03/04/2025
Kitą savaitę Kaune šurmuliuos Skandinavijos dienos 2025! Kviečiame į vieną iš renginių, skirtą profesioriaus Thomas Hylland Eriksen atminimui:
On behalf of the Center for Social Anthropology at Vytautas Magnus University, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Lithuania, and the President Valdas Adamkus Library in Kaunas, we warmly invite you to an open memorial lecture honoring the memory of esteemed Norwegian anthropologist Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962–2024).
The lecture will be delivered by Assoc. Prof. Hege Høyer Leivestad, long-time colleague of Prof. Eriksen at the University of Oslo, Department of Social Anthropology.
In her talk titled "A Visit to Boomtown: The Clashing Scales of Globalization", Dr. Leivestad will reflect on Eriksen’s influential academic contributions and enduring legacy. His groundbreaking work on ethnicity, identity, nationalism, globalization, and environmental studies shaped anthropological thinking and public debate in Norway and beyond.
🔹 In recent years, Prof. Eriksen examined the tension between growth and sustainability, conceptualized as the clashing scales of the globalized world. Drawing on his ethnographic studies of the Australian industrial town of Gladstone, Dr. Leivestad will explore how these ideas help us understand the key challenges of our time.
Prof. Eriksen visited Lithuania three times – first in 2009 at the University of Klaipėda, and last in 2018 at Vytautas Magnus University, where he led a graduate workshop. His inspiring presence left a lasting impression on the Lithuanian academic community.
This lecture is part of the Scandinavian Days program in Kaunas and a tribute to Eriksen’s remarkable legacy in Lithuania and beyond.
The lecture will be held in English.
📚 Further reading about Prof. Eriksen’s visits to Lithuania:
🔗 VDU News (2018): https://www.vdu.lt/lt/antropologo-prof-t-h-erikseno-paskaita/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1vN7M8tOY632vUAnAz1OhNh82fDY_wModmviVrBQkR13AOYQTt-J7HHY4_aem_jSNrgDNnX8rSEKdNCXpu4g
🔗 Bernardinai.lt (2014): https://www.bernardinai.lt/2014-06-23-thomas-hylland-eriksen-visuomenes-tautiskumo-klausimu-pasidalijusios/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1YL14nulKlHSxMQACiXBa2Sayx9AZ4D7eAr1lANdKkRZnJz8aLG7uhLf0_aem_QbrpjKp6GB4K8DdbF7jxgA
Together with the Center for Social Anthropology at Vytautas Magnus University and the President Valdas Adamkus Library in Kaunas, we invite you to an open memorial lecture honoring the memory of esteemed Norwegian anthropologist Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen 🌹📚.
In the lecture titled “A Visit to Boomtown: The Clashing Scales of Globalization”, Associate Professor Hege Høyer Leivestad will reflect on Eriksen’s influential academic contributions and enduring legacy. ✨🔍
Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen visited Lithuania three times, contributing with inspiring lectures and discussions 📖, leaving a lasting impression on the academic community in the country.
This event is part of the Scandinavian Days program in Kaunas 🇳🇴🇱🇹.
📍 Date and time: April 10, 2025, at 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Valdas Adamkus Library, Kaunas
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