Affiliated staff

 

 

Department of Archaeology, History, Culture Studies and Religion @ahkr
Øisteins gt. 3, N-5007 Bergen [Fax: 5558 9654]

Archaeology

• Nils Anfinset, Dr., Post.Doc. fellow (Palestine) (tel. 5558 2908)
• Henriette Hafsaas, Research fellow (Sudan) (tel. 5558 2937)
• Randi Håland, Professor (Sudan, Egypt) (tel. 5558 2940)

History

• Kjersti G. Berg, Research fellow, NFR (Palestine) (tel. 5558 2308)
• Eirik Hovden, Research fellow (Yemen) (tel. 5558 2442)
• Renate Lunde, Research fellow, NFR (Egypt) (tel. 5558 3163)
• J. Chr. Meyer, Professor (Turkey, Indian Ocean) (tel. 5558 2310)
• Kristoffer Momrak, Research fellow (Mesopotamia) (tel. 5558 2491)
• Rex Seán O'Fahey, Professor (Sudan, East Africa) (tel. 5558 2324)
• Inger Marie Okkenhaug, Dr., Post-doctor fellow (Palestine, East Africa) (tel. 5558 2813)
• Eivind Seland, Research fellow (Indian Ocean) (tel. 5558 3111)
• Knut S. Vikør, Professor (Maghreb, Sahara) (tel. 5558 2711)

Culture Studies

• Haci Akman, Dr., Assoc. Professor (Turkey) (tel. 5558 2232)

History of Religions

• Mona Farstad, Lecturer (tel. 5558 3158)
• Ingvild Gilhus, Professor (Egypt) (tel. 5558 2448)
• Richard Johan Natvig, Assoc. Prof. (Norway, Egypt, North-East Africa) (tel. 5558 9439)
• Pål Steiner, Research fellow (Egypt) (tel. 5558 2578)
• Einar Thomassen, Professor (Sudan, Egypt) (tel. 5558 2450)

Department of Comparative Politics @ isp
Christies gt. 15, N-5007 Bergen [Fax: 5558 2175]

• Liv Tønnessen, Research fellow (Lebanon, Syria, Sudan) (tel. 5557 4376)

Department of Foreign Languages @if
Sydnesplass 7, N-5007 Bergen [Fax: 5558 4260].

Arabic

• Joseph N. Bell, Professor Em. (Sudan, Egypt, Turkey, Iran) (tel. 5558 4771)
• Pernille Myrvold, Lecturer (Syria, Gulf) (tel.5558 8715)
• John Erik Sætren, Research Fellow (Egypt) (tel. 5558 3208)
• Ludmila Torlakova, Dr., Assoc. Prof. (tel. 5558 8716)

Department of Geography @geog
Fosswinckelsgt 6, N-5007 Bergen [Fax: 55 58 30 99]

• Tor H. Aase, Professor (Pakistan) (tel. 5595 3088)

Faculty of Law @jur
Magnus Lagabøtes plass 1, N-5010 Bergen [Fax: 5558 9510]

• Katja Jansen Fredriksen, Research fellow (Norway) (tel. 5558 9757)
• Henriette Sinding Aasen, Professor (Iran) (tel. 5558 9585)

Department of Linguistic, Literary and esthetic studies @lle
Sydnesplass 7, N-5007 Bergen [Fax: 5558 9660] Classical studies

• Tomas Hägg, Professor (Sudan) (tel. 5558 2292)
• Richard Pierce, Professor Em. (Egypt, Sudan)

Department of Music - The Grieg Academy @grieg
Lars Hilles gt. 3, N-5015 Bergen [Fax: 5558 6960]

• Thomas Solomon, Professor seconded (Turkey) (tel. 5558 6982)

Department of Social Anthropology @sosantr
Fosswinckelsgt. 6, N-5007 Bergen [Fax: 5558 9260]

• Eldar Bråten, Dr., Assoc. Professor (Indonesia) (tel. 5558 9258)
• Janne Bøe, Research fellow (Palestine) (tel. 5558 9272)
• Kjetil Fosshagen, Research fellow (Turkey, Cyprus) (tel. 5558 9269)
• Gunnar Håland, Professor Em. (Sudan, Yemen) (tel. 5558 9269)
• Ståle Knudsen, Dr., Post-doctor fellow (Turkey) (tel. 5558 9280)
• Bård Kårtveit, Research fellow (Palestine) (tel. 5557 4238)
• Anh Nga Longva, Professor (Gulf region) (tel. 5558 9254)
• Leif O. Manger, Professor (Sudan, Yemen) (tel. 5558 9267)
• Zerihun Woldeselassie, Research fellow (Ethiopia)

Department of Sociology @sos
Fosswinckelsgt. 6, N-5007 Bergen [Fax: 5558 9199]

• Lars Gunnar Lundblad, Research fellow (Palestine) (tel 5558 9776)
• Sevil Sümer, Dr., Post-doctor fellow (Turkey) (tel. 5558 3896)

Bergen Museum @bmu
Harald Hårfagresg. 1, N-5007 Bergen [Fax: 5558 9364]

• Else J. Kleppe, Dr., Assoc. Professor (Sudan, East Africa) (tel. 5558 3127)

Centre for Women's and Gender Research (SKOK) @skok
Allégt. 34, N-5015 Bergen [Fax 5558 9664].

• Marianne Bøe, Research Fellow (Iran) (tel. 5558 9423)

Unifob Global (Centre for Development Studies) @global
Nygårdsgt. 5, N-5015 Bergen. Office 5558 9309 [Fax 5558 9892].

• Kirsten Alsaker Kjerland, Dr., Research assoc. (East Africa) (tel. 5558 8824)
• Anne K. Bang, Dr., Research fellow (Indian Ocean, East Africa) (tel. 5558 9432)
• Terje Tvedt, Professor (Nile Valley) (tel. 5558 9305)

Professor Leif Manger (tel. 5558 9267) is director of Unifob Global.

Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (SMI) @smi
Nygårdsgt. 5, N-5015 Bergen. Office 5558 2647 [Fax 5558 9891].

• Anders Bjørkelo, Professor, Director (Sudan) (tel. 5558 2318)
• Elena Vezzadini, Research fellow (Sudan) (tel. 5558 2989)

Professor Bjørkelo, is also attached to the History department.

 

Translation of titles used:

 

Associate Professor: Førsteamanuensis

Professor seconded: Professor II (20 pct. position at Bergen)

Research associate: Forsker

Research fellow: Forskingsstipendiat (often Ph.D. students with a 3-4 year salaried contract and some teaching obligations).
NFR: Norwegian Research Council, a major funding body.

Persons with marked (underline) names can be reached by e-mail. Bergen e-mail addresses are standardized in this way: FirstName.LastName@Department.uib.no. The @-signature of each department is indicated beside its name above. Scandinavian characters are changed in the pattern æ > a; ø > o; å > a. Thus, Joseph Norment Bell at Foreign Languages (@if) is: joseph.bell@if.uib.no and Anders Bjørkelo at anders.bjorkelo@smi.uib.no.