Inga Bostad greets the 17th Annual Conference of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
Channel: Evelin Lindner
Date: 2021-12-07

Inga Bostad, Pro-Rector of the University of Oslo, welcomed the conference participants of the 17th Annual Conference in Dunedin, New Zealand, August 2011, and, in the light of the terrible 22/7 terror attacks in Oslo and Utøya, she encouraged and urged us to work on the World Dignity University Initiative. Lasse Moer kindly recorded this greeting on 29th August 2011.

See also Inga Bostad reflecting on Norway's courageous response to the tragedy of the 22nd July 2011 when 77 people were killed in a terror attack. See https://youtu.be/Qu9tIdWIAeo

See also a greeting from Inga Bostad recorded on November 23, 2021, for Dignilogue 4 of the 18th Workshop on Transforming Humiliation and Violent Conflict at Columbia University in New York City, December 9 – 10, 2021. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this conference had to take place online. Dignilogue 4 addressed the World Dignity University initiative. See https://youtu.be/55Fd86smZDU

Inga Bostad is a Founding Member of the World Dignity University initiative. She hosted the launch of this initiative on June 23, 2011.

In 2021 Inga Bostad is a Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Education of the University of Oslo in Norway. She is head of the research group HumStud, Humanities Studies in Pedagogy and project leader of the comparative research group NordEd (The Nordic Education Model). She is also Professor 2 at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. She was appointed director for the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the Faculty of Law at at the University of Oslo from 2014–2017. She was elected Pro-Rector for the University of Oslo from 2009–2013 and the first appointed Vice-Rector for the University of Oslo from 2006–2009.

Please see Inga Bostad’s message from 26th August 2011 at https://youtu.be/hbOBj_UJt2Y. She delivered this message in the aftermath of the terror attacks of 2011 in Norway. 

See more on: 
- www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/board01.php#bostad
- www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/annualmeeting/36.php
- www.humiliationstudies.org/education/education.php
- www.worlddignityuniversity.org