News about History

Urban Transformations and Urban Histories

Conference at Malmö University funded in part by the Centre for Modern European Studies (CEMES).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Justice Beyond Time, Place, and Law

Place: Onzième Lieu, Paris Programme 14:00-15:30 – Session 1 Forms of and Fora for Accountability Contributors: Mohammed Bassiki, Garance le Caisne, Mazen Darwish Chaired by Cecile Boex During the revolution and war in…

Women’s Private Practices of Knowledge Production in Early Modern Europe

New PRIVACY open access book

New guest researcher - Teresa Göltl

A PhD student from the University of Heidelberg joins ITSS this month as a guest. We're excited to welcome her to the team!

Heather Freund's Visit to the Boston Archives

ITSS Postdoctoral Fellow Heather Freund visited the Massachusetts Historical Society in December 2023. Here you can read about what she found.

New season of the Privacy Studies Podcast

The first episodes of the newest and fifth season of the centre’s very own Privacy Studies Podcast have been published. Listen to the podcast here on our website. The new season follows the discussions of the symposium…

Sari Nauman awarded the honourable Birger Karlsson’s Science Prize 2023

The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg has awarded PRIVACY Scholar Sari Nauman the honourable Birger Karlsson’s Science Prize 2023.

New student assistant - Kamma Ofelia Strøm

Meet our new team member! She is interested in social movements and political history.

Fabio Gigone awarded a Carlsberg Foundation Internationalisation Fellowship

Our colleague Fabio Gigone received a Carlsberg Foundation Internationalisation Fellowship. We have interviewed him about his new project. Fabio Gigone You recently successfully defended your PhD at the Centre fo…

Call for Papers: Imagining Emancipation in the Atlantic World, 1750-1888

The Steering Committee invites abstracts of not more than 250 words by Friday 1st March 2024.

From Margrethe to Frederik: Danish history as told by royal lines

A new chapter of Danish history was written Sunday, 14 January 2024 with the succession of the new king. A manuscript from around 1600 follows the succession of Danish kings from the legendary Dan up to Christian III.

Artificial Intelligence and Privacy: Causes for Concern. Video from the PRIVACY Challenge Seminar with Mateusz Jurewicz.

Video from the PRIVACY Challenge Seminar with Mateusz Jurewicz now available.

New PRIVACY book: Privacy at Sea - Practices, Spaces and Communication in Maritime History

Privacy at Sea - Practices, Spaces and Communication in Maritime History is edited by PRIVACY Assistant Professor Natacha Klein Käfer and contains contributions by PRIVACY scholars.

Gabriëlle La Croix’s Semester Abroad in Pittsburgh, USA

ITSS PhD Fellow, Gabriëlle La Croix, is coming to the end of her semester at the University of Pittsburgh. Find out what she's been up to!

Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun in the podcast ‘Videnskab fra vilde hjerner’

Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun was recently a guest in the Danish podcast Videnskab fra vilde hjerner (Science from Wild Minds) hosted by Professor of astrophysics at University of Copenhagen, Anja C. Andersen.…

ITSS Postdoctoral Fellow Gives Keynote Speech

Felicia Fricke gave the keynote speech at this year's Reuvensdagen, the national archaeology conference of the Netherlands. Click to watch the recording.

Call for Papers: Small Islands, Proximity, and Connection in the Eastern Caribbean

We invite proposals for a special issue on the history of the eastern Caribbean as shaped by the dynamics of small islands, proximity, and resource scarcity.