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Holocaust og andre folkemord
Livssyn og religion
Aksjonen mot norske jøder
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Huk Aveny 56
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Seminar: Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism in the New Europe
Dato: 16/09
Tid: 09:30
HL-senteret, Huk aveny 56
Can some of the societal and political mechanisms which underpinned the stereotypical portrayals of ‘the collective Jew’ at the beginning of the 20th century be found in the stereotyping of ‘the Muslim’ at the beginning of 21st? Is it at all relevant to see in anti-Semitism a parallel to other forms of intolerance, discrimination and racism? Can our knowledge of anti-Semitism provide new insights into the politicalisation of group identity, or should islamophobia and anti-Semitism be seen as two distinct and divergent phenomena in different societal and historical projects of exclusion?
These questions will be addressed through a lecture by the distinguished anthropologist and historian Prof. Matti Bunzl (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign) and a subsequent panel debate at HL-senteret on Sept 16 2009.
09.30 Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism in the New Europe. By professor Matti Bunzl.
- Bunzl is Associate Professor of Anthropology and History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In his book Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: Hatreds Old and New in Europe (Prickly Paradigm Press, 2007), he offers a lucid historical and cultural clarification of the key terms in these ongoing debates, their continuities and discontinuities
10.20 Coffebreak
10.30 Panel debate
Participants:
- Professor in History Christhard Hoffmann,
- Professor in Philosophy Arne Johan Vetlesen,
- Professor of Social Work Irene Levin,
- Lecturer in the History of Religions Dr. Gøran Larsson,
- Associate Professor in Sociology Pål Veiden, and
- Professor Matti Bunzl.
The debate will be chaired by social anthropologist associate professor Sindre Bangstad.
The seminar ends at 12.30.