Conferences organised by the NSMES
The NSMES organises a Nordic and international conference every three years. The conference is open to all Nordic scholars in Middle Eastern Studies in the humanities and social sciences, and to international scholars as well.
The 2025 conference will be held in Oslo, Norway. The call for papers is now open.
The NSMES has previously organised the following Nordic conferences:
- 2022: Reykjavik, Iceland (The Middle East in Myth and Reality)
- 2019: Helsinki, Finland (Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle East)
- 2016: Odense, Denmark (Formations of Middle Eastern Subjectivities)
- 2013: Lund, Sweden (Everyday Life in the Middle East)
- 2010: Bergen, Norway (Middle Eastern Connectivities)
- 2007: Helsinki, Finland (The Middle East: Diversity – Variation – Interpretation)
- 2004: Copenhagen, Denmark (Europe and the Middle East: An entente cordiale?)
- 2001: Lund, Sweden (The Middle East: Interpreting the past)
- 1998: Oslo, Norway (The Middle East in a globalized world). Papers archived here.
- 1995: Joensuu, Finland (Ethnic encounter and culture change). Papers archived here.
- 1992: Copenhagen, Denmark (The Middle East: Unity and Diversity)
- 1989: Uppsala, Sweden (Founding conference)
Conference proceedings have been published as follows:
- The Middle East Viewed from the North: Papers from the First Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies, Uppsala 26-29 January 1989. Edited by Bo Utas and Knut S. Vikør. Bergen: Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies, 1992. ISBN 9788241901034.
- The Middle East--Unity and Diversity: Papers from the Second Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies, Copenhagen 22-25. October 1992. Edited by Heikki Palva and Knut S. Vikør. Copenhagen: NIAS Books, 1993. ISBN 9781850653134.
- Ethnic Encounter and Culture Change: Papers from the Third Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies, Joensuu, 1995. Edited by M'hammed Sabour and Knut S. Vikør. Bergen: Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies, 1997. ISBN 9781850653110.
- The Middle East in a globalized world: papers from the Fourth Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies, Oslo, 1998. Edited by Bjørn Olav Utvik and Knut S. Vikør. Bergen: Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies, 2000. ISBN 9781850655794.
THE NORDIC SOCIETY FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES IS REGISTERED IN DENMARK, CVR NUMBER 39417391