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New research: Danish children encounter four typical family learning environments

Parental values and family activities have a strong influence on children's learning. Based on data from 44 Danish families, researchers have identified four types of family learning environments.

New Publication on the Writings of Christian Protten, 1715-1769

ITSS team members have contributed to a new volume about the life of this West African missionary.

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2024

Danish scribes and German Bibles

Biblical paraphrases in the local language were popular in the late Middle Ages. In 1482 a Danish scribe completed a Low German paraphrase of Old Testament books.

FRAGILE FUTURES: Ambiguities of Care in Burkina Faso

Associate Professor Helle Samuelsen has recently published the monograph FRAGILE FUTURES: Ambiguities of Care in Burkina Faso. The book is published as a part of the series Epistemologies of Healing.

After stroke: Marina Abramović to receive the Sonning Prize

In 2023, the award of the Sonning Prize was cancelled at the last minute as the recipient, Marina Abramović, was rushed to hospital. Now, she will visit the University of Copenhagen to receive the prize.

Angry times: What shapes and amplifies political anger across the world?

With a European grant of €2.5 million, a new project headed by Atreyee Sen from the Department of Anthropology will explore how politically motivated anger is amplified and legitimised today.

Technologies of Ecological Mediation

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler has published the article 'Technologies of Ecological Mediation: Ethical Conflicts over Environment and Imagined Future in Bali'. The article will be published in the journal Science…

Images of torture: ‘affective solidarity’ and the search for ransom in the global Somali community

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen has co-written an article with Mohamed s. Tarabi for the Journal of Eastern African Studies on ‘affective solidarity’ and the search for ransom in the global Somali community. Recent…

Regional Workshop on Changing ID Systems in East Africa

In January 2024 CERTIZENS convened an East Africa Regional Workshop in Kampala with the title Changing ID Systems in East Africa: Histories, Policies and Practices and the Reshaping of States and Citizens. Mostly…

New visiting professor - Dr. Dexnell Peters

From 24th April to 6th May 2024, IN THE SAME SEA will be hosting historian Dr. Dexnell Peters (University of the West Indies) as a visiting professor in Copenhagen. Read more here!

Interview with Dr. Pernille Røge

In December 2023, ITSS PhD fellow Gabriëlle La Croix sat down with Dr. Pernille Røge to talk about Dr. Røge’s work at the University of Pittsburgh and about her thoughts on Atlantic history and trans-imperial research.

CERTIZENS first MA graduate, Moses Muluba, researched birth registration in Eastern Uganda

Moses Muluba (CERTIZENS Uganda) shares insights from his MA thesis on ‘Unfolding diverse citizen response to birth registration in Iganga district, Uganda (1904-2021)'. He was the first to graduate in December 2023 out…

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2024

Crown Princess Mary Center changes name

In connection with the succession of the throne the Crown Princess Mary Center at the University of Copenhagen will change name.

International Workshop Develops New Network in Caribbean Archaeology

Find out what attendees achieved at 'The Future of Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology' workshop between 11th and 14th March 2024.

New student assistant - Mikkel Bjerrum-Bohr

ITSS has a new student assistant who brings us expertise in the Spanish language! Read about his role in the project here.

New CPH Tech Policy Brief by DISTRACT researchers

DISTRACT researchers Malene Hornstrup Jespersen, Kristoffer Albris, and Helene Willadsen recently published a CPH Tech Policy Brief that dives into the concept of screen time and explores how people feel about engaging…

The Danish Conquest of Dithmarschen

The Low German law codex AM 2 4to contains the younger redaction of the Land Law of Dithmarschen. A later addition in Danish describes the conquest of Dithmarschen by the Kingdom of Denmark in 1559.

Call for papers: History Teaching and Public Memory of Recent Past. Experiences and perspectives from South East Europe

Call for papers for workshop in Podgorica, Montenegro, 16-17 October 2024.

The sensory archaeology of garments. New approaches to the body in ancient Sudan and Nubia

Associate professor in archaeology Elsa Yvanez will be giving a talk in Cairo at the Section Française de la Direction des Antiquités du Soudan / Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale (SFDAS / IFAO).

Copenhagen Hosts Workshop on Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology

ITSS Postdoc and colleagues from Aarhus and Leiden are this week hosting an international hybrid workshop with 30 attendees.

New Publications Spring 2024

Kunsten som forum på tryk published with Billedkunstskolernes Forlag has issued four new editions, authored by Shannon Mattern, David Lloyd, Shannon Jackson, and Julia Bryan-Wilson respectively.

New anthropological projects explore African climate and energy challenges

With support from DANIDA, two projects based at the Department of Anthropology are investigating climate and energy challenges in South Africa and Burkina Faso.