Erich Kolig

Erich Kolig is a retired New Zealand social anthropologist and a former Visiting Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Vienna University. He has authored and edited several books and volumes and many articles on indigenous politics, New Zealand Muslims, radical Islam in Indonesia and Australian Aboriginal culture. His field research was carried out, mainly, in Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Indonesia, New Zealand and Vanuatu. His most recent book is New Zealand's Muslims and Multiculturalism (Leiden: Brill, 2009).

University of Otago Religious Studies Programme