Historical documents

rokkan-letterLetter to Jan Petter from Stein Rokkan discussing a possible study on Latin America, and contacting Cândido Mendes.

Letter in pdf


bertelsman-prize1 Celebrating the Carl Bertelsmann Prize in Gütersloh (Germany) in 1990. From left Dr. Stefan Empter, Bertelsmann Stiftung; Jan Petter Myklebust, University of Bergen and Mark Wössner, CEO of the Bertelsmann Group.

bertelsman-prize2 Celebrating the Carl Bertelsmann Prize in Gütersloh (Germany) in 1990. From left, Magne Lerheim, Director of the University of Bergen, Jan Petter Myklebust, Mrs. Lerheim and Professor Michael Shattock, Registrar of the University of Warwick.


img_6251Facsimile from Aftenposten 5 June 1990, p.13, when Rector Arnfinn Graue and Director Magne Lerheim was awarded the 1990 Carl Bertelsmann Prize for “their exceptional efforts in shaping effective higher-education environments and policies.” Further the Bertelsmann Stiftung remarked that “The University of Bergen has a reputation as one of Europe’s first-rate, progressive and cosmopolitan universities. Arnfinn Graue and the chancellor, Megne Lerheim, used their organizational creativity and cooperative management style to engender a restructuring of the university that precipitated an impressive growth process. They also reformed the administrative apparatus and opened up the university to regional and national industry, among other things.”


img_6249Facsimile from Bergens Tidende 15 November 1993, p. 32, stating that Norway is “on top” in EU research.


eu-app Facsimile from UiBs first big application to the EU, and the first “large scale-facility” application from Norway, 7 April 1995.


dagbladet

Facsimile from Dagbladet, 1975.


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Preparing for ERASMUS, facsimile from Lunds magazine Lundagård, 10 September 1988. UiB was looking for possibilities to take part in the ERASMUS program through Nordic partners. Leif Christensen (number three from left) was pro-rector at the University of Copenhagen; an acclaimed internationalist who wholeheartedly assisted UiB in the efforts.