Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the topic of repatriation and reconciliation (ref 296686)

Organisation/Company

University of Oslo

Research Field

Cultural studies
History

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Positions

Postdoc Positions

Application Deadline

30 Apr 2026 - 23:00 (Europe/Oslo)

Country

Norway

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

37.5

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

The Museum Objects and Reconciliation Ethics project (MORE) is funded by the Research Council of Norway. The project is led by Professor Gro Birgit Ween.  

The position is part of the project MORE: Museum Objects and Reconciliation Ethics, funded by the Research Council of Norway, and we are looking for a research talent with the motivation to contribute to further developing the museum's focus on the field of repatriation, dialogical work with collections and reconciliation.  

MORE follows up on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report from 2023. As state memory institutions, museums are important sites for reconciliatory exercises. In the museum, repatriation is a central reconciliatory measure. In the period 2012-2019, a collaboration consisting of 6 Sámi museum institutions and the capital museums Norsk Folkemuseum (STI) and the Museum of Cultural History (MCH), returned half of the latters’ Sámi collections. The repatriation was named Bååstede, meaning ‘Homecoming’ in Southern Sámi. In MORE, the collaboration between the Bååstede parties continues between Sámi museums all over the Norwegian side of Sápmi: Saemien Sijte, Várdobáiki, Árran Lule Sámi Centre, Centre for Northern Peoples, Tana and Varanger Museum Siida, Riddoduottarmuseat, Sámi Museum Association, MCH and SNFM in Oslo. We are proud that Finnish Giellagas Institute for Sámi Studies at the University of Oulu is a partner in the project, along with the Sámi Museum Siida in Inari, and the Ájtte Swedish Mountain and Sámi Museum in Jokkmokk, on the Finnish and Swedish sides of Sápmi. 

For more information and how to apply: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/296686/postdoctoral-research-fellow-on-the-topic-of-repatriation-and-reconciliation

Website

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/296686/postdoctoral-research-fel…

Research Field

Cultural studies

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Research Field

History

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Museum of Cultural History

Country

Norway

Geofield

City

Oslo

Website

https://www.khm.uio.no/english/index.html

Street

PO box 1072 Blindern

Postal Code

NO-0316

E-Mail

g.b.ween@khm.uio.no

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