHIPS
Research grant for a three - month - stay in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean
SCHOLARSHIPS
Research grant for a one - month - stay in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean
INTERNSHIPS
Internship Announcement
INFORMATION FOR VISITORS
The SRII Istanbul Archives&Libraries guide
INFORMATION FOR VISITORS
Updated information about arriving in Istanbul 1
BILLBOARD
Visitor Guide to the Feriköy Protestant Cemetery
Olof Heilo (ed.), Vägar till Bysans. Skrifter utgivna av vänföreningarna för de svenska forskningsinstituten i Athen, Istanbul och Rom
Summer / Autumn 2020
ISSUE
No 8
Summer / Autumn 2020
Summer / Autumn 2020
Read Kalabalik!