Tag Archives: Randi Haaland

Sudan & Nubia 21

Posted on December 31, 2017 by ergamenis

After a year of absence, it is time to return to the presentation of one of the most awaited venues for Sudan archaeology and Nubian studies: the annual volume of Sudan & Nubia. This year’s cover photo shows the fort … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged Alodia, Alwa, Brenda Baker, Claudia Näser, Darfur, Dobrochna Zielinska, Fortifications, Fourth Cataract, gender studies, Gergaf, Katarzyna Danys, Randi Haaland, Sudan & Nubia, Welsby | Leave a comment

A new Dr. of Sudan Archaeology

Posted on September 7, 2015 by ergamenis

On Friday, Henriette defended successfully her PhD thesis with the topic “War on the southern frontier of the emerging state of ancient Egypt: A warfare perspective on the history of the A-Group people in Lower Nubia during the 4th millennium … Continue reading →

Posted in archaeology, Norway | Tagged A-Group, Alice Stevenson, Geoff Emberling, Henriette Hafsaas Tsakos, Knut Vikør, Nils Anfinset, Randi Haaland, Tim Insoll, Warfare and Archaeology | 8 Comments

Sudan Week in Bergen, Day 2: Cultural heritage: The politics of remembering, redefining, and forgetting the meaning of past cultural products

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Henrihafsakos

While yesterday’s event concerned social anthropology, today’s seminar was about archaeology. Both disciplines have long tradition for cooperation between researchers from Sudan and from the University of Bergen. The ambitious topic of the seminar was The politics of remembering, redefining and … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Abdel Rahman Ali, Archaeology of Islam, Cultural Heritage, Intissar Soghayroun el-Zein, QSAP, Randi Haaland, Salah ed-Din Mohamed Ahmed, Salvage archaeology related to dams, Sudan Week | Leave a comment

More on Sudan at Bergen…

Posted on November 22, 2013 by ergamenis

This morning started as usual at the University of Bergen scanning the manuscripts of the collection that Sean O’Fahey donated to the University library. Scanning gives me time to read several texts during the process of the work, quite a … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Norway | Tagged Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed, Claude Iverné, Clichés d'Afrique, CMI, El Nour Photos, Gunnar Haaland, Gunnar Sørbø, Randi Haaland, Sudan divided | Leave a comment

Cooperation between Sudan and the University of Bergen

Posted on November 17, 2013 by ergamenis

Concluding the previous entry, we introduced the idea of the renewal of the cooperation between Sudan and Bergen in the frame of archival practices and related works. There are three levels of commentary to this idea: 1. The signing of … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged AHKR, Alexandros Tsakos, Anders Bjørkelo, Fredrik Barth, Gunnar Haaland, Randi Haaland, Sudan TV archive, UiB | 1 Comment

Nubia in NAR

Posted on December 19, 2011 by ergamenis

It is the second time that a request for help by a specific colleague leads us to the composition of an entry for the Medieval Sai Project Internet Space. This colleague is none other than the UNESCO expert for Nubian matters, … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged Africa, Costanza de Simone, Hans-Åke Nordström, Henriette Hafsaas Tsakos, Kush, Norwegian Archaeological Review, Randi Haaland, Sudan | Leave a comment

Ritual perspectives on landscapes

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Henrihafsakos

The previous post was about the three lectures held at the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art in Athens during the first weekend of December, where professor Timothy Insoll gave a very vivid presentation of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, a monumental handbook on archaeology edited by Insoll reached the bookshops. The aim … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged Gunnar Haaland, landscape, poem, Randi Haaland, rituals, Tim Insoll, University of Bergen, Wislawa Szymborska | 4 Comments