Climate change, security, pursuit of natural resources and geopolitical tensions are currently drawing global attention to the circumpolar north. The geographical Arctic has a unique social, economic and environmental history which is key to understanding current events.
The multidisciplinary research group for circumpolar history has expertise in historical trends of arctic regions from antiquity to modern times. Its research covers a wide array of themes and scientific disciplines ranging from law, media and democracy, arts and humanities (including a wide variety of literary and cultural aspects that range from medieval legislation and trade to twentieth-century perceptions of the Sámi), peace and security, environment and natural resources to urban development. It builds on the Forum Research Seminar for History at Nord University, which has had steady activity for several decades. The group has extensive collaborations with universities and research institutes in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Members of the group come from regional naval and aeronautical museums.
Plans:
- Forumforskningsseminar for historie ved Nord universitet
- Hybridverksteder hver tredje onsdag kl 1315-1500 rom SA409, Samfunnet, Bodø + online
- Forskningsdager i Bodø 21/9 – 2/10 2022
- Nasjonale og internasjonale forskningssøknader
- Akademiske publikasjoner
Members:
Research leaders:
Beñat Elortza Larrea and Miriam Tveit, Associate professors in history
Researchers:
Edda Frankot
Beñat Elortza Larrea
Wilhelm Karlsen
Malte Griesse
Per Bjarne Ravnå
Miriam Tveit
Kjetil Jakobsen
Frank Jacob
Steinar Aas
Alan Hutchinson
Ole Johan Andersen
Erika Søfting, subject manager, Norwegian Jekt trade museum
Karl Kleve, conservator, Norwegian Aviation Museum
Marte Stavrum Fagertun
PhD in sociology
Jowan Abbas Mohammad
PhD in sociology
Arild Vaag Prestøy
PhD in sociology
Therese Thuv
PhD in sociology
Projects:
- Words and Violence: Literary intellectuals between democracy and dictatorship 1933-1952 funded by the Norwegian Research Council
- Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education
- Truth and Reconciliation in the Nordic Countries
- Russia's Military Activity Off the Norwegian Coast
- Legislation and Governance. Women Children and the Poor in Norwegian Medieval Law