Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Thomas Hylland Eriksen (born 1962) is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo. He has done field work in Trinidad and Mauritius. His fields of research include identity, nationalism and ethnicity. Eriksen finished his dr. polit.-degree in 1991, and was made professor in 1995, at the age of 33. In the years 1993-2001 he was editor of the journal "Samtiden".

A considerable portion of Eriksen's work has focused on popularizing social anthropology and conveying basic cultural relativism in the Norwegian public debate. He has written the basic textbook used in the introductory courses in social anthropology at Norwegian universities. The book, "Small Places -- Large Issues" in English, is also used in introductory courses in many other countries, and has been widely translated. Eriksen is a frequent contributor of newspaper pieces in Scandinavia and is a highly popularWho|date=July 2007 public speaker.

Eriksen has been a minor political candidate for the Norwegian Liberal Party. [cite web |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/01/10/stortingsvalg/tab-2005-10-27-18.html |title=Storting Election 2005. Official electoral lists, by county |accessdate=2007-01-02 |author=Statistics Norway |authorlink=Statistics Norway |date= |year=2005 |work=Storting Election 2005 |publisher= ]

elected works in English

*"Ethnicity And Nationalism" (1993/2002)
*"Small Places -- Large Issues" (1995/2001)
*"A History Of Anthropology" (2001)
*"Tyranny of the Moment: Fast and Slow Time in the Information Age" (2001)
*"Globalisation: Studies in Anthropology" (2003)
*"What Is Anthropology?" (2004)
*"Engaging Anthropology" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.sai.uio.no/forskning/presentasjon/competence/eriksen.html Home page on UiO]
* [http://folk.uio.no/geirthe Personal website]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/32731/Thomas-Hylland-Eriksen-What-Is-Ethnicity What is Ethnicity?] - free online text
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/40562/Thomas-Hylland-Eriksen-Minorities-and-the-state Minorities and the state] - free online textThe EU and the Globalist Alliance * [http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2290] - free online text


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