Centre for Ibsen Studies


The Centre for Ibsen Studies at the University of Oslo engages in multidisciplinary research, teaching, and documentation on the nineteenth-century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.
The Centre was established by the university in 1991 and opened in 1993. From 2000 to 2010, the Centre was housed in the :nb:Observatoriet|Oslo Observatory, the university's oldest building. In january 2010 it moved to Henrik Wergelands hus at the Blindern campus. Centre Director: .
Documentation and dissemination of information are key aspects of the Centre’s mission. It holds with the world's most complete collection of books and articles relating to Ibsen Studies and maintains The Virtual Ibsen Centre. Research areas include textual studies, performance studies, reception studies, and theatre history. The Centre offers a two-year Master’s programme in Ibsen Studies, as well as a number of courses at Bachelor’s level.
Since 2007 the Centre has arranged an each fall.

Digital Resources

The Centre has developed extensive digital resources that are freely available online at . These resources include , an event-based, relational database containing data on over 20,000 performances from around the globe and from 1850 to the present. Others resources are the in the original Norwegian, open access translations of Ibsen’s works to other languages, , and an archive of related texts, images and audio recordings.
The Centre for Ibsen Studies edits the international journal Ibsen Studies, which is published by Taylor & Francis.