Month: November 2017

Hilmar Mjelde

Post-doctor Hilmar Mjelde gives lectures on radicalization and right wing extremism

Posted onAuthorAnders Løkeland Slåke

Post-doctor Hilmar Mjelde gave two lectures this fall in the course “Societal security and crisis management. Terrorism and counterterrorism” at the Department of  Comparative Politics. On October 20th, Mjelde gave a lecture on the topic of radicalization and de-radicalization, focusing on extreme Islamism. On November 17th, the focus of the lecture was right wing extremism in Read More …

SCANPUB director, Jostein Gripsrud, participated at the annual “Kulturrikets tilstand” conference in Oslo

Posted onAuthorAnders Løkeland Slåke

SCANPUB director, Professor Jostein Gripsrud, participated at the “Kulturrikets tilstand” conference 2017. The 2017 conference theme was “Nationalism or multiculturalism – what does cultural policy in a multiethnic Norway do?”. Jostein Gripsrud talked about “Nasjonen som fiksjon og faktum” [The nation as fiction and fact]. The conference took place on October 25, 2017 at Gamle Logen Read More …