Academic interests
Women's and gender history, migration history, Norwegian American history, museology and cultural history.
My PhD project's title is Dreams about «Nylænde». Transatlantic connections among women’s rights activists and suffragists in Norway and the USA 1880-1925. The project's main concern is the development of the women’s movement in Norway and the USA from 1880 to 1925. During the era of mass emigration from Norway to North America an important mobilization of women’s rights activism and great advances in women’s rights took place in both countries. My project will investigate the significance of transnational connections for the organisation and growth of women’s politics, both from a Norwegian and an American perspective.
Background
- 1995: MA (+) (Hovedfag) in Art History, University of Oslo
- 1996: Project manager Norsk Tegneseriesamling (Norwegian Collection of Comics) Maihaugen DSS
- 1996-1999: Freelance Project manager
- 2000-2010: Teacher of Art and Cultural History, upper secondary school (part time)
- 2000-2021: Curator, and since 2013 Academic Director, at Kvinnemuseet/The Women’s Museum Norway, now part of Anno museum AS (full time since 2010)
- 2021-2025: PhD fellow in public sector PhD project, organised in collaboration between Norwegian Research Council, Anno Museum and University of Oslo.
Positions held
- Vice Chairwoman International Association of Women's Museums