Iselin Frydenlund
Professor
- Religionsvitenskap
- Iselin.Frydenlund@mf.no
- Kontor: 424B
- Telefonnummer: 22590619
Faglige kompetanseområder:
- Buddhisme
- Religion, fred og konflikt
- Religion og politikk
- Tros- og livssynsfrihet
- Religionsmøter
- Religionsantropologi
Jeg har doktorgrad i religionshistorie fra Universitetet i Oslo (2011) om buddhisme og vold under Sri Lankas borgerkrig og er spesielt interessert i spørsmål knyttet til religion, krig og fredsbygging, religiøse legitimeringer av vold, selvmordsaksjoner, interreligiøs dialog og tros- og livssynsfrihet.
Mitt forskningsområde er theravadabuddhisme i Sri Lanka og Myanmar, med spesielt fokus på spørsmål om buddhismens forhold til nasjonalisme, politikk og vold. For tiden arbeider jeg med buddhistiske munkers politiske og juridiske engasjement, samt forholdet mellom buddhisme og islam i Sør- og Sørøst-Asia. Jeg studerer religion som et sosialt og kulturelt fenomen og anvender feltarbeid som viktigste metodologiske verktøy.
Jeg har i en årrekke vært tilknyttet Institutt for fredsforskning, PRIO, og har sammen med Buddhistforbundet i Norge vært engasjert i intra-buddhistisk dialogarbeid i Asia, om religiøse minoriteters stilling i buddhistiske majoritetsland. Jeg er opptatt av forskningsformidling og er en ofte brukt kommentator på Myanmar- og Sri Lanka-spørsmål i norske og utenlandske medier, samt spørsmål knyttet til religion og vold.
Utvalgte publikasjoner
- Frydenlund, I. & Mang, P. Z. & Wai, P. & Hayward, S. (2021). Religious Responses to the Military Coup in Myanmar, Review of Faith & International Affairs s. 77 - 88. Review of Faith & International Affairs. ISBN: 1557-0274
- Frydenlund, I. (2021). Protecting Buddhist Women from Muslim Men: “Love Jihad” and the Rise of Islamophobia in Myanmar, Religions Religions. ISBN: 2077-1444
- Jerryson, M. & Frydenlund, I. (2020). Buddhists, Muslims and the Construction of Difference, Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World, s. 263 - 297. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-981-32-9883-5
- Frydenlund, I. & Jerryson, M. (2020). An Introduction: Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World, Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World, s. 1 - 21. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-981-32-9883-5
- Hayward, S. & Frydenlund, I. (2019). Religion, Secularism, and the Pursuit of Peace in Myanmar, Review of Faith & International Affairs s. 1 - 11. Review of Faith & International Affairs. ISBN: 1557-0274
- Frydenlund, I. (2019). Buddhist Islamophobia: Actors. Tropes. Contexts, Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion, s. 279 - 302. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN: 978-90-04-38150-6
- Frydenlund, I. (2019). Protecting the Sasana through Law: Radical Buddhism and Religious Freedom in Transitional Myanmar, Secularism, Religion, and Democracy in Southeast Asia, s. 194 - 212. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199496693
- Frydenlund, I. (2019). The rise of religious offence in transitional Myanmar, Outrage: The Rise of Religious Offence in Contemporary South Asia, s. 77 - 102. UCL Press. ISBN: 9781787355286
- Frydenlund, I. (2019). A New Formatting: Myanmar’s 2015 "race and religion laws", Formatting Religion: Across Politics, Education, Media, and Law, s. 37 - 55. Routledge. ISBN: 9781138599987
- Frydenlund, I. (2018). MaBaTha, World Religions and Spirituality Project World Religions and Spirituality Project.
- Frydenlund, I. (2018). Buddhism and violence: an Oxymoron? Text and tradition in Buddhist Just-War Thinking, The Warrior and the Pacifist. Competing Motifs in Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, s. 13 - 35. Routledge. ISBN: 9781138585430
- Frydenlund, I. (2018). Tamil Militancy in Sri Lanka and the Role of Religion, Oxford Research Encyclopedias - Religion, s. - . Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199340378
- Frydenlund, I. (2017). Religious Liberty for Whom? The Buddhist Politics of Religious Freedom During Myanmar’s Transition to Democracy , Nordic Journal of Human Rights s. 55 - 73. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISBN: 1891-8131
- Frydenlund, I. (2017). Buddhist Militarism Beyond Texts: The Importance of Ritual during the Sri Lankan Civil War, Journal of Religion and Violence s. 27 - 48. Journal of Religion and Violence. ISBN: 2159-6808
- Frydenlund, I. (2017). ‘Operation Dhamma’: The Sri Lankan Armed Forces as an Instrument of Buddhist Nationalism, Military Chaplaincy in an Era of Religious Pluralism: Military–Religious Nexus in Asia, Europe, and USA, s. 81 - 103. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199470747
- Frydenlund, I. (2017). The birth of Buddhist politics of religious freedom in Myanmar, Journal of Religious and Political Practice s. 107 - 121. Journal of Religious and Political Practice. ISBN: 2056-6093
- Frydenlund, I. (2017). "Buddhism has Made Asia Mild" : The Modernist Construction of Buddhism as Pacifism, Buddhist Modernities: Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World, s. 204 - 221. Routledge. ISBN: 9781138687844
- Frydenlund, I. (2016). Bodu Bala Sena: Army of Buddhist Power, World Religions and Spirituality Project World Religions and Spirituality Project.
- Frydenlund, I. (2016). Buddhisme og politikk, Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven) Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
- Frydenlund, I. (2015). What now for Women and Minorities? http://blogs.prio.org/2015/12/myanmar-what-now-for-women-and-minorities/, Prio blog Prio blog.
- Hayward, S. & Frydenlund, I. (2015). Theravada Buddhism's Muslim Problem, Tricycle Tricycle.
- Frydenlund, I. (2004). Buddhaer og bazukaer: motstridende bilder av vold og buddhisme på Sri Lanka [Buddhas and Bazukas: Conflicting Images of Buddhism and Violence in Sri Lanka], Din. Tidsskrift for religion og kultur 1., DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur. ISBN: 1501-9934
- Frydenlund, I. & Leidig, E. (2022). Introduction: “Love Jihad”: Sexuality, Reproduction and the Construction of the Predatory Muslim Male, Religions s. - . Religions. ISBN: 2077-1444
Nyeste vitenskapelige publikasjoner
- Frydenlund, I. & Mang, P. Z. & Wai, P. & Hayward, S. (2021). Religious Responses to the Military Coup in Myanmar, Review of Faith & International Affairs s. 77 - 88. Review of Faith & International Affairs. ISBN: 1557-0274
- Frydenlund, I. (2021). Protecting Buddhist Women from Muslim Men: “Love Jihad” and the Rise of Islamophobia in Myanmar, Religions Religions. ISBN: 2077-1444
- Jerryson, M. & Frydenlund, I. (2020). Buddhists, Muslims and the Construction of Difference, Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World, s. 263 - 297. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-981-32-9883-5
- Frydenlund, I. & Jerryson, M. (2020). An Introduction: Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World, Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World, s. 1 - 21. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-981-32-9883-5
- Hayward, S. & Frydenlund, I. (2019). Religion, Secularism, and the Pursuit of Peace in Myanmar, Review of Faith & International Affairs s. 1 - 11. Review of Faith & International Affairs. ISBN: 1557-0274
- Frydenlund, I. (2019). Buddhist Islamophobia: Actors. Tropes. Contexts, Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion, s. 279 - 302. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN: 978-90-04-38150-6
- Frydenlund, I. (2019). Protecting the Sasana through Law: Radical Buddhism and Religious Freedom in Transitional Myanmar, Secularism, Religion, and Democracy in Southeast Asia, s. 194 - 212. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199496693
- Frydenlund, I. (2019). The rise of religious offence in transitional Myanmar, Outrage: The Rise of Religious Offence in Contemporary South Asia, s. 77 - 102. UCL Press. ISBN: 9781787355286
- Frydenlund, I. (2019). A New Formatting: Myanmar’s 2015 "race and religion laws", Formatting Religion: Across Politics, Education, Media, and Law, s. 37 - 55. Routledge. ISBN: 9781138599987
- Frydenlund, I. (2018). MaBaTha, World Religions and Spirituality Project World Religions and Spirituality Project.
Research project(s)
Utdanning og praksis
2011 - PhD, University of Oslo, History of Religion
1996 - 1997 Post-graduate Studies, London School of Economics
Verv
2017 - Academic advisor, NORPART Myanmar project at MF
2016 - Member, Scientific Board, MF
2012 - Norwegian representative to the Domain Committee of Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) in COST (EU)
2005 - Steering Board Member, Asianettverket (Network for Asia studies in Norway).
2010 - Member of external board, co-operation between PRIO and Indian Defense Studies and Analysis (IDSA).
2008 - Institute board member, IKOS, University of Oslo
1996 - Elected National Leader of The Norwegian Solidarity Committee for Latin America (Latin-Amerikagruppene i Norge (LAG)
2017 - Co-organizer (together with Dr. Jens Borgland) of the Nordic Network for Buddhist Studies
2017 - Editorial board, Journal of Religion and Violence
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