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Tree rings and strontium point researchers to the provenance of 400-year-old timber

Isotopes of the chemical element strontium, along with tree-ring analysis, point researchers to the origins of timber used to build houses in Denmark 400 years ago, shows a University of Copenhagen study published in th…

Chapter on children as documentarians

New chapter by Eva Novrup Redvall on Danish children as documentarians of the COVID-19 pandemic in the book Documentary in the age of COVID from Peter Lang.

New publication: State-of-the-art network measure on polarization by SODAS PhD

How can we accurately quantify the level of ideological polarization of a social system? This paper seeks to synthesize the two main approaches within polarization theory: a traditional approach of opinion divergence…

Seminar om familiefilmen anno 2023

Brancheseminar på Den Danske Filmskole om Hvad er en familiefilm anno 2023? med deltagelse af RYA-projektet.

Frank Ejby Poulsen has won the María Zambrano Grant

Cordial congratulations to Frank Ejby Poulsen who has won the María Zambrano Grant for the attraction of international talents (€99.500) at the University King Juan Carlos. Frank will carry the project: ‘Oikosmos–El…

The Ukrainian refugee crisis led to mass mobilisation of volunteers on Facebook

Within days and weeks, the Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in a surge in Facebook support groups in response to the war and following humanitarian crisis.

Global Art in Local Art Worlds

Professor Oscar Salemink and Assistant Professor Jens Sejrup co-edited, Global Art in Local Art Worlds. They answer the question whether tectonic geopolitical shifts are attended by corresponding geocultural changes.

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2023

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2023

SODAS professor discusses AI on the danish radio program Kulturen

SODAS professor Morten Axel Pedersen discusses generative AI systems in the danish radio program Kulturen

This Land Is Not For Sale

Together with Lotte Meinert, Professor Susan Reynolds Whyte has co-edited and co-written the book This Land Is Not For Sale: Trust and Transitions in Northern Uganda, recently published by Berghahn Books in the series…

Interactive workshop focused on intercultural dynamics in teaching and learning

CIP hosted a workshop on Intercultural Dynamics 27 January 2023 designed by Danish Network for Educational Development in Higher Education (DUN). Participants from UCPH, RUC, SDU, CBS and ITU were engaged in discussions…

The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting

Postdoc Alessandro Moretti has come out with the monograph The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting published by Routledge, which presents a study of contemporary ticket touts in the UK who sell tickets to concerts,…

The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting

Postdoc Alessandro Moretti has come out with the monograph The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting published by Routledge, which presents a study of contemporary ticket touts in the UK who sell tickets to concerts,…

New publication: Digital Dependence

Five DISTRACT researchers have recently published an article in the journal Media, Culture & Society entitled Digital dependence: Online fatigue and coping strategies during the COVID-19 lockdown. The article is based o…

An artist re-imagines the science of circadian rhythms in 'Body Clocks'

The science of circadian rhythms is re-imagined by artist Isabella Martin, who worked with CBMR scientists to produce the unique exhibition 'Body Clocks'.

Inter-Island Connections in the Lesser Antilles Conference: Registration Open!

Register for an exciting conference on family, friends and institutions across the sea, to take place 23rd-25th February 2023 on St. Thomas (USVI) and online.

ATR Issue 64 out now

The latest issue of Archaeological Textiles Review (ATR No. 64, 2022) is out now. Download the issue free of charge Or pre-order a physical copy

New intern - Tilde Olsen

This month IN THE SAME SEA has a new intern! Tilde Olsen joins us until June to collect data on demography and trade routes in the Lesser Antilles.

New project examines Danes' views on other people's lifestyles

How do we rank different lifestyles? And to what extent do we discriminate against others based on their taste and interests?

Videnskab fra vilde hjerner: Mysteriet om Europas ældste skriftsprog

Professor Marie-Louise Bech Nosch taler i en ny podcast om at forstå, hvad vi kommer af, gennem forskning i 3.000 år gamle piktogrammer.

History student writes about his internship experience at the UN Geneva

MA-student in history Jonas Tilsted has been an intern at the United Nations Library and Archives Geneva in the fall semester of 2022. Jonas writes about his tasks and experiences in the UN Geneva Archives Newsletter.

Two research blogs from interns at the United Nations Library and Archives Geneva

Over the last three years, CEMES and the Europe and International Cooperation (EIC) research group has had close cooperation with UN Geneva. As part of this collaboration, the Saxo Institute has sent two students - Nils…

Splashes in the Antillean Archives

In this short blog post, ITSS PhD Fellow Rasmus Christensen explores the evidence for fishing in the archives of the colonial Lesser Antilles.

Modern arms technologies help autocratic rulers stay in power

Autocrats and dictators quickly acquire new arms technologies from abroad and often use them against their own citizens. Now a study shows that the spread of military technologies inhibits democratic reform.