Culture, Language & History

Researcher sets out to better understand social cohesion

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:15:00 +0200

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have received 14 of the 27 Sapere Aude grants awarded by...

Homeowners do not increase consumption despite their property rising in value

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:00:00 +0200

Economists conclude that although the value of our property might rise, we do not on that account increase...

Love is in the air on Kierkegaard's birthday

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:00:00 +0200

What do a 170-year-old engagement ring, the key to house that no longer exists and a chipped coffee cup...

Riots create irrational behaviour

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:00:00 +0200

A new doctoral thesis encourages police to take the destructive behaviour of some participants into...

Homosexuality has become an image of modernity in Denmark

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0200

New research from the University of Copenhagen shows how public opinion on homosexuality has changed...

Information technology amplifies irrational group behaviour

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:30:00 +0200

Web tools and social media are our key sources of information when we make decisions as citizens and...

Mobile phones have given the Chinese a voice

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0100

A new PhD thesis presents several case studies on the use of the mobile phone for political participation...

Experts to calculate potential of Greenlandic mineral wealth

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:00:00 +0100

A joint Greenlandic and Danish university committee will seek to identify how best to use Greenland’s...

This is why it takes so long to get over tendon injuries

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:00:00 +0100

By combining the nuclear tests of the 1950s with tissue samples and modern technology, a research collaboration now...

Exploring human self-understanding and its limits

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0100

Professor Claudia Welz is the first theologian ever to receive one of the Ministry of Education’s...

Ancient Egyptians sold themselves into temple slavery

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:45:00 +0100

2,200 years ago in the ancient Egyptian city Tebtunis, Egyptians voluntarily entered into slave contracts...

Greenland's viking settlers gorged on seals

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:00:00 +0100

A Danish-Canadian research team has demonstrated the Norse society did not die out due to an inability...

The modern view of nature has religious roots

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:00:00 +0200

All over the planet, people are fighting to save animals and plants from extinction. In a new book, University...

See the light at Culture Night

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:00:00 +0200

On Friday evening the University of Copenhagen opens its doors, with events, displays and special lectures....

Ancient stinging nettles reveal Bronze Age trade connections

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:00:00 +0200

A piece of nettle cloth retrieved from Denmark's richest known Bronze Age burial mound may derive from...

Karen Blixen and Isak Dinesen: One woman, two authors

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:00:00 +0200

Literary scholars have compared world-famous Danish author Karen Blixen's Danish and English texts and...

Danes frequently confronted by religion

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:30:00 +0200

New report from the European research project RELIGARE maps the relationship between religion and secularism...

The Clovis First Theory is put to rest at Paisley Caves

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:00:00 +0200

New international research shows that people of another culture were present concurrently or even previous...

Old aerial photos supply new knowledge on glaciers in Greenland

Tue, 29 May 2012 07:00:00 +0200

New research shows that the glaciers in Southeast Greenland can actually recuperate within a short timeframe...

Orhan Pamuk is awarded the 2012 Sonning Prize

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:00:00 +0200

Turkish author recieves Denmarks largest culture award. The Sonning Prize is given to a person who has...

Vampires give Danish teenagers taste for spirituality

Wed, 09 May 2012 13:00:00 +0200

A new PhD thesis shows that a film series like Twilight replaces traditional religion and enhances interest...

India designs its own image as global power

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0200

The shift in India's image is not merely a result of economic growth figures alone – it has resulted...

Sturdy Scandinavian conifers survived Ice Age

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:00:00 +0100

New research shows that some Scandinavian conifers survived the inhospitable ice age climate likely for...

Archaeologists discover Jordan's earliest buildings

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0100

Some of the earliest evidence of prehistoric architecture has been discovered in the Jordanian desert,...

Rainforest plant combats multi-resistant bacterial strains

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Researchers have discovered a natural substance in a Chilean avocado plant that is active in combination...

Schooling protects fleeing children from disease

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0100

New research shows that just a few hours of schooling a week markedly effects the health of children...

Report shows risk of blindness halved over last decade

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0100

The number of new cases of blindness and severe visual loss in Denmark has been halved during the last...

Danish HIV patients can live as long as the general population when treated optimally

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:00:00 +0100

Researchers who have been following Danish HIV patients for more than fifteen years now see that the...

New research project to examine the transatlantic slave trade

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0100

A new research project will bring together an unprecedented range of young researchers to examine the...

Unraveling the causes of the Ice Age megafauna extinctions

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0100

Was it humans or climate change that caused the extinctions of the iconic Ice Age mammals? University...

Tracing the first North American hunters

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:00:00 +0200

An astonishing new chapter has been added to North American prehistory with research showing that...

Sea levels will continue to rise for 500 years

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:00:00 +0200

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have calculated the long-term outlook for rising sea levels,...

Could football give homeless men a health kick?

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:15:00 +0200

Playing street football two or three times a week could halve the risk of early death in homeless men,...

Legislation creates conflict on the Horn of Africa

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:30:00 +0200

Drought and hunger are not the only things raging on the Horn of Africa. The countries are also torn...

Herbal abortion helps African women

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:15:00 +0200

Researchers have examined a number of plants which are used for illegal abortions in Tanzania. Several...

Large variations in Arctic sea ice

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200

For several thousand years, there was much less sea ice in The Arctic Ocean – probably less than...

Malaria parasites use camouflage to trick immune defences of pregnant women

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:00:00 +0200

Researchers from Rigshospitalet and the University of Copenhagen have discovered why malaria parasites...

Root plant combats lethal ticks in Afghanistan

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:00:00 +0200

In the remote region of Pamir in Afghanistan two University of Copenhagen students have tracked...

University of Copenhagen names author Paul Auster honorary alumnus

Thu, 12 May 2011 17:00:00 +0200

On 13 May the University of Copenhagen appoints world famous American author Paul Auster honorary alumnus....

Early indications of Parkinson's disease revealed in dream sleep

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Danish researchers, some from the University of Copenhagen, have discovered that very early symptoms...

Major grant to support development of cancer vaccine and genome mapping

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The University of Copenhagen and three other Danish universities are part of the largest grant ever awarded...

New research shows infants understand social dominance

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

New research from the University of Copenhagen and Harvard University has found that infants understand...

Danes have become more tolerant towards immigrants

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Contrary to the increasing stringencies on immigration, a new study shows that Danes are in fact growing...

Darfur refugees tell their story

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0200

A new PhD thesis provides a voice for the countless, silent victims of civil war and conflict, the refugees....

A new centre is attracting researchers worldwide

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Today, DNA researcher Professor Eske Willerslev and his team open the doors of their new Centre...

Bedrock of Greenland Ice Sheet reached

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Bedrock has been reached at the deep ice core drilling site NEEM on the Greenland Ice Sheet at the depth...

A new and improved Viking hero

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The soon-to-be-published and complete Danish translation of all the Icelandic sagas, a literary cornerstone...

Prison life brutalises inmates

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

"Shut up and mind your own business". This code permeates the Danish prisons, where telling...

Link between 'climate footprints' and mass mammal extinction

Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

An international team of scientists have discovered that climate change played a major role in causing...

Scanner sheds light on hidden words in medieval manuscripts

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Scholars at the Department of Scandinavian Research have received a scanner that can reveal hidden words...

Scientists: Soccer improves health, fitness and social abilities

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Soccer is a pleasurable team sport that provides an all-round fitness and can be used as treatment for...

Overkill or Overchill?

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0200

15,000 years ago the northern regions of the planet, from the coast of Portugal, right across Eurasia,...

Waking the dead

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

For the first time an ancient genome has been reconstructed in detail. The innovative technique...

Play yourself healthy

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A just published research experiment on inactive men with high blood pressure shows that just 3 months...

University online courses yield impressive results

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A strategic commitment to distance learning has proved a success at Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE),...

Innovative Kierkegaard Research

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

When the first semester of 2010 starts, the University of Copenhagen will come to include the best...

Scholars will explode the myth of The New Testament

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Bible scholars across the world have for many years believed that two of the Gospels of the New Testament...

The mammoths' swan song revised

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Woolly mammoths and prehistoric horses grazed on the North American plains for several thousand years...

Language centre to assess researchers' English skills

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Faculty of Life Sciences recently decided that all researchers who teach in English-medium programmes...

Consensus among world's leading sports researchers

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Watch online videocasts of all the presentations and check out the main recommendations from the event......

UNIK: New research strategy for lifestyle related diseases

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Through a UNIK grant of 120 million kroner the University will open its largest ever cross-disciplinary...

Women's soccer - get fit while having fun!

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

New research shows that women benefit more from playing recreational soccer than from running when it...

Hans Magnus Enzensberger receives 2010 Sonning Prize

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

German author Hans Magnus Enzensberger is the recipient of the 2010 Sonning Prize, Denmark's most prestigious...