Knut Sigurdson Vikør
Professor, historie
- E-postKnut.Vikor@uib.no
- Telefon+47 55 58 27 11+47 911 72 906
- BesøksadresseAHKRØysteins gt. 15000 BergenRom511
- PostadressePostboks 78055020 Bergen
- Shari'a
- Sufisme
- Saharas historie
- Islam i Afrika
Vikør arbeider med islamsk historie, særlig Nord- og Vestafrika 1700- og 1800-talet. Særlige fokus er på islamsk lov og på sufi-brorskap, begge sett i samfunnsmessig sammenheng.
Oversikt over Midtaustens historie (vårsemester)
Islam og politikk (haustsem.)
Fordjupning i Midtaustens historie
Vitenskapelig artikkel
- 2020. Ibadism and Law in Historical Contexts. Oñati Socio-legal Series. 960-984.
- 2018. Er Libya eit land? Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. 162-172.
- 2004. The truth about cats and dogs: The historicity of early Islamic law. Historisk Tidsskrift (Norge). 1-17.
- 1997. A Zanzibari Waqf of Books: the library of the Mundhiri family. Sudanic Africa - A Journal of Historical Sources. 1-21.
- 1996. Shi'ismen - historias lim. TFMS : Tidskrift för Mellanösternstudier. 79-93.
- 1996. A Zanzibari waqf of books: the library of the Mundhiri family. Sudanic Africa - A Journal of Historical Sources. 5-24.
- 1992. The Sanusi Letters: a checklist. Sudanic Africa - A Journal of Historical Sources. 149-162.
- 1991. The Man Who Believed in the Mahdi. Sudanic Africa - A Journal of Historical Sources. 29-52.
- 1990. Modernitet og tradisjon i islam. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. 481-97.
- 1987. Ibn Idris and al-Sanusi - The Teacher and his Student. Islam et sociétés au Sud du Sahara. 70-82.
- 1987. Al-Sanusi and Qadhafi - Continuity of Thought? Maghreb Review. 25-28.
Populærvitenskapelig foredrag
- 2018. Panelsamtale: Kva er det med Saudi Arabia?
- 2008. Islamsk lov i moderne stater i Midtøsten.
- 2007. The genesis of the Palestine problem and the creation of the State of Israel.
- 2007. Politisk islamisme.
- 2007. Milits, velferdsorganisasjon og parti: Historia til Hizballah.
- 2006. Kurdistans historie.
- 2006. Kulturkonflikt i middelalderen: Kva samfunn var det korstoga møtte i Midtausten?
- 2006. Jihad og velferd: Hamas og Hizballah.
- 2006. Folkereligiøsitet i Islam. Kva trur og tenker vanlige sunnier, shiaer og sufier?
- 2006. Eventyret om eventyra: 1001 natts historie.
- 2006. Clash of civilizations? Islam i vesten og den nye terrortrusselen.
- 1998. Politcal language, action and religion.
- 1998. Islamsk lov: Historia om slavinnas son.
- 1997. Jihad, ilm and tasawwuf�two justifications of action from the Idrisi tradition.
- 1997. Islamsk lov i eit ikkje-islamsk samfunn: kva er det?
- 1996. Sufism and revolt. Tijanis, Sanusis and Safavids.
- 1995. The development of ijtihad and Islamic reform, 1750-1850.
- 1995. The New Sufi Brotherhoods of the 19th Century.
- 1995. An attack on the freedom of interpretation: Hasan al-'Attar's Risala fi 'l-ijtihad.
- 1993. Muhammad b. Ali al-Sanusi- A Fasi graduate in the Central Sahara.
- 1992. Jihads in West Africa: A global theme in a regional setting.
- 1991. The Sanusiya, the Beduin and Sufi identity.
- 1990. Muhammad b. Ali al-Sanusi and three opponents of ijtihad.
Vitenskapelig foredrag
- 2018. Ibrāhīm Bayyūḍ and the Ibāḍī Nahḍa.
- 2018. Ibadism in Law and Historical Contexts.
- 2010. Issues of ijtihad in contemporary usul studies.
- 2008. Forskning på islam i Norge, i internasjonalt perspektiv.
- 2008. An Islamic enlightenment in the 19th century? Sufism, law and a German debate.
- 2007. Neo-Sufism or anti-madhhabism: How to describe the views of Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Sanusi.
- 2007. Liberal or conservative? Two Syrian views on “the woman between Shari'a and society".
- 1999. Sufism and social welfare in the Sahara.
- 1999. Sufi reform or takfir: Ahmad b. Idris and the Wahhabi debate.
- 1999. Mystikk og politikk: Sufismen som revolusjonært potensiale.
- 1999. Mellom Gud og stat: Shari'a frå dogme til lov.
- 1999. "The only madhhab is the Qur'an and Sunna": A nineteenth-century attack on legal method.
- 1998. The Shari'a and the nation state: who can codify the divine law?
- 1998. Muhammadan piety and Islamic enlightenment: Survey of a historiographical debate.
- 1991. A Sanusi treatise on jihad.
Anmeldelse
- 2019. Review of: Ismail Warscheid, Droit musulman et société au Sahara prémoderne. La justice islamique dans les oasis du Grand Touat (Algérie) aux XVIIe – XIXe siècles. Leiden, Brill 2017. Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines. 1180-1184.
- 2019. Review of: Ayman S. Ibrahim, The Stated Motivations for the Early Islamic Expansion (622-641). A Critical Revision of Muslims’ Traditional Portrayal of the Arab Raids and Conquests. New York: Peter Lang, 2018. Social Sciences and Missions. 431-433.
- 2018. Review of: Ousmane Oumar Kane, Beyond Timbuktu. An intellectual history of Muslim West Africa, Cambridge MA, 2016. Islamic Africa. 127-129.
- 2018. Melding av: Bendik Sørvig, Syria: Den tapte revolusjonen. Oslo 2017. Klassekampen. 8-8.
- 2017. Review of: David S. Powers, Zayd. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 2014. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 850-852.
- 2017. Review of: Charles C. Stewart, Arabic Literature of Africa. 5: The Writings of Mauritania and the Western Sahara. Leiden, Brill 2016. Islamic Africa. 232-236.
- 2017. Melding av: Cecilie Hellestveit, Syria: En stor krig i en liten verden. Oslo: Pax 2017. Dag og Tid. 28-29.
- 2016. Review of: Christian Müller, Der Kadi und seine Zeugen: Studie der mamlukischen Ḥaram-Dokumente aus Jerusalem. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2013. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 643-644.
- 2016. Melding av: Øystein Sørensen, Bernt Hagtvet, Nik. Brandal (red.), Islamisme. Ideologi og Trussel. Oslo: Dreyer 2016. Dag og Tid. 26-26.
- 2015. Melding av: Oddbjørn Leirvik, Islam og kristendom: Konflikt og dialog (Oslo 2014). Kirke og kultur. 198-201.
- 2014. Melding av Hilde Henriksen Waage, "Konflikt og stormaktspolitikk i Midtøsten", Oslo 2013. Historisk Tidsskrift (Norge). 364-367.
- 2013. Sufism: A Global History. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 318-319.
- 2013. Review of: Nigel Green, Sufism: A Global History, Chichester 2012. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 318-319.
- 2013. Review of: Jan Michiel Otto (ed.), Sharia Incorporated: A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present. Leiden 2010. Islamic Law and Society. 330-332.
- 2012. Review of: Shamil Jeppie, Ebrahim Moosa and Richard Roberts (eds.), Muslim Family Law in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial Legacies and Post-colonial Challenges. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press 2010. Islamic Law and Society. 324-326.
- 2011. The challenge of political Islam: non-Muslims and the Egyptian state. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. 370-U152.
- 2011. The Islamic judge of Iraq and the Abbasid state (132/750-334/945). Journal of the American Oriental Society. 176-178.
- 2011. Review of: Mathieu Tillier, Les cadis d’Iraq et l’état abbasside (132/750–334/945). Damas 2009. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 176-179.
- 2011. Review of Rachel M. Scott, The Challenge of Political Islam: Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State. Stanford 2010. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. 370-371.
- 2009. The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade. International Journal of Middle East Studies. 341-342.
- 2009. Rebel between Spirit and Law: Ahmad Zarruq, Sainthood and Authority in Islam, av Scott Kugle. Islamic Law and Society. 234-236.
- 2009. L’aventure ibāḍite dans le Sud tunisien (VIIIe–XIIIe siècle). Effervescence d'une région méconnue, av Virginie Prevost. Acta Orientalia. 223-226.
- 2008. A history of modern Libya. International Journal of Middle East Studies. 334-335.
- 2007. Melding av: Alessandra Vianello & Mohamed M. Kassim, eds., Servants of the Sharia: The Civil Register of the Qadis' Court of Brava 1893-1900. Leiden: Brill 2006. African Studies Review. 207-208.
- 2006. Melding av David Robinson, Muslim Societies in African History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2004. Al-Masāq. 72-74.
- 2002. Melding av Youssef M. Choueiri, Arab Nationalism: A history. Oxford 2000. Political Studies. 440-441.
Vitenskapelig antologi/Konferanseserie
- 2004. Sudanic Africa (13, 2002): Fontes Historiae Africanae Bulletin of Information, Selected articles 1979-1987. Sudanic Africa.
Vitenskapelig monografi
- 2000. The Exoteric Ahmad Ibn Idris. A Sufi's Critique of the Madhahib and the Wahhabis: Four Arabic texts with translation and commentary.
- 1999. The Oasis of Salt. The History of Kawar, a Saharan Centre of Salt Production.
Fagbok
- 2012. The Maghreb Since 1800. A Short History. Hurst Publishers.
- 2007. Maghreb: Nordafrika etter 1800. Det Norske Samlaget.
- 2005. Between God and the Sultan: A History of Islamic Law. Hurst Publishers.
- 1998. Til debatt. Innlegg ved norske historiedagar 1996. [Mangler utgivernavn].
- 1998. Til debatt. Innlegg ved norske historiedagar 1996. [Mangler utgivernavn].
- 1997. Ethnic encounter and culture change: Papers from the Third Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies, Joensuu, 1995. Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Bergen.
- 1996. The Idri state in Asir 1906-1934. Politics, religion and personal prestige as statebuilding factors in early twentieth-century Arabia. Centre for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, University of Be rgen.
- 1996. Sources for Sanusi Studies. [Mangler utgivernavn].
- 1995. Sufi and Scholar on the Desert Edge. Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Sanusi and his brotherhood. Chr. Hurst.
- 1993. Ei verd bygd på islam. Oversikt over Midtaustens historie. Det Norske Samlaget.
Populærvitenskapelig artikkel
- 2019. Libya: Frå Qadhafi til Khalifa Haftar. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. 52-56.
- 2019. Kronosentrisme. REPLIKK – Tidsskrift for samfunnsvitskap og humaniora. 47-47.
- 2016. Landprofil 2014-2015: Libya. Fellesrådet for Afrika. 1 sider.
- 2015. Boko Harams brutale historie. Bergens Tidende. 16-17.
- 2014. Fredelig val i Tunisia. Forsvarets forum. 52-52.
- 2013. Kvar går Syria. Forsvarets forum. 54-54.
- 2011. Hjartet i den arabiske verda. Levende Historie. 15-23.
- 2007. 'Den rette praksisen'–Sunnismen i islam. Religion og livssyn : Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge. 4-9.
- 2006. Fortolking i islamsk lov. Atrium, Studentmagasinet for HF-fakultetet, UIB. 42-43.
- 2006. Europeisk lov og islamsk lov. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. 36-43.
- 1998. Algerie: kvifor valden? Syn og Segn. 172-179.
- 1995. Islamsk lov og reform i Afrika. 3. verden magasinet X. 24-25.
Kronikk
- 2016. Saudisk maktspråk. Stavanger Aftenblad. 1 sider.
- 2016. Maktkampen mellom sunni- og sjia. VG : Verdens gang. 1 sider.
- 2016. Alle mot alle. Bergens Tidende. 1 sider.
- 2015. “Islam og kristendom mykje det samme”. Stavanger Aftenblad. 42-42.
- 2015. Ikkje akkurat ein stat. Bergens Tidende. 45-45.
- 2014. Kan ikkje stoppast med bomber. Bergens Tidende. 55-55.
- 2013. Lov og rett i Dubai. Bergens Tidende. 1 sider.
- 2011. Libya: eit splitta land. Dagbladet. 72-73.
- 2011. Libya etter Gaddafi. Bergens Tidende. 34-34.
- 2011. Dei kristne i Midtausten. Bergens Tidende. 23-23.
- 2006. Kva skal reformeras? Klassekampen. 14-15.
- 2006. Eit pragmatisk parti. Klassekampen. 3-3.
- 2005. Når blir islamisme til jihad? Klassekampen. 3-3.
- 2004. Korleis "modernisera" islam? Ny tid. 18-19.
- 1999. Review of Eva Evers Rosander and David Westerlund (eds.), African Islam and Islam in Africa: Encounters between Sufis and Islamists, London 1997. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 329-330.
- 1999. Er fatwaer farlige? Bergens Tidende. 30.
- 1999. Algerie: veg ut av tunnelen? Bergens Tidende. 28.
- 1998. Review of Samuel Decalo, "Historical Dictionary of Chad" (3rd edn), Lanham, MD 1997. International Journal of African Historical Studies. 486.
- 1998. Melding av: Jean-Louis Triaud, "La Légende noire de la Sanûsiyya. Une Confrérie musulmane Saharienne sous le regard français (1840-1930)", Paris 19. International Journal of African Historical Studies. 424-428.
- 1998. Melding av: Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, "Defining Islam for the Egyptian State: Muftis and fatwas of the Dar al-Ifta". Leiden 1997. Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier. 155-158.
- 1997. The 'Islamophile' Italians before Libya. Saharan Studies Association Newsletter. 6-7.
- 1997. Melding av: Sidi Amar Ould Ely / Julian Johansen, "Handlist of manuscripts in the Centre de Documentation et de Recheches Historiques Ahmed Baba, Timbuktu", i. London, 1995. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 143-144.
- 1997. Melding av: Astrid Meier, "Hunger und Herrschaft. Vorkoloniale und frühe kolonale Hungerkrisen im Nordtschad", Stuttgart 1995. International Journal of African Historical Studies. 368-370.
- 1996. Melding av: Muhammad Khalid Masud, "Shatibi's Philosophy of Islamic Law", Islamabad 1995. Periodica Islamica. 41-42.
- 1996. Melding av Lars Erslev Andersen (ed.), Middle East Studies in Denmark,. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 135-136.
- 1994. Melding av: Robert B. Charlick, Niger: Personal Rule and Survival in the Sahel. International Journal of African Historical Studies. 446-447.
- 1994. Melding av Albert Hourani, De arabiske folks historie. Klassekampen. 1.
Doktorgradsavhandling
- 2017. Kemalism and the Soviet Union. Ideological Transformations in Turkey and Problems of Interpretation, 1920-1970s.
- 1992. Sufi and Scholar on the Desert Edge. Muhammad b. Ali al-Sanusi (1787-1859).
Intervju
- 2015. Jødehatets religiøse røtter.
- 2011. Stoda i Libya.
- 2011. Stoda i Libya.
- 2007. –Totalt feilslått analyse.
- 2007. Ein kaotisk stat.
- 2006. Om shi’a og sunni i Irak.
- 2006. Om profetbilda.
- 2006. Om avrettinga av Saddam.
- 2006. Om Israels tilbaketrekking.
- 2006. Om 11. september.
- 2006. Kan ikke knekke Hamas.
- 2006. Frykter hardere klima for muslimer.
- 2005. Om valga i Irak.
- 2005. Om korsfarartida.
- 2005. Om folkerøystinga i Algerie.
- 2005. Intet nytt fra Østfronten.
- 2004. Om muslimar i Europa.
- 2004. Om Sharia.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
- 2020. Sufi Sultanates and Imamates. 10 sider.
- 2019. The Islamic Tradition: A History. 16 sider.
- 2019. Islamisme i Libyas opprør. 22 sider.
- 2019. Islamic Law: The Sources. 12 sider.
- 2018. Tripoli: Hovudstad for landet som braut sammen. 22 sider.
- 2018. Trade and Religion in the Central Sahara: The Ibāḍīs and Kawar. 11 sider.
- 2017. What's in a name? The third branch of Islam and its naming. 24 sider.
- 2017. Muslim Subjects and the Rights of God. 23 sider.
- 2016. Libya: The Failures of Success. 34 sider.
- 2016. Islamic Law in the Modern World: States, Laws and Constitutions. 18 sider.
- 2015. Sufism and colonialism. 21 sider.
- 2015. Inscrutable Divinity or Social Welfare? The Basis of Islamic Law. 18 sider.
- 2014. The Origins of the Sharia. 13 sider.
- 2014. Shari'a. 15 sider.
- 2014. Religious Revolts in Colonial North Africa. 17 sider.
- 2010. Sudan, Somalia and the Maghreb to the end of the First World War. 27 sider.
- 2006. The shaykh as mujtahid: A Sufi conception of ijtihād? (El šayḫ en el papel de muǧtahid: ¿una concepción sufí del iǧtihād?). 28 sider.
- 2004. Sufism and foreign rule in Africa: politics and piety. 20 sider.
- 2004. Ahmad b. Idris. 2 sider.
- 1999. Jihad i Vestafrika: et globalt tema i en regional tilstand. 22 sider.
- 1998. Politisk islam - fundament eller utvekst? 14 sider.
- 1997. Sahara Desert. 4 sider.
- 1996. Muhammad b. Ali al-Sanusi A Fasi graduate in the Central Sahara. 11 sider.
- 1995. Umar al-Mukthar. 2 sider.
- 1995. Sanusiyah. 2 sider.
- 1994. The Sanusiyya Tradition. 12 sider.
- 1993. Mystics in the Desert: The Sanusiya and the Sahara. 13 sider.
Leksikonartikkel
- 2020. Māʾ al-ʿAynayn. 97-99. I:
- 2020. The Encyclopedia of Islam: Three [2020].
- 2020. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm Sammān. 131-132. I:
- 2020. The Encyclopedia of Islam: Three [2020].
- 2020. Muḥammad al-Mukhtār al-Shinqīṭī. 129-130. I:
- 2020. The Encyclopedia of Islam: Three [2020].
- 2020. Majdhūb, Muḥammad. 137-138. I:
- 2020. The Encyclopedia of Islam: Three [2020].
- 2020. Maghreb from 1830. 84-88. I:
- 2020. The Encyclopedia of Islam: Three [2020].
- 2020. Idrīsiyya. 60-61. I:
- 2020. The Encyclopedia of Islam: Three [2020].
- 2020. Ibrāhīm al-Rashīd. 58-60. I:
- 2020. The Encyclopedia of Islam: Three [2020].
- 2019. Al-Fāshir. 32-33. I:
- 2019. The Encyclopedia of Islam: Three.
- 2018. Kawār. 147-148. I:
- 2018. The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three 2018. 2018-2.
- 2018. Askiyā Muḥammad. 6-8. I:
- 2018. The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three 2018. 2018-2.
- 2017. Bourguiba, Habib, Gaddafi, Colonel Muammar al-, Libya, Sanusiyah, Tunisia. 5 sider. I:
- 2017. The Cambridge Dictionary of Modern World History.
- 2016. Morocco. 740-745. I:
- 2016. Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2nd edn.
- 2015. Darb al-Araba'in. 1 sider. I:
- 2015. Encyclopedia of Islam - Three, vol 2015. 4.
- 2015. Bornu. 65-68. I:
- 2015. Encyclopedia of Islam - Three, vol 2015. 4.
- 2013. Dandarawiyya. 100-101. I:
- 2013. Encyclopedia of Islam III, vol IV.
- 2013. Bilma. 72-73. I:
- 2013. Encyclopedia of Islam III, vol IV.
- 2011. Chad. 113-117. I:
- 2011. Encyclopedia of Islam, Three, vol II.
- 2011. Bagirmi. 62-63. I:
- 2011. Encyclopedia of Islam, Three, vol II.
- 2010. Ahmadiyya-Idrisiyya. 42-45. I:
- 2010. Encyclopaedia of Islam - Three.
- 2009. Den arabiske våren. 3 sider. I:
- 2009. allkunne.no.
- 2008. Sanusi, Muhammad ibn Ali al-. 4:367-367. I:
- 2008. New Encyclopedia of Africa.
- 2008. Islam: Sufi orders. 3:59-62. I:
- 2008. New Encyclopedia of Africa.
- 2007. Jihad. 120-121. I:
- 2007. Statsvitenskapelig leksikon.
- 2007. Fatwa. 63-63. I:
- 2007. Statsvitenskapelig leksikon.
- 2006. Sudan. 3 sider. I:
- 2006. Medieval Islamic Civilization. An Encyclopedia.
- 2005. Kalifatet. 261-261. I:
- 2005. Aschehoug og Gyldendals store norske leksikon, 4. utg.
Se fullstendig oversikt over publikasjoner i CRIStin.
Sufi and Scholar on the Desert Edge. Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Sanusi and his Brotherhood. London og Evanston 1995
The Oasis of Salt. The History of Kawar, a Saharan Centre of Salt Production. Bergen/London 1999Ei verd bygd på islam. Oversikt over Midtaustens historie. 2. utg. Oslo 2004
Mellom gud og stat. Ei historie om islamsk lov og rettsvesen. Oslo 2003.
Islam: ei faktabok. 2. utg. Oslo 2006.
Maghreb - Nordafrika etter 1800. Oslo 2007
“Sufi Brotherhoods in Africa”, i N. Levtzion and R. Pouwels (red.), The History of Islam in Africa, Athens, OH 2000, 441-76.
“The Origins of the Shari'a” i P. Bearman og R. Peters (red.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Islamic Law, London 2014, 13-25.
“Religious Revolts in Colonial North Africa” i David Motadel (ed.), Islam and Empire, Oxford 2014, 170-86.
“Inscrutable Divinity or Social Welfare? The Basis of Islamic Law”, in Guttorm Fløistad (ed.), The Philosophy of Justice, Dordrecht 2014, 139-56.
“Sufism and Colonialism” in Lloyd Ridgeon (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Sufism, Cambridge 2015, 212-32.
”Morocco”, in Richard C. Martin (ed.), Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2nd edn. New York 2016, ii, 740-45.
“Libya: The Failures of Success”, in Sverre Lodgaard (ed.), External Powers and the Arab Spring, Oslo 2016, 97-130.
“Islamic Law in the Modern World: States, Laws and Constitutions”, in Léon Buskens and Annemarie van Sandwijk (eds.), Islamic Studies in the Twenty-First Century. Transformations and Continuities, Amsterdam 205-22.
- The conception of ijtihad (legal formulation) in debates over method in the 18th and 19th centuries
- ”The Shari’a in the modern world: Faith, norms and state power”.
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