Present Research Project
PhD project funded by the Norwegian Research Council (FRIMUF):

Preliminary title: "A Bed for the Night.United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA), Refugee Camps, and the Re-Housing of Palestine Refugees 1949-2008"

Publications

- "Gendering Refugees. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the Politics of Relief", Interpreting Welfare and Relief in the Middle East. Brill Academic Publishers 2008, p. 149-174
- ”Bistand til Hamas?” Bergens Tidende 27.04.2006
- "Ingen palestinsk stat". Bergens Tidende 30.09.2004
"Vatn og Palestinakonflikten" i Babylon, Tidsskrift om Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika no 2, 2004.
- Janne B. Bøe og Berg, 2004: "Fra Yeshiva til det israelske militæret. Det ultraortodokse samfunnet i Israel i endring" i Babylon, Tidsskrift om Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika no 1, 2004.
- "Islam, kvinner og menneskerettar i Iran" i Hvor Hender Det, NUPI nr. 11, 24. nov. 2003, årgang 2003-2004.
- Fredsbygging i krigstid. Palestinarane og det norske people-to-people-programmet 1995–2002. Bergen-skrifter i Midtausten- og Afrikaforsking no. 5, SMI Bergen 2003.
- Terje Tvedt og Berg, 2001: Utenrikspolitikk og vann i Midtøsten, Centre for Development Studies, University of Bergen 2001.
- "Vi skulle bygge et nytt Jerusalem. Intervju med Håkon Lie" i Replikk, Tidsskrift for human- og samfunnsvitskap nr. 10, årgang 6, vår 2000.

Programme Affiliation
- Global Moments, UiB
- The Missing Peace, PRIO
- Lower Jordan River Basin Studies Programme, UiB

Professional Bodies
- Member of the Board: Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies, 2004-
- Member of the Editorial board: Babylon, tidsskrift om Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika 2003-

Curriculum Vitae
- Research Fellow, Norwegian Research Council/University of Bergen, 2004-2010.
- Lecturer, "History of the Middle East", UiB (HIM 101), 2007-
- Research Assistant: "Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Bergen", 2003-2006.
- Senior Executive Officer, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, UiB, 2003-2004.
- Teaching Assistant, Department of History, UiB, 2003-
- Research Assistant, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo: Background report "Norwegian Aid to Palestinians 1993-1996", fall 2002.
- Research Assistant, Centre for Development Studies, UiB, 2002-2003 (Translation, bibliography, etc.)
- Cand. Philol. History, UiB. Master thesis: "Peacebuilding in times of War. The Palestinians and the Norwegian People-to-People Programme 1995-2002" (in Norwegian), Spring 2002.
- Research Assistant, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Oslo, Background report: "Norwegian Aid to Palestine after 1993" to the book project "The History of Norwegian Development Aid" March 2001.

Teaching activites
Lectures: "History of the Middle East" (HIM 101) 2007, 2008
Lecture: MKU 250
Lecture: Master seminar, History
Teaching assistant: "History of the Middle East" (HIM 101) 2003, 2004, 2006,
Teaching assistant: “The Jews in Modern Europe: Religion, Ethnicity, and Citizenship in the Nation State, 1780 - 1918” (HIS 115/116), 2003

Address/Contact
Kjersti Gravelsæter Berg
Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion (AHKR)
University of Bergen
P.O. Box 7805
N-5020 BERGEN, Norway
Office: Room 502, Øysteins gate 1,

Tel: +47 55 58 23 08
Fax: +47 55 58 96 54
http://www.smi.uib.no
kjersti.berg@smi.uib.no