A quick reminder from Bergen :)

The 15.of April is the deadline for applicants from Norway  who would like to join the RREprogram in Bergen. You find more information here: http://www.uib.no/ahkr/utdanning/religious-roots-of-europe (there is also a link called "detailed information about structure and admission)

and you are very welcome to contact us by religiousroots(a)gmail.com if you have any questions related to being a student in Norway and specifically Bergen. 

The next deadline for international students is in December 2012 (for autumn 2013 admission)

 Bergen is a busy town, being Norways second most populated one, which means a lot of stuff happens here for students, and you can allways find activities to join toghether with other international and Norwegian students.  At the same time you can also find silence and time to reflect, in the beautiful mountains surrounding the city. you dont need to be a climber, for as you can see from the pictures below, there are good hiking-roads to walk on.

5 Questions to the Professor

This week's instalment of 5 questions comes from Einar Thomassen, who teaches one of the two introductory courses held in Rome.  He forgot to mention under his expertise section his exemplary tour guiding skills!

1. Please state your name,age, university and connection to the RREprogram

Einar Thomassen, 60, University of Bergen. I have been involved in the programme from the planning stage and teaches in it regularly.

2. What is your area of expertise? and which courses do you teach in the RREprogram?

My main area of research has been ancient gnosticism and the Nag Hammadi Coptic texts. Branching out from there I have also worked on early Christianity and ancient religions generally. I also take an interest in Islam, which I have taught for more than 30 years; specific interests are Sufism and the Quran.

I teach (1) the introductory course on Religion and Society in the Ancient World (Rome course), (2) an Interaction course on Holy Scriptures, (3) a text course on the Quran. I also teach an introductory course in Coptic in Bergen, which is open to RRE students.

3. How do you find the this way of teaching, which is not regular university courses but also not distance learning?

I much prefer classroom teaching, where I can interact directly with the students. Distance learning is difficult for me, though it seems to work somehow.

4. What do you expect from your students?

Hard work, of course, but also curiosity and inquisitiveness: the impulse to look up references given in the texts you read, to discover by yourselves reference works in each area of knowledge, to identify the most important contributions on a topic, to use your local library avidly and intelligently.

5. If you could have any superhuman power, what would it be and why?

Multilocality, so that we did not have to do distance teaching.

The RREstudents proudly presents....a video!

This video was made by Hala during our compact seminar in Århus in November. If you want to know why YOU should chose RRE as your master, watch it!

Copenhagen info

Thursday the 9.of February (tommorow) at 12:15 in room 243 at the theological faculty in Copenhagen, there will take place an infomeeting for students curious about studying RRE. if you yourself are interested, or you know somebody who might be, this is an important date to remember.

we will try to post info here at the blog about stuff happening related to RRE in the different universities, and if you would like to email or meet with one of us students, please write an email to: religiousroots@gmail.com and we will be happy to help you :)