Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
1. Biographical data
Full name:
Steinholt, Yngvar Bordewich
Citizenship:
Norwegian
Place and date of birth: Bodø, Norway, 26. April 1969
Academic degree: Doctor Artium
(Dept. of Russian Studies, Bergen University, 2004).
Present position: First Lecturer, Dept. of Russian Studies,
Bergen University.
Office address: IKKR, UiB, Øysteinsgate 3, N-5007 Bergen
Telephone:
+47 55 23 40 22 (home)
Fax:
+47 55 58 91 91 (work)
E-mail:
yngvar.steinholt@krr.uib.no
Homepage:
www.hf.uib.no/i/russisk/steinholt
2. Qualifications
Languages:
Norwegian: fluent, first language.
English: fluent, spoken and written.
Russian: near fluent, spoken and written.
German: near fluent, spoken and written.
French: basic, spoken and written.
Academic publications:
1996. Saftutpresseren, Russisk rocktekst i politisk brytningstid. Cand.-philol. thesis,
Tromsø, 1996, Tromsø University.
2002. Anna Szemere Up from the Underground: The Culture of Rock Music in
Postsocialist Hungary. Book review, Nordisk Øst-forum 16:2 (230-231).
2002. Rock mot regimet? Perspektiver på rockens rolle i sovjettidens Russland.
Nordisk Øst-forum 16:3 (241-255).
2003. You can’t rid a song of its words: Notes on the hegemony of lyrics in Russian
rock songs. Popular Music 22:1 (89-108).
2004. Rock in the Reservation: Songs from the Leningrad Rock Club 1981-86.
Dr.-Art thesis, Bergen, Bergen University.
2005. Rock in the Reservation: Songs from the Leningrad Rock Club1981-86
Bergen and NY, Mass Media Music Scholars Press.

University exams:
1. Cand. philol. degree from Tromsø University:
-Preparatory courses in Philosophy, Phonetics and Language Theory
(1 semester, 1989)
-Russian Language and Literature (8 semesters 1990-1992 and 1993-1996)
-German Language and Literature (2 semesters 1992)
-Literary Studies (2 semesters 1993 and 1996)
Studies also include special programs and courses in Russian Language and
Literature, attended in Moscow September-December 1991 and April 1996.
2. Dr. Art. degree, Bergen University 2001-2004:
-Lecture in Scientific Theory: ‘I know you never knew me: Rock, speech genres
and problems of performance analysis’. Held and passed 30. August 2002.
-Defence lecture: ‘The Russian Anekdot: The history of a popular genre and its role
in Russia today’. Held and passed 11. November 2004
-Thesis: Rock in the Reservation: Songs from the Leningrad Rock Club 1981-86
submitted 27. April, 2004, defended 12. November 2004.
Study also includes fieldwork in St. Petersburg, conducted in September -
November 2001, May - June 2002, and March 2004.
Jobs and other qualifying experience:
1992-96: Freelance assignments as interpreter and translator in Russian.
1993-95: Seminar teacher, preparatory course in Russian language,
Tromsø University.
April-June 1995: Observer for Norwegian Church Aid, and team member in
Action of Churches Together’s relief-aid program for Chechen
refugees in Khasavyurt, Dagestan.
June 1996 - June 1997: Interpreter, translator and Russian-language consultant at
Storskog border control point, Kirkenes.
July 1997 - January 1999: Interpreter, translator and Russian-language consultant
at Troms and Finnmark Customs Administration, Tromsø.

February 1999 – December 2000: Freelance interpreter, translator and writer in
Århus, Denmark.
December 2000 – January 2001: Translation work for Norwegian Broadcasting
(NRK) in Tromsø. Freelance interpreter.
February 2001 - May 2004: Research fellow and Dr.-Art. student at the Dept.
of Russian Studies, Bergen University, Financed by the Norwegian
Research Council. Seminar teacher in Russian literature spring 2002.
June - September 2004: Consultant in pilot project for cinema documentary project
on Russian rock, led by Austrian filmmaker Dr. Elisabeth
Guggenberger. Production company: Wega-Film, Vienna.
October - November 2004: Temporary engagement as First Lecturer, Department
of Russian Studies, Bergen University. Seminar in academic writing.
2005: Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Russian Studies, Bergen University.
Courses: Russian Cultural History (Rus 102).
Seminars: Literarary text (Rus203), Academic writing (Rus 300).
2006: Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Russian Studies, Bergen University.
Courses: Russian Cultural History (Rus 102),
Russian Literature (Rus 203), European Studies - Russia (Eur 102).