Silje Lyngar Einarsen
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Study of Religion
- Silje.L.Einarsen@mf.no
- Office: 478A
- Phone number: 22590579
Professional competence areas:
- South Asia
- Sanskrit, Hindi
- Hindu nationalism
- Shaktism, yoga, tantra
- Festival culture
- Hindu myths
- Ethnographic methods
Silje Lyngar Einarsen is a postdoctoral fellow on the project Mythopolitics in South Asia. She works at the intersection of classical Indology and contemporary South Asia studies. She is interested in the relationship between textual worldviews and lived religion and the role of Sanskrit in India historically and today. Her research interests also include Hindu Goddess traditions and the history of yoga, which she has worked extensively on as co-manager of the Shakta Traditions research programme at the Oxford Center for Hindu Studies. She is co-author of a Danish standard introduction to Hinduism and a new translation of the Hathapradipika.
Selected publications
- Wernicke-Olesen, B. & Einarsen, S. L. (2022). Hovedværket om haṭhayoga: Svātmārāmas Haṭhapradīpikā, Forlaget Univers, ISBN: 9788791668630
- Wernicke-Olesen, B. & Einarsen, S. L. (2022). Haṭhayoga i et nyt lys, Hovedværket om haṭhayoga: Svātmārāmas Haṭhapradīpikā,, s. 1 - 44. Forlaget Univers, ISBN: 9788791668630
- Aukland, K. & Breidlid, H. & Brekke, T. & Brekke, Ø. & Hammer, A. & Kvalvaag, R. W. & Lyngar Einarsen, S. & Schanke, Å. J. & Tømmerås, H. H. & Aas, P. A. (2019). Debatt: Legitimering av KRLE-faget, Religion og livssyn : Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge, s. 4 - 15. ISSN: 0802-8214
- Wernicke-Olesen, B. & Einarsen, S. L. (2018). Übungswissen in Yoga, Tantra und Asketismus des frühen indischen Mittelalters, Übungswissen in Religion und Philosophie. Produktion, Weitergabe, Wandel,, LIT Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-643-13222-2
- Lyngar Einarsen, S. (2018). Navarātri in Benares: Narrative Structures and Social Realities, Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia,, SUNY Press, ISBN: 978-1-4384-7069-6
- Lyngar Einarsen, S. (2017). Hinduismen, Minoritetsreligioner i barnehagen,, Fagbokforlaget, ISBN: 978-82-450-2026-7
- Einarsen, S. L. & Toft Ravn Pedersen, J. & Wernicke-Olesen, B. (2015). Varanasi - Hinduismens brændpunkt, Systime Academic, ISBN: 978-87-616-5800-5
Latest academic publications
- Wernicke-Olesen, B. & Einarsen, S. L. (2022). Hovedværket om haṭhayoga: Svātmārāmas Haṭhapradīpikā, Forlaget Univers, ISBN: 9788791668630
- Wernicke-Olesen, B. & Einarsen, S. L. (2022). Haṭhayoga i et nyt lys, Hovedværket om haṭhayoga: Svātmārāmas Haṭhapradīpikā,, s. 1 - 44. Forlaget Univers, ISBN: 9788791668630
- Wernicke-Olesen, B. & Einarsen, S. L. (2018). Übungswissen in Yoga, Tantra und Asketismus des frühen indischen Mittelalters, Übungswissen in Religion und Philosophie. Produktion, Weitergabe, Wandel,, LIT Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-643-13222-2
- Lyngar Einarsen, S. (2018). Navarātri in Benares: Narrative Structures and Social Realities, Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia,, SUNY Press, ISBN: 978-1-4384-7069-6
- Lyngar Einarsen, S. (2017). Hinduismen, Minoritetsreligioner i barnehagen,, Fagbokforlaget, ISBN: 978-82-450-2026-7
- Einarsen, S. L. & Toft Ravn Pedersen, J. & Wernicke-Olesen, B. (2015). Varanasi - Hinduismens brændpunkt, Systime Academic, ISBN: 978-87-616-5800-5
Research projects
Education and practice
2020
PhD, Religionsvitenskap, Århus Universitet
2020 - d.d.
Postdoktor, 'Mythopolitics in South Asia', Norges forskningsråd 303378, MF
2018 - 2020
Universitetslektor i RLE, Institutt for grunnskole- og faglærerutdanning, Oslomet
2016 - 2018
Høgskolelektor i RLE, Institutt for barnehagelærerutdanning, HiOA
2014 - 2015
Hindistudier, UiO
2014
MA, Religionsvitenskap m/ sanskrit, Aarhus Universitet
2010
Hindistudier, Mussoorie, India
2009 - 2010
Frivillig bistands-/utviklingsarbeid, India og Sri Lanka
2009
BA, Religionsstudier med buddhismefordypning og sanskrit, UiO
2008 - 2011
Formidler i utstillingen 'Våre hellige rom: Seks religioner på vandring', Oslo Museum.