Jacob Høigilt left PRIO in 2018. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Jacob Høigilt
Research Professor
Research Interests
- Media, politics and society in the Middle East
- Islamism
- Language, ideology and culture
- Youth in the Arab world
News
Friday, 4 Dec 2020
PRIO's Youth & Peacebuilding Research
Next Tuesday December 8th at 14.00 CET (Oslo time) we will have the PRIO Annual Peace Address, this time with young peacebuilders Hajer Sharief and Ilwad Elman.
On this occasion we wanted to highlight projects and research that focus on youth activism. We're sharing our work on young engagement in political change, because social movements that turn into positive societal transformation are not only initiated by people in power, but very often are initiated or inspired by youth trying to improve their communities. Here are some of the projects showing the importance of youth in peacebuilding.
Research Professor, PRIO (2018)
Adjunct associate professor, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo (2015-)
PhD fellow, University of Oslo (2004-2008)
Education
PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo (2008)
Cand. Philol. in Arabic, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo (2003)
Latest publications
All publications
The futility of rights‐based humanitarian aid to the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Journal Article in Disasters
Aid without Rights? The Dilemma of Humanitarian Aid to the Palestinians
PRIO Policy Brief
Comics in Contemporary Arab Culture: Politics, Language and Resistance
Monograph
Jihadisme, islamisme og krigen mot nyanser
Book Chapter in Fremmedkrigere: forebygging, straffeforfølging og rehabilitering i Skandinavia
Dialect with an Attitude: Language and Criticism in New Egyptian Print Media
Book Chapter in The Politics of Written Language in the Arab World: Writing Change
Introduction
Book Chapter in The Politics of Written Language in the Arab World: Writing Change
The Politics of Written Language in the Arab World: Writing Change
Edited Volume
Å balansere på en knivsegg: Mot sosialt sammenbrudd blant unge palestinere i Øst-Jerusalem
Journal Article in Babylon - nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier
Egyptian Comics and the Challenge to Patriarchal Authoritarianism
Journal Article in International Journal of Middle East Studies
Writing Change: Diglossia and Popular Writing Practices in Egypt
Journal Article in Arabica
Latest news
All news
PRIO's Youth & Peacebuilding Research
Next Tuesday December 8th at 14.00 CET (Oslo time) we will have the PRIO Annual Peace Address, this time with young peacebuilders Hajer Sharief and Ilwad Elman.
On this occasion we wanted to highlight projects and research that focus on youth activism. We're sharing our work on young engagement in political change, because social movements that turn into positive societal transformation are not only initiated by people in power, but very often are initiated or inspired by youth trying to improve their communities. Here are some of the projects showing the importance of youth in peacebuilding.
PRIO Researchers Co-Edit and Contribute to Disasters Special Issue
The April 2019 Disasters special issue on Humanitarian Governance features several articles by PRIO researchers, including Kristoffer Lidén, Dorothea Hilhorst (PRIO Global Fellow), and Jacob Høigilt. Kristin Bergtora Sandvik co-edited the issue, and contributed with an introduction article entitled "A world in turmoil: governing risk, establishing order in humanitarian crises".
Jacob Høigilt Releases New Book: 'Comics in Contemporary Arab Culture'
Former PRIO Research Professor Jacob Høigilt released a new book in January: Comics in Contemporary Arab Culture: Politics, Language and Resistance.
Høigilt writes about how the fascinating world of Arab comics help us gain deeper understanding of how ordinary people relate to some of the themes that regularly catch headlines in Western coverage of the Middle East. Arab comics for grown-ups provide us with sharp and humorous political commentary, while at the same time they express resistance to the authoritarian politics of the elite. Contemporary Arab comics are a counterforce in the Middle East and a valuable window onto popular politics in that region for outside observers.
Successful Academic Workshop marks the Formal Launch of the PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict
On 27-29 August, PRIO hosted an academic workshop marking the formal launch of the PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict led by Øystein H. Rolandsen, Cindy Horst and Jacob Høigilt.
Successful conference on 'Storytelling about Diversity'
On 13 September, artists, academics, entrepreneurs and individuals working in the public sector and civil society came together to discuss the different stories that are told about diversity in Norway today.
PRIO Launches the PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict
PRIO has launched a new Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict. The centre aims to study the relations between culture and violent conflict by initiating joint research projects, hosting seminars and workshops and encouraging cooperation between scholars and practitioners in the cultural field.
Championing interpretive research based on the humanities, the Centre is one of the few international efforts to create an academic environment dedicated to researching the nexus of culture and violent conflict. It comes at a time when such contributions are recognized as being important to understand and prevent violence. The Norwegian government's recent White Paper on the Humanities emphasizes that the contribution from the humanities is essential to research on conflict.
The PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict is located at the PRIO headquarters in Oslo, and is staffed by PRIO researchers. It actively seeks to collaborate with cultural events and festivals in Norway that treat topics of peace, conflict and violence.
Katrin Voltmer appointed PRIO Global Fellow
Katrin Voltmer, Professor of Communication and Democracy at University of Leeds’ School of Media and Communication, has recently been appointed PRIO Global Fellow. Voltmer, a leading scholar of communication in democratic life, works with PRIO researcher Jacob Høigilt on a project about the role of Arab journalism and political polarization, funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
Roundtable with the Foreign Minister of Qatar
On the occasion of the visit to Oslo by the Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar, H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, a closed roundtable discussion on the Middle East was hosted by PRIO, in association with the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) at the Doha Institute.
New Project Funded: Journalism in Struggles for Democracy: Media and Polarization in the Middle East
A Third Palestinian Intifada?
Latest events
All events
Book Launch: Comics in Contemporary Arab Culture
Trump in the Middle East: Negotiating Without Palestinians
Culture and Violent Conflict
Israel, Iran og Syria-krisen - mot en ny krig på Israels nordfront?
Documentary as a Tool for Peacebuilding?
Narrativer om konflikt
Communication, Conflict and the Media in Transitional Contexts
Oslo Urban Peace Week: Urban Divides
Gravitating Towards Jerusalem?
Borders and Art
