Dr. Sine Halkjelsvik Bjordal is a postdoctoral researcher specializing in the history and practices of natural history. She is currently affiliated with the project The Afterlives of Natural History, where she particularly focuses on the practices of natural history writing, as well as on how the field of natural history developed after the 18th century.
Possessing a rich academic background in Scandinavian studies, rhetoric, and cultural history, Bjordal approaches historical material through the lenses of both literary studies and cultural history. In her PhD thesis, titled 'Om denne haves intet mærkværdigt'. En tekst- og kunnskapshistorisk studie av stavkirkene på 1700- og 1800-tallet, she explored the cultural history of the Norwegian stave churches, studying how they emerged and developed as objects of knowledge in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In addition to her primary research, Bjordal is also a member of Voicing Democracy, a project under the UiO Democracy initiative.
Teaching: Courses within cultural history, rhetoric, plain language, and Norwegian as a second language.
Bilde: Camilla Kottum Elmar, Senter for grunnforskning.