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Anders Jon Bjørkelo

Professor, History
Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion
  • E-mailBjorkelo@uib.no
  • Phone+47 922 44 625
  • Visitor Address
    Jekteviksbakken 31
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7805
    5020 Bergen
Books
  • Bjørkelo, Anders; Abushouk, Ahmed Ibrahim. 2004. The Principles of of Native Administration in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1898-1956. 280 pages.
  • Bjørgo, Narve; Bjørkelo, Anders; Myking, John Ragnar. 1998. Studiebok. Fjernundervisning verdshistorie. ISBN: 82-90992-08-4.
  • Bjørgo, Narve; Bjørkelo, Anders; Myking, John Ragnar. 1998. Studiebok. Fjernundervisning verdshistorie. ISBN: 82-90992-08-4.
  • Bjørgo, Narve; Bjørkelo, Anders; Myking, John Ragnar. 1998. Studiebok. Fjernundervisning i verdshistorie. ISBN: 82-90992-08-4.
  • Bjørgo, Narve; Bjørkelo, Anders; Myking, John Ragnar. 1998. Studiebok. Fjernundervisning verdshistorie. ISBN: 82-90992-08-4.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders; Mjeldheim, Leiv; Meyer, Jørgen Christian; Petersen, Tore; Supphellen, Steinar; Bjørgo, Narve; Myking, John Ragnar. 1998. Studiebok.Fjernundervisning i verdenshistorie. 86 pages. ISBN: 82-90992-08-4.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders; Abu Shouk, Ahmad Ibrahim. 1995. The Public Treasury of the Muslims. Monthly Budgets of the Mahdist State in the Sudan, 1897. 440 pages. ISBN: 90-04-10358-9.
Journal articles
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 2006. Den sudanesiske tragedien. Bergens Tidende. 1 pages.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 2006. Striden om nasjonal identitet i Sudan: Ein arv frå kolonitida? Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. 4: 56-65.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1999. Noen karakteristiske trekk ved økonomisk virksomhet i Det osmanske riket. Den jyske historiker. 86/87. 121-143.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1998. Bokmelding: James, Wendy / Baumann, Gerd / Johnson, Douglas H. (red.): Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North East Africa 1880-1883. (The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 184, London 1996). Journal of African History. 39: 510-511.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1997. Review of Spaulding and Kapteijns "An Islamic Alliance". Journal of African History. 38: 531-531.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1996. Review of Neil McHugh's "Holymen on the blue Nile". Journal of African History. 37: 132-133.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1996. Review of Holymen of the Blue Nile by Neil McHugh. Journal of African History. 37: 132-133.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1995. Review of Gabriel R.Warbrug's book:Historical Discord in the Nile Valley (London. 1992, Hurst et Co.). Der Islam. 47-50.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1995. Review of Martin Daly's book:On Trek in Kordofan. The Diaries of a Bri tish District Officer in the sudan 1931-1933. Oxford: Oxford Universit y Press,1994. Journal of African History. 36: 155-156.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1994. On Trek in Kordofan. The Diaries of a British District Officer in the Sudan 1931-33. Journal of African History.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1993. Sudan og skrifta på veggen. Bergens Tidende. Published 1993-02-12.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1992. The terretorial unification and administrative divisions of Turkish Sudan, 1821-1855. Sudan Notes and Records. 64(198: 21-39.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1992. Bokmelding av Gabriel R. Warburg, 1992, Historical Dicord in the Nile Valley. Der Islam.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1992. J. Ewald, 1990, Soldiers, traders and slaves: State formation and economic transformation in the Greater Nile Valley, 1700-1885 (Madison). Canadian Journal of African Studies.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1992. A. Shikainga, 1989, The Wetern Bahr- al-Ghazal under British Rule: 1898-1956 (Ohio: Athens). Journal of African History.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1992. S.P. Reyna 1989, Wars Without End. The political economy of a precolonial state. (Hanover and London: The University Press of New England). International Journal of African Historical Studies. 25: 225-227.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1992. Bokmelding av M. Mortimer: Adapting to Drought. Farmers, Famines and Desertification in West Africa. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989). International Journal of African Historical Studies. 25: 225-227.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1992. J. Simensen, 1990. Afrikas Historie - nye perspektiver. 2. utgåve (Oslo: Cappelens forlag). Historie. 2: 82-90.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders; OFahey, Seán. 1992. The writings of the Sudanese Mahdi, (red. Abu Salim, M.I.). Sudanic Africa - A Journal of Historical Sources. 3: 163-164.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders; Shook, Ahmed. 1992. A Sultanic charter from Sinnar. Sudanic Africa - A Journal of Historical Sources. 3: 20-49.
  • OFahey, Rex Seán; Bjørkelo, Anders. 1992. The writings of the Sudanese Mahdi. Sudanic Africa - A Journal of Historical Sources. 3: 163-164.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1990. ZurmateriellenKulturder Bevolkerung des Jos-Plataus. International Journal of African Historical Studies.
Reports and theses
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 2002. Progress Report: Indian Ocean History Programme. Presented to the Norwegian Research Council, August. MANGLER.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1984. From king to Kashif : Shendi in the nineteenth century.
Book sections
  • Taha, Fadwa; Bjørkelo, Anders Jon. 2016. The crisis in higher education in Sudan with special reference to the University of Khartoum, 1956-2014. Chapter 9, pages 203-238. In:
    • Halvorsen, Tor; Nossum, Jorun. 2016. North - South Knowledge Networks. Towards equitable collaboration between academics, donors and universities. African Minds. 312 pages. ISBN: 978-1-928331-30-8.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders Jon. 2015. Ali Dinar. Kapittel, pages 19-20. In:
    • Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett. 2015. Encyclopaedia of Islam, III edition. Brill Academic Publishers. 100 pages. ISBN: 978-90-04-28210-0.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 2009. Sudan as an Ottoman Frontier in the Nineteenth Century. Delkapittel, pages 59-76. In:
    • Hafsaas-Tsakos, Henriette; Tsakos, Alexandros. 2009. Connecting south and north - Sudan Studies from Bergen in Honour of Mahmoud Salih. Universitetet i Bergen. 137 pages. ISBN: 978-82-7453-079-9.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 2009. Merissa, a Sudanese beer: A note on brewing and consumption. Delkapittel, pages 75-88. In:
    • Naguib, Nefissa. 2009. Food and Foodways in the Middle East. 190 pages. ISBN: 82-7453-045-4.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 2008. Sudan. Kapittel, pages 375-386. In:
    • Mehler, Andreas; Melber, Henning; Walraven, Klaas van. 2008. Africa Yearbook 2007. Brill Academic Publishers. 534 pages. ISBN: 9789004168053.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 2007. Sudan. Del IV, kap. 11, pages 363-374. In:
    • Mehler, Andreas; Melber, Henning; Walraven, Klaas van. 2007. Africa Yearbook. No 3. Politics, Economy and Society sputh of the Sahara in 2006. Brill Academic Publishers. 516 pages. ISBN: 978-90-04-16263-1.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 2007. Preface. Forord, pages 1-2. In:
    • Seland, Eivind Heldaas. 2007. The Indian Ocean in the Ancient Period: Definite Places, translocal exchange. Archaeopress. 93 pages. ISBN: 978-1-4073-0009-2.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders; Meyer, Jørgen Christian; Seland, Eivind Heldaas. 2007. Definite places, translocal exchange. Introduksjon, pages 3-7. In:
    • Seland, Eivind Heldaas. 2007. The Indian Ocean in the Ancient Period: Definite Places, translocal exchange. Archaeopress. 93 pages. ISBN: 978-1-4073-0009-2.
  • Seland, Eivind Heldaas; Bjørkelo, Anders; Meyer, Jørgen Christian. 2007. Definite places, translocal exchange - an introduction. Introduksjon, pages 3-8. In:
    • Seland, Eivind Heldaas. 2007. The Indian Ocean in the Ancient Period: Definite Places, translocal exchange. Archaeopress. 93 pages. ISBN: 978-1-4073-0009-2.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 2005. Landsale Contracts as Historical Sources: Methodology and Analysis. x, pages 213-224. In:
    • Crummey, Donald. 2005. Land, Literacy and the State in Sudanic Africa. The Red Sea Press Inc.. 282 pages. ISBN: 156902183X.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1998. Moderne tid: 1750-1900. 71-76. In:
    • Bjørgo, Narve; Bjørkelo, Anders; Myking, John Ragnar. 1998. Studiebok. Fjernundervisning verdshistorie. ISBN: 82-90992-08-4.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1997. "Credit, loans and obligations in the Nineteenth century Sudan". 167-184. In:
    • Ersland, Geir Atle; Hovland, Edgar; Dyrvik, Ståle. 1997. Festskrift til Historisk institutts 40-års jubileum. ISBN: 82-90992-07-6.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1995. Shandi. 1. In:
    • Bosworth, van Donzel; Heinrichs, P. 1995. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2. utg. ISBN: 90-04-09419-9.
  • Bjørkelo, Anders. 1993. Some recent efforts to photograph, analyse and publish private papers from the period 1750-1900 in the Northern Sudan. In:
    • [Mangler etternavn], [Mangler fornavn]. 1993. Proceedings from the Seventh International Conference of the Society for Nubian Studies in Geneva.

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Fields of competence 
Sudan
Middle East
Jordan