News archive for Faculty of Humanities

On track with climate change (05.06.2018)

Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. Scientists from UiB have worked together with communities around Sylhet, in northeast Bangladesh, in search of new ways for understanding and adapting to the climate.

The Legacy of '68 (15.05.2018)

On 10–11 May the Research Group for Radical Philosophy and Literature (LLE) organized a seminar at the Norwegian Institute in Rome on the legacy of 1968 in conjunction with the Research group for Subjectivation and Late Modernity (FoF), with Maurizio Lazzarato, Frida Beckman and Franco Berardi as our invited keynotes.

Falling out of time (03.05.2018)

What are the moral consequences of irregular migrants’ prolonged waiting? In this latest blog-entry, philosopher and professor Odin Lysaker reflects upon the ethical role of time in the case of refugees. The text is based on his contribution to the WAIT research project.

How to live with rapid seasonal change (27.04.2018)

How can we live by the rhythms of the seasons, when these rhythms seem to be changing quickly? Scott Bremer is looking at how rapid seasonal changes are affecting institutions in society and how we can re-learn and adapt to seasonal change in new ways.

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?

New Anniversary Edition of Pioneer Work of Law and Literature (18.04.2018)

James Boyd White's book "The Legal Imagination", a work generally considered as having inaugurated the law and literature movement, is celebrated with an 45th anniversary edition.

Shines new light on human evolution (20.03.2018)

Groundbreaking research puts human evolution in a new perspective as significant archaeological findings reveals sign of modern human behavior 300 000 years ago.

Analysing the Cameroonian Climate Discourse (12.02.2018)

”I wanted to do something relevant that could serve a purpose and reach people outside of the field of linguistics. I do not want to do linguistics just for the sake of it”.

Better HR for researchers with Charter & Code (06.02.2018)

All academic staff at UiB have received or will soon receive a survey in their inbox. The survey is part of the EU certification program Charter & Code, which will set a European standard for researchers' working conditions.

Humanities scholars attract foreign researchers to Bergen (01.02.2018)

Thanks to EU funding, the Digital Culture, Archaeology, Philosophy and Theory of Science researchs groups will welcome new international researchers to their team. These groups at the Faculty of Humanities received five out of seven Marie Curie grants awarded to UiB.

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Anthology about critical textual editions in the digital age (25.01.2018)

A collaboration between French and Norwegian scholars has resulted in an anthology on digital critical editions, edited by Daniel Apollon and two French colleagues.

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€2 million to study the cultural effects of machine vision (19.01.2018)

Jill Walker Rettberg has received ERC funding for aesthetic and cultural research on everyday machine vision. The project will launch in August 2018, and runs for five years.

Alumni of the month: Hope Corbin (19.01.2018)

Meeting a foreign culture can be challenging, but for our alumni of the month Hope Corbin, studying in Norway was a great experience. 'Get involved' and 'listen to others' is Corbin's advice to students. Today she is an Associate Professor at the Western Washington University, but has returned to Bergen as a guest to work with colleagues on the Refugee Resilience Network... Read more

Photograph of Mia Zamora holding an iPad in a library.

Mia Zamora is the 2017/18 Fulbright Scholar in Digital Culture at UiB (18.01.2018)

Zamora is writing a book that incorporates her experiences teaching in Bergen: "I find teaching a very valuable part of my academic practice."

CALL FOR PAPERS – NARRATIVES IN THE CRIMINAL PROCESS (16.01.2018)

New Articles on the Baneheia Murders (16.01.2018)

Frode Helmich Pedersen with two new articles about the murder case

The Norwegian Institute at Athens fund: travel grant (08.01.2018)

The Norwegian Institute of Athens now receive applications for their travel grant. Application deadline February 10.

Places of silence at the edge of comfort (04.01.2018)

Read Kari Anne Drangsland's reflections on how silence and the lack of the ability to provide comfort to her informants is telling of the normative structures that shape irregular migrants' experience of waiting.

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