15-16 October 2008Annual Meeting of the Joint Technical Committee for the Swedish MENA Research Links ProgrammeThis Sida-financed programme brings together research teams in Sweden with colleagues in Arab countries.
3-4 June 2008The Middle East Seen from the NorthA seminar for Nordic Ph D students, organized in co-operation with the Danish Dialogue Centre (Cairo) and the Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies.
29-31 May 2008Education for CitizenshipA workshop in Morocco, within the Sida-financed programme Swedish Research Links, bringing together Arab, Turkish and Swedish scholars from the social sciences and humanities.
9-14 March 2008Culture and Heritage: The Practices of Owning the PastPh D seminar in Alexandria, organized together with the Universities of Göteborg and Oslo.
27-28 January 2008“Image of the Other” - Textbooks Consultative MeetingThis meeting of experts marks the fourth phase in a process aiming at raising the awareness among teachers as well as authors of textbooks.
12-13 December 2007Euro-Arab Philosophers’ Debate: "Faith and Reason"Since 2003, SwedAlex has hosted an annual seminar of philosophers from all Arab countries, with such distinguished lecturers as Nasr Abuzeid, Hasan Hanafi, and Tayyib Tayzini.
21-23 October 2007The Future of Islamology in the Nordic Countries An explorative seminar with university teachers and research leaders responsible for Islamic Studies in the Nordic countries.
3-6 October 2007MENA Research Links – WorkshopThis Sida-financed programme brings together research teams in Sweden with colleagues in Arab countries.
3-5 June 2007Second Regional Conference of Arabic TranslatorsTogether with the Arab Organization of Translation (based in Beirut) we convene translators from all Arab countries to explore.