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Jarle Simensen

Professor Emeritus
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Email jarle.simensen@iakh.uio.no
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Postal address Tuengveien 24 0374 Oslo

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Jarle Simensen – Curriculum Vitae

Jarle Simensen – Publications (thematic)

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Publications

  • Commoners, Chiefs and Colonial Government. Akim Abuakwa, Ghana, under British Rule, Historisk institutt, Universitetet i Trondheim, 1975;
  • Afrikas historie. Nye perspektiver. Oslo 1983, dansk utgave, København 1985, ny og utvidet norsk utg. 1996, 2003;
  • Norsk misjon i afrikansk historie. Sør-Afrika, Trondheim 1984;
  • Norwegian Missions in African History. Vol. 1. South Africa 1845-1906, Oslo og Oxford 1986; Vol.2: Madagascar (sammen med Finn Fuglestad) Oslo og Oxford 1986;
  • Utdanning som u-hjelp. NORAD og fiskeriopplæringen ved Ghana Nautical College, 1964-1980, Oslo 1990;
  • Vesten erobrer verden, 1870-191, bind 12 i Aschehougs Verdenshistorie, Oslo 1986, fransk utgave L'Occident conquiert le monde, 1870-1914, Paris 1996;
  • Verden forandres 1985- (sammen med Sven Tägil), Aschehougs verdenshistorie, b.1, Oslo 1993, utvidet utgave Oslo 2001 og Oslo 2003; fransk utgave Une planète bouleverse, 1985-1996, Paris 1996;
  • Tyskland-Norge. Den lange historien, red., Oslo 2000, ty. utg. Deutschland-Norwegen. Die Lange Geschichte, Oslo 2000.
  • Engh, Sunniva; Pharo, Helge Øystein; Simensen, Jarle & Østerud, Øyvind (2023). Redaksjonens forord. In Pharo, Helge Øystein; Østerud, Øyvind; Simensen, Jarle & Engh, Sunniva (Ed.), Kampen for en ordnet verden. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788282656375. p. 9–12. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2022). Annika Berg, Urban Lundberg, Mattias Tydén En svindlande uppgift. Sverige och biståndet 1945-1975. Historisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0018-263X. 101(3), p. 259–264. doi: 10.18261/ht.101.3.10. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2018). Gold Coast Forts and Castles: Key Themes and Perspectives. In Osei-Tutu, J. Kwadwo (Eds.), Forts, Castles and Society in West Africa: Gold Coast and Dahomey, 1450–1960. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004380141. p. 33–57. doi: 10.1163/9789004380172_003. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2018). Glenda Sluga and Particia Clavin: Internationalisms. A Twentieth Century History. Historisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0018-263X. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-2944-2018-01-09. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2017). Migrant Identity in Academia: Professor Paul Knaplund (1885-1964), University of Wisconsin. In Joranger, Terje Mikael Hasle & Cleven, Harry T. (Ed.), Norwegian-American Essays 2017. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270998791. p. 159–188. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2011). Bilder av de andre: Nærblikk på en dansk-norsk reisebeskrivelse fra Vest-Afrika. Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. 8(3), p. 33-38–33-38. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2011). Kolonistyre og ideologisk konstruksjon : Lord Lugard og indirekte styre i Afrika. In Drønen, Tomas Sundnes; Fretheim, Kjetil & Skjortnes, Marianne (Ed.), Forståelsens gylne øyeblikk : festskrift til Øyvind Dahl. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. ISSN 9788251926027. p. 109–122. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2011). Murens fall og historikerne. Om forholdet mellom historie og fremtidsoppfatninger. Historisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0018-263X. 90(1), p. 63–79. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2010). The Norwegian-Tanzanian aid relationship: A historical perspective. In Havnevik, Kjell & Isinika, Aida C (Ed.), Tanzania in Transition. From Nyerere to Mkapa. Mkuki na Nyota Publishers. ISSN 9789987080861. p. 57–71. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2008). Aid symbioses and its pitfalls. The Nordic/Norwegian-Tanzanian aid relationship, 1962-1986. In Pharo, Helge & Fraser, Monika Pohle (Ed.), The Aid Rush. Aid Regimes in Northern Europe during the Cold War Volume 1. Unipub forlag. ISSN 9788274772939. p. 153–177. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2007). On writing the history of development aid. Some reflections on the basis of a research project. Scandinavian Journal of History. ISSN 0346-8755. 32(2). doi: 10.1080/03468750601159816. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2006). Globalhistorie i praksis. Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2006). Nye horisonter i historiefaget. Globalhistorie og norsk historie i transnasjonalt perspektiv. In Engelstad, Fredrik; Lange, Even; Pharo, Helge & Rudeng, Erik (Ed.), Demokratisk konservatisme. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253029092. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2006). Misjonshistorie og diskursanalyse: Karin Hestad Skeie: "Building God's Kingdom in Highland Madagascar. Norwegian Lutheran Missionaries in Vakinankaratra and Bestileo 1866-1903". Dr.art-thesis, History of Religion, Faculty of Arts, University of Oslo 2005. Doctoral opposision. Historisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0018-263X. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2006). Religious NGOs and the Politics of International Aid: The Norwegian Experience. Forum for Development Studies. ISSN 0803-9410. 33(1), p. 83–104. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2005). Ancestors and the world market. The role of the traditional oath in the cocoa hold-ups in the Gold Coast in the 1930s. In Hernæs, Per (Eds.), THE 'TRADITIONAL' AND THE 'MODERN' IN WEST AFRICAN (GHANAIAN) HISTORY. Case studies on co-existence and interaction. Historisk institutt, NTNU. ISSN 9788277650531. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2004). Transnational history. The global context of 1989. In Horn, Gerd-Rainer & Kenney, Padraic (Ed.), Transnational moments of change : Europe 1945, 1968, 1989. Rowman & Littlefield. ISSN 9780742523227. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2004). Levninger og årsaker. Notat om et pedagogisk problem. HIFO-nytt. ISSN 0802-3204. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2004). Levninger og årsaker. Notat om et pedagogisk problem. HIFO-nytt. ISSN 0802-3204. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2004). Power of the purse? Norway as donor in the conditionality epoch 1980-2000. Historisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0018-263X. 83, p. 334–337. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2003). Globalisering, regionalisering og demokrati. In etternavn], [Mangler fornavn] [Mangler (Eds.), Sissel Lie og Kjersti Faldet Listhaug, red., Globalisering: Spøkelse eller visjon. Globaliseringsprogrammet. Globaliseringsprogrammet NTNU. p. 9–15. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2003). Transnational history. The global context of 1989. In etternavn], [Mangler fornavn] [Mangler (Eds.), P.Kenney (red.), Transnational History. Rowland & Littlefield. p. 46–61. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2003). Globalisering, regionalisering og demokrati. In Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet & Lie, Sissel (Ed.), Globalisering: Spøkelse eller visjon?. NTNU. ISSN 9788247152195. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2003). Karin Sarja: �Ännu en syster til Afrika�. Trettiosex kvinneliga missionärer i Natal och Zululand 1876-1902. Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift. ISSN 0085-2619. p. 223–226. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2003). Hilde Selbervik: "The Power of the Purse. Norway as a Donor in the Conditionality Epoch 1980-2000". Doctoral opposition. Historisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0018-263X. 83(2). Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2003). Karin Sarja: "Ännu en syster til Afrika. Trettiosex kvinneliga missionärer i Natal och Zululand 1876-1903". Doctoral opposition. Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift. ISSN 0085-2619. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2003). Kristendommen i Afrika i det 20. århundret. Sosial og politisk funksjon. Tidsskrift for teologi og kirke. ISSN 0040-7194. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2002). Christian Church and "Native State". The Presbyterian Mission in Akyem Abuakwa, Ghana. In Hansen, Holger Bernt & Twaddle, Michael (Ed.), Christian Missionaries and the State in the Third World. James Currey Publishers. ISSN 9780852557839. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2002). Christian church and naitive State in Akim, Ghana, during the colonial period. In etternavn], [Mangler fornavn] [Mangler (Eds.), Christian Missonaries and State in the Third World. James Curry. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2000). The colonial period: Better than its reputation? Apollon : Forskningsmagasin for Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 0803-6926. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (2000). National and transnational history. The national determinant in Norwegian historiography, Nordic Historiography in the 20th Century. Historisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 9788255010579. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (1999). Democray and globalization. 1989 and the Third Wave. Journal of World History. ISSN 1045-6007. 10(2). Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (1999). Demokrati og globalisering. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (NNT). ISSN 0800-336X. Full text in Research Archive
  • Simensen, Jarle (1997). Is there a Global Society? 1989 as a Case. In Tønnesson, Stein (Eds.), Between National Histories and Global History. Rapport fra det 23. nordiske historikermøtet, Helsinki 1997. SHS. ISSN 9789517100618. Full text in Research Archive

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