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Professor Merja Stenroos has been awarded the most prestigious grant from the EU, the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. It is the first time a UiS research project has been awarded a grant from the ERC.
The aim of the programme is to stimulate childist research across the academy, test and evolve the concept of childism, and inform childist social and political justice processes.
From September 2023 until November 2024 you can visit the exhibition "Fabulous Animals" at Museum of Archaeology in Stavanger.
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Extraordinary gold find from the 6th century discovered on the island of Rennesøy, Stavanger.
Our new Viking exhibition, focused on myths and stories from the Viking Period, opens Friday 25th of August. The current Viking exhibition is closed until the opening.
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The library now gives you access to a new online resource for students in history and related fields.
Reflections from the Green Transitions Fellows at The Greenhouse 2022
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The Greenhouse was established as a research group in 2017 and quickly distinguished itself worldwide as a leading professional environment for environmental humanities. On its fifth anniversary, The Greenhouse is moving on, now as a research centre at UiS.
Information about our current research projects and research networks
The project will investigate beacons or warning fires that were lit during attacks on the country in the Viking Age and the Middle Ages. We will uncover the deeper social organisations at work when a society is facing recurrent threats and explore how war and fear-driven reactions affects and institutionalises societies.
A digital exhibition chronicles the reintroduction of beavers in Scandinavia 100 years ago.
Why are Vikings and the Norse past increasingly popular?
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UiS employee Roderick Dale had hardly imagined that he would contribute to making video games when he studied Old Norse literature and Viking history. Now he has translated dialogue in the game Assassin's Creed Valhalla into Norse.
This and much more was discovered by Gunnar Nerheim when he dived deep into the history of the first Norwegians in Texas.
Principal investigator Eva Leibinger is associate professor at the Department of Education and Sports Science, Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Stavanger.
Welcome to Café Ask and Embla, a delightful culinary destination at the Museum of Archaeology and the Iron Age Farm.