News about Culture

Denmark's youngest female professor appointed at the University of Copenhagen

Her research investigates how to combat fake news through automated online fact-checking and the portrayal of women in digital language. 33-year-old Isabelle Augenstein from the Department of Computer Science at UCPH’s…

CBMR publications and media appearances in September 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in September 2022

Dissemination to the Danish and Nordic field of language teaching practice

In autumn 2022, Natascha Drachmann has given and hosted several presentations and workshops on plurilingual education and language awareness in a national and Nordic context.

Welcome to four new members of Art as Forum

Since September we have welcomed four new members of the research group: PhD scholar Xenia Pallesen and postdocs Eva la Cour, Daniel Irrgang, and Anna Meera Gaonkar.

Writing and thinking in community – about art and communality

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in collaboration with Art as Forum and New Carlsberg Foundation’s research Centre at University of Copenhagen present contribution #7 and #8 to the series Kunsten som forum på tryk.

Textile and Clothing

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this volume on ‘Textile and Clothing’ – the first in a new series of books produced by UNESCO that focuses on the peoples, cultures and histories of the Silk Roads. It is entirel…

Healthy democracies are threatened by false information, but not everyone is keen on a cure

Our democracy relies upon the choices of an informed electorate. But today, it is threatened by mis- and disinformation. More and better fact-checking is needed according to the University of Copenhagen’s Isabelle…

Healthy democracies are threatened by false information, but not everyone is keen on a cure

Our democracy relies upon the choices of an informed electorate. But today, it is threatened by mis- and disinformation. More and better fact-checking is needed according to the University of Copenhagen’s Isabelle…

New book on Malaria Immunology – including cutting-edge methods and protocols

During the last few years, Professor Lars Hviid and Professor Anja Ramstedt Jensen from Centre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, UCPH, have spent many, many hours editing this…

CTR Fall programme 2022

This year at CTR is filled with exciting lectures and events.

Launch of project looking at fighting food waste funded by VELUX FONDEN

From September 2022, CIP will head an interdisciplinary research project Fighting food waste – Exploring the interplay between values, choices and habits. The project is funded by VELUX FONDEN’s HUMpraxis programme.

Jesper Lundsfryd Rasmussen new Postdoc at IND

Jesper Lundsfryd Rasmussen will join the HPS-group in a Postdoc position, starting October 1 2022.

Managing Sacralities: Competing and Converging Claims of Religious Heritage

Professor Oscar Salemink co-edited the volume Managing Sacralities: Competing and Converging Claims of Religious Heritage with Ernst van den Hemel and Irene Stengs.

This year’s summer language courses in Danish/German/French were extremely popular!

In August, CIP organised summer language courses in both Danish for international students and German and French for Danish students going on exchange. Both Danish and international students have been highly satisfied…

Virtues and Vexations: Intimate Others Caring for Elders in Eastern Uganda

Professor Susan Reynolds Whyte has contributed the chapter 'Virtues and Vexations: Intimate Others Caring for Elders in Eastern Uganda' to the book Imagistic Care: Growing Old in a Precarious World.

WORKING PAPER 5: Enslaved Mobility in Grenada: A Snapshot

This working paper uses newspaper runaway lists to look at escape routes used by enslaved people on Grenada in 1819 and 1825.

New book: The Indo-European language family

New book on the Indo-European language family.

Conference workshops at Multicultural Schools 2022

The PE-LAL project is represented at the Danish national conference ‘Multicultural Schools’ with two workshops.

Millions of farmers put their faith in God when making decisions

A widespread belief among millions of smallholder farmers in one of the world’s poorest countries is that God determines their yields. This is shown by a study that has examined the correlation between religiosity and…

Dr. Dominique Rogers to be Visiting Professor at IN THE SAME SEA

Dr. Rogers (Université des Antilles, Martinique) will be a visiting professor in Copenhagen during October 2022.

New CSTonline blog: Jakob Freudendal

New CSTonline blog by Jakob Freudendal on Working with ‘kidnographers’ to not be cringe.

It’s all about engaging

To Tom Yagel, an Israeli full-degree student at UCPH, coming to Denmark has been a life-long dream. UCPH has lived up to his expectations, but for Tom engaging in extracurricular activities on campus and in Danish…

Participating in student politics

Henry Lankes, an international student from Germany studying Nature Management (MSc) at UCPH, was recently elected as a student representative on the Geosciences Study Board. What motivated him to run for election? Do…

Student engagement

This issue of our newsletter has a student view. In an earlier issue we focused on student well-being inside and outside the classroom with articles on the challenges faced by international students in the classroom and…