Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

National Network
Sweden
Address

Universitetsvägen 10F
10691 Stockholm
Sweden

Telephone
+46 (0)8162943
Telephone (other)
+46 (0)8163620
E-Mail
martin.safstrom@su.se
E-Mail (2)
johan.fresk@su.se
Mobile Phone
+46 (0)707568364
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1960
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Gender
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Religion
  6. Research
  7. Youth and education
General Information

The department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University conducts education and research on Asia and the Middle East, including both language studies and  area studies.

Mission and Objectives

The department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University aims to;
1) Educate specialists in the field.
2) Conduct research on Asia and the Middle East.
3) Provide balanced information to the general public in Sweden on issues related to our fields of expertise.

Main Projects / Activities

The department has education within the Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages, as well as area studies within the two main areas: Asian Languages and Cultures and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures.

We offer a variety of courses at undergraduate and master's level across a wide range of subjects within the field.

Among our freestanding courses we offer both day time and evening courses that are given in English.

Doctoral studies are conducted in two main areas: Asian languages and cultures, and Middle Eastern languages and cultures.

Read more about the MENA studies programme. 

Contact (1) Full Name
Martin Säfström
Job Title
Director of Studies
Head of the organisation
Head of Department
Contact (2) Full Name
Johan Fresk
Job Title (2)
Deputy Director of Studies