Bergen Pacific Studies

The Bergen Pacific Studies (BPS) Research Group
was formally established in 2005 at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, reflecting a growth since the 1990s of research on Oceania in the department and at the Bergen University Museum’s cultural history collections. The close connection between anthropology department and ethnographic museum continues, and is reflected in the BPS group’s research and teaching.
The recent growth of Pacific Studies in the Department of Social Anthropology has the scope and scale of a significant and productive research group, reflecting not only the department’s priorities but also the University of Bergen’s overall strategic focus on development-related research and education with global coverage. In the latter sense, the field of Pacific Studies represents an often interesting corrective to lessons learned from research in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and adds to the scope of global comparison.

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Background: Pacific Studies in Bergen

News & Events

March 2011:
'North Sea - South Seas'. 3rd Annual Research Workshop at University of St. Andrews. Read full programme here.

February 2011:
'Collaborative Research and Training: Cultural Heritage, Local Development, and Pacific Alternatives'. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. Conference working session at Hilton Prince Waikiki Hotel. Read full programme here.

November 2009:
'Pacific Studies around the North Sea'. North Sea collaboration workshop at Bergen University Museum. Read full programme here.

March 2009:
'Pacific Alternatives: Cultural Heritage and Political Innovation in Oceania'. Hawai'i Imin International Conference Center. Read announcement here.
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November 2008:
'The Legacy of A.M. Hocart and W.H.R Rivers: In the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition Centennial Year.' Symposium, University of Bergen. Read full programme here

September 2008:
‘New Christian movements in Old Christian contexts in Melanesia’
University of Bergen. Read full programme here

July 2008:
'Cultural heritage and political innovation: relations of the state and alternative social movements in Oceania'. Invited session at the 2008 Conference of the European Society for Oceanists, Verona. Read full programme here

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