CENTRE FOR MIDDLE EASTERN
AND ISLAMIC STUDIES
University of Bergen
Research
Middle Eastern and Islamic studies in Bergen cover a wide field both geographically
and thematically, certain common focuses stand out and cut across departmental
and subject boundaries; and also unite a number of independent individual
and joint research projects. The Middle Centre are working to promote
these cross-departmental links by establishing some more long-term 'research
focuses' around these individual projects.
Two such research focuses with which Bergen has been associated, on the hand 'Society
and Culture around the Indian Ocean', on the other 'The interaction of
Islam with society' (with particular attention, respectively, to Africa
and to Europe/Norway).
In 2008, a new over-arching "Research Group" was
set up at the Department of Archaeology, History, Culture Studies and Religion (AHKR). The
Centre coordinates closely with this group, which brings together various research
projects and focuses of this region.
Under this group is also organized Ph.D.-seminar on the Middle East, covering the various fields of humanities and social sciences.
See also the survey of individual Research Projects.
