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Sogndal

Arbeidsfelt

Undervisning ved HSF

(vår 2012) SA539 Nyare historie, 1870-1970

Research interests

• travelling and tourism in Europe since 1800
• polar history, polar expeditions, cultural perceptions of the northern lights
• cultural heritage, museum history, exhibition analysis
• nationalism, national identity & language

Current projects

monograph on the reception of the Austro-Hungarian Polar Expedition (1872-74), with Johan Schimanski

antologi om arkivformidling (anthology on archives and outreach/communication strategies in Scandinavia), co-editor with Hilde Lange

Current participation in research networks

Making Sense of the Aurora, Universities of Oslo and Tromsø
Norwegian Polar Politics/Norsk polarpolitikk, University of Tromsø
Arctic Discourses/Arktiske diskurser, University of Tromsø

Bakgrunn

Qualifications

(2000) dr. phil. in History, University of Vienna
(1994) mag. phil. in German philology (main subject) and Communication Studies (side subject), University of Vienna

Courses in Comparative Literature (University of Essex, 1990), History (Københavns Universitet, 1994), Migration Studies (Internationale Frauenuniversität, Hanover, 2000)

Positions

(2012-) Associate Professor in History, Sogn og Fjordane University College
(2011) Visiting researcher, Universiteit van Amsterdam
(2010-11) Project researcher, Department of Culture and Literature, University of Tromsø
(2009) Course lecturer, Department of Tourism, Hotel and Media, University College Finnmark
(2009) Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Tromsø (spring 2009)
(2008) Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Tromsø (spring 2008)
(2003-2007) Researcher and curator, Wien Museum, Vienna
(2003) Visiting researcher, CEMORE (Centre for Mobility Research), Lancaster University
(2001-2002) Junior fellow, International Research Center for Cultural Studies, Vienna
(2001-2002) Course lecturer, Department of Contemporary History, University of Klagenfurt
(1996-1997) Visiting PhD-fellow, Department of History, University of Oslo
(1995-1996) Visiting PhD-fellow, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin

Publications (selected)

Books (edited)

with Wolfgang Kos and Wolfgang Freitag (eds): Im Wirtshaus. Eine Geschichte der Wiener Geselligkeit. Wien: Wien Museum/Czernin Verlag 2007.

with Karin Granqvist (eds): Representing Gender, Nation and Ethnicity in Word and Image. Tromsø: Centre for Women’s Studies and Women in Research, Kvinnforsk 4/2001.

with Richard Holt and Hilde Lange (eds): Internationalisation in the History of Northern Europe. Nordsaga ’99. Tromsø 2000.

Dissertations and reports

Wholly Irish und fullnorsk: Der performative Charakter nationaler Narrative am Beispiel der Sprachbewegungen in Irland und Norwegen um 1900. Dr. phil. thesis, Univ. Vienna 2000.

Verlagstätigkeit im niederländischen Exil, 1933-1940. Mag. phil. thesis, Univ. Vienna 1994.

Die Nation im Fest. Der Kaiserjubiläumsfestzug in Wien (1908) und Den norske Marknaden in Kristiania (1898). Project report for Magistrat der Stadt Wien, Wien 2002.

Die Konstruktion nationaler Identitäten in Schottland und Norwegen [with Helga Dirlinger]. Project report, Jubiläumsfonds der Österreichischen Nationalbank, Wien 2000.

Articles

“Polene som mediebegivenheter”. In: Siv Frøydis Berg and Harald Østgaard Lund (eds), Norske polarheltbilder 1888-1928. Oslo: Nasjonalbiblioteket/Forlaget Press 2011, 250-251.

with Johan Schimanski: “Oppdagelsesreise blir til litteratur: Skrivestrategier i mottakelsen av den østerriksk-ungarske nordpolsekspedisjonen (1872–1874).” In: Johan Schimanski, Cathrine Theodorsen and Henning H. Wærp (eds), Reiser og ekspedisjoner i den litterære Arktis. Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag 2011, 57-90.

“Dilettanter og vitenskapsmenn. Tromsø Museums første tiår.” In: Marie-Theres Federhofer and Hanna Hodacs (eds), Mellom pasjon og profesjonalisme. Dilettantkulturer i skandinavisk kunst og vitenskap 1660-1970. Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag 2011, 287-308.

“Exhibiting Mozart - Rethinking Biography.” In: Nordisk Museologi 2, 2010, 58-74.

with Johan Schimanski: “A Black Rectangle Labelled ‘Polar Night’: Imagining the Arctic after the Austro-Hungarian Expedition of 1872-1874.” In: Anka Ryall, Johan Schimanski and Henning H. Wærp (eds), Arctic Discourses. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2010, 19-42.

with Johan Schimanski: “Polarwissenschaft und Kolonialismus in Österreich-Ungarn: Zur Rezeption der österreichisch-ungarischen Polarexpedition (1872-1874).” In: Wiener Zeitschrift zur Geschichte der Neuzeit 9, 2, 2010, 53-71.

with Johan Schimanski: “Explorers’ Bodies in Arctic Mediascapes: Celebrating the Return of the Austro-Hungarian Polar Expedition in 1874.” In: Acta Borealia 16, 1, 2009, 50-76.

“Die Alte Stadt und das Museum: Die Re/Konstruktion von Alt-Kristiania um 1900.” In: Monika Sommer and Heidemarie Uhl (eds), Mythos Alt-Wien. Spannungsfelder urbaner Identitäten (=Gedächtnis-Erinnerung-Identität 9). Innsbruck, Wien, Bozen: Studienverlag 2009, 151-165.

with Johan Schimanski: ”Mottakelse og mottakelse: Tilbakekomstene til den østerriksk-ungarske nordpolsekspedisjonen, 1872-1874.” In: Nordlit 22, 2007, 143-166.

”Gedenken und Erdenken: Die Mozartwohnung in Wien und ihre Inszenierung in der NS-Zeit.” In: Erik Fischer (ed.), Musik-Sammlungen – Speicher interkultureller Prozesse. Teilband A. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2007, 243-251.

”Norwegians.” In: Manfred Beller and Joep Leerssen (eds), Imagology: The Cultural Construction and Literary Representation of National Characters: A Critical Survey. Amsterdam: Rodopi 2007, 214-216.

”The Linear City: touring Vienna in the 19th century.” In: Mimi Sheller and John Urry (eds), Mobile Technologies of the City. London. New York: Routledge 2006, 21-43.

”Den severdige byen: Vandringer gjennom Wien og det kulturelle rom på 1800-tallet.” In: Peter Aronsson, Bjarne Hodne, Birgitta Skarin Frykman, John Ødemark (eds), Kulturarvens gränser. Komparativa perspektiv. Göteborg: Arkipelag 2005, 145-163.

”Kulturerbe und der Staat in Irland und Österreich.” In: Gisela Holfter, Marieke Kraienbrink et al. (eds), Beziehungen und Identitäten: Österreich, Irland und die Schweiz/ Connections and Identities: Austria, Ireland and Switzerland. Bern: Peter Lang 2004, 341-355.

”Der Himmel über Wien. Franz Schubert, sein Körper und Alt-Wien.” In: Wolfgang Kos and Christian Rapp (eds), Alt-Wien. Die Stadt, die niemals war. Wien: Wien Museum, Czernin Verlag 2004, 151-158.

with Johan Schimanski: “Austro-Hungarian and Other Mountains in Arctic Discourse.” In: TRANS. Internet-Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften 15, 2003 www.inst.at/trans/15Nr/05_10/schimanski15.htm

with Manfred Omahna: ”Die Rationalisierung des Außersinnlichen. Gespräch mit Peter Mulacz, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Parapsychologie und Grenzbereiche der Wissenschaften.” In: ÖZG-Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, 14, 4, 2003, 150-159.

”Touristische Räume in Wien und Oslo.” In: Tourismus Journal 6, 2, 2002, 223-238.

”Identitetens ambivalens: Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo som eksempel.” In: Nordlit 10, 2001, 95-108.

”A Natural Choice: constructing Norway and its tourists on the internet.” In: Karin Granqvist and Ulrike Spring (eds), Representing Gender, Nation and Ethnicity in Word and Image. Tromsø: Centre for Women's Studies and Women in Research, Kvinnforsk 4, 2001, 91-104.

with Karin Granqvist: ”Introduction: The Question of Representation.” In: Karin Granqvist and Ulrike Spring (eds), Representing Gender, Nation and Ethnicity in Word and Image. Tromsø: Centre for Women's Studies and Women in Research, Kvinnforsk 4, 2001, 5-22.

”Imagining the Irish and Norwegian Peasant around 1900: between re-presentation and representation.” In: Historisk tidsskrift 80, 1, 2001, 75-99.

Museum exhibitions

(2007) ”Im Wirtshaus. Eine Geschichte der Wiener Geselligkeit” (head curator), Wien Museum, Vienna

(2006-2007) ”Reisen vor der Bahn”, part of exhibition Großer Bahnhof. Wien und die weite Welt, Wien Museum

(2006-) permanent exhibition ”Mozartwohnung” (co-curator with Werner Hanak and Wolfgang Kos), Wien Museum at Mozarthaus Vienna

(2005) ”H.C. Andersen in Wien” (co-curator with Irene Nawrocka), Wien Museum

(2005) ”Organisiertes Staunen. Tierschaustellungen in Wien” (co-curator with Frauke Kreutler), part of exhibition Tiere in der Großstadt, Hermesvilla, Vienna

(2004-2005) ”Schwammerls Wien”, part of the exhibition Alt-Wien. Die Stadt, die niemals war, Wien Museum at Künstlerhaus Vienna

Tilbake