Centre for Sami Studies

The Centre for Sami Studies (Norwegian: Senter for samiske studier, commonly known as Sesam) is a dedicated academic centre at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. It was established by the university board in 1990 with the aim of helping the university better prioritise and coordinate research and teaching relevant to the Sami community. The centre functions as a shared resource for Sami and Indigenous research, education and competence building across the university, and it is organisationally attached to the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Teacher Education, while serving the whole of UiT as its working area. Sesam's mission is to strengthen the university's overall research and educational activities on Sami and Indigenous-related themes across disciplinary boundaries. It follows up the university's Sami strategy plan, which sets out the institution's commitments to Sami language, culture and society. The centre has a small staff, with eight administrative and five scientific employees according to available information, and it has been led administratively by Else Grete Broderstad, with Hildegunn Bruland serving as administrative leader for a period until 2013, after which Broderstad returned as leader. As a university centre rather than a commercial company, Sesam does not sell products in the conventional sense; its outputs are research, teaching support, coordination and competence building. It is part of a state-owned higher education institution and operates primarily within Norway, with a focus on Sami and Indigenous issues that also connect to broader Arctic and international research networks. The centre's website is hosted under the uit.no domain.

The Centre for Sami Studies at UiT The Arctic University of Norway was established by the university board in 1990. It was one of several centres created by the university for its priority areas. The goal was to help ensure that research and teaching at the University of Tromsø relevant to the Sami community could be better prioritised and coordinated. The university adopted a Sami strategy plan, and one of the centre's tasks is to follow up this plan. From the start, Else Grete Broderstad was the administrative leader of the centre. Hildegunn Bruland served as administrative leader for a period until 2013, after which Else Grete Broderstad returned as leader of the centre. The centre has eight administrative and five scientific employees according to available information. Organisationally, the centre is attached to the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Teacher Education, but it has the whole of UiT as its working area. It serves as a common resource for Sami and Indigenous research, education and competence building at the university, aiming to strengthen the university's overall research and educational activities on Sami and Indigenous-related themes across disciplinary boundaries.

• 2013

  Hildegunn Bruland's period as administrative leader ends; Else Grete Broderstad returns as leader.

• 1990

  Centre for Sami Studies established by the university board.

A university-wide resource centre for Sami and Indigenous research, education and competence building at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Product categories. Research on Sami and Indigenous topics · Education and teaching support · Competence building · Coordination of Sami-related activities

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2. 2Centre for Sami Studies – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Senter for samiske studier ved UiT – Wikipedia (Nynorsk)nn.wikipedia.org