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Iselin Frydenlund
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Iselin Frydenlund
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Research Interest General interest in religion and conflict, but with particular focus on Buddhism and peace/conflict in Sri Lanka.

Other academic interests are: gender and religion, religious nationalism and religious revival. New Religious Movements.

Researcher at PRIO 2004-2005.

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English, Spanish. Some knowledge of Sinhala and Pali

Working experience:

Research & Administrative Assistant at the "Localising Buddhism" project at the University of Oslo (Department of Cultural Studies and Department of East European and Oriental Studies). November 2003 to April 2004.

Part-time lecturer in Buddhism and Methodology, University of Oslo (Spring 2004)

Education:

Cand. Philol, University of Oslo, 2003, in the History of Religions.

Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies in Sociology and History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Non-refereed_Journal_Article

Frydenlund, Iselin (2004) Krig og buddhisme på Sri Lanka - en motsetning? [War and Buddhism in Sri Lanka - a contradiction?] , PACEM: Militært Tidsskrift For Etisk Og Teologisk Refleksjon 7(2): 137–142.
Frydenlund, Iselin (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.
Frydenlund, Iselin (2004) Buddhaer og Bazukaer: Motstridende bilder av vold og buddhisme på Sri Lanka [Buddhas and Bazukas: Contrasting images of violence and buddhism in Sri Lanka] , Din. Tidsskrift For Religion Og Kultur 200320–24.
Frydenlund, Iselin (2001) Kataragama: der et splittet Sri Lanka møtes , Tredjeverdensmagasinet X (4): .

Popular Article

Hauge, Wenche Iren; & Frydenlund, Iselin (2004) Valg i et fragmentert Sri Lanka [Elections in a Fragmented Sri Lanka], Bergens Tidende, 2 April.

PRIO Report

Frydenlund, Iselin (2005) The Sangha and its Relation to the Peace Process in Sri Lanka2. : PRIO.

Master Thesis

Frydenlund, Iselin (2003) Kataragama in a Time of National Crisis. Diversity and Exclusion in a sacred Place in Sri Lanka. MA thesis, Supervisors: Per Kværne, UiO; Henrik Syse, PRIO (completed September 2003), University of Oslo, .