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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Cecilie Endresen
Academic Publications
«Faith, Fatherland, or both? Accommodationist and neo-fundamentalist Islamic discourses in Albania», The
revival of Islam in the Balkans: from identity to religiosity. Arolda Elbasani and Olivier Roy (eds.). 2015. Palgrave,
forthcoming. http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/the-revival-of-islam-in-the-balkans-aroldaelbasani/?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.
«Albania», Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices. 2nd Edition. Ed. Thomas Riggs. Vol. 2: Countries,
Afghanistan to Ghana. Detroit: Gale, 2014, p. 13-21.
«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 - The Albanian Yearbook of
Historical and Anthropological Studies 2013, p. 39-60.
«Raporti për gjendjen në Shqipëri në 100 vjet: Përfundimi i kombformimit simbolik?», Kombformimi simbolik në
Europën jugindore. 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: Jerngardens postkommunistiske etterfølgere og deres verdensbilde». Nordisk
Østforum 2, 2012,
www.idunn.no/ts/nof/2012/02/kristi_soldater_i_romania_jerngardens_postkommunistiske_.
«Med Gud og verdenskart: Folk og steder i geistlige diskurser i Albania». Chaos 55/2012,
www.forlagetchaos.dk/produkt/chaos-nr-55-tema-religion-og-geografi/.
«The Legionaries rise! The neo-Legionary movement in post-Communist Romania». Südost-Forschungen 69/70,
2010/2011.
«Diverging images of the Ottoman legacy in Albania». Images ocf Imperial Legacy. T. Sindbaek and M. Hartmuth
(eds.). Lit Verlag Dr.W.Hopf Berlin, 2011.
«Mellom Bosporos og Brussel: Diskurser om religion og nasjon i Albania etter ateismen». Nordisk Østforum
4/2010. (Nominated for Universitetsforlaget’s award for best journal article 2010.)
www.idunn.no/ts/nof/2010/04/art15.
«’Do not look to church and mosque’? Albania’s post-Communist clergy on nation and religion». Religion und
Gesellschaft im albanischsprachigen Südosteuropa. Oliver Schmitt (ed.). Peter Lang, 2010.
«Religious diplomacy in Shkodra, Albania». Western Balkans. The Religious Dimension. Anne Stensvold (ed.) Oslo:
Sypress forlag, 2009.
«Religiøse helter og nasjonens fiender: Islamske, ortodokse og katolske voktere av den albanske nasjonen».
Chaos, 47/2007. Keywords: Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Balkan history, nationalism, symbolism, political
myth.
«Tension as taboo: Albania’s self-image as a heaven of religious tolerance». Exercising Power: The Role of Religions
in Concord and Conflict. Tore Ahlbäck (ed.). Åbo: Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2007.
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Book reviews
«Wilcox, M. M. 2013. Religion in Today's World. Global Issues, Sociological Perspectives». Anthropological
Notebooks (forthcoming).
«Eriksen, Th. H. 2014. Globalization. The Key Concepts». Anthropological Notebooks (forthcoming).
«Clayer, N. and X. Bougarel. 2013. Les musulmans de l’Europe du Sud-Est». Südost-Forschungen (forthcoming).
«Partridge, D. J. 2012. Hypersexuality and Headscarves Race, Sex, and Citizenship in the New Germany».
Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. Anthropological Notebooks 20:3.
«Iosif Ross, A. 2012. The Anthropology of Alternative Medicine». Anthropological Notebooks 20:2.
«Repo, N.: An Islamic mosaic – women’s identities in transition: Albanian Muslim women in the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia». Nordisk Østforum 1/2014.
«Merdani, A: Das Verhältnis der Religionen in Albanien: Neue Perspektiven für die Europäische Union».
Südosteuropa 4/2013.
«Engebrigtsen, A. I.: Exploring Gypsiness: Power, exchange and interdependence in a Transylvanian village».
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 1/2009.
«Siljeholm, U.: Albanien – örnarnas land». Nordisk Østforum 1/2010.
«Djordjević, S.: Helvetesfjellet: Dagbok fra krigen i Kosovo». Rødt! 1/2009.
Conference presentations and invited talks
«Accommodationist and neo-fundamentalist approaches to the nation and religious others in Albania». British
Association for Islamic Studies, 14.4.2015, University of London.
«‘Not a Muslim country, but European’: the use of religion in international affairs by Albanian political elites».
BASEES conference 28-30.3.2015, Cambridge.
«‘The Greeks stole the gods from the Albanians!’: visions of Greek antiquity in esoteric Albanian nationalism».
Paper at Religion and Politics in Antiquity and Modernity: Europe at the Crossroads, seminar in Athens, 5-7.3.2015.
«Nationalist themes in the context of migration, globalisation and New Age”. Contemporary dynamics of national,
ethnic and religious identities in South East Europe. CETOBAC, Paris, 1.7.2014.
«Hellige fjell, hemmelighetsfulle hieroglyfer og himmelske hester: Naturlover og landskap tolket som uttrykk for
albanernes utenomjordiske opphav og sivilisatoriske overlegenhet i myter om ‘pelasgerne’». Religion og natur,
CHAOS, Copenhagen, 24.05.2014.
«Religion, nation and globalisation: Romania and Albania». L’Europe du sud-est des empires aux états-nations.
CETOBAC, Paris, 28.04.2014.
«Becoming Greek and Christian? Identity changes among Muslim Albanians in Greece». Nostalgia – loss and
creativity, 11-13.12.2013. The Many Roads in Modernity, Copenhagen University (Catharina Raudvere).
(Invited.)
«Regionality - diversity and comparison». Seminar: The concept of ‘region’ as basis for study programs. East
European Section, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, Copenhagen University, 1.11.2013.
(Invited.)
Presentation of the book Kombformimi simbolik në Europën jugindore: European University of Tirana, 14.10.2013;
Biblioteka Kombëtare, Prishtina, 16.10.2013.
«Schengen Christians? Identity changes among Albanian Muslim migrants in Greece». More or less European, UiO,
7-8.11.2013.
«From Sufis to Salafis: Islamic theology in Albania - attitudes towards religious otherness». Islam in Europe through
the Balkan prism, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo 24-26.10.2013. ReligioWest, EUI (Olivier Roy). (Invited.)
«Emigrations et identifications: becoming Greek and Christian? Identity changes among Muslim Albanians in
Greece». Journée d’études albanaises. Paris 11-12.06.2013. Institut d’ethnologie méditerranéenne, européenne
et comparative, CETOBAC, le Centre national de la recherche scientifique and EHESS. (Invited.)
«Gullalder og traumatisk tid som religiøse rettesnorer. Islamske og kristne forestillinger om fortid og fremtid».
Religion og tid, Trondheim, 3-4.5.2013. Religious studies, NTNU, in cooperation with CHAOS and
Norwegian association for the History of Religion.
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«The ‘inside/outside’ problem». New Research Paths on Contemporary Albanian History, Vienna, 1.3.2013. South-East
European history, Vienna University. (Invited.)
«Kristi soldater i Romania - nyfascisme på fremmarsj?». Høyrepopulisme og nyfascisme i Europa, Oslo, 27.09.2012.
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Nordisk Østforum. (Invited.)
«A Norwegian apocalypse: Millenarian, Christian, secular, and Islamist elements in the worldview of Anders
Behring Breivik». Conference Ends and Beginnings, European Association for the Study of Religion. Arr:
the Swedish Association for Research in Comparative Religion, Södertörn University, 24.08.12.
«Same, but different? ‘God’, Creation and Judgement in different nationalist contexts». Conference Ends and
Beginnings, European Association for the Study of Religion. Arr.: the Swedish Association for Research
in Comparative Religion, Södertörn University, 24.08.12.
«Romanias reddende engler: ‘Nye menn’ og blodmystikk hos Erkeengelen Mikaels Legion». Køn, magt og modstand,
Copenhagen, 27.05.2011. Department of History of Religion, University of Copenhagen.
«Mellom Bosporos og Brussel: Religion og nasjon i Albania etter ateismen». Nasjon og religion på Balkan, Oslo,
19.01.2010. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Nordisk Østforum. (Invited, keynote.)
«Mellom Bosporos og Brussel: Religion og nasjon i Albania etter ateismen». Sakralisering av sted. Kulturell erindring i
spenningsfeltet mellom det nasjonale og det multikulturelle/globale, Oslo, 29.11.2010.
«Thus God separated religion and state: concepts of secularism among Albania´s Muslim, Orthodox and
Catholic clergy». Complexity and Legitimacy: Religion, Secularity, and Values in the Polis, Oslo, 20.11.2010. PluRel,
UiO.
«Religion and nation according to Muslim and Christian leaders in Albania». The XXthe world congress of the
International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) Religion – a human phenomenon, Toronto,
20.08.2010.
«Religiøs geografi blant muslimske og kristne ledere i Albania». Religion og geografi, Tromsø, 07.05.2010.
Department of History and Comparative Religion, UiT, CHAOS and the Norwegian Association for the
History of Religion.
«‘Og således skilte Gud religion og stat’: Forestillinger om politikk og sekularisme blant albanske sufiledere».
Religion och politisering, Stockholm, 15.05.2009. Södertörn University College/CHAOS.
«An analysis of religious boundaries in post-atheist Albania». Religion on the Borders: New Challenges in the Academic
Study of Religion, Stockholm, 20.04.2007. Religious Studies, Södertörn University College.
«The World according to the Legion of Michael the Archangel». The Dark Face of Nationalism: Violence, Extremism
and the Nation, London, 19.04.2007. Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, LSE.
«An analysis of the politico-religious ideology of the Legion of Michael the Archangel». Religious history of Europe
and Asia, Bucharest, 23.09.2006. European Association for the Study of Religions.
«Religiøse helter og nasjonens fiender: Islamske, ortodokse og katolske voktere av den albanske nasjonen».
Religion og beskyttelse, Bergen, 29.04.2006. Comparative Religion, UiB/CHAOS.
«Who’s the Other? Albanian ulema’s diverging perceptions of Islam’s enemies». Images of the religious other,
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 20.05.2006. The Kotor network.
«Albania: Potential Pitfalls of Introducing Religious Education in Public Schools». Religion in Schools: Problems of
Pluralism in the Public Sphere, Kotor, Montenegro, 23.04.2005. Kotor network.
«Diverging conceptions of the ‘Ottoman legacy’ among Albania’s religious communities». Images of Imperial
Legacy, Copenhagen, 21.05.2005. University of Copenhagen.
«Tension as Taboo: Albania’s Self-Image as a Heaven of Religious Tolerance». Exercising Power: the Role of Religions
in Concord and Conflict, Turku/Åbo, Finland, 09.08.2005. European Association for the Study of Religion.
«Religious tolerance and secular nationalism in Christian and Islamic discourses in Albania». Religious tolerance and
intolerance, Santander, Spain, 09.09.2004. European Association for the Study of Religion.
«Is the religion of the Albanian really Albanianism?». Religion and Pluralism, Kotor, Montenegro, 24.03.2004.
Kotor network.
Media interviews
Debate on Islam and religious beliefs in Europe. Dagsnytt atten, NRK2/P2, 23.1.2015.
Interview in N. Pantel: «Balancieren in Tirana». Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2.1.2015
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Interview in N. Mappes-Niediek: «Jesus ist für alle da: Auf dem Balkan feiern Muslime zusammen mit Christen
Weihnachten». Die Welt, 24.12.2013.
Interviews (in Albanian) on morning Kohavizion TV 16.10.2013 and Sot, 6.11.2013.
Interview in M. Rukaj: «Albania e censimento 2011: di che religione sei?». Osservatorio Balcanic e Caucaso, 4.2.2013.
Interviews (in Albanian) on religion and society. TV Koha Vizion – SOT, Prishtina. 16.10.2013.
Interviews (in Albanian) on religion and society. TV Koha Vizion - Rubrika e librit. Prishtina, 19.10.2013.
Commenting on Albanian politics in 2005, 2009, 2013 (news bulletins and analysis, NRK radio and TV).
Public talks and guest lectures
«Politisk islam». Public lecture at Litteraturhuset, Oslo, in the series Political ideologies. 18.10.2014.
Roundtable: «En kritisk samtale om fagets relevans». Oslo, 12.2.2014. History of Religion stud. assoc., UiO.
«Albania: Religion og identitet». Guest lectures at Balkan Studies, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional
Studies, Copenhagen University. 31.10.2012.
«Human rights controversies: gender, minorities, religion». International Student Convention, Korça. 15.8.2012.
«Jorden rundt: Albania». Oslo bokfestival, 16.9.2012.
Consultancy, briefing and commissioned research
Statkraft in Norway and Albania, 2012, 2013: Albanian issues.
«Religion og utvikling i et brukerperspektiv». Forholdet mellom religion og utvikling: en rapport for prosjektet religion og
utvikling 2011-2012 (ed. Ingrid Vik; Nikolai Hegertun og Håvard Kleppa.) Oslo: The Oslo Centre and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2012. www.oslocenter.no/en/projects/religion-og-utvikling/
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 5.3.2010: Religion and national questions in the Balkans.
StatoilHydro, Oslo, 4.6.2009: South Albania, Greek-Albanian relations, minorities and nationalism.
NATO and Nordic intelligence services 2001-2002, 2006-2007: Reporting on security issues etc.
European Union Monitoring Mission 2003-2005: Reporting to the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy
on political development and security issues.
Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, 2003: Albanian cultural and religious traditions.
Other publications and outreach activities
Various articles on Balkan countries and religion in Store norske leksikon, 2010-2014. Editor of section on Albania.
«Religion og fornuft i Europa». Aftenposten, 21.1.2015.
«Ideologie: l'Albania naturale». Osservatorio Balcanic e Caucaso, 19.4.2013. Co-author and transl. from Albanian:
Marjola Rukaj.
«Et vitenskapelig studium av religion». Aftenposten. Co-authors: A. Stensvold, Iselin Frydenlund. 19.1.2012.
«Islam under press i Europa». Aftenposten, 10.02.2010.
«Nødvendig forskning». Dagbladet. 9.11.2010.
«Bedre enn forventet i Kosovo». ABCnyheter.no, 19.02.2009.
«Nistads tvilsomme omgang med fakta». Universitas, 28.11.2009.
«Ahtisaari fremmet fred i Kosovo». Aftenposten. 10.12.2008. Co-author: Sylo Taraku.
«Romanias brune skygger». Klassekampen, 26.02.2007
«Grand Prix er politikk på Balkan». Dagbladet, 20.05.2006. Co-author: Hilde K. Haug.
«Balkan og himmelretninger». Aftenposten, 20.06.2006
«Fyrtårnets problem». Klassekampen, 02.07.2005
«Skorpioner i media». VG, 27.06.2005
«Ny giv for Albania?». Dagbladet, 16.09.2005
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