News about Culture

New book on the history of the Danish language

Thomas Olander’s book Dansk fra nutiden til stenalderen [Danish from the present to the Stone Age] has been published at U Press. Read more about the book in this article (in Danish).

Keynote by Mette Bengtsson at NordJourn

Mette Bengtsson gives a keynote at the fifth Nordic Journalism Studies Seminar Series (NordJourn). The title of her talk is “The Role of Journalistic Fact-Checkers in Constituting Truth Claims: A Rhetorical Perspective…

New book from the Reaching Young Audiences project

Writing and Producing for Children and Young Audiences Cases from Danish Film and Television This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the writing and production strategies used in live-action fiction films and…

Open talk by Lucas Graves

Professor Lucas Graves gives a public talk on his research on journalistic fact-checking. His talk title is "The end of fact-checking as we knew it? Change and challenge in a new global institution." The project arrange…

The HEALTH & SCIENCE Theme at the Centre for Privacy Studies is looking for an intern for the spring semester of 2025

The HEALTH & SCIENCE Theme at the Centre for Privacy Studies is looking for an intern for the spring semester of 2025

New article by Nina Grønlykke Mollerup

This article was published on 14 November 2024 in the trade journal Journalisten.dk. The article is in Danish.

Kontant: Hjernevasket til succes (Brainwashed for success)

Associate Professor Andreas Lindegaard Gregersen from the Center for Tracking and Society and the Department of Communication participated in the DR programme Kontant: Hjernevasket til succes.

How does compassion for animals develop and take root?

Looking at Tibetans and Indians who provide care for stray animals in northern India, a new anthropological project will explore how people develop a compassion-based ethics through their encounters with animals.

Nina Rønsted to direct the story of our natural history

With a new Natural History Museum Denmark opening in the coming years, Professor Nina Rønsted will have plenty to be getting on with as she takes up the position of Director of Natural History Museum Denmark at…

CBMR publications and media appearances in October 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in October 2024

Debunked: Children aren’t quicker at picking up new motor skills than adults

Contrary to popular belief, children aren’t better at learning new skills than adults. Indeed, young adults seem to learn faster than kids – but also tend to forget more quickly. Here, better sleep seems to advantage…

New Publication: The French Revolution in British Dominica

IN THE SAME SEA Postdoc Heather Freund announces publication of an article in the Journal of British Studies.

Thomas Elbenhardt appointed as Professor

Following an open international application process and external evaluation, Thomas Elbenhardt Jensen has been appointed as Professor of Molecular Exercise Physiology at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of…

Fake or fact check

New podcast episode with Mette Bengtsson in the podcast series Udsyn

Journalistic fact checking and the search for universal truth

Mette Bengtsson gives a keynote on 'Medieforskningens dag' 13 November 2024

SUND receives DKK 15M for sustainable development research in the Arctic

Three SUND research projects receive funding from DFF to strengthen sustainable development in the Arctic.

Thanks for Attending our Open House!

On Thursday 7th November 2024, the ITSS team had an Open House, with music, snacks, rum punch, and a sneak peek at the development of our geodatabase.

Emilie Munch Gregersen presents at Digital Tech Summit 2024

On October 30th DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen presented at the Digital Tech Summit, where she pitched the digital fieldnote app Ethnote designed for collecting, sharing, and analyzing qualitative data. …

Research project on medieval intellectual culture awarded €13 million Synergy Grant

Thanks to a generous ERC Synergy Grant, experts in history, literature, medieval handwriting and bio-codicology from Nordic Universities will explore medieval knowledge networks the coming six years. Matthew Collins, wh…

ERC Synergy Grant to chart Northern integration in medieval intellectual culture

With University of Bergen leading the project, four Nordic partners will investigate how books and literary networks shaped Northern Europe between 1000 and 1500 CE.

ERC Synergy Grant to chart Northern integration in medieval intellectual culture

With University of Bergen leading the project, four Nordic partners will investigate how books and literary networks shaped Northern Europe between 1000 and 1500 CE.

Ivã Gurgel Guest Researcher from Brazil

Ivã Gurgel (University of São Paulo, Brazil) will be a Guest Researcher at the Niels Bohr Archive from November 2024 to October 2025.

New article: ”EthNote gives qualitative research a new format”

Recently TechSavvy Media published an article about the digital fieldnote app Ethnote, co-founded by DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen and DISTRACT coordinator Karoline Husbond Andersen. The article is written…

Newspapers as Microcosms of Everyday Life for Elites in the Danish West Indies

ITSS PhD Fellow Gabriëlle La Croix writes about colonial newspapers, including the implications of a rebus, an epigram, and essays on death and marriage.