2011

Prof. Salwa Ismail (SOAS, London in an open conversation with Prof. Bjørn Olav Utvik and Dr. Sindre Bangstad, UiO. See full program of Salwa Ismail's visit to Oslo here.

Lecture by Claire Maes (Ghent University) about "Interaction Between Early Buddhists and Other Śramaṇas: an Analysis of the Representation of titthiyas (Heretics) in the Pāli Vinaya"  

Presentation by Sarah Iselin Frydenlund, PhD, researcher and lecturer at Institute of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages.

Respondent: Professor Torkel Brekke, IKOS/UiO.

Arr. Oslo Buddhist Studies Forum. Sjå nærare informasjon på IKOS' nettsider.

Presenter: Alexander Bielicki, PhD-student at ILOS, UiO

Respondent: Roger Jensen, Pilegrimssenter Oslo

Guest lecture by Professor Jaroslav Folda (University of North Carolina), organized by PluRel's research group on Constructs of Jerusalem.

Lecture by Ajahn Brahm (Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery)

Framlegg ved Stina Hansteen Solhøy, stipendiat i statsvitenskap ved UiO. Respondenter: Anne Hege Grung (forsker, UiO) og Bente Sandvig (Human-Etisk Forbund).

John R. Bowen er en av samtidens mest leste og siterte antropologer. Møt ham i samtale med Oddbjørn Leirvik og Sindre Bangstad (UiO) om hva som hender i europeiske muslimers møter med europeisk sekularisme.

Dr. Chiara Letizia, University of Milano-Bicocca & University of Oxford, will give a public lecture on this topic. The lecture is sponsored by PluRel and organized by IKOS.

Lecture organized by the Oslo Studies Buddhist Forum by Dr. Mahinda Deegalle (Bath Spa University)

Presenter: PhD fellow Nora S. Eggen, IKOS

Respondent: Prof. Oddbjørn Leirvik, TF

Lecture by Jonathan A. Silk (Leiden University)

A seminar on interreligious conflict and peacebuilding, with religious leaders from Nigeria.

Presentations by Muhammed Ashafa and James Wuye (cf. the film The Imam and the Pastor). Responses from Tale Steen Johnsen, University of Agder and Shoaib Sultan (formerly General Secretary of the Islamic Council in Norway).

Guest lecture by Dr. Gwendolyn Leick, Chelsea College of Art & Design