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60 years of Sudan-Bergen cooperation

2023 marks the 60 year anniversary for academic collaboration between Bergen and Sudan. This will be celebrated in a number of events in both Bergen and Sudan during the course of the year. This page presents both cooperation in the past and the new Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation programme.

Greetings from UiB Rector Margareth Hagen to celebrate the new Sudan-Bergen research program

NEW BEGINNINGS: UiB's Rector Margareth Hagen welcomes the new Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation programme.

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Throughout 2023, the University of Khartoum (UofK), the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), and the University of Bergen will celebrate 60 years of academic collaboration between Bergen and Sudan. Other partners in Sudan will also be involved in a major event taking place in Khartoum 16-18 October. There will also be events, exhibitions, and activities in Bergen.

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Sudan has funded the Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) programme. An amount of NOK 40 million is awarded to new academic projects between Bergen and Sudan, to be distributed between now and the end of 2027.

On this page we will gather background articles, interviews, videos, and other Bergen/Sudan material from the university's archives.

SUDAN AT UiB

Celebrating 60 years of cooperation between Bergen and Sudan

On Wednesday, 8 March, the University of Bergen (UiB) organized an anniversary celebration of the academic collaboration between Bergen and Sudan. The celebration was held at the Department of Social Anthropology where the collaboration started 60 years ago.

University of Bergen Professors Randi and Gunnar Håland photographed at their home south of Bergen city centre.

The Alumni Interview: Randi and Gunnar Håland

Professors Randi and Gunnar Håland have added colour and spice to life and research at UiB, and have built relations that have put Bergen on the world map.

Mahmoud Suliman Bashir reading background literature for his Ph.D. thesis at...

Iron Man

Mahmoud Suliman Bashir’s love for the weapons and ornaments of the Iron Age made him one of the stars of the BBC series “Lost Kingdoms of Africa”.

Saving Sudan’s history

The University of Bergen is making an untapped source of historical material available by digitising the vast TV archives of Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation.

New additions to Sudan collection

The University Library adds unique documents to an already significant collection as Professor Rex Seán O'Fahey bequeaths his large private archive.

Vice-rector for international affairs, Anne Christine Johannessen, visits Khartoum in September 2013.

UiB celebrates Sudan collaboration

50 years ago anthropologists in Bergen and Khartoum started a collaboration that lives on today. These pioneers provided the model for future international UiB collaborations.

28.03.2023