Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre og den palestinske statsministeren Mohammad Shtayyeh.

Hvem er hvem i Midtøsten: Norge, Israel, Palestina og UNRWA

28.11.2024 11:30 – 13:00Norsk

Hvordan ser fremtiden ut for norsk støtte til en palestinsk stat? Hvordan har Gaza-krigen bidratt til å forme norsk politisk debatt? Og hva vil skje med UNRWA?

Kjersti G. Berg (NLA Høgskolen) Jørgen Jensehaugen (PRIO) Pelle Valentin Olsen (UiB)

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Norsk
Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre og den palestinske statsministeren Mohammad Shtayyeh.

Hvem er hvem i Midtøsten: Norge, Israel, Palestina og UNRWA

28.11.2024 11:30 – 13:00

Hvordan ser fremtiden ut for norsk støtte til en palestinsk stat? Hvordan har Gaza-krigen bidratt til å forme norsk politisk debatt? Og hva vil skje med UNRWA?

Kjersti G. Berg Jørgen Jensehaugen Pelle Valentin Olsen

English
Suai highway

Oil fever: Animism and extractivism in Timor-Leste  

02.12.2024 13:00 – 14:15

In the years after Timor-Leste regained independence from Indonesia, ‘oil fever’ took hold in the country.

Judith Bovensiepen

English

Who is Who in the Middle East: Hizbullah and the many faces of ‘resistance’ in Lebanon

10.12.2024 12:15 – 13:45

What is Hizbullah and who are its supporters? How did it emerge and what explains its strength?

Marina Calculli Pelle Valentin Olsen

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Events

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Map of the Jews of the Persian Gulf

Jews of the Persian Gulf: The making of a modern oceanic network

Can the Gulf, which is mostly known for its oil resources and Islamic conservatism, also be home to a transnational Jewish past?
Black man smiling on the street in Stockholm

Youth, autocracy and illiberalism: perspectives from Africa and Europe 

In both Africa and Europe youth are underrepresented in politics and disproportionately affected by unemployment and limited future prospects.
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Scandinavian strategies for Africa

What are the similarities and differences between Scandinavian policies on Africa?
Cityscape Malaysia

Lawless intimacy and inconsistencies in Malaysian Islamic law

State attempts to regulate access to “halal” intimacy may not be as airtight as it seems due to legal ambiguities and loopholes in Islamic law.
Video

Maduro’s Venezuela – hope for democracy and justice?

After 11 years as president, Nicolás Maduro claims victory in Venezuela’s election this summer. But so does the opposition.

The US presidential election

The US is heading to the ballot boxes on 5 November. What will it take to capture the undecided and mobilise those who usually do not take part in elections?
Video

Georgia’s defining moment

Georgians head to the polls on 26 October in an election some frame as a choice between war and peace, and a future with Europe or with Russia.

Film seminar: I am the river, the river is me

Sacred rivers, legal persons and sustainability in the twenty-first century.
People on MRT Kuala Lumpur

Sexualised Joking and Polygamy in the Malay Corporate Workplace

Gender and power relations, and Islamic understanding of marital and sexual politics in Malaysian Islam, have significantly changed in the past few decades.
The European Court of Human Rights

Children and Rights to Identity at the European Court of Human Rights

How has human rights law and the European Court of Human Rights developed the right to personal identity?
Video
Sudan map

Who’s Who in the Middle East: War and Humanitarian Disaster in Sudan

For the people of Sudan, nowhere is currently safe.

Palm oil and the struggle for land and citizenship in Indonesia

Welcome to a guest lecture on the conflicts between palm oil companies and rural Indonesians.

Bergen Global is a joint initiative between the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute that addresses global challenges.