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Date of birth: 15th Oct. 1952
Academic title: Associate Professor
Phone office: 70 07 51 06
E-mail: ak@hivolda.no
Phone private: 70 07 83 63
Education:
Officer Training Academy, Infantry 1971-72.
Cand. philol. 1981 (major in economic / social history ca 1600 - 1920) at Department of History and Classical Studies at NTNU, Trondheim.
Professional experience:
Military 1972-73 (1 year as NCO) and 6 months UN-service in UNIFIL (Lebanon) 1978-79; Home guard yearly 1969-2005. Major (reserve) 1998.
Editor "Bygdebok for Lesja" (farm- and genealogical history) 1981-1996, part-time 1992-1996.
Publisher 1987-1989.
Assistant Professor (substitute) at Volda University College 1.8.1992, tenure 1.1.1994 as Associate Professor in history.
Head of Department of History, VUC 1993-95, 2001-03.
Vice-Dean of Faculty of Arts, VUC 2003-2007.
Some relevant assignments:
Editor Lesja Historical Society Yearbook 1983-1989
Co-editor Heimen (scientific journal of local history) 1995-1998.
Member of editorial board Heimen 1999-2004.
Member of committee on information and communication technology (ICT), The Norwegian Institute of Local History since 1989.
Member of editorial board Slekt og Data since 2004.
Member of editorial board (Norwegian) Historical Journal since 2005.
Fields of research
Local history: methods, farm- and genealogical history, use of ICT in local history.
Agricultural history in Norway 1600-1920 A.D.
Historical demography: family reconstitution 1600-2000 AD.
Photographs in local history.
Fields of teaching:
Survey of Norwegian, European and global history 400-1870 A.D. at undergraduate level.
Methods of local history.
Norwegian economic and social history 1300-1900 A.D.
Most important publications:
Utmarksbruk? - Noen linjer i jordbruksutviklingen i ei Trøndelagsbygd - Rennebu - gjennom tidene (1981). 138 p. Masters thesis.
Bygdebok for Lesja bd 1. Gards- og slektshistorie for Lesjaskogen (1987). 634 p.
Setrane i Lesja - i teikning og tekst (1988). 256 p. (drawings by Per Einbu app. 150 pages)
Bygdebok for Lesja bd 2. Gards- og slektshistorie for nørdre del av Lesja hovudsokn (1992). 736 p. Bygdebok for Lesja bd 3. Gards- og slektshistorie for søre del av Lesja hovudsokn (1996). 800 p.
Personal webpage for projects and full-text publications (mostly Norwegian)
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