Oslo University College, together with the University of Oslo and the Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities, has invited the distinguished anthropologist and historian Prof. Matti Bunzl (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign) to give a series of lectures in Oslo; 16., 18., 21. September.  The European Wergeland Centre is participating in this event, and EWC’s Research Coordinator Claudia Lenz will be giving a presentation.

Matti Bunzl specializes in the modern history and culture of Central Europe, with particular research interests in Jewish history, the history of gender and sexuality, nationalism, ethnicity, and memory. Additional interests include the history of anthropology, historical ethnography, and the intersection of history, literature, and culture. He is the author of the books:

•  Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: Hatreds Old and New in Europe. Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press/University of Chicago Press, 2007.
• Symptoms of Modernity: Jews and Queers in Late-Twentieth-Century Vienna. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.

Matti Bunzl received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1998. He teaches courses on the history of anthropology and the history and culture of modern Jewry. He is also the director of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities.

The event and lectures are open to all interested in this topic. The lectures will be given in English.

16.09.09. 09.30-12.30 The Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities,Bygdøy: Huk Aveny 56. Islamophobia and Anti-semitism in the New Europe. Lecture by Prof. Bunzl followed by panel discussions; Prof. Arne Johan Vetlesen (UiO), Prof. Christhard Hoffmann (UiO), Professor Irene Levin (HiO), 1. amanuensis Pål Veiden (HiO) and Dr. Göran Larsson (Gøteborgs Universitet). More...

18.09.09. 13.00-15.00 Oslo University College: Auditorium PA 113, Pilestredet 46 (P46). Islamophobia and Anti-semitism in the New Europe. Lecture by Prof. Bunzl. Introductory presentation by rector Sissel Østberg (HiO) and Claudia Lentz, Research Coordinator, The European Wergeland Centre More...

18.09.09. 19.00-21.00. Wergeland, Litteraturhuset, Oslo, Wergelandsveien 27. Islamofobi og antisemittisme i det nye Europa, A conversation between Sindre Bangstad 1.amanuensis at the Oslo University College, and Prof. Matti Bunzl. More...

21.09.09. 14.15-16.00. Harriet Holters Hus, Room 201, Universitety of Oslo.  Political Theology and Its Discontents: Some Thoughts on Secularism and Sovereignity in Europe. Lecture by Prof. Matti Bunzl. More....