Cecilie Endresen
Associate Professor
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Study of Religion

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Phone
+47 22856706
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Visiting address
Niels Henrik Abels vei 36
P. A. Munchs hus
0371 Oslo
Postal address
Postboks 1010 Blindern
0315 Oslo
Academic interests
- Islam and pluralism in Europe
- Christianity and politics
- Religion, politics and identity in Southeast Europe
- Islam and Christianity in the Balkans
- Religion among the Albanians
- Religion and globalization
- Secularisation and religious change
- Alternative religion, New age spirituality and new religious movements
Ongoing research
At present, I explore emerging forms of alternative religion in the Balkans, encounters between new age spirituality and Islam, and religious change among Albanian migrants, as part of MUSLIM+/- and ALTERNATIVE MUSLIMS, sub-projects of Mobile Muslims/Invisible Islam which I manage together with my colleague Ragnhild J. Zorgati.
Higher education and employment history
- Tenured position as associate professor in history of religion at Dept. of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS) since 2016.
- Postdoctoral fellow 2012-2016, funded by the Research Council of Norway (FRIPRO), with the project Religious and national identities among Albanians in relation to Greece and Europe (CRYMUS). Guest researcher at Centre d'Études Turques, Ottomanes, Balkaniques et Centrasiatiques, EHESS, 2014-2015.
- PhD in 2010. Dissertation: Is the Albanian’s religion really “Albanianism”? Religion and nation according to Muslim and Christian leaders in Albania.
- MA degree (hovedfag) in history of religion, 2000. Thesis: The right-winged archangels of Romania: A study of the mystico-fascist Legionary Movement after Communism. (Incl. Romanian language component from the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1998-1999).
- BA degree (cand.mag) in 1997, with history of religion, philosophy, German, East European area studies and ethics.
- Contract work at history of religion, IKOS, 2010-2013.
- Researcher at the project Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe, funded by the Research Council of Norway, 2011.
- Contract work as political analyst in the Balkans, incl. 1.5 years for the European Union, all in all 3.5 years between 2001 and 2008.
- Researcher at the project Religion and nationalism in the Western Balkans, funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Courses taught
- REL3050 - Islam in Europe
- REL2250 - Islam - traditions and development
- REL3020 - Religion and politics
- REL1001 - Theory in the study of religion
- REL3210/REL4220 - Christianity beyond the church. Popular culture, everyday religion and popular piety
- REL4001 - Theory and method in the history of religion
- REL3060 - New Age spirituality: historical roots
Publications
- A Fantastic People and Its Enemies: An Analysis of an Emerging Albanian Mythology,In Asbjørn Dyrendal; Egil Asprem & David G Robertson (ed.), Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-38150-6. Chapter 15. s 343 - 360.
- “Norway, religion and the United Nations». (Co-author: Ingrid Vik.) Religion, State and the United Nations: Value Politics. Anne Stensvold (ed.).New York: Routledge, 2017. p. 170-184.
- «Faith, Fatherland, or both? Accommodationist and neo-fundamentalist Islamic discourses in Albania», The revival of Islam in the Balkans. Arolda Elbasani and Olivier Roy (eds.). Palgrave, 2015. http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/the-revival-of-islam-in-the-balkans-arolda-elbasani/?K=9781137517838
- «The nation and the nun: Mother Teresa, Albania’s Muslim Majority and the Secular State», Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 1/2015, p. 53-74. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09596410.2014.961765.
- «Status report Albania 100 years: symbolic nation-building completed?», Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe. Pål Kolstø (ed.). Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate, 2014, p. 201-226. www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472419163.
- «Diversiteti fetar në teori dhe praktikë: Qasja e klerikëve shqiptarë ndaj ritualeve të familjes dhe jetës», Përpjekja 32/2014. (Translation by Arbana Rexhepaj.)
- «One object, several definitions. The Albanian ‘church-mosque’ dispute», Annuario 2013, p. 39-60.
- «Raporti për gjendjen në Shqipëri në 100 vjet: Përfundimi i kombformimit simbolik?», Kombformimi simbolik në Europën juglindore. Qendra për hulumtime dhe politikë gjinore, 2013, p. 325-364. (Original title: Strategies of Symbolic nation building. Albanian edition prepared by Vjollca Krasniqi. Translation: Translation Center.)
- Is the Albanian’s religion really «Albanianism»? Religion and nation according to Muslim and Christian leaders in Albania. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2012, www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/title_4092.ahtml?NKLN=410_A
- «Gud i nasjonal kontekst: En sammenligning av rumensk-ortodokse og albansk-ortodokse forestillinger om Gud». Dīn 2, 2012, ojs.novus.no/index.php/DIN/article/view/449.
- «Romania’s Saving Angels: ‘New Men’, Orthodoxy and Blood Mysticism in the Legionary Movement», Bulletin for the Study of Religion 41/2, 2012, www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/BSOR/article/view/Endresen.
- «‘Kristi soldater’ i Romania». Nordisk Østforum 2, 2012, www.idunn.no/ts/nof/2012/02/kristi_soldater_i_romania_jerngardens_postkommunistiske_.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2021). “Mystical and Mythical Thinking”: Myth-Making as a Compensatory Mechanism. In Musaraj, Smoki & Gregorič Bon, Nataša (Ed.), Remitting, Restoring and Building Contemporary Albania. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-030-84090-7. p. 211–238. doi: https%3A/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84091-4.
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Endresen, Cecilie & Kersten, Carool (2021). The politics of blasphemy in Indonesia. In Stensvold, Anne (Eds.), Blasphemies compared : Transgressive speech in a globalised world. Routledge. ISSN 9780367254223. p. 192–213.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2020). Indian Diplomacy, Yoga, and New Age in Serbia. In Jacobsen, Knut Axel & Sardella, Ferdinando (Ed.), Handbook of Hinduism in Europa volume 2: Hindu presence in European countries. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 9789004433441. p. 1410–1427. doi: https%3A/brill.com/view/title/56478.
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Endresen, Cecilie; Crvenkovska Risteska, Ines & Risteski, Ljupčo S. (2020). Hinduism in the Republic of North Macedonia: Yoga, Gurus, and National Myths. In Jacobsen, Knut Axel & Sardella, Ferdinando (Ed.), Handbook of Hinduism in Europa volume 2: Hindu presence in European countries. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 9789004433441. p. 1218–1240. doi: https%3A/doi.org/10.1163/9789004432284.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2020). Yoga Tourism, Āyurveda and New Hindu Movements in Montenegro . In Jacobsen, Knut Axel & Sardella, Ferdinando (Ed.), Handbook of Hinduism in Europa volume 2: Hindu presence in European countries. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 9789004433441. p. 1191–1203. doi: https%3A/doi.org/10.1163/9789004432284.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2020). Meditation and Yoga for Peace in Kosovo. In Jacobsen, Knut Axel & Sardella, Ferdinando (Ed.), Handbook of Hinduism in Europa volume 2: Hindu presence in European countries. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 9789004433441. p. 1141–1151. doi: https%3A/doi.org/10.1163/9789004432284.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2020). Yoga, Meditation, and Guru Movements in Albania. In Jacobsen, Knut Axel & Sardella, Ferdinando (Ed.), Handbook of Hinduism in Europa volume 2: Hindu presence in European countries. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 9789004433441. p. 779–805. doi: https%3A/brill.com/view/title/56478.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Vin og vinyasa: Yogaturisme på Balkan. AURA - Tidsskrift for akademiske studier av nyreligiøsitet. ISSN 2000-4419. 10, p. 61–90.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Islam und religiöse Autorität im heutigen Albanien. In Telbizova-Sack, Jordanka & Voß, Christian (Ed.), Islam auf dem Balkan Muslimische Traditionen im lokalen, nationalen und transnationalen Kontext Series: Südosteuropa-Jahrbuch . Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISSN 978-3-631-79322-0. p. 89–101. doi: https%3A/doi.org/10.3726/b15775.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Body, Mind and Spirit: A Therapeutic Turn in Muslim-majority Kosovo. I Bria, G., Clayer, N. (Eds.). (2019). "Power, authority and body: Islam’s transformations in South-East Europe between XX and XXI century [Special Issue]". Occhialì – Rivista sul Mediterraneo islamico, 5 (1). . Occhialì – Rivista sul Mediterraneo islamico. ISSN 2532-6740. 5(1), p. 94–125. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Kosmiske språk, babelsk forvirring og indoeuropeisk kvantefysikk: Emisk lingvistikk og myter om språk i albansk nyreligiøsitet . Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier. ISSN 0108-4453. 69, p. 67–93. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2018). A Fantastic People and Its Enemies: An Analysis of an Emerging Albanian Mythology. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion. ISSN 1874-6691. p. 343–360. doi: 10.1163/9789004382022_017. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2017). Islam und religiöse Autorität im heutigen Albanien: Zwei Haupttendenzen. Südosteuropa Mitteilungen. ISSN 0340-174X. 1, p. 60–69.
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Endresen, Cecilie & Vik, Ingrid (2017). Norway, religion and the United Nations. In Stensvold, Anne (Eds.), Religion, State and the United Nations: Value Politics. Routledge. ISSN 9781317382584. p. 170–184.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2016). Allah og aliens: Albanske mellomvesener og albanere som mellomvesener. AURA - Tidsskrift for akademiske studier av nyreligiøsitet. ISSN 2000-4419. 8, p. 28–56. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2016). Reform, sekularisme og globalisering. (Fokusartikkel). Internasjonal Politikk. ISSN 0020-577X. 74(4). doi: 10.17585/ip.v74.630. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). Faith, Fatherland, or Both? Accommodationist and Neo-Fundamentalist Islamic Discourses in Albania. In Elbasani, Arolda & Roy, Olivier (Ed.), The Revival of Islam in the Balkans. From Identity to Religiosity. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9781137517838. p. 222–241. doi: 10.1057/9781137517845.0018.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). The Nation and the Nun: Mother Teresa, Albania’s Muslim Majority and the Secular State. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. ISSN 0959-6410. 26(1), p. 53–74. doi: 10.1080/09596410.2014.961765. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2014). Albania. In Riggs, Thomas (Eds.), Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices. Gale. ISSN 9781414498751. p. 13–21.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2014). Diversiteti Fetar në Teori dhe Praktikë: Qasja e Klerikëve Shqiptarë ndaj Ritualeve të Familjes dhe Jetës. Përpjekja. ISSN 2073-4107. 32-33. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2014). Bokanmeldelse: Nora Repo: An Islamic Mosaic – Women’s Identities in Transition: Albanian Muslim Women in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Nordisk Østforum. ISSN 0801-7220. 1.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2014). Book review: Iosif Ross, Anamaria. 2012. The Anthropology of Alternative Medicine. Anthropological Notebooks. ISSN 1408-032X. 20(2), p. 171–172.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2014). Status report Albania 100 years: symbolic nation-building completed? p. 201–226. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2022). War in Ukraine. Religion: Political and security aspects.
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Endresen, Cecilie & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2022). Hvorfor vant diktatorsønnen valget? Avisa Vårt land. p. 16–17. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2022). "Religionsleksikon" - oversikt over de ti største religionene . Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2021). Bokanmeldelse: "Mikael Rothstein, 2021. Næsehornsfuglen skriger – hovedjagt og kraniekult". DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur. ISSN 1501-9934. 2, p. 141–144.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2021). Religion og konflikt på Balkan.
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Rots, Aike Peter; Endresen, Cecilie; Gubrium, Erika; Tolgensbakk, Ida; Bell, Justyna & Tanyi, Attila [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2021). Et «fremmed» virus? – Covid-19, nasjonalisme og stengte grenser. Utrop.no.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2020). Intervju om konspirasjonsteorier om Covid-19 i Dagsnytt 18 . [Radio]. Dagsnytt 18.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Book review: "Muslims in Eastern Europe, by Egdūnas Račius". Comparative Islamic Studies. ISSN 1740-7125. 12(1-2), p. 229–232. doi: 10.1558/cis.37910.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Floating Islam: Islamic referents and Muslim identities in New Age spirituality in Albania . Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Turkey's soft power in Albania - cultural and religious links. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Ny Salah-studie: Egypteren har halvert muslimhatet i Liverpool . [Internet]. Aftenposten. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Intervju om sjamanisme og nysjamanisme. [Internet]. Verdens Gang.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). "Hva er en sjaman?". Intervju om sjamaner i Aftenposten junior. . [Newspaper]. Aftenposten.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Intervju i podkast "Siste med Simonsen" om sekularisering, nyreligiøsitet mm. Episodens navn: "Klimavelgere og nysjamanisme" . [Internet]. Dagbladet.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Intervjuet om moderne sjamanisme av Ole Peder Giæver i "Prinsessen og sjamanen: – Business og åndelighet" . [Internet]. ABC Nyheter. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Tenåring injiserte seg med DNA oversatt fra Bibelen og Koranen": DNA i religiøs diskurs. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Märthas sjaman-kjæreste sier han kan snu atomer. [Newspaper]. ABC nyheter. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). "Märtha Louises sjaman-kjæreste sier han kan snu atomer" . [Newspaper]. Nettavisen.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2019). Bokanmeldelse: "Med guds hjälp: om religion och politik i Ryssland, Ungern och Polen. Nordisk Østforum". Nordisk Østforum. ISSN 0801-7220. 33(19), p. 17–18. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2018). Book review: Europe’s Balkan Muslims: A New History. By Nathalie Clayer and Xavier Bougarel. . Hungarian Historical Review. ISSN 2063-8647. 1, p. 164–169. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2018). Bokanmeldelse: Blanes, Ruy Llera and Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic (eds.). 2017. Being Godless. Ethnographies of Atheism and Non-Religion. . Anthropological Notebooks. ISSN 1408-032X. XXIV(1), p. 115–116. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2018). Innenfra- og utenfraperspektiver på religion.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2018). The temporal in comparative religion.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2018). Images of religion in SKAM.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2018). Intervjuet av Eva Alnes Holte i art. "Ekstremistene drar religionen vår ned i søla" . [Newspaper]. Utrop. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2018). Intervjuet av Morten Strand ifm. "Demonstrasjoner i Romania: Korrupsjonen spiser landet" . [Newspaper]. Dagbladet.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2018). Intervju i "De lever som menn - og sverger på å forbli jomfruer" av Øyvind Idsø. [Newspaper]. Dagbladet.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2018). Intervjuet av Mattis C. O. Vaaland: "Orientalisme på norsk". [Newspaper]. Vårt land.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2017). Kommentar til rapport om holdninger til muslimer https://www.utrop.no/Nyheter/Innenriks/32635. [Newspaper]. Utrop. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2017). Skrevet 30 artikler. Ansvar for 77 artikler som er lest 18 927 ganger. Fagansvarlig for 7 kategorier, bl.a.: Kosovos historie. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2017). Store norske leksikon AS.
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Endresen, Cecilie & Kersten, Carool (2017). "Blasphemy & Religious Intolerance:Indonesian contexts and cases" .
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Endresen, Cecilie (2017). Intervjuet av Kjell G. Kvamme om endetidsforventinger og millenaristiske bevegelser, artikkel "Adventens mørke side". [Newspaper]. Vårt land.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2017). Intervjuet av Line Brustad om HL-rapport, i artikkel "Muslimfrykt". [Newspaper]. Dagbladet.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2017). Unge med ikke-vestlig bakgrunn mener de er mer positive enn foreldrene til ekteskap på tvers av religioner. [Newspaper]. Dagbladet.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2017). Kosmiske språk, babelsk forvirring og indoeuropeisk kvantefysikk. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie & Kai Erik, Westergaard (2017). Alkohol og religion har gått hånd i hånd. [Internet]. religioner.no.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2017). Global kristendom.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2016). Ansvar for 81 artikler som er lest 18 222 ganger i 2016 Fagansvarlig for 7 kategorier: Albanias geografi 25 artikler, Albanias historie 23 artikler, Albanias litteratur 6 artikler, Albanias samtidshistorie 5 artikler, Kosovos geografi 11 artikler, Kosovos historie 3 artikler. Kosovos samtidshistorie 3 artikler. In Godal, Anne Marit (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2016). Store norske leksikon AS. doi: https%3A/brukere.snl.no/16576.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2016). Der Einfluss der New Age-Bewegung auf Formen des Islams im Mittelmeerraum. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2016). "The pope in Balkan conflicts", panel The Pope: Relocation and Contestation in Local and Global Spheres of Meaning (chair). Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2016). Bokanmeldelse: "Fuglerud, Øivind and Leon Wainwright (eds). 2015. Objects and Imagination. Perspectives on Materialization and Meaning". Anthropological Notebooks. ISSN 1408-032X. XXIII, No. 1, p. 131–132.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2016). Mother Teresa: A Saint in Albanian Politics. Religion: Going Public Blog. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2016). Islam in heutigen Albanien: Eine Taxonomie (Glaube, Vaterland, oder beides? Neo-fundamentalistische und Anpassungsdiskurse in Albanien). Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2016). Aliens, helgener og kykloper: Kommunikasjon mellom mellomvesener og muslimer.
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Endresen, Cecilie & Svendsen, Jonas (2016). En forbudt substans? Alkoholbruk i muslimsk og islamsk kontekst. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). Book review: Globalization: The Key Concepts by Thomas Hylland Eriksen. Anthropological Notebooks. ISSN 1408-032X. 21(3), p. 147–148.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). Tolerance Test: Radicalisation Poses Challenge for Albania, av Vladimir Karaj. [Internet]. Balkan Insight.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). "Hvor kommer flyktningene fra?", Dagsnytt atten. [Radio]. NRK P2/NRK2.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). Derfor skaper Øst-Europa EU-splittelse. Intervjuet av Amund Bakke Foss. [Internet]. Verdens Gang. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). Intervju i "Kreftsyke Alkeo (8) kastes ut av Norge". [Newspaper]. VG. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). Intervju i "Ekspert om Makedonia: Kan være provokasjon fra myndighetene". [Newspaper]. VG. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). Fra fez til flosshatt. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. p. 28–29. Show summary
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). Partridge, Damani J. 2012. Hypersexuality and Headscarves Race, Sex, and Citizenship in the New Germany. Anthropological Notebooks. ISSN 1408-032X. 21(1), p. 149–150.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). Intervju i N. Pantel: «Balancieren in Tirana». [Newspaper]. Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2015). Debatt om religion i Europa på Dagsnytt atten. [Radio]. Dagsnytt atten, NRK P2/NRK2.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2014). Politisk islam.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2014). Pelasgian fantasies reinterpreted: Albanian nationalist themes in the context of migration, globalisation and New Age.
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Endresen, Cecilie (2017). Religion after atheism . Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network . Show summary
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