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Universitetsforlaget
Universitetsforlaget AS (English: "The University Press"), also known in English as Scandinavian University Press, is a Norwegian academic publishing company, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals mainly oriented to Scandinavia. Universitetsforlaget is the largest academic press in Scandinavia, and is a wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Aschehoug, founded in 1872. Universitetsforlaget was originally the name of an independent publishing company founded by Tønnes Andenæs in 1950, that later merged with other publishing companies to become a subsidiary of Aschehoug in 2000. History The publishing house in its current form was established in 2000, and has two different origins: One is Universitetsforlaget, founded by Tønnes Andenæs in 1950. The second origin is the publishing house Tanum-Norli, which is itself the result of the merger of two publishing companies founded in 1890 and 1933, respectively. In 1982 Aschehoug acquired Tanum-Norli, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trude Haugli
Trude Haugli (born 1958) is a Norwegian jurist, Professor of Law and former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tromsø. She is known as a principal founder of the research field of children's law in Norway, and has served as chair of the national Equality and Discrimination Tribunal and the government-appointed Royal Commission on Child Welfare Services. Career Trude Haugli is the daughter of the noted lawyer and police executive Willy Haugli. She earned her cand.jur. degree at the University of Oslo in 1983. She became a research fellow in law at the University of Tromsø in 1992 and earned her dr.jur. degree at that university in 1998. Her research has focused on children's rights, and contributed significantly to the establishment of children's law as a research field in Norway. She became an associate professor of law at the University of Tromsø in 1998 and was promoted to full professor in 2002. She served as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margunn Bjørnholt
Margunn Bjørnholt (born 9 October 1958 in Bø, Telemark) is a Norwegian sociologist and economist. She is a research professor at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) and a professor of sociology at the University of Bergen. Her research focuses on gender-based violence, migrants and refugees, gender equality, men and masculinities, policy studies, and several other topics. Her most recent research explores questions of gender, violence and power, including sexual and gender-based violence against women migrants and refugees and violence in indigenous Sámi communities. Her earlier research focused on ethical banking, money, monetary systems, management and organisational change in the public sector. She has also worked as a consultant, a civil servant, served as an expert to the European Commission and been president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. Background and career She studied economics, regional planning, politics a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aschehoug
H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), commonly known as Aschehoug,() is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway, founded in 1872. Headquartered in Oslo, the publishing house has 480 employees. The Aschehoug group also comprises other publishing houses owned partially or wholly by Aschehoug. Aschehoug can be directly translated to "ash hill." History Aschehoug was founded as a bookstore in 1872 on Egertorvet in Oslo by cousins, Hieronymus and Halvard Aschehoug. From the start the firm was involved in publishing in a modest way, its output consisting mainly of school books. In 1888, the company was taken over by William Martin Nygaard and Thorstein Lambrechts (1856-1933), who kept the name while expanding its operations. In 1900 William Nygaard withdrew from the bookselling side of the business and established a publishing company, which was given the name H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard). In 1935, following the death of William Nygaard, the publishing house tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aschehoug Oslo
H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), commonly known as Aschehoug,() is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway, founded in 1872. Headquartered in Oslo, the publishing house has 480 employees. The Aschehoug group also comprises other publishing houses owned partially or wholly by Aschehoug. Aschehoug can be directly translated to "ash hill." History Aschehoug was founded as a bookstore in 1872 on Egertorvet in Oslo by cousins, Hieronymus and Halvard Aschehoug. From the start the firm was involved in publishing in a modest way, its output consisting mainly of school books. In 1888, the company was taken over by William Martin Nygaard and Thorstein Lambrechts (1856-1933), who kept the name while expanding its operations. In 1900 William Nygaard withdrew from the bookselling side of the business and established a publishing company, which was given the name H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard). In 1935, following the death of William Nygaard, the publishing house turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tord Larsen
Tord Larsen (born 26 January 1945) is a Norwegian social anthropologist. He is professor emeritus of social anthropology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Career and work Larsen earned a B.A. at Dartmouth College in the United States in 1967 and a mag.art. (PhD) at the University of Oslo in 1977, with the dissertation ''Negotiating identity: ethnic incorporation among the Nova Scotia Micmacs''. He worked at the University of Oslo 1977–1983 and the University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ... 1983–1990, and became an associate professor at NTNU in 1991, where he later became a full professor. He is known for his work on the historical and critical aspects of social anthropology. In 2005 he received the Article of the Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Haarberg
Jon Marius Sæland Haarberg (born 1953) is a Norwegian literary scholar, and professor of literature at the University of Oslo. Career and work Haarberg was an editor and later editor-in-chief of the publisher Universitetsforlaget from 1984 to 1992, when he became a research fellow at the University of Oslo. He later became an associate professor and was promoted to full professor of literature in 2003. His books include ''Vinje på vrangen'' (1985), ''Parody and the Praise of Folly'' (1997), ''Verdenslitteratur: Den vestlige tradisjonen'' (2007) and ''Nei, vi elsker ikke lenger: Litteraturen og nasjonen'' (2017). As a literary researcher, Haarberg has worked in the borderland between philology and literary studies. He is also known for the historical-critical edition of Petter Dass' ''Katekismesanger'' (Catechism Songs). Honours He was elected as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Ak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Simonhjell
Nora Simonhjell (born 26 July 1970) is a Norwegian literary scholar, author and poet. She is a full professor of Norwegian literature at the University of Agder. Career She earned her cand.philol. degree in literature at the University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ... in 1996 and her PhD at the University of Agder in 2010. She was a research fellow at the University of Agder from 2005 to 2008, and then an associate professor at the Scandinavian Studies department at Aarhus University. She is now a full professor of Norwegian literature at the University of Agder. She has published two collections of poetry. Her first poetry collection, titled ''Slaktarmøte'', was published by Tiden Norsk Forlag in 1999. In 2001 her second poetry collection, titled '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the sea co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siemke Böhnisch
Siemke Böhnisch (born 1964) is a German theatre and media scholar. She is a professor of theatre studies at the University of Agder in Norway. Career She earned a PhD in dramaturgy at Aarhus University in 2010 with the dissertation ''Feedbacksløyfer i teater for svært unge tilskuere''. She is a full professor of theatre studies at the University of Agder The University of Agder ( no, Universitetet i Agder), formerly known as Agder College and Agder University College, is a public university with campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad, Norway. The institution was established as a university co ..., and heads the research group on art and conflict. Her research focuses e.g. on how theatre, literature and other art forms approach different kinds of conflict. She is currently researching how the Second World War is depicted in film and television. She received the Article of the Year – Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize in 2014, for the article "Å gi B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Nordli Hansen
Marianne Nordli Hansen (born 1957) is a Norwegian sociologist. She is a professor of sociology at the University of Oslo. Career and work She earned the Mag.Art. degree in sociology at the University of Oslo in 1984 and was a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Social Research The Norwegian Institute for Social Research ( no, Institutt for samfunnsforskning, ISF) is a private social science research institute based in Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 1950 by Vilhelm Aubert, Arne Næss, Eirik Rinde, and Stein Rokkan ... until 1996, when she became an associate professor of sociology at the University of Oslo. She was promoted to full professor in 1999. She is known for her research on social stratification, education, social class, economic inequalities, and elites. She received the Article of the Year – Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize in 2011. References Norwegian sociologists Norwegian women sociologists Academic staff of the Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audun Dybdahl
Audun Dybdahl (born 10 September 1944, died 22 June 2021) was a Norwegian historian of the Middle Ages. He was professor of history at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Career and work Audun Dybdahl studied at the universities of Oslo and Trondheim, and earned his cand.philol. degree in 1968 and his dr.philos. degree in 1980 with a dissertation on mediaeval estate owners in Trøndelag. He was a specialist on Norwegian mediaeval history, and his major works included ''Fosens historie'', ''Trøndelags historie'' and ''Klima, uår og kriser i Norge gjennom de siste 1000 år'', a monograph on changing climate and crises over the past millennium. Honours He was elected as a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters ( da, Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, DKNVS) is a Norwegian learned society based in Trondheim. It was founded in 1760 and is Norway's oldest scientific and schola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrik Storstein Spilker
Hendrik Storstein Spilker (born 1965) is a Norwegian sociologist and media studies scholar. He is a professor of media and technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Career He earned his cand.polit. degree at NTNU in 1998 and his doctoral degree in sociology at the same institution in 2005, with a dissertation on the development of commercial Internet services in Norway from 1997. He was a postdoctoral researcher at NTNU from 2005 to 2007, when he became a tenured associate professor of sociology at NTNU. He was later promoted to full professor of media and technology. He received the Article of the Year – Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize in 2020. References Norwegian sociologists Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1965 births Living people {{Norway-sociologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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