WORK EXPERIENCE
Middlebury–CMRS Oxford Humanities Program, Keble College, Oxford
- Taught and supervised a student for the research course “The Making of Europe, 400–1750”
Museums for Coastal Heritage and Reconstruction of Finnmark
Department Head (Avdelingsleder) for Berlevåg Harbour Museum:
- Overseeing day-to-day operations
- Managing deparmental budgets, purchases, and financial planning
- Conducting archival and historical research on museum collections
- Project manager for exhibitions, historical plaques, and museum products
- Act as liaison between museum company and grant institutions
University College, University of Oxford
Invigilator:
- Executed exams for up to 200 students according to university regulations; followed strict routines for announcements, log sheets, and time-keeping
Magdalen College, University of Oxford
Invigilator:
- Executed exams for up to 200 students according to university regulations; followed strict routines for announcements, log sheets, and time-keeping
Faculty of Humanities, NTNU Norwegian University of Science & Technology
Faculty Board Member and Leader of the Student Council:
- Strategic planning with the Faculty board: discussed and developed the Faculty’s five-year strategy
- Facilitated and executed biweekly meetings with subordinate student representatives
- Managed personnel of 15 and ensuring that they fulfilled their duties
- Office budget responsibility; developed and approved the annual budget
- Developed student policies on campus matters and Humanities studies policies in the University
The Cultural Schoolbag (Den kulturelle skolesekken)
Videographer:
- Collaborated with artist Hilde Skancke Pedersen on an oral history interview about the Nazi occupation of Northern Norway
EDUCATION
University of Oxford (expected completion…)
DPhil History. Thesis “Reconstructing Eighteenth-Century Scholarly Mentalities: a comparative study of the University of Oxford and the University of Copenhagen”. Supervisors: Prof Laurence Brockliss, Prof Avi Lifschitz
University of St Andrews
MLitt Early Modern History (with Distinction). Dissertation “Eighteenth-Century Scholarly Identity in England: George Fothergill at Queen’s College, Oxford, 1722-1760”. Supervisor: Prof Colin Kidd. Courses in Palaeography, Material Bibliography, Early Modern Historiography, and Eighteenth-Century Learning.
NTNU the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
BA History. Dissertation on foreigners and workhouses in Norwegian towns in the early modern period. Supervisor: Prof Magne Njåstad.
TEACHING
Teacher, Museums for Coastal Heritage and Reconstruction
Taught lesson for eleven students on the Norwegian Jews and the Holocaust.
Teaching Assistant, Faculty of History, Oxford
Assisted teaching ten students in the Further Subject “Political and Social Thought in the Enlightenment” with Prof Brian Young.
CURATORIAL WORK
‘A Radiant Last Judgement in Magdalen College Chapel’ Exhibition, Magdalen College, University of Oxford
Two display cases of archival material w/ Dr Raymond Carlson; Veronica Fu; Eden A. Smith.
‘Kongsfjord. En kort oversikt fra eldre til moderne tid’ Exhibition, Kongsfjord chapel.
‘Sagn og sannhet om «Kjølnesslottet»’ Exhibition, Berlevåg Harbour Museum
Audiovisual exhibition with archeological objects.
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Oxford Scandinavian Studies Network, TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, University of Oxford
Co-founder and co-convenor. Secured competitive TORCH affiliation and funding two years in a row. Maintained correspondence, schedule planning, and digital marketing. Held two in-person conferences and sixteen hybrid seminars.
Norwegian Association of Researchers (Forskerforbundet)
Board Member of the Student Association. Assisted in a restructuring of the association and co-wrote the association’s student policies. Advised on student matters regarding national politics. Co-organised conferences.
SAIH (Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ Int. Assistance Fund)
Elected Representative for an Academic Organization to SAIH’s National Council.
ISFiT (the International Student Festival in Trondheim)
Project Manager for the Art Group of the festival. Co-ordinated art exhibitions and a cinema event.
Student Parliament, NTNU Norwegian University of Science & Technology
Representative. Three consecutive periods as an elected member of the university’s highest political body for students. Discussed and voted on university politics.
Department of Historical Studies, NTNU Norwegian University of Science & Technology
Hiring committee represenative on two professorial hiring procedures.
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
BSECS 2025 Postgraduate Bursary
Bursary covering conference fee.
Travel Grant, HIFO The Norwegian Historical Association
Travel grant for archival research in Denmark.
Thorleif Dahls legat for historiske studier, University of Oslo
Travel grant for archival research in Denmark.
Robson-Scott Travelling Scholarship, School of Advanced Study, London
Travel grant for archival research in Denmark.
History of Education Society UK
Postgraduate conference bursary.
Robert Gildea International Travel Fund, Faculty of History, Oxford
Travel grant for archival research in Copenhagen.
Aker Scholarship, Anne Grete Eidsvig & Kjell Inge Røkke’s Foundation for Education
Prestigious funding for my DPhil studies awarded by Anne Grete Eidsvig and Kjell Inge Røkke’s Foundation for Education.
Deans’ List, University of St Andrews
Annual award for academic excellence, recording the very highest achievers.
Professor Kolsrud’s Endowment
Awarded by the Troms County Library to support my postgraduate studies at St Andrews.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PAPERS
(2026) Book Review, History of Universities.
(2026) [Conference paper]
(2025) Book Review, ‘Kunskapens stora hus: Huvudlinjer i universitetets historia, by Johan Östling’, English Historical Review: https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceaf210.
(2025) “Knebukser, «Doctorhabit» og David Hume: en reise på 1700-tallet via København”. Historikeren 1 (2025), 6-10. Article.
(2025) “The Body in the University:”. BSECS, Pembroke College, Oxford. Conference presentation.
(2024) “Academic Culture in a Town Square: Copenhagen University in the Eighteenth Century”. GRACEH, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Conference presentation.
(2024) “Fearful and Armed? Eighteenth-Century Student Culture in Denmark”. Magdalen College Convivium, Oxford. Seminar presentation.
(2024) “The King of Denmark-Norway at Oxford University: from Institutional Self-Fashioning to the Perceptions of Scholarly Outsiders”. BSECS British Eighteenth-Century Society 53rd Annual Conference, Oxford. Conference presentation.
(2023) “‘Terror’ and ‘Devotion’: Emotional Experiences at the University of Copenhagen, 1770-1773”. History of Education Society UK, Annual Conference, Sheffield. Conference presentation
(2023) “‘Decline’ and the Cultural History of the Eighteenth-Century University”. Graduate Seminar in History 1680-1850, Lincoln College, Oxford. Seminar presentation
(2022) “«Heksa» fra Berlevåg, del 2: 1653”. Berlevågingen 30: 1. Article.
(2021) “«Heksa» fra Berlevåg, del 1: De europeiske trolldomsprosessene”. Berlevågingen 29: 3. Article.
(2018) “Kongsfjord”. Pamphlet published with Berlevågingen.
(2017) “Kjølnesvisa”. Popular history pamphlet.
COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS
Introducing Mapping, Spatial Data and GIS, University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education
Lund University
Multi-Day Doctoral Summer School at LUCK – the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge. Worth 5 ECTS. Examining all aspects of the History of Knowledge.
Introduction to Leadership, ANSA – Association of Norwegian Students Abroad
Introduction to Digital Humanities, HarvardX/EdX
Course in meeting facilitation (kurs i møtefascilitering), SiT (Studentsamskipnaden i Trondheim)
OTHER
Languages: Norwegian (native), English (fluent), Swedish and Danish (passive fluency), German and Latin (elementary proficiency)
I can be contacted by email: leif.hammer@outlook.com