Responsibilities
- Teaching/Courses:
- Norwegian and European history before 1800
- Political culture 1700-2000: France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy
- Patriotism, ideas about freedom and national indepdendence in Norway 1750-1814
Competences
French history, in particular the 18th century and the French Revolution
Democratization and the public sphere in Norway and the Nordic countries in teh 18th and 19th centuries.
Political culture, Western Europe and the Nordic countries.
History of psychiatry, Norway after 1975
CV
Education:
1990–91 Period of study in Paris at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Supervision by Director of research François Furet.
1991 Cand.philol. at the Universitey of Oslo: MA in history, with French and Poltical science as auxiliary subjects.
1992 Pedagogical training PPU/SLS, UiO
1997–1998 Research period in Aix-en-Provence. Cooperation with professor Michel Vovelle.
2004 Dr.art.-degree at the University of Oslo. Title of dissertation: Flyktige evigheter. Lojalitetsbånd og sivilisering i Aix-en-Provence og den franske revolusjons verden, 1775–1815 (Fleeting Eternities. Bonds of Loyalty and the Process of Civilization in Aix-en-Provence and the World of the French Revolution, 1775-1815).
Courses:
2918–2019 Course in supervising PhD-candidates, USN.
Professional experience:
1994–1995 Associate professor (temporay position) Dept. of History, UiO.
1996–2001 PhD-student, UiO
2002–2004 Various temporary teaching and research posts, UiO and the University College of Vestfold.
2004–2005 Lecturer in French civilization, ILOS, UiO
2005–2006 Part-time teacher, IAKH (Dept. of History etc.), UiO.
October 2005 – March 2006, researcher at the Norwegian Insitute of Defence Studies (IFS) (50% employment).
From June 2006 Postdoctoral student, IAKH, UiO
From January 2009 Assoicate professor University College of Telemark, Bø (later USN).
From January 2021 Professor of history, USN.
Positions of trust:
1982–84 og 1987–1991 Course teacher in Acem, meditations school and culutral organization.
2001–2003: Member of the board of the Norwegian section of the Society of
18th Century studies
2008–2015: Member of the editorial committee of Revue d’histoire nordique, Toulouse. From 2011 as one out of four scientific directors.
2009–2010: Member of the organizing committe of the Norwegian National History Conference in Bø, 2010.
From 2015: Leader of the Research group "Political culture", USN.
2018–2019: Member of the organizing committe of the Norwegian National History Conference in Vestfold, 2019