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Thomas Hylland Eriksen

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Norwegian social anthropologist and professor (1962-2024)

NorwayAcademicsLived 1962 to 2024 · aged 62
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Geir Thomas Hylland Eriksen was a Norwegian anthropologist known for his scholarly and popular writing on globalization, culture, identity, ethnicity, and nationalism. He was Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo.

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2022gold medal
2021Public Anthropology Award
2019Academic Prize
2002Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science
2000award for good science communication from the University of Oslo
1999The Arthur Holmesland Award for Non-Fiction
honorary doctor of Stockholm University

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Geir Thomas Hylland Eriksen was a Norwegian anthropologist known for his scholarly and popular writing on globalization, culture, identity, ethnicity, and nationalism. He was Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. He has previously served as the President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (2015-2016), as well as the Editor of Samtiden (1993-2001), Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift (1993-1997), the Journal of Peace Research, and Ethnos. He was an honorary member of the Royal Anthropological Institute and an external scientific member of the Max Planck Society.

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Norway
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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1962 to 2024 · aged 62
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21 languages

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