Complex sentence: Barth received a state scholarship from the Norwegian government in 1985 and accepted two positions in the United states--at Emory University from 1989 to 1996, and Boston University from 1997 to 2008.
Split into simpler sentences: Barth received a state scholarship from the Norwegian government in 1985. He left the country to accept two positions in the United states--at Emory University from 1989 to 1996, and Boston University from 1997 to 2008.