News about Culture

Selfhood is a precondition for true community

In his new book Being We, Professor Dan Zahavi shares the results of five years of research into communal experience. He argues that being part of a we requires an experiential anchoring; an identification with the grou…

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2025

Digital Sociality across Public and Private Spheres

Professor Karen Waltorp and Professor Tom Bratrud from the University of Bergen are the editors of a special issue of the Anthropological Journal of European Cultures (Volume 33, Issue 2)

Living a Cancer Surveillance Life

Professor Ayo Wahlberg has together with Julie I. P. Gislinge, Anna Byrjalsen, Klara V. Naver, Helle V. Clausen, Pernille Ravn, Kresten R. Petersen and Karin Wadt co-written the article 'Living a Cancer Surveillance…

New book by Dan Zahavi

Phenomenology: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to one of the important philosophical movements of the twentieth century. The book provides an introduction to the core ideas of phenomenology and the…

Ayo Wahlberg appointed to the Danish Council on Ethics

Professor Ayo Wahlberg has been appointed as a new member of the Danish Council on Ethics. With ethical issues arising from cheaper and more advanced genetic technologies, there is plenty to discuss.

Professor Carl Winsløw steps down as president of ERME

Professor Carl Winsløw has stepped down as president of ERME. PhD student Derya Diana Cosan becomes a new board member of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.

Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun in the podcast ‘Verden forsøgt forklaret’

Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun was recently a guest on the University of Copenhagen podcast series Verden forsøgt forklaret (Attempts to explain the world)

Interview with Dr. Dexnell Peters

In December 2024, ITSS Student Assistant Kamma Strøm sat down with Dr. Peters to talk about his work at the University of the West Indies and about his thoughts on the interconnected Greater Southern Caribbean.

Sabrina Ebbersmeyer interviewed on BBC

Sabrina Ebbersmeyer was interviewed on BBC radio this monday, together with Giulia Cavaliere.

Atreyee Sen appointed professor in the Department of Anthropology

From 1 February, Atreyee Sen has been appointed professor in the Department of Anthropology.

Being We

Phenomenological Contributions to Social Ontology A new book by Dan Zahavi What does it take to constitute a we with others and how does feeling, thinking, and acting as part of a we, transform one's sense of self, one'…

Ilse Schutz Memorial Prize

Daniel Gyollai (CFS) and Sabrina de Biasio (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) jointly won the 2025 Ilse Schutz Memorial Prize

School-based social and educational support for siblings of children with cancer

Ph.D. student Minna Devantier and Professor Ayo Wahlberg has together with a team of researchers specialized in childhood cancer published an article.

Gastronomic artist is awarded the Sonning Prize 2025

French Hervé This, who invented molecular gastronomy, has fundamentally changed European food culture and put gastro experiences at the top of many people's bucket lists.

Muslim Present and its Past

One-day workshop with 11 papers being presented on the themes of memory, identity and belonging in the Muslim Middle East.

Kristoffer Albris in the news commenting on the migration from Tiktok to Rednote

DISTRACT researcher Kristoffer Albris was in an article on TV2.dk, where he commented on the American trend of users migrating from Tiktok to the Chinese social media platform “Rednote.” He also participated in a …

Conceptualizing crisis brokerage: brokering crisis or brokers in crisis

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler has together with Nadeeka Arambewela-Colley and Kathrin Knodel published the article ‘Conceptualizing crisis brokerage: brokering crisis or brokers in crisis’ in the journal Cultural…

New book about Religious Councils and Courts in Denmark

In legislation, administration, courts, media, public debate, and education, the issue of religious law, generally, and religious councils and courts, specifically, is both pertinent, complex, and understudied.

CGC researcher, Rikke Haugegaard, publishes new article

CGC researcher Rikke Haugegaard has recently published an article in the 10th volume of the academic journal Conflict and Society. Haugegaard’s article is titled “The Power of Water: How Naval Special Warfare Operators…

DISTRACT conference in the news: debating unnecessary panic considering social media

On December 5th 2024, a debate based on the DISTRACT conference “Weapons of Mass Distraction” was published in the Danish newspaper Politiken. The debate mentions several speakers from the conference and their main…

The Body’s Bodyguards - an illustrative narrative about the immune system

A new podcast-series uses analogies, humor and sound effects as reminders before the students go to class.

The Body’s Bodyguards - an illustrative narrative about the immune system

A new podcast-series uses analogies, humor and sound effects as reminders before the students go to class.

Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people to sacrifice unique "sun stones"

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists from the University of Copenhagen can now show…