News about Culture

New study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them

Using advanced machine-learning and climate models, researchers have shown that the ancestors of crops like wheat, barley, and rye probably were much less widespread in the Middle East 12,000 years ago than previously…

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen appointed to Committee of Experts on Media Regulators in a Platform-Based Environment

Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (KOMM) has been appointed as a member of the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on Media Regulators in a Platform-Based Environment (MSI eREG).

Presentation of the Book Baton

Join us on Thursday, 16 February from 10:00–11:00, when Professor Stine Jørgensen passes on the book baton to Research Assistant and PhD Kristian Würtz Hegaard, JUR WELMA, in the lounge at the library, Karen Blixens…

CBMR publications and media appearances in December 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in December 2025

New exhibition at the library: Zoroastrian-Iranian Heritage

From 21 January to 26 February, you can visit the exhibition Zoroastrian-Iranian Heritage: Silk, Literature, and Natural Pigments. The exhibition explores the historical, cultural, and material dimensions of…

New Marie Curie Fellow José María Martín Humanes

Welcome to our new colleague, José María Martín Humanes. José María Martín Humanes holds a PhD in History from the University of Seville and specialises in the social, political, and cultural history of the…

Tongue Kissing a Dog Turd

AnthroStory by Asmus Rungby.

Steffen Henning Raun appointed Group Leader at the Department of Biomedical Sciences

As of 1 January, Steffen Henning Raun is affiliated with the Department of Biomedical Sciences as an independent group leader, based on an Emerging Investigator Grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Fabian Finger appointed Assistant Professor at Department of Biomedical Sciences

As of 1 January, Assistant Professor, Fabian Finger is a part of Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMI) as an Assistant Professor. Fabian was previously affiliated with Novo Nordisk Center for Basic Metabolic Research…

Søren Frank Jensen awarded with a Carlsberg Foundation Reintegration Fellowship

Agricultural Christianity. Labouring on Soil and Soul in Northern Europe (1550–1750)

Archaeologists use AI to create prehistoric video game

Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bergen have used AI and free digital tools to create a dynamic and educational video game about the Stone Age. According to the researchers, the new…

Archaeologists use AI to create prehistoric video game

Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bergen have used AI and free digital tools to create a dynamic and educational video game about the Stone Age. According to the researchers, the new…

Archaeologists use AI to create prehistoric video game

Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bergen have used AI and free digital tools to create a dynamic and educational video game about the Stone Age. According to the researchers, the new…

New insights into the skin immune response in nickel allergy

Researchers from the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC) have made new insights into how the immune system reacts to repeated nickel exposure in individuals with nickel allergy.

The dark side of globalization

CGC/CCC researcher Henrik Vigh will take part in the conversation series “Verden forsøgt forklaret” on January 8, 2026 focusing on crime, paramilitary groups, and militias, also known as the dark side of globalization.

CBMR publications and media appearances in November 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in November 2025

Call for Applications: Training Week on Global History of Astronomy

We are pleased to announce the second iteration of the “Training week: Global history of astronomy week on primary sources” (June 8-12, 2026, BnF & Observatoire de Paris), which will focus on cosmology, physics, and…

Linking workshop in Copenhagen

During the last week, the entire Mapping Freedom team met for a linking workshop at the Danish National Archives in Copenhagen.

Sex Work and Human Trafficking

Colloquium talk at City University of New York by Trine Mygind Korsby.

Karen Waltorp and Stine Krøijer appointed professors at the Department of Anthropology

As of November 2025, Karen Waltorp and Stine Krøijer both hold titles of professors following UCPH’s Professor Promotion Programme and an international assessment.

Signe Sophus Lai and Sofie Flensburg (CTS) are part of a new Carlsberg Research grant

Signe Sophus Lai and Sofie Flensburg from the Center for Tracking and Society are part of a new Carlsberg Research Communication grant for the project SKYEN FINDES IKKE (There is no cloud).

Job announcements: PhD position and postdoc position in Indo-European Studies in Copenhagen

A PhD position (36 months) and a postdoc position (20 months) have been announced within the research project “The Indo-European Dark Ages Illuminated”…

New edited volume: Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology

IN THE SAME SEA Postdoctoral Fellow Felicia Fricke and her co-editors Eduardo Herrera Malatesta and Maaike de Waal (Leiden University) will publish an edited volume in January 2026 with the University Press of Florida.

New Publication: Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology

In this article members of the Coalition for Caribbean Archaeological Heritage (www.cocah.net), including IN THE SAME SEA Postdoctoral Fellow Felicia Fricke, put forward practical recommendations for helping to solve th…