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
SEMINARS
Subclauses in Romeyka / Roman Archives
2025-10-20
with Natalia Kalyva, Rens Tacoma
LECTURES
A Viking in the Sun: Harald Hardrada in Byzantium
2025-10-16
with SRII, ANAMED, Snorrastofa, Edinburgh et. al.
SEMINARS
Building the Bronze Age
2025-10-07
with Yannick de Raaf
CULTURAL
Selma Lagerlöf and Mauritz Stiller
2025-09-27
with Mitologifest et al.
LECTURES
Swedish Literary Classics in Turkish
2025-09-25
with SRII, Everest Yayınları
CONFERENCES
Scientiae 2025
2025-09-16
with Istanbul University, IFEA, OII, SRII et al.
CONFERENCES
Legacies of Muslim Rule in South-East Europe
2025-09-02
with King's College, British Academy, Sheffield U
WORKSHOPS
Ottoman Political Economies
2025-06-30
with IFEA, SRII, Koç, Bogazici, Sabanci & Northumbria U
WORKSHOPS
Connected Global Diplomacy History
2025-06-16
with Lund, Stockholm & Warwick Universities, UKRI
CONFERENCES
Connecting Constantinople: Objects, Empire, and Inter-Civic Relationality
2025-06-12
with NIT, SRII
WORKSHOPS
Frontiers in the Umma: Sunni-Shii Borderlands in the Middle East
2025-05-29
with IFEA, SRII, Koç, Anamed, CeRMI
WORKSHOPS
The Late Ottoman Empire through the Lens of Guillaume Berggren
2025-05-26
with DAI, SRII
SEMINARS
Research Seminar
2025-05-20
with SRII
SEMINARS
Research Seminar
2025-05-14
with SRII
LECTURES
Managing Multinationalism in the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires
2025-04-15
with SRII, OII
CONFERENCES
Travelers in Ottoman Lands
2025-04-09
with BIAA, NIT, ARIT, SRII, Anamed, Cornucopia, Sabanci
COURSES
Religions in Turkey
2025-03-16
with Copenhagen University
IN SWEDEN
Heldag om Svarta havet
2025-03-15
with FSIV et al
COURSES
Palestine Refugees and International Law
2025-03-14
with Oxford University
COURSES
Homer in Byzantium
2025-02-24
with Schola Humanistica
IN SWEDEN
Pelarhelgon – senantikens superhjältar
2025-02-20
with FSIV & SRII
LECTURES
Pedestrian Modernities
2025-01-29
with SRII, Postane
LECTURES
The Byzantineness of Dune
2024-12-07
with ÖBDBK, SRII
CONFERENCES
Football and Religion
2024-11-28
with Oslo University
LECTURES
Questions of Methodos
2024-11-18
with SIA, SRII
WORKSHOPS
From Miklagard to Istanbul
2024-10-24
with Utrecht, Østfold, NIT, Bilgi
CONFERENCES
Dreams of Tsargrad
2024-10-21
with SRII, IFEA, ARIT
LECTURES
Turkish Literature in Scandinavia
2024-10-14
with SRII, Consulate General
CONFERENCES
Looking for Byzantium
2024-10-11
with Bilgi, BOUN, SRII, ANAMED
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 Turkiet, 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
WORKSHOPS
The Archival Journey of Post-Ottoman Minorities
2023-10-06
with Koç University, CNRS, SRII, IFEA
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
CONFERENCES
Remembering Romes
2023-06-21
with Uppsala University
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
PUBLICATIONS
Transactions 26 is available for free download!
Syrian Stylites, ed. Crostini and Høgel
SCHOLARSHIPS
Three-month fellowship 2026
SCHOLARSHIPS
One-month fellowship 2026
BILLBOARD
Syrian Stylites: Rereadings and Recastings of Late Ancient Superheroes
Edited by Barbara Crostini & Christian Høgel
Pedestrian Modernities: Blind Spots in Turkish Cultural Heritage
Edited by Mike Bode, Liana Kuyumcuyan & Murat Tülek
Edited by Barbara Crostini & Christian Høgel
Edited by Mike Bode, Liana Kuyumcuyan & Murat Tülek
Autumn 2025
ISSUE
No 18
Kalabalik 18
Kalabalik 18
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