The courses organised by the Institute are tailored to support the main fields of Middle East Studies offered in Finnish universities. Course announcements are published on the Institute’s website, mailing lists, and social media. Students are selected on the basis of applications, and an attendance certificate is given to all students at the end of the course. The students need to negotiate the terms of possible equivalencies or academic credits with their home institution.
Upcoming courses
Upcoming courses in 2025 will be announced later.
Past courses
- Megaprojects, urban slums, and tensions between population groups in neoliberal Tangier, 20.–27.10.2024, Tangier. The course focused on the actors, structures and spaces that create and maintain unequal globalization in Morocco today. The course was led by researcher Marko Juntunen from the University of Helsinki.
- Old and new Cairo through the eyes of history, urban studies and decolonial social science, Cairo, 1.–9.12.2023. The course was led by the FIME representative in Cairo, Dr. Said Sadek.
- Introduction to Ottoman history, Online course, 13.3.–4.5. The course was led by Dr. Noemi Levi-Aksu.
- The Middle East in Global Political Economy: Case Lebanon, Beirut, 8.–16.5.2022. A course on the Middle East and the global political economy was led by M.Soc.Sc Taavi Sundell.
- Anti/post/decolonial Social Theory and the ‘Middle East’ region, 1.11.2021–15.12.2021, online course
- Introduction to Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Case Studies from the Middle East, 19.03.–14.05.2021, online course
- Practical Iraqi Arabic – an intensive course, 24.10.–9.12.2020, online course
- Russia and the Middle East, 12.10.–8.12.2020, online course
- Lebanon 2019: Political Dynasties, Sectarianism, and Refugees, 19.–26.5.2019, Lebanon
- Shaping of the Post-Arab Spring in the Middle East, 21.–27.10.2018, Cairo
- In Search of Beduin Identity, 17.–31.5.2018, Jordan
- Morocco and the Mediterranean Migration Flows, 5.–12.3.2018, Morocco
- Egypt as an International and Regional Actor, 7.–15.3.2017, Cairo
- Reporting the Middle East, 17.–21.10.2016, Cairo
- Learn Arabic in Beirut! Intensive Course in Spoken Arabic, 29.5.– 09.6.2016, Beirut
- Lessons from Finland in History Education, 6.12.2014, Beirut
- Media Role in Revolution, Counter-Revolution and Democratization in Arab Spring Countries, 2014, Cairo
- The Iranian Society, 2014, Iran
- Archeological Student Excursion, 2014, Turkey
- Intensive Arabic Course for the students of Helsinki University, 2014, Amman
- The 90-year-old Turkish Republic Examined, 2013, Istanbul
- Learn Arabic in Amman! Intensive Course in Spoken Arabic, 2012, Amman
- Lebanon – A Quest for State, Society, Security and Citizenship, 2012, Beirut
- Illustration Workshop in Beirut, 2011, Beirut