Knut A. Jacobsen

Knut A. Jacobsen is professor in religious studies at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen. He is one of the leading scholars within the fields of Hinduism and religious pluralism in South Asia and South Asian diasporas. Recent works include Sikhs in Europe: Migration, Identity and Transnational Practices (ed. 2011), Yoga Powers (ed. 2011), Hinduismen (2010). Professor Jacobsen is also editor-in-chief of the five volume Brill’s Encyclopaedia of Hinduism (2009). Jacobsen has held lectures for Kulturstudier since 1999.