News about Culture

New book by Assistant Professor Petar Mitric on The Co-Production Landscape in Europe

This book explores the evolving landscape of European film and television co-productions, from traditional models supported by Eurimages to new collaborations shaped by global streaming platforms like Netflix.

CBMR publications and media appearances in June/July 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in June & July 2025

Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism

New book by Assistant Professor Christina Jerne

13 contemporary artists challenge the monument tradition of the University of Copenhagen

In August, the University of Copenhagen will open the doors to RECAST, a large group exhibition organised to mark the 150th anniversary of women's admission to university. The exhibition challenges the university's…

Yoshi Yoshida joins IND as a Marie Curie postdoc

Yoshi Yoshidas project will focus on in vitro comparative biology.

New publication explores the role of funerary textiles in burial rituals

Our researchers Elsa Yvanez and Magdalena Wozniak has just published an anthology called "Funerary Textiles in Situ: Towards a Better Method for the Study of Textile-Related Burial Practices”.

Archaeologists visit Lund

Before the summer break, a group of archaeologists from the Saxo Institute and the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies visited Lund. The trip was planned and organised by Eva Andersson Strand, UCPH and…

New book in the Ancient Textiles Series

Our researcher, Chiara Spinazzi Lucchesi, has just published a new book in the Ancient Textiles Series called ”Threads of Contact: Tracing the relationship between Egypt and the southern Levant through textile tools”.

Natasha Gordon-Chipembere concludes her stay at PRIVACY

After an inspiring and engaging research visit in June in association with Fulbright, the Centre for Privacy Studies has said farewell to guest researcher Dr. Natasha Gordon-Chipembere. Her visit sparked intellectual…

New book: Indo-European ecologies

The book Indo-European ecologies: Cattle and milk – snakes and water has been published at Stockholm University Press.

CGC-Researchers Henrik Vigh and David Sausdal publish new article on Para-crime

Henrik Vigh and David Sausdal explore how contemporary crime operates in grey zone, para-criminal modes.

Atreyee Sen is awarded the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize

Congratulations to Professor Atreyee Sen for receiving the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize for 2024/2025.

Call for abstracts: Remote sensing and non-destructive archaeology

This year CAA Denmark is hosting a one-day seminar focusing on digital solutions for archaeological practice in Denmark.

Results from the MUST project can inform decisions about language initiatives in higher education

From 2020 to 2023, the project Models for teaching language as an additional competence (MUST) carried out work to investigate how best to introduce language as an additional competence in higher education on…

COMM researchers contribute to new issue of the Nordic Journal of Media Studies

The theme of the new issue is 'Influencers: Navigating Platforms, Expertise, Branding, and Authenticity', and it is is edited and with introduction by Professor Anne Jerslev and Professor Mette Mortensen.

Frankenstein and Kant’s beauty come from Dutch Indonesia

Dehlia Hannah, CApE Hum Fellow 2025 and Professor of Environmental Aesthetics at Copenhagen University is interviewed by CApE writer Semine Long-Callesen in an article for Resilience.

New Head of Department at IFRO: “Professionalism and community go hand in hand”

As of 1 August, Per Svejstrup has been appointed Head of Department at the Department of Food and Resource Economics.

Recalibrating Syria: New Openings for Anthropological Engagement

A new collection of short essays on Syria after the fall of Assad has just been released by Allegra Lab.

Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler has published the article ‘Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism’ in Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs.

PhD Fellow Hui-Yi Yang receives Government Scholarship

We are delighted to announce that our PhD Fellow at PRIVACY Hui-Yi Yang has been awarded the Government Scholarship to Study Abroad by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. The scholarship provides 16,000 USD and…

Screen time: Passive and solitary use makes us most dissatisfied

What lies behind our dissatisfaction with our screen use – and why does the dissatisfaction rarely lead to action? A new Danish study sheds light on this.

Anja Simonsen admitted to the Young Academy

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen has been admitted to the Young Academy under the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Call for Artists

We are inviting all artists to apply for our very first Artist in Residence program, which awards sponsored residencies to working artists in 2026. Artists selected for this program can be in any career stage and work i…

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2025