Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Thomas Hylland Eriksen (born February 6, 1962 ) is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo . He does research in Trinidad and Mauritius . His main research interests are identity, identity politics, nationalism and globalization. Eriksen received his doctorate in 1991 and became a professor in 1995 at the age of 33. He received an honorary doctorate from Stockholm University in 2011 .
A significant part of his work is aimed at popularizing social anthropology. His book Small Places - Large Issues is used as a general introductory book in social anthropology at many Scandinavian and German-speaking universities. a. at the Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Vienna . Eriksen also writes regularly for Norwegian newspapers .
Selected works in English
- Ethnicity and Nationalism (1993/2010)
- Small Places - Large Issues (1995/2010)
- A History of Anthropology (2001/2013, with FS Nielsen)
- What is Anthropology? (2004)
- Engaging Anthropology (2006)
- Globalization: The Key Concepts (2007)
- Flag, Nation and Identity in Europe and America (2007, ed. W / Richard Jenkins)
- Paradoxes of Cultural Recognition (2009, ed. W / Halleh Ghorashi and Sharam Alghasi)
Individual evidence
- ↑ sv.uio.no ( Memento from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
Web links
- Website of the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
- Eriksen's personal website
- Eriksen's freely accessible texts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eriksen, Thomas Hylland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian social anthropologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1962 |