Kjetil Hannevik Friestad
PhD Research Fellow
PhD research fellow in religious studies, focusing on the history of Christianity in northeastern Arabia.Educated at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society:
- MA in theology (2011-2017)
- Practical pedagogy (2016-2017)
Exchange semester to Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen autumn 2015
Field assistant for Varvaria-Breberium-Bribir Archaeological Project 2017-2019
Research interests
My PhD project is on the history of Christianity in northeast Arabia, i.e. the coastline and islands of the Perso-Arabian Gulf from Kuwait to the United Arab Emirates. The main focus is on the development of monasticism in this region, from ca 350 to ca 800 AD.
Academic interests
Syriac Christianity
Early Christianity
History of religions
Theology
Archaeology
Member of the research group Holy Scriptures and Authoritative Texts
Coordinator for the Holy Scriptures Forum
Leading the Syriac reading group
Scientific publications
- Friestad, Kjetil Hannevik (2024). Monasteries, convents or holy buildings - Understanding the use and meaning of ܥܘܡܪܐ ('umro) in East Syriac legal texts of the 6th century.
- Friestad, Kjetil Hannevik (2024). How do we know if a monk is a monk? - An example of diversity of asceticism among East Syriac Christians of the East Arabian coastland in the late 6th century.
- Friestad, Kjetil Hannevik (2023). An Archival Turn in Syriac Studies - Transparent subjectivity as an approach to the archives.
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