Humanities and Education

With books like Ole Aleksander Filibom-bom-bom and the Eight Children series, Anne-Cath. Vestly renewed Norwegian children's literature. But is she still relevant?

Are the media developments in Europe a threat to democracy? Researchers from eight countries will examine this in order to make recommendations to the European Commission.

The Nobel Prize winner deals with anxiety in a way that draws on both Sigmund Freud and Søren Kierkegaard, says Professor Unni Langås.

We need a third alternative between democracy and eco-fascism, says philosopher Odin Lysaker. In a new book, he advocates ecological love.

Teachers must become more aware of why they are using technology in the classroom, says Assistant Professor Marianne Engen Matre.

New measures have contributed to a better education and a more relevant teaching practice period for student teachers at UiA.

When Norway was a Catholic country, it was customary to indulge in a rich and filling meal on Fat Tuesday. All festivities and merriment were to be completed before the long period of fasting leading up to Easter began on Ash Wednesday.

“The Sami have since 1990 enjoyed special protection and been granted extraordinary rights as indigenous people, but this does not guarantee traction in the Fosen case,” according to a UiA professor.

They possess charisma and score goals for our favourite teams. This is how we are influenced by today’s football heroes.

Jamie Callison says that modernism is more than a goodbye to tradition. It is also an effort to remake religion and traditional thinking.

Researcher says that chess commentator Torstein Bae has a large share of credit for keeping people glued to chess broadcasts around Christmas time.

The Christianisation of Norway washed away the most brutal traces of the Vikings' holiday celebrations, but we have retained some festive traditions.

Norse texts can provide new insight into how people in the Middle Ages adapted to environmental changes and how they viewed their place in nature.

According to professors at UiA, the role of Christianity in shaping the development of society has been given too little attention in Norwegian historical writing. 

Poor women with weak social ties were more often accused of witchcraft. And the punishment for this was brutal.

What is it about the Roman Empire that captivates the minds of so many men? We posed this question to a historian.

Researchers discuss the loss of meaning for teachers in a new book about everyday life in Scandinavian schools.

Having a reading dog in school has a number of positive effects for pupils. Andreas Reier Jensen and Ilmi Willbergh are researching why the interaction works so well.

A game that focuses on source criticism and a guided walk with an audio guide let you learn more about the Second World War as it was lived in Kristiansand.

Menstruation has gone from being considered a disease to becoming part of the fight for women's health - and an industry worth billions.

Why do we actually celebrate Easter? Christmas is childbirth and joy, while Easter is death on the cross and suffering. But both Christmas and Easter are about new opportunities.

Popular literature gives different answers to how we can be aware of the environment and nature, a new doctoral thesis shows.

The computer and software largely determine how pupils write according to writing researcher Jon Olav Sørhaug.

The literature written today about the Nazi occupation is written by people who did not experience the war. How does that affect the stories?

Bob Dylan’s radicalism is political, artistic and religious, claims Bjarne Markussen. He is the editor of a new book about the American singer and poet.