Academic Exchange, Public Outreach, and Policy Engagement
Academic
Cathrine Thorleifsson presented on “Nasjonalisme, populisme og religion i dagens Europa” during the conference “Olavsarv - Kva er det?” by Nord University, Levanger, 17 September 2021.
Esther Tenberg talked about “Anti-Muslim Ideologies in Buddhist Nationalist Networks on Facebook” during the Burmavision 2021 conference of the Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University, 16 September 2021.
Esther Tenberg presented “Facebook’s ultra-nationalist problem: anti-Muslim hate-speech in Myanmar” in the “Being Social 2020: Social media and social movements at the turn of the decade” panel on the EuroSEAS conference, 10 September 2021.
Cathrine Thorleifsson spoke on “Cyberfascism as Play: 4chan/pol/ as a Subcultural Community” on the Uncovering and Understanding the Far-Right Online Ecosystem Symposium of the University of Exeter, ExID and the NOFACE European Consortium, 8 September 2021.
Iselin Frydenlund was invited to the Colloquium of the Southeast Asia Institut at the University of Heidelberg and presented “The Rise of Buddhist Islamophobia: Formations and Explanations, 22 June 2021.
Iselin Frydenlund, Torkel Brekke and Göran Larsson discussed “The scientification of Islamophobia and the role of Wikiislam” as part of the INTERSECT Webinar Series, 27. Mai 2021.
Cathrine Thorleifsson, Lars Erik Berntzen and Hilmar Mjelde present on “Right wing extremism during the pandemic” for Bergen Global of the Chr. Michelsen Institute, 27 April 2021.
Cathrine Thorleifsson presented her research on “Memeifying fascism: on chan digital culture and the production of intersecting antisemitism and Islamophobia” as part of the INTERSECT Webinar Series, 22 April 2021.
Sindre Bangstad gave a lecture for the Research Group on Populism, Anti-Gender and Democracy at the University of Stavanger (UiS) on “Understanding the Far- and Populist Right-Wing Continuum: The Case of Norway”, 20 April 2021.
Iselin Frydenlund and Susan Hayward were interviewed by Judd Birdsall for Religion & Diplomacy a Resource of the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy of Georgetown University on the Religious Dimensions of the Situation in Myanmar, 03 March 2021.
Iselin Frydenlund presented “The Return of Buddhist Constitutionalism in Myanmar” at the Buddhism and Constitutional Law workshop series by the University of Chicago, 11 February 2021.
INTERSECTERS Iselin Frydenlund, Moumita Sen, and Eviane Leidig presented at the MOVE Research Group Seminar on “Travelling Tropes: Transregional Movements of Tropes, Myths and Symbols”, 10 December 2020.
Moumita Sen presented “Why Hindu Techies Post: Tracking Islamophobia from Silicon Valley back ‘Home’” on the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Boston, 29 November - 10 December 2020.
Iselin Frydenlund spoke about “Protecting Buddhism: Buddhist just-war during the 2017 Rohingya Crisis” at the DIIS Webinar “Cosmic conflicts: Religion and armed struggle”, 02 December 2020.
Bharath Ganesh presented his work on “Flows of Islamophobia in Transatlantic Far Right Digital Publics” as part of the INTERSECT Webinar Series, 11 November 2020.
Iselin Frydenlund presented the new edited volume “Outrage” - Religious Offense in South Asia" at a webinar organized by the London School of Economics’ South Asia Centre, 27 October 2020.
Sindre Bangstad presented on “Burning the Qur’an: Blasphemy, Free Speech and Hate Speech in Norway” as part of the INTERSECT Webinar Series, 17 September 2020.
Torkel Brekke presented his work on “How can we explain the different patterns of globalization in antisemitism and Islamophobia?” as part of the INTERSECT Webinar Series, 27 August 2020.
Eviane Leidig presented at the RadPol2020 conference on “Global trends of the far right with focus on Central and Eastern Europe”, 25 June 2020.
Cathrine Thorleifsson presented at the “Ti år etter Culcom: Tematikk, polemikk og tendenser 2010-2030” Symposium, organized by UiO’s Department of Social Anthropology on “Polariseringens tiår: om nasjonalpopulisme, høyreekstremisme og røttenes retur”, 12 June 2020.
Eviane Leidig spoke about “The Extreme Right in India and its Ties to a Global Online Network” and Cathrine Thorleifsson presented on “Extreme right responses in times of global crises” in a webinar on “Trends in Far-Right Violence and Terrorism” organized by RESOLVE Network, C-REX and PERIL, 11 June 2020.
Cathrine Thorleifsson spoke about “Contagious Fascism: On Chan Culture and the Global Co-Production of Violent Events” in a webinar on “Trends in Far-Right Violence and Terrorism” organized by RESOLVE Network, C-REX and PERIL, 11 June 2020.
Cathrine Thorleifsson presented “Om smittsom akselerasjonsterrorisme i den digitale tidsalder” during the launch of the C-REX RTV Trend Report 2020, 29 Mai 2020.
Eviane Leidig gave a webinar for the Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime: “Understanding the global far right: lessons from India”, 29 April 2020.
Iselin Frydenlund spoke at the UiO/IKOS RelPol seminar series on “Islamophobia and re-configurations of Buddhist nationalism”, 18 November 2019.
Esther Tenberg presented on the INTERSECT Kick-off Workshop “Monks “Mediating” Islamophobia in Myanmar”, 13 November 2019.
Policy Engagement
Iselin Frydenlund and Susan Hayward gave a diplomatic briefing session for the Transatlantic Network for Religion and Diplomacy (TNRD) about Religious Responses to the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, 12 February 2021.
Iselin Frydenlund provided a policy brief to the European Union funded project “Competing Integrations in Southeast Asia” (CRISEA), titled “Buddhist Justifications of Violence during the 2017 Rohingya Refugee Crisis”, October 2020.
Cathrine Thorleifsson spoke to the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and UNCTED 2020 on “Emerging forms of violent extremism: Europe and beyond”.
Cathrine Thorleifsson spoke to the Norwegian Police on “The first of many, embracy infamy: om akselerasjonisme og heroisk maskulinitet på chan forum”, 13 July 2020.
Cathrine Thorleifsson briefed the Barne-, ungdoms- og familiedirektoratet on “Diskriminering av og hat mot muslimer som internasjonalt fenomen” for the government’s actionplan against islamophobia, 16 April 2020.
Iselin Frydenlund was invited by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) to speak about “Religious freedom and freedom of belief in Sri Lanka and Myanmar” (Tros- og livssynsfrihet i Sri Lanka og Myanmar), 13 February 2020.
Iselin Frydenlund gave a Policy Briefing for the European External Action Service (EEAS) on “Protecting Buddhism: Buddhist just-war ideology during the 2017 Rohingya Exodus”, 11 December 2019.
Public
Iselin Frydenlund presented “Religion: de autoritære krefters nye maktspråk?” during the 25th anniversary of STL, organized by the Samarbeidsrådet for tros- og livssynssamfunn, 2 December 2021.
Iselin Frydenlund spoke about “Global islamofobi: fra allmenne fordommer til ekstreme konspirasjonsteorier” on the dembra fagdag, organized by the Holocaust Center, 29-30 November 2021.
Cathrine Thorleifsson spoke at the Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 about “10 years since the terrorist attacks in Norway: How to combat right-wing extremism” in Vienna, 11 October 2021.
Cathrine Thorleifsson participated in a political satire program “Sofie kupper Norge” organized by UiO as part of the Forskningsfestivel 2021, 01 September 2021.
Sindre Bangstad was invited to take part in a public debate organized by Plattform Agder as part of the “Arendalsuka” titled “Når barrikadene brytes: vold som virkemiddel i det offentlige ordskiftet”, 19 August 2021.
Cathrine Thorleifsson spoke about “Fakta, følelser og konspirasjoner i det norske demokratiet” in the Eilert Salon as part of the “Arendalsuka”, 18 August 2021.
Iselin Frydenlund spoke on “Globalt muslimhat” as part of the Holocaust Center organized panel “Det de snakker om når de snakker om konspirasjonsteorier” during Arendalsuka, 17 August 2021.
Sindre Bangstad spoke in a webinar organized by the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC) on “Oslo: The Tipping Point of Global White Nationalism”, 22 July 2021.
Cathrine Thorleifsson was invited to a digital panel by Tankesmien Agenda to speak on “Lykkes vi i kampen mot høyreekstremisme?”, 4 May 2021.
Cathrine Thorleifsson participated in a GNET roundtable titled “The Gamification of Extremism: How do game elements influence digital radicalization processes and how can their effects be addressed” with a presentation on “The role of gamification in radicalization processes”, 22 March 2021.
Cathrine Thorleifsson presented “22.juli - oppgjøret som ikke kom” for SKUP konferansen 2021, 15 April 2021.
Cathrine Thorleifsson spoke at the 22. Juli Seminar of the Arbeiderbevegelsen on “Fascisme på internett”, 26 January 2021.
Eviane Leidig participated in a panel discussion organized by openDemocracy “US election: how can we challenge right-wing extremism?”, 16 October 2020.
Iselin Frydenlund gave an introduction of global Islamophobia “Hva er islamofobi og er det et globalt fenomen?” (What is Islamophobia and is this a global phenomenon?) to ReligionsOraclene, 2020.
Sindre Bangstad took part in a debate at the newly opened public library in Oslo on “Hvem er velkomne på biblioteket?” (Who is welcome in the library?), 3 September 2020.
Sindre Bangstad took part in a debate titled “PLATTFORM: Nazimarsj og koranbrenning - protest, provokasjon og/eller propaganda?” organized by Arkivet Kristiansand, 27 August 2020.
Cathrine Thorleiffson spoke at the Human Film Festival 2020 on “Den scenske dystopien - Orientalisme i praksis?, 26 February 2020.
Cathrine Thorleifsson wrote about extremists uses of Christianity “Ekstreme kaprer religionen” in Apollon, the popular science magazine of the University of Oslo, 26 August 2019.