Erik Thorstensen
The Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities, Norway

Erik Thorstensen has been an educator at the Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities, Norway, since 2005. Previously he did research in ethics and lectured in history of religions at the University of Oslo. He was co-editor of Historicizing the Uses of the Past: Scandinavian Perspectives on History Culture, Historical Consciousness and Didactics of History Related to World War II, published in 2011. He has previously published in history of religions, ethics, cultural studies, and literature. In 2012 he will publish a monograph on naturalistic atheism and its relations to politics.