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CBMR publications and media appearances in September 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in September 2024

Who decides what we see?

Assistant Professor Signe Sophus Lai will be presenting at the upcoming conference “Hvem bestemmer, hvad vi ser?” hosted by Copydan Verdens TV.

New book: Sub-Indo-European Europe

New book published (Open Access): Guus Kroonen (ed.). 2024. Sub-Indo-European Europe: Problems,methods, results (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 375). Berlin & Boston. De Gruyter Mouton.…

Festschrift for Eva Andersson Strand

Friday 13 September we held a surprise reception for Professor Eva Andersson Strand, head of centre at CTR.

New paper: “Analyzing differences between discursive communities using dialectograms”

In the paper “Analyzing differences between discursive communities using dialectograms,” current and previous DISTRACT researchers Thyge Enggaard, August Lohse, Morten Axel Pedersen and Sune Lehmann introduce a new way…

Mastering Meta-Control: From Cognitive Mechanisms to Practical Strategies - DISTRACT Talk by Signe Vangkilde and Rie Kristensen

On Friday the 27th of September, Signe Vangkilde and Rie Kristensen did a DISTRACT Talk where they explored core concepts and mechanisms of attention and control. They also provided research-based insights on ways of…

ITSS Geodatabase in Progress

Patrik Karlsson Nyed provides an insight into the development of a geodata platform for IN THE SAME SEA's database of over 7000 fugitives from slavery in the Lesser Antilles.

Event in connection with new report: Let's talk about food waste

On Friday 27 September 2024, in connection with the annual food waste week, the research project Fighting food waste – navigating values, choices and habits organised an event at the University library in Fiolstræde.

The Vikings were part of a global network trading in ivory from Greenland

DNA analyses reveal that the vikings brought walrus ivory from Greenland on to Europe and probably as far as the Middle East via extensive trade networks.

The Vikings were part of a global network trading in ivory from Greenland

DNA analyses reveal that the vikings brought walrus ivory from Greenland on to Europe and probably as far as the Middle East via extensive trade networks.

Natacha Klein Käfer: Health and privacy from a historical perspective

Natacha Klein Käfer, an Assistant Professor in Section of Church History, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, researches health and privacy from a historical perspective.

Sara Green receives the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters’ Silver Medal

Sara Green's "exceptional talent, intelligence, and energy" have made her deserving of the Silver Medal, according to the nomination statement.

Kris Harper honored in Washington: Appointed as AAAS Fellow

Professor Kristine C. Harper received prestigious recognition over the weekend for her contributions to the history of science and geoengineering.

The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection

Associate Professor Kristoffer Albris, has together with Karin Fast, Faltin Karlsen, Anne Kaun, Stine Lomborg, and Trine Syvertsen edited the volume The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnections.

Mette Birkedal Bruun was part of an impressive lineup at the BIBLIOTEKSHAVEN LIVE events series, where academia meets the arts.

On Thursday 12 September, Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun was among the performers at the open-air event BIBLIOTEKSHAVEN LIVE Garden at the Library in the city centre. Mette Birkedal Bruun. Credit: Flemming Bo…

Tobias Mosbæk Søborg featured at videnskab.dk

Tobias Mosbæk Søborg, who holds a PhD degree from the Roots of Europe centre and is now a postdoc at Leiden University with an internationalisation fellowship from the Carlsberg Foundation, is featured in Danish popular…

Helle Bundgaard is Teacher of the Year at the Department of Anthropology

At the Department Day on 13 September, Associate Professor Helle Bundgaard was honoured as Teacher of the Year 2024.

Thomas Olander elected vice president of the Society for Indo-European Studies

At the General Assembly of the Society for Indo-European Studies in Basel on 10 September 2024, Thomas Olander was elected vice president of the society, taking over the position from Birgit Anette Rasmussen (Olsen).

Dialogues with the Past (DialPast)

Course offered at the University of Oslo: Our Nordic Graduate School in Archaeology membership provides access for PhD fellows at the University of Copenhagen to courses and events offered by the Nordic network.

Newsweek article “'Lawless Place': Roman Prison Revealed by Disturbing Ancient Graffiti” featuring Matthew Larsen

Last month Newsweek talked to archaeologist Matthew Larsen (Theology and School of Archaeology, UCPH) who has identified remains of a 1,600-year-old Roman prison at the archaeological site of Corinth, Greece.

New edited volume: “The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection”

Kristoffer Albris is the co-editor of the new edited book "The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection" published on Nordicom

Completion of the first survey wave

Photo: Polizeiakademie Niedersachsen On 13 September 2024, we collected the last quantitative data for our first-panel wave with our project partner, the Police Academy of Lower Saxony in Germany. Over the past year,…

New PhD in the HPS section: Lukas Deviletti Skov

Lukas Deviletti Skov joins IND on September 30th in the COPE project with Sara Green and Olivia Spalletti.

New book: Power, gender, and mobility

New book out! Power, gender, and mobility: Aspects of Indo-European society. Edited by Riccardo Ginevra, Stefan Höfler & Birgit Anette Olsen, assisted by Janus Bahs Jacquet. Museum Tusculanum Press. Publisher website…