The research project Non-formal faith education, the public school, and religious minorities in Norway (FAITHED) studies children and youth with a religious minority background in Norway. It will explore their relationship to faith education within their own religious communities and the inclusive and non-confessional religious education of public schools. The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway.
The FAITHED symposium will take place on the 21 – 22 October 2024. The research team will present and discuss project results, with contributions from the project's international Advisory Board and invited Norwegian scholars.
The symposium is to be held in English.
Participation
Interested colleagues, students and others are invited to take part in the symposium and the discussions.
Participation is free of charge, including coffee breaks, however, registration is necessary. Please use this form.
Meals and eventual accomodation will not be provided by the arranger. The campus cafeteria is open 08.00-15.00.
Program
Monday 21 October
09.30 – 10.15
Registration, coffee
10.15 – 10.30
Opening.
Pro-Rector for Research Marit Sletmoen (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)
10.30 – 11.30
Keynote lecture: Migration, minorities and religion: On the implications of migration-related diversity for teaching (about) religion.
Marta Bivand Erdal (PRIO Peace Research Institute Oslo).
Response: Dominic Pasura (Glasgow University)
11.45 – 12.30
Role modelling, transnational ties, and resources: Muslim and Catholic faith education in Norway.
Synnøve Markeng (INN), Hildegunn Valen Kleive (Volda University College), Marianne Friisberg Larssen (INN), Marta Bivand Erdal (PRIO), Vebjørn Horsfjord (VID Specialized University)
12.30 – 13.15
Lunch break
13.15 – 14.00
Panel discussion: What we know and what we don’t know about Islamic education in Scandinavia
Panelists: Jenny Berglund (Stockholm University), Lene Kühle (Aarhus University), Nora Eggen (University of Oslo). Moderator: Synnøve Markeng (INN)
14.15 – 15.00 Catholic education in Scotland.
Roisin Coll (Glasgow University)
Coffee
15.15 – 16.00
Translanguaging faith?
Nora S. Eggen (University of Oslo) & Anders Aschim (INN)
Response: Jonas Yassin Iversen (INN)
16.15 – 17.00
The sound of children learning Torah: Education in the Jewish community of Oslo.
Gunnar Haaland (NLA University College/University of Oslo)
Tuesday 22 October
09.15 – 10.15
Keynote lecture: Teaching controversial issues while creating community cohesion?
Lene Kühle (Aarhus University)
Response: Vebjørn Horsfjord (VID Specialized University)
10.30 – 11.15
Religious diversity – Perspectives of Norwegian school leaders, RE teachers, and students.
Ole Kolbjørn Kjørven (INN), Thor-André Skrefsrud (INN) & Marianne Hustvedt (Volda University College)
11.30 – 12.15
Panel discussion: Youth and religion – majority and minority perspectives.
Panelists: Marta B. Erdal (PRIO), Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen (University of Oslo), Dominic Pasura (Glasgow University). Moderator: Hildegunn Valen Kleive (Volda University College)
12.15 – 13.00
Lunch break
13.00 – 13.45
Young Norwegian Muslims – new trends?
Ånund Brottveit (KIFO, Institute for Church, Religion, and Worldview Research)
14.00 – 15.00
Concluding remarks.
Friedrich Schweitzer (University of Tübingen)
15.00
Final greeting. Coffee
Contributors
The FAITHED team
The FAITHED team consists of 13 scholars in education studies, religious studies and social sciences, representing the Norwegian institutions Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Volda University College, PRIO Peace Research Institute Oslo, KIFO Institute for Church, Religion, and Worldview Research, VID Specialized University and the University of Oslo.
The FAITHED Advisory Board
- Jenny Berglund is a professor in religious education at Stockholm university
- Roisin Coll is a professor in Catholic education at the University of Glasgow
- Lene Kühle is a professor in the sociology of religion at Aarhus University
- Dominc Pasura is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Glasgow
- Friedrich Schweitzer is a senior professor in religious education at the faculty of Protestant theology, University of Tübingen
Other invited contributors
- Gunnar Haaland is a professor in religion, theology and philosophy at NLA University College and a professor II in Jewish studies at the faculty of theology, University of Oslo
- Jonas Yassin Iversen is a postdoc in education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
- Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen is a professor iin practical theology at the faculty of theology, University of Oslo
- Marit Sletmoen is a prorector for research at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Time and place
Time
Monday 21 October 10.15 – 17.00
Tuesday 22 October 09.15 – 15.30
Location
Auditorium 2, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Campus Hamar
Contact
Project manager
- anders.aschim@inn.no
- Phone
- +47 62 51 76 50