Reidar Bertelsen

Bertelsen, Reidar

Professor

Telefon (+47)
77644318

E-post
reidarb@sv.uit.no

Biografiske data
Born:
Mag.art. University of Bergen 1973.
Author of The Regional History for Lofoten and Vesterålen, 1974-1975.
University lecturer in archaeology, University of Tromsø, from 1975.
Førstemananuensis (associate professor) 1985.
Professor 1991.
Professor II, Trondarnes District Museum, Harstad, from 1996.

Verv
Dean, Faculty for Social Science, University of Tromsø, 1993-1995.
Member of the Board, Harstad College, 1995-1997
Member of the Board, University of Tromsø, 1996-1998
Vice chair, Research Board, Culture of Society, The Research Council of Norway (NFR/KS) 1997-2000
Member of The Joint Committee of Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities (NOS-H) 1997-2000
Deputy board member, Norwegian Institute in Rome 2000-2002
Chairman of the Board, Tromsø University library, 2000-2002

Forskningsinteresser
Historical archaeology
Medieval settlement history and culture-history in the north Atlantic region.
Urbanization.
Archaeological methods development, quantitative methods and CAD in archaeology.

Forskningsprosjekter
Storvåganprosjektet, den første tendens til urbanisering i nord.
Vernet av faste kulturminner i skjæringen mellom tradisjon og modernitet. (samarbeid med L.I.Hansen (historie) og B.Olsen (arkeologi)).
The Ngaouha Cultural landscapes Project,Kulturminnevernprosjekt i Adamaoua, Kamerun
Fishing communities of the North AD800-1800 (NOS-H)
Samarbeid med S.Arge (Torshavn), A.R.Nielssen (Tromsø), P.Ramqvist (Umeå), J.Thor (Reykjavik) og R. Mook (Tromsø)
Trondenesprosjekt

Publikasjoner
Storvågan Project, The First Steps to Urbanization in the North.
Protection of Cultural Monuments at the Intersection Between Tradition and Modernity. In cooperation with L.I.Hansen (History) og B.Olsen (Archaeology)
Fishing communities of the north AD800-1800 (NOS-H) Cooperation with S.Arge (Torshavn), A.R.Nielssen (Tromsø), P.Ramqvist (Umeå), J.Thor (Reykjavik) and R.Mook (Tromsø)