Utøya Island and The 22 July Centre
Friday September 18th on Utøya – Conference & Tour to memorial site
Open to all. Conference language September 18-19: English
Chairs for today’s meeting: Marion Grau, Tor Einar Fagerland & Gitte Buch-Hansen
07.20
Meetup at meeting point: Fridtjof Nansens plass, next to Oslo City Hall
07.30
Departure from Oslo to Utøya
09.00-10.45
Welcome and guided tour on Utøya by Jørgen W. Frydnes and Tor Einar Fagerland
10.45-11.15
Coffee/fruit break
Sharp & short: Critical conference summaries so far by keynotes
11.15-12.45
- Cora Alexa Døving [Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities, Oslo]: Homeland ritualized: An analysis of written messages placed at temporal memorials in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 22 July 2011.
Respondent: Ronald L. Grimes - Ida Marie Høeg [KIFO]: Negotiating identity in interreligious funerals for the victims of 22 July 2011.
Respondent: Paul-Francois Tremlett
12.45-13.30
Lunch
13.30-15.00
Short presentations
- PhD Line Gjermshusengen [Cultural Heritage Studies, NTNU]: Memorializing July 22, 2011: Private and public initiatives.
Respondent: Kyrre Kverndokk (UiB) - PhD Ingeborg Hjorth [Cultural Heritage Studies, NTNU]: The Norwegian national memorial process after July 22, 2011.
Respondent: Kyrre Kverndokk (UiB) - PhD Birte Nordahl [Theology, UiO]: The Public’s Ritual Gestures at Oslo Cathedral.
Respondent: Carl Petter Opsahl [Dr.theol., Kirkens Bymisjon
15.00-15.15
Short coffee break
15.15-16.45
- Terje Emberland [Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities, Oslo]: The Perfect Knight. The SS phantasies of Anders Behring Breivik.
Respondent: Roger Griffin - Jone Salomonsen [Theology, UiO]: Democracy and ritual. Breivik’s trial as case.
Respondent: Thorgeir Storesund Kolshus
16.45-17.00
Short break with coffee and cake
17.00-18.15
- Jørgen W. Frydnes, Tor Einar Fagerland and James E. Young: «Hegnhuset» and the road ahead: memory and new life on Utøya.
- General discussion.
18.30
Departure from Utøya to Oslo
Saturday September 19th at The 22 July Centre in the government quarter in Oslo – Conference & Round table discussion
Open to all. Conference language September 18-19: English
Meeting presiders: Nina Hoel & Paul-Francois Tremlett
08.45 Registration
09.00-10.00 Guided tour in the 22July Centre by Tor Einar Fagerland
10.00-10.10 Short coffee break
10.10-10.50 Evil, responsibility and theological meaning making
- Kjetil Hafstad [Theology, UiO]: Contesting evil: Developing theological understanding of resistance
- Trond Bakkevig [Rev. Dr. & Canon]: Christian Preaching when Faced with Extremist Action
10.50-12.30 Interrogating Evil: Responsive and critical engagements with Church, ideologies and personhood after July 22
- Round table discussion Participants: Bishop of Copenhagen Peter Skov-Jakobsen; Bishop of Borg Atle Sommerfeldt; Senior Minister in Oslo Cathedral Elisabeth Thorsen; Dean Faculty of Theology, UiO, Aud Valborg Tønnessen.
12.30-13.00 Sharp & short: Conference summaries by Grzegorz Brzozowski, keynotes et al.