Wednesday 29 May: 50 % seminar for FAITHED researcher and PhD student Anne Grethe Kjelling. Anne Grethe had submitted well developed drafts for two articles and a methodological introduction as parts of her PhD project «Unge muslimer i moskéundervisninga og i skolens religionsundervisning – og midt imellom» (Young Muslims in mosque education and public school Religious Education – and in-between). Professor Jenny Berglund, Stockholm University/Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, served as discussant. Several FAITHED researchers took part in the stimulating discussion, including professor Lene Kühle, Aarhus University, member of the international Advisory Board of the FAITHED project.
Thursday 30 May: The FAITHED spring seminar. Advisory Board members Jenny Berglund and Lene Kühle joined nine members of the FAITHED team working with drafts for four book chapters, covering confirmation experiences of Catholic youth, strongly religious young adults volunteering as teachers in faith education, RE teachers’ views on extra-curricular religious education, and strategies for Catholic religious instruction in different European contexts. A full-day fruitful exchange was concluded by a guest lecture by professor Göran Larsson, Göteborg University, on the subject «Judaism, Islam and Anti-Semitism».
Friday 31 May: Trial lecture and public defense of FAITHED researcher Synnøve Markeng’s dissertation «Koranen ‘her inne’ og ‘der ute’: En kvalitativ undersøkelse av tilnærminger til religiøse skrifter i formell og ikke-formell opplæring» (The Qur’an ‘here’ and ‘there’: A qualitative study of approaches to religious scriptures in formal and non-formal education). Examiners were profesor Göran Larsson and associate professor Mona Helen Farstad, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. More details at the INN News page.