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Professor Jan Hatlen

Academic Visitor


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Academic Visitor in the School of Education

Biography

Jan Frode Hatlen is Professor of History at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), specialising in history education and historical culture. His research spans from honour and shame in Late Antiquity to contemporary uses of history in political discourse, with a current focus on how the populist right mobilises historical narratives to shape identity and memory. He is the author of The Historian’s Code (2020) and co-editor of Honor and Shame in Western History (Routledge, 2023). Hatlen is also a nationally recognised Excellent Teaching Practitioner and has held several leadership roles in teacher education and academic development.