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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CALENDAR
NEWS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONFERENCES
Dreams of Tsargrad
2024-10-21
with SRII, IFEA, ARIT
SEMINARS
Book Launch: Syrian Stylites
2024-10-10
with SRII, ANAMED
WORKSHOPS
Beyond Property
2024-10-03
with IFEA, SRII, EUME, FTS
WORKSHOPS
Karia from the Late 4th Century BCE to the Imperial Period
2024-09-13
with SRII, IFEA
CONFERENCES
Women and Power
2024-09-09
with SRII, Edinburgh University, Snorrastofa
COURSES
Exploring Migration, Urban Evolution, and Historical Continuity in a Megalopolis
2024-08-19
with SRII, NSMES
SEMINARS
Research Seminar
2024-06-10
with Leif Inge Petersen and Badegül Eren Aydınlık
CULTURAL
From Transylvania to Istanbul
2024-05-25
with Alevtina Parland, Lou Carrig and Zoe Aqua
IN SWEDEN
Ett Panelsamtal om Turkeit, Sverige och NATO
2024-05-23
with Karlstad University and SRII
CONFERENCES
Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction: Challenges and Opportunities
2024-05-20
with IFEA and SRII
CONFERENCES
Queerness and Gender Diversity in/to Migration: Norms, Discourses, and Control Mechanisms
2024-04-26
with IFEA, CRESPPA, IISMM and SRII
IN SWEDEN
Tulpanen - Som symbol och kulturbärare
2024-04-12
with FSIV & Medelhavsmuseet
OTHER
Kassia Words of Encouragement
2024-03-22
with İstanbul Toplumsal Cinsiyet Müzesi
CULTURAL
GLOSSOLALALA
2024-03-06
with IASPIS, SRII and Arter
CONFERENCES
When the Center Cannot Hold: Modern Statehood, Global Islam, and the End of the Ottoman Caliphate
2024-03-03
with IFEA, Koc University, Boğaziçi university & SRII
IN SWEDEN
German Muslims on the International Theology Programme in Turkey
2024-02-27
with Svenska Istanbulinstitutets Vänner
CULTURAL
“Keeping Uyghur Culture Alive in Exile” Roundtable followed by a Concert
2024-02-24
with The Orient-Institut Istanbul and SRII
LECTURES
Tiles and Tales – What can tiles reveal?
2024-01-02
with The Pera Museum and The Swedish Research Institute
LECTURES
The 2023 Gustav Karlsson Lecture: Daily Life in Late Byzantine Letters (14th-15th centuries)
2023-12-11
with Dr. Siren Çelik, Marmara University
CULTURAL
Screening: UFO Sweden
2023-12-03
with Bilimkurgu Kütüphanesi & SRII
CONFERENCES
Black Sea crossings. Maritime networks from Hellenistic to Byzantines times
2023-11-30
with IFEA, the Musée de Louvre and SRII
CULTURAL
Opening: Translating Worlds
2023-11-29
with Milan Vukašinović & Nilüfer Şaşmazer
LECTURES
Translation: Multiplicities and Multitudes
2023-11-28
with Retracing Connections and SRII
LECTURES
Narrating Migration, Migrating Narratives
2023-10-19
with Retracing Connections, Posthane and SRII
IN SWEDEN
Det svenska palatset i Istanbul – dåtid och nutid
2023-10-03
with SRII och FSIV
LECTURES
Borderlands: the gendered space of epic and translation
2023-10-03
with SRII and Retracing Connections
SEMINARS
East Pixelated
2023-05-24
with SRII, SRI & Özgen Berkol Doğan SciFi Library
IN SWEDEN
Sverige och Turkiet - i nutid och dåtid
2023-05-04
with SRII, Södertörn and IMS
SEMINARS
Research Seminar
2023-04-17
with Ezgi Irgil and Rustam Urinboyev
LECTURES
Black Sea Shores and Hinterlands
2023-03-27
with IFEA, the Musée de Louvre and SRII
IN SWEDEN
Bokpresentation: Miklagård
2023-01-18
with Agneta Arnesson Westerdahl
WORKSHOPS
Dreams of Turan: Traces and Trajectories of a Contested Ideology
2022-12-01
with SRII, MKM, IFEA
LECTURES
Sojourning with Sufis
2022-11-29
with Dr. Olof Helio, The Swedish Research Institute
LECTURES
The Awakened Muslim: Turkish Modernization as an Alternative Model in Republican China
2022-11-22
with Dr. Zeyneb Hale Eroglu Sager, Bogazici University
LECTURES
Roads to Rus – Sources, Materials, Concepts
2022-11-09
with Vukovich, Petersen, White, Upham
LECTURES
“Whet one’s appetite, increase sexual potency.”
2022-11-08
with Dr. Buket Kitapçı Bayrı
OTHER
“Punk gençliği istemiyorum”: the early years of punk in Turkey
2022-10-25
with Carlotta De Sanctis
OTHER
Turkish Jews and Their Diasporas: Entanglements and Separations - An online book launch
2022-10-11
with Catharina Raudvere & İpek Kocaömer Yosmaoğlu
LECTURES
“We have Avenged the Prophet!” An attempt at explaining extreme reactions to acts of desecration.
2022-10-11
with Prof. Jonas Svensson, Linnaeus University, Sweden
LECTURES
Religious Plant Behavior – or What Did Christian Trees Do in Byzantium?
2022-09-29
with Dr. Thomas Arentzen, Lund University, Sweden
LECTURES
The Sacred Landscape of Ancient Asia Minor
2022-09-15
with Dr. İpek Dağlı, İstanbul University
IN SWEDEN
Bridging the Hellespont: Migrations ancient and modern
2022-09-12
with Prof. Tim Whitmarsh, University of Cambridge
LECTURES
In Search of Troy: Between Myth and History
2022-09-07
with Prof. Barry Strauss & Philippe Bohström
COURSES
Rememberings summer school 2022
2022-06-20
with SRII, Rememberings
LECTURES
Unveling Taksim: Prost’s espaces libres revisited
2022-06-10
with Ipek Akpınar, Izmir Institute of Technology
WORKSHOPS
Pluralism in the Present
2022-05-18
with SRII, Rememberings
IN SWEDEN
The “Non-Institute” in the Ex-Capital. The Swedish Institute in Constantinople (1922–1924)
2022-05-12
with Frederick Whitling, Svenska institutet i Athen
SEMINARS
Research Seminar
2022-05-11
with András Handl and Cedomila Markinkovic
LECTURES
Constantinople through the eyes of travelers: 14-15th centuries
2022-05-10
with Siren Çelik, Marmara University
CULTURAL
Yazidis – A Travel Essay
2022-05-09
with Magnus Bärtås, Fredrik Ekman & Firat Ceweri
IN SWEDEN
Nordbor med orienten i sikte – svenska bilder av Mellanöstern under tvåhundra år.
2022-05-05
with Svenska Istanbulinstitutets Vänner
IN SWEDEN
Kosovo och FN, nationella intressen och etniska konflikter
2022-04-26
with Svenska Istanbulinstitutets Vänner
LECTURES
Mehmed II's architectural patronage and a manuscript of the Patria of Constantinople
2022-04-25
with Aslıhan Akışık, İstanbul Medeniyet University
IN SWEDEN
Drömmen om Armenien – Armenier och svenskar under 1000 år
2022-04-21
with Svenska Istanbulinstitutets Vänner
SEMINARS
Research Seminar
2022-04-20
with With Helena Bodin & Mehek Muftee
CULTURAL
A Conversation with Elin Anna Labba and Burcu Karakas
2022-04-05
with Belongings in Istanbul
LECTURES
The City and Sufism
2022-03-22
with Arzu Eylül Yalçınkaya
IN SWEDEN
Minnesdag för Hans Furuhagen
2022-03-19
with VfM, FSIV, RV and AV
LECTURES
Rethinking Byzantium in Early Modern Istanbul
2022-03-09
with Çigdem Kafesçioglu
CONFERENCES
Empire of Babel Ottoman Literary Modernities and their Afterlives, 1850–1950
2022-03-04
with SRII, IFEA, Koç, Bogazici
LECTURES
Water Supply and the Great Palace in Constantinople
2022-02-22
with Kerim Altug, Atatürk Library
IN SWEDEN
Humanitarian handicrafts as (dis)empowerment of women left behind
2022-02-16
with Maria Småberg
LECTURES
The Splendor Far Away Assembling Popular Images of Constantinople
2022-01-25
with Emir Alışık
PUBLICATIONS
Transactions 26 is available for free download!
Syrian Stylites, ed. Crostini and Høgel
SCHOLARSHIPS
Project application writing grant
SCHOLARSHIPS
1-month fellowship grant
SCHOLARSHIPS
3-month fellowship grant
BILLBOARD
"Om min penna ägde kraften … En blick tillbaka på turkisk litteratur och kultur" (in Swedish) now available online.
by Lars Johanson
Syrian Stylites: Rereadings and Recastings of Late Ancient Superheroes
Edited by Barbara Crostini & Christian Høgel
by Lars Johanson
Edited by Barbara Crostini & Christian Høgel
ISSUE
No 16
Tongues Set Free
Tongues Set Free
Read Kalabalik!