Ken Henriksen
Visiting Scholar 2007-2008
Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies

Area of Expertise :Ethnicity, Human Rights, Citizenship, State Formation, Democratization and Decentralization, Migration, Transnationalism, Discourse Theory.

Country of Expertise: Nicaragua , Central America

Project Title: Transnational Migrant Networks and the Formation of Collective Latino Identities

Current Research Project: Latinos: Migration and Transnationalism in the United States

Academic Background:
PhD from the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management. Copenhagen Business School , 2003.

Selected Publications:
Henriksen, Ken (Forthcoming, 2008): “Ethnic Self-Regulation and Democratic Instability on Nicaragua 's Atlantic Coast . The case of Ratisuna”. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos/European Journal of Latin American Studies .

Henriksen, Ken (2007): “Textual Representations of the Border and Border-Crossers. Constructing Latino Enemies in the New York Times?” In Edward Ashbee, Helene Balslev Clausen, and Carl Pedersen (Eds.), The Politics, Economics, and Culture of Mexican-US Migration . Palgrave Macmillan.

Henriksen, Ken (2006) “Apropiaciones Indígenas de los Derechos y la Construcción de la Comunidad y la Exclusión en la Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua”. In Helene Balslev Clausen and Daniel Gutiérrez (Eds), Revisitando la etnicidad. Perspectivas transversales . Colegio de Sonora. Sonora. México (2006).