Images of Knowledge
The members of the research group have a shared interest in images in knowledge contexts, both historical and contemporary, with an emphasis on visual representations of various forms of knowledge.
About the research group
The research group Images of Knowledge is an interdisciplinary research group, consisting of researchers and guest-researchers from the Department of Linguistic, Literary, and Aesthetic Studies (LLE) and The Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT), the University museum, the University library as well as researchers from other national and international institutions.
In the research group we have a broad definition of “Image” (optic visual, metaphors, diagram etc.) The research group studies understandings of knowledge in different disciplinary traditions, both within the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Autumn semester’s activities
Tuesdays 10:15–12:00
Room: HF 301
9th September – Møtet om høstens programme.
30th September – Conference paper draft – ‘Reading wounds as hieroglyphs’ (Samantha Smith)
21st October – Article draft. Material agency and mimesis in pre-Christian Scandinavian art (June Tafjord)
11th November – ‘The sami Altar in Nidaros Cathedral’ (Hannah Lunde)
12th November – (N.B.! Wednesday!) Guest lecture: ‘Non finito: The making and materiality of miraculous images in Venice, ca. 1200-1700’ (Jessica Richardson, University of York). Sted: HF, seminarrom 265)
18th November – Article presentation. (Raquel Gloria Wilner)
2nd December – Project meeting
9th December – Project meeting
Publications
PhD Theses
Anders Marcussen Gullestad, 2014 (Press release)
Herman Melville and the Fruits of Parasitism: Feeding on Others in Typee, "Bartleby," and The Confidence-Man.
Nora S. Vaage, 2016 (Press release)
Amplifying Ambiguities. Art on the Fringes of Biotechnology
Synne Ytre Arne, 2019 (Press release)
Staging Perception : Theatricalities in Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu
Trine Krigsvoll Haagensen, 2020 (Press release)
Bildet som paradigme : En analyse av forholdet mellom bilder og vitenskapelig kunnskap i astronomien
Kristian Reinfjord, 2023 (Press release) Medieval Stone Building. Organization and Development of Construction Technology in Eastern Norway C. 1130 – 1537
Samantha Leanne Smith, 2025 (Press release)
Tracing the Image. The absence / presence of the holy Shroud in sixteenth century Bologna
People
Group manager
Henning Laugerud Professor
Group members
Jørgen Bakke Associate Professor
Rasmus Slaatelid Professor
Trine Krigsvoll Haagensen Associate Professor
Samantha Smith Associate Professor
John Ødemark Professor
Bjørn Ola Tafjord Professor
Sjur Haga Bringeland PhD Candidate
Raquel Gloria Wilner PhD Candidate
Hannah Kristine Lunde Post Doctoral Fellow
Knut Takle Teaching Assistant
June Bjørkavåg Tafjord Master's student
Karoline Silseth Master's student
Sunniva Mundal Haug Master's student
Per Inge Hove Master's student