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Bergur Djurhuus Hansen is Dean and Associate Professor of Literature at the Faculty of Language and Literature (Føroyamálsdeildin). He started teaching Literary Analysis and Method as a part time teacher in 2007. He was made Assistant Professor in 2012, Associate Professor in 2016, and appointed Dean in 2017. He was Prorector for Education and Quality 2020-2022.
Research interests
With a background in comparative literature from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, Bergur has focused on Faroese literature in a Nordic context and has participated in networks on for instance modernism in the Nordic region and language contact in literary texts. His Ph.D. was on travel writings, and over the past couple of years, he has particularly focused his research on travel writings connected to the Far North/Arctic as well as - and more generally - interdisciplinary ecocritical theory in the context of developments in comtemporary Faroese and Nordic literature.
Teaching
Courses on BA-level in literary anlysis and method and in literary history. Different reserach-based courses on MA-level in travel literature, modernist poetry and ecocriticism. Supervision of BA-, MA- and PhD-theses in literature.
Publications
www.setur.fo
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Travel Writings of K.O. Viderø, Fróðskaparsetur Føroya - The University of the Faroe Islands
Award Date: 24 Apr 2015
Pedagogy/Postgraduate teacher training, Risskov Amtsgymnasium/Mentamálaráðið
Aug 2002 → Nov 2002
Award Date: 31 Oct 2002
Master, Comaparative Literature , Aarhus University
Award Date: 1 Feb 1998
External positions
Editorial Board, Arctic Humanities, Brill
2022 → …
Member, Island Studies Journal Advisory Board
2021 → 2024
Member of Advisory Board, Faroese Student Grant
2020 → 2023
Member, Faroese Media Funding Commission
2017 → 2021
Member of Advisory Board, FarLit - Literature from the Faroe Islands
2011 → 2017
Member, Adjudication Committee for the Nordic Council Literature Prize
2008 → 2012
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Afradikalisering: Romanen Barbara og erindringen om Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen
Translated title of the contribution :Deradicalisation : The influence of Christian Matras and William Heinesen on the interpretation of the novel Barbara (1939) by Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Resisting the Empire of Force in the Arctic Region: Old Imaginings and Present Challenges
Hansen, B. D., Feb 2024, (Submitted) In: The Yearbook of Polar Law. 2023, 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Engelsk i færøsk litteratur: En undersøgelse med tre eksempler postmillenium
Translated title of the contribution :English in Faroese Literature: A Postmillenial Investigation Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Progress or Preservation: Two German Travel Books About The Faroe Islands
Hansen, B. D., 2023, Representations of the West Nordic Isles: Eutiner Forschungen . Borm, J. (ed.). 1 ed. Kiel/Hamburg: Wachholtz Verlag, p. 249-268 20 p. (Eutiner Forschungen; vol. 17).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Arctic Imagined
Hansen, B. D., 28 Oct 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Activities
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The Faroe Islands and the Arcticfication of the North
Hansen, B. D. (Speaker)
16 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Arktis i forandring
Hansen, B. D. (Speaker)
13 Feb 2024 → 14 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Á ranguni (á röngunni)/på vrangen, inside/out
Hansen, B. D. (Speaker)
23 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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History of the Avant-Garde
Hansen, B. D. (Member of programme committee)
13 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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UArctic Thematic Network - Arctic Cultures and History (ARCH) (External organisation)
Hansen, B. D. (Chair), Borm, J. (Member), Ísleifsson, S. R. (Member), Reeploeg, S. (Member), Hansson, H. (Member), Spring, U. (Member), Sköld, P. (Member), Burnside, J. (Member), Campell, E. (Member), Chartier, D. (Member), Hautala-Hirvioja, T. (Member), Kodzik, J. (Member) & Delangle, A. (Member)
May 2023 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Press/Media
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Bókaútgáva: Málmót í Útnorðri
Jacobsen, J. Í. L., Marnersdóttir, M., Hansen, B. D. & Harryson, H.
9/06/23
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Press/Media