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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…

CBMR publications and media appearances in August 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in August 2024

Easter Island population collapse never happened

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and University of Lausanne debunks the popular theory.

Easter Island population collapse never happened

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and University of Lausanne debunks the popular theory.

Project to investigate the social and political impact of migrant deaths

Every year, thousands of migrants from Africa die on their way to Europe. A new anthropological project funded by the European Research Council will examine the impact of these deaths on the bereaved.

New Publication: Race, Slavery, and the Market

IN THE SAME SEA PI Gunvor Simonsen writes about the localization of Atlantic racism in Copenhagen in the eighteenth century and how racism shaped the lives of the Africans living in the city.

Daan Kenis will be visiting PhD student at IND

Daan Kenis will be visiting the department to collaborate with Sara Green and other members of the HPS section.

IN THE SAME SEA Open House!

The team invites you to our office on Thursday 7th November 2024 for snacks, drinks, and a introduction to our database.

NIVI welcomes Head of the Project Management Office

NIVI welcomes Head of the Project Management Office

WORKING PAPER 7: Widows’ Interisland Inheritances in St. Eustatius and St. Barths, 1796-1819

In this working paper, IN THE SAME SEA Postdoc Felicia Fricke explores how Statian widows navigated interisland inheritances, looking at the impact of complex family structures and guardianship.

Mapping concerns about rising seawater

How do citizens living on the coasts of four countries in the North Sea region worry about future sea level rise and storm surges? This is the question Kristoffer Langkjær Albris will investigate in a project that DFF i…

Do you want to organise Global Health Film Days 2026?

Would you like to learn how to curate films and debates about the most urgent global health challenges of our time? Global Health Film Days are looking for student volunteers.

New Publication: ‘Farming God’s Way’ in Post-Apartheid South Africa

CAS guest researcher Hans Olsson has published a new article in the Journal of Southern African Studies, examining 'Evangelical Cosmologies of Land and ‘Crisis’ in Post-Apartheid South Africa'

Submit your film to Global Health Film Days

Global health film makers are encouraged to submit their films now - either for programme selection or inclusion in the Global Health Film Database.

New book: Indo-European interfaces

The volume Indo-European interfaces: Integrating linguistics, mythology and archaeology has been published at Stockholm University Press.

New PhD student at Roots of Europe: Tore Rovs Kristoffersen

On 1 September 2024, the Roots of Europe centre will have a new PhD student: Tore Rovs Kristoffersen. The project is titled “Indo-European economy”. Tore has graduated in Classical Philology from the Saxo Department at…

The Indo-European Dark Ages Illuminated: new research project

The Indo-European Dark Ages Illuminated: new research project

Are you writing your thesis this fall?

At Copenhagen University Library, South Campus we can help you find relevant literature for your projects. We offer a one-hour personal session in information retrieval when you are about to write your BA-thesis or your…

ITSS Postdoctoral Fellow to Present at the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA) Congress in Nevis

Felicia Fricke will present on a new network for ethically engaged archaeologists and other heritage professionals working in the Caribbean region.