News about Culture

New book: The Aeolic Dialects of Ancient Greek

Matthew Scarborough's book on the classification of the Aeolic dialects of Greek is out now!

Talk on motivation for language learning

On April 20th, Line Krogager Andersen gave a talk on motivation for language learning at Lærfest ´23 in Aarhus, drawing on the PE-LAL project operationalization of Plurilingual Education and presenting both teaching…

Runner Up distinction for New Perspectives on Early Cinema History

Casper Tybjerg got distinction as Runner Up at the British Association of Film Television and Screen Studies publication awards.

Conference panel on attention organized by Eva Iris Otto

On April 12th, 2023, DISTRACT PhD fellow Eva Otto (UCPH), in collaboration with Miquel Alcalde (LSE) and Rahul ROSE (LSE), held a successful panel at the yearly conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists…

Religion blocks freedom and democracy across the globe

A new major study documents that religiously motivated legislation has taken place in all types of societies and religions – to the detriment of democratic rights.

Conference in Paris on OUP Handbook “History of Quantum Interpretations”

A conference celebrating the publication of the OUP Handbook on the History of Quantum Interpretations, co-edited by Christian Joas from the Niels Bohr Archive, was held in Paris from 14–15 April, 2023.

Interview with Andreas Reckwitz: A Society of Singularities

Associate Professor Mikael Carleheden and Associate professor Anders Petersen (University of Aalborg) have published the article 'Interview with Andreas Reckwitz: A Society of Singularities' in the journal Theory,…

The Paul Auster Research Library Visiting Scholar

We are honoured to be able to host one of the most important scholars on Auster’s work, François Hugonnier is Associate Professor of American Literature at the University of Angers.

Grounding the Prosperity Gospel

In their recent work, Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach and CAS Affiliate Professor George Bob-Milliar, present an overview of grounding the prosperity gospel, basing their discussion on an analysis of the project of…

The film section welcomes visiting scholar Dr. Jochen K. Kinast

Dr. Jochen K. Kinast, will be visiting scholar at Section of Film and Creative Media Industries, as part of a research project that examines how series influence the career choices of young adults in Denmark and Germany…

New professor wants to make history of physics useful for physics research 

The history of physics can help physicists understand their work and their place in society, says Professor Richard Staley, who is giving his inaugural lecture on March 31st.

Challenges international researchers face when teaching in Danish

International researchers attend Danish classes for several years in order to fulfil UCPH’s language requirements regarding teaching in Danish. Still, they are evaluated negatively by the students.

Ester Boserup Prize Lecture

Read more about the event. Special Issue: Covid–19 and Civil Societies in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Edited by Peter Birkelund Andersen, Amit Prakash and Meghna Guhathakurta. NAVEIÑ REET: Nordic Journal of Law and…

Major EU grant for research on the role of women intellectuals during the Enlightenment

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Associate Professor Sabrina Ebbersmeyer an Advanced Grant of € 2.4 million for the WHENCE research project, which will examine the contribution of women intellectuals to…

Welcome to our new ToRS Post-doctoral Researcher

Meina Jia Sandal is interested in research topics on food and morality, intergenerational relationships, transnationalism and globalization related to China.

Lecture on Cross-linguistic approaches

Lecture by Line Krogager Andersen.

Årringe og grundstof viser forskere vej til 400 år gammelt tømmers oprindelsessted

Grundstoffet strontium kan sammen med årringsanalyser vise, hvor træ, som blev brugt til at bygge huse i Danmark for 400 år siden, stammer fra. Det demonstrerer to forskere fra Københavns Universitet i et nyt studie, de…

2023 Spring Call for ADI Funding

ADI invites researchers employed at the University of Copenhagen to submit applications for financial support up for projects and activities with a broad research focus on Asia.

Anthropological image wins best scientific photo of the year award

The Danish National Research Foundation's award for best scientific photo in 2023 tells the story of a diabetes epidemic that has gone global.

Fieldwork reflections: Studying the social life of ‘global’ ID policy

Amanda Wendel Malm, one of CERTIZENS’ PhD researchers, shares some of her fieldwork reflections on the discrepancies in prioritisation of and resource allocation to different spheres of citizen registration

Medical Museion wins communication award for 'The World is in You'

Medical Museion wins the communication award “Formidlingsprisen 2022” for the exhibition project 'The World is in You'. The exhibition explored how our bodies are connected to the world in and around us.

Universal connectivity by 2030, will Africa ever get there?

Read one of CERTIZENS’ MPhil researchers, Gifty Cobbinah reflections on an online report- ‘Digital 2023: Global Overview Report’

Interview with Dr. Dominique Rogers

In October 2022, IN THE SAME SEA PhD student Gabriëlle La Croix sat down with Dr. Dominique Rogers to talk about Dr. Rogers’ work at the Université des Antilles and her thoughts on the future of Caribbean history.

Student Podcast about Scandals

The podcast was produced by August Valdemar Lavtsen, Mads Hjort, and Theis Mitchell. In collaboration with Manuel Menke, the Section of Media Studies, and financed by the KU research and teaching integration fund.