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Eivind Heldaas Seland
Lessons from the past (20.04.2018)
For many years, the University of Bergen has focused on historical and archaeological research in the Middle East and in Syria in particular. How is the research going forward despite the difficult situation in the region?
Photo of a teacher walking amongst students in a school in Xuyi County, used as part of an article on Chinese-Norwegian relations in the UiB Magazine.
China’s history shapes the future (08.08.2014)
Norwegian emigrants have long traditions of making it in China. But what is needed to succeed in modern China?
Photography of the Norwegian Constitution of 1814 at Eidsvoll
1814: from autocracy to democracy (28.11.2013)
When the Norwegian Constitution was adopted in 1814 it represented a dramatic break from the absolute monarchy and aristocratic privilege of the past.
Saving Sudan’s history (21.10.2013)
The University of Bergen is making an untapped source of historical material available by digitising the vast TV archives of Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation.