The research into antisemitism conducted by the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies examines the role that ideas about Jews have had in Norwegian society from the early 1800s to the present day. The research is interdisciplinary and aims to provide insights into key aspects of antisemitism as a historic and contemporary phenomenon in Norway, thereby reinforcing antisemitism as a separate field of study.
While antisemitism has long historical roots in Norway, it is also an extremely topical issue. Studying historical hatred of the Jews creates a basis for understanding antisemitism as it is expressed in our own era. At the same time, it provides a solid factual foundation for a comparative examination of related xenophobic and racist phenomena.
Projects
- Shifting boundaries. Definitions, Expressions and Consequences of Antisemitism in Contemporary Norway
- The Jew as a cultural construct in Norwegian public life 1814–1940
- Jewish Cultural Heritage – bilateral collaboration between Norway and Poland 2013–2017
- Community, Boundaries, and Meaning in Narratives about Jews among Muslims in Norway
- Population poll 2012
- Opinion poll 2022
- Opinion poll 2017
- Community, Boundaries and Meaning in Narratives of ‘the Jew’ among Muslims in Norway