Jonas Fossli Gjersø
Førsteamanuensis i historie
Kontakt
E-post: jonas.f.gjerso@uis.no
Organisasjonsenhet
Fakultet for utdanningsvitenskap og humaniora
Institutt for kultur- og språkvitenskap
Kort om meg
Jonas Fossli Gjersø is an Associate Professor of History researching subjects related to empire, energy and abolition. He is the Current Debates Editor for The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History and presently serving as the department's Academic Programme Director for History (studieprogramleder for historie).
His PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2015) considered British imperialism in East Africa, whilst his postdoctoral research project at the University of Oslo investigated Norwegian and international petroleum history. His publications include The Scramble for East Africa (2015) and The Great Leap Offshore (2023). His op-eds and book reviews have featured in International Affairs, Historisk Tidsskrift, Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning, OpenDemocracy, Impakter Magazine, Dagsavisen, Aftenbladet and he has appeared on BBC World, NRK Dagsnytt 18, NRK P2 Ekko, NRK P2 Studio 2, NRK Rogaland, Fortid, the Land & Climate Review Podcast and Historikeren.
Dr Gjersø has taught international, imperial and economic history at the LSE, Goldsmiths - University of London, the University of Oslo, BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo and Stavanger and at the University of Stavanger (UiS). These courses include: From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century (LSE), International History since 1890 (LSE), Empires in Comparative Perspective: Imperium Romanum to Pax Americana (Goldsmiths), Key Issues in Modern International and Transnational History (Uni. Oslo), Neighborhood Bully? Stormaktene og Midtøsten siden 1945 (Uni. Oslo), Krig og konflikt. Stormaktene, Europa og verdensherredømme i det 20. århundret (Uni. Oslo), Fra Ekofisk til Equinor: Norge og oljen (Uni. Oslo), Moderne historie (Uni. Stavanger), Teknologiens kulturhistorie (Uni. Stavanger), Global Political Economy (BI Oslo & Stavanger).
At UiS he is the Course Convenor for Modern History (emneansvarlig for (L)HIS165 Moderne historie), the undergraduate dissertation seminar (emneansvarlig for HIS290 Bacheloroppgave i historie) and he teaches the postgraduate dissertation seminar (MHIMAS-1 21H Historie og historiedidaktikk masteroppgave). He is happy to supervise projects broadly related to his research interests.