Åsne Ø. Høgetveit
Job description
Senior Academic Librarian at the University Library, subject librarian for Slavic, Baltic, and Scandinavian languages and literature, child protection, and social work.
I am a member of the library's working group for systematic and structured literature searches. Among other responsibilities, we develop and maintain an online resource for literature search.
In addition, I serve as a member of the University Library's literature committee. The committee oversees the library's budget for literature and advises the director on matters concerning our collection and portfolio.
I am also a substitute teacher in contemporary Russian history at the Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies, and Theology in the spring of 2026.
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Research interests
Russian culture (especially film and literature), Russian history, and gender studies.
Teaching
I teach information literacy and advanced academic search and source management on all levels.
In spring 2026 I co-teach two subjects about contemporary Russian history at The Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology.
In the period 2015-2025 I co-taught in UiT's courses about older East Slavic and Russian history (RUS-1210), introduction to Russian literature (RUS-1110), contemporary Russian culture and politics (RUS-1115), Russian media and media language (RUS-2021), and madness in Russian literature (RUS-2110)
