2024 Holberg Prize awarded to Achille Mbembe, former MF CASR Annual Lecturer
Published: 18. March 2024
The Prize is awarded by the University of Bergen on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research "to a scholar who has made outstanding…
Get to know MF's digital humanities lab
Published: 4. March 2024
A Digital Humanities Lab was established at MF in December 2023. With its director Mina Monier now in place, activities at MF Lab for Manuscript Studies and…
MF Establishes New Research Lab
Published: 14. December 2023
We are excited to introduce a new research lab at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society: Lab for Manuscript Studies and Digital Research (L…
2023 MF CASR Global Fellow Announced
Published: 30. November 2023
Professor Lövheim is Professor in Sociology of Religion at Uppsala University, and leader for the theme Democracy, Communication and Media at the Centre for…
Critical Islamic Studies (CIS) and MF CASR to host Megan Abbas (Colgate University) to discuss new ways of conceptualizing Islam
Published: 31. October 2023
MF's Critical Islamic Studies (CIS) Research Group and MF CASR are pleased to welcome Megan B. Abbas of Colgate University, who will present the lecture:
Ways of belonging
Published: 6. October 2023
Humans - like many animals - are social beings. Social belonging can offer us a lot: security, support, and the joy of community. But we differ in how much and…
Egil Asprem will discuss how Europeans have associated "magic" and the Roma at MF CASR's Annual Lecure
Published: 30. August 2023
On September 21, Egil Asprem of Stockholm University will deliver the MF CASR Annual Lecture on "Magic, Gypsy Stereotyping, and Roma Agency:Reflections on the…
Positive Reception for Book on Islamic Economics
Published: 16. August 2023
From analysis of Islamic economic philosophy to love as a common human concept; Sami al-Daghistani is an academic with a broad field of interests. His book The…
Research to gain knowledge about the situation of Roma LGBTQI people
Published: 8. December 2022
Associate professor at MF, Solvor M. Lauritzen, will together with Arman Heljic at Södertörn University, lead a research project on antigypsyist homophobia and…
ERC Starting Grant to Moumita Sen
Published: 21. November 2022
Associate Professor Moumita Sen received a starting grant for her project POLDEI. The Starting Grant is given to help excellent younger scientists, who have 2…