Previous projects
Previous projects
Accessing campscapes
Accessing campscapes focused on the genealogies, representations and interpretations of campscapes, as topical for Europe’s political and cultural histories of the last century.
The final event in Vienna occasioned several European wide reflections on the importance, ethics and usage of the heritage of former concentration camps in the public space.
Kontaktperson: Hans Otto Frøland
Changes in cultural thinking about work, power and community, 1950 until current times (Endringer i kulturelle tenkemåter om arbeid, makt og fellesskap fra 1950 til i dag)
The research focusses on how the cultural significances and ways of thinking concerning work, power and community have changed since 1950 and into current times. In 2014, the researcher had a book published in a more limited field regarding how we have changed our thinking about harassment. It concentrates on the period post 1977, when the new Working Environment Act brought awareness about psychosocial working conditions.
Contact person: Ingar Kaldal
Czech forced labourers in Norway
In this project, Czech-Norwegian Memorabilia developed bilateral cooperation between the Department of Germanic Studies, Charles University, and the Department of History, NTNU, in the field of Norwegian and Czech history in the first half of 20th century. The main topics of the project were the Czech forced workers in Norway during WWII, the Czechoslovak exiles in Norway in the years after 1948, and the endeavours of the Czech Lappologist and historian of Scandinavia Václav Marek (2019-2021).
Contact person: Hans Otto Frøland
Daily Life and Culture as a History Field - Problems and Opportunities (Dagligliv og kultur som historiefelt - problemer og muligheter)
Daily Life and Culture as a History Field - Problems and Opportunities focuses on "ordinary people" and their "lives". The research is primarily based on physical remains of ordinary lives, as well as memory and oral tradition, to use sources both material and immaterial. While it is fortunate that reasoning, perspectives, and methods have become freer and more transparent, we continue to engage in critical reflection of what we do.
Contact person: Ingar Kaldal
The Economic History of the Nazi Period and on German War Economies in World War I and World War II
Project: The economic history of the Nazi period and German war economies in World War I and World War II.
Contact person: Jonas Scherner
Europe, Social Democracy and European Integration post 1945 (Europa, sosialdemokratiet og europeisk integrasjon etter 1945)
Contact person: Kristian Steinnes
The Hidden Companies of the Global Economy
2015-2021: The Hidden Companies of the Global Economy: The development of international commodity traders, 1945-2015 was an innovative research project breaking new ground in the research on global commodity trading.
The handful of existing large independent commodity traders have been characterized as the “hidden companies” of the global economy. By controlling the flow of hundreds of billions of dollars worth of the world’s commodities these companies play a pivotal role in the functioning of the global economy. Yet, despite their significance, very little is actually known about these companies, both how they operate today and in particular how they grew to become so important.
Contact person: Espen Storli
In a World of Total War: Norway 1939-1945 (I en verden av total krig: Norge 1939-1945)
This was a strategic program which scrutinized aspects of Norwegian history during World War II. The project lasted from 2019 to 2022. The researchers focused on various fields like:
- World War II in the northern region. German building of civilian and military infrastructure in North Norway and North Finland.
- The occupation regime: Ambition and response (2017-2020).
Contact person: Hans Otto Frøland
Legal and Forensic Psychiatric History (Retts- og sikkerheitspsykiatrisk historie)
Contact person: Øyvind Thomassen
The Men of the Forest - History, Memories and Myths about the Lumberjacks and the Log-Drivers (Skogens menn - historie, minner og myter om skogsarbeidere og tømmerfløtere)
This was a cultural historical research project about one of the professional groups that have been romanticised, exoticised, caricatured, honoured and mythologised the most. The researcher primarily focused on the way they, their work, and their lives have been the subject of cultural ways of thinking.
Contact person: Ingar Kaldal
Raw Materials and Conflicts; with a Special Focus on Germany in the Period between 1914 and 1945
Project: Raw materials and conflicts; with a special focus on Germany in the period between 1914 and 1945.
Contact person: Jonas Scherner
School and Orphanage History (Skole og barnehjemshistorie)
2020- : School and Orphanage History
Contact person: Øyvind Thomassen
Statoil's History, 1972-2022 (Statoils historie, 1972-2022)
Statoil's history, 1972-2022: This project focused on Statoil's history, from the beginning, in 1972, and to the fifty years' jubilee in 2022.
Contact persons: Espen Storli and Mats Ingulstad
3ROceans
2016-2021: The high seas and the deep oceans: Representations, resources and regulatory governance (3ROceans) was a research project which focused on how we have made use of the ocean in a historical and cultural perspective, and what limitations we have experienced in this context.
How have physical conditions, routines and technologies shaped previous maritime cultures and their relation to the sea? The researchers' goal was to increase our awareness of what the sea can be used for.
Kontaktperson: Mats Ingulstad