ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT

ISLAMOPHOBIA IN Latvia
THE AUTHOR
Anita Stasulane (1962), Professor of history of religions, Director of the Institute
of Humanities and Social Sciences at Daugavpils University (DU), graduated from the
University of Latvia (1985) and Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy (1998).
She has been working mainly on the new religious movements and youth culture;
currently she is conducting research on religious fundamentalism and Islamophobia.
She has expertise in qualitative, including ethnographic, research methods and experience
of working in international collaborative projects, including three EU Framework
projects with her appointed as the DU team lead: FP6 project ”Society and Lifestyles:
Towards Enhancing Social Harmonisation through Knowledge of Subcultural
Communities” (2006-2008), FP7 project “Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic
Engagement” (2011-2015), and FP7 project “Measuring Youth Well-Being” (2014-
2016). Anita Stasulane has an extensive management experience, and since 2006 she
is the editor of Kultūras Studijas (Cultural Studies) issued by Daugavpils University.
anita.stasulane@du.lv
Disclaimer: Statements of fact and opinion in the national reports of the European
Islamophobia Report are those of the respective authors. They are not the expression
of the editors or the funding institutions. No representation, either expressed or implied,
is made of the accuracy of the material in the national reports. The editors of
the European Islamophobia Report cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability
for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The reader must make his or
her own evaluation of the accuracy and appropriateness of the material.
To cite this report: Anita Stasulane (2016): Islamophobia in Latvia: National Report 2015, in: Enes
Bayraklı & Farid Hafez, European Islamophobia Report 2015, Istanbul, SETA, 2016.
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