News about History

New Publication: The French Revolution in British Dominica

IN THE SAME SEA Postdoc Heather Freund announces publication of an article in the Journal of British Studies.

SUND receives DKK 15M for sustainable development research in the Arctic

Three SUND research projects receive funding from DFF to strengthen sustainable development in the Arctic.

Thanks for Attending our Open House!

On Thursday 7th November 2024, the ITSS team had an Open House, with music, snacks, rum punch, and a sneak peek at the development of our geodatabase.

Research project on medieval intellectual culture awarded €13 million Synergy Grant

Thanks to a generous ERC Synergy Grant, experts in history, literature, medieval handwriting and bio-codicology from Nordic Universities will explore medieval knowledge networks the coming six years. Matthew Collins, wh…

ERC Synergy Grant to chart Northern integration in medieval intellectual culture

With University of Bergen leading the project, four Nordic partners will investigate how books and literary networks shaped Northern Europe between 1000 and 1500 CE.

ERC Synergy Grant to chart Northern integration in medieval intellectual culture

With University of Bergen leading the project, four Nordic partners will investigate how books and literary networks shaped Northern Europe between 1000 and 1500 CE.

Ivã Gurgel Guest Researcher from Brazil

Ivã Gurgel (University of São Paulo, Brazil) will be a Guest Researcher at the Niels Bohr Archive from November 2024 to October 2025.

Newspapers as Microcosms of Everyday Life for Elites in the Danish West Indies

ITSS PhD Fellow Gabriëlle La Croix writes about colonial newspapers, including the implications of a rebus, an epigram, and essays on death and marriage.

ITSS Geodatabase in Progress

Patrik Karlsson Nyed provides an insight into the development of a geodata platform for IN THE SAME SEA's database of over 7000 fugitives from slavery in the Lesser Antilles.

The Vikings were part of a global network trading in ivory from Greenland

DNA analyses reveal that the vikings brought walrus ivory from Greenland on to Europe and probably as far as the Middle East via extensive trade networks.

The Vikings were part of a global network trading in ivory from Greenland

DNA analyses reveal that the vikings brought walrus ivory from Greenland on to Europe and probably as far as the Middle East via extensive trade networks.

Natacha Klein Käfer: Health and privacy from a historical perspective

Natacha Klein Käfer, an Assistant Professor in Section of Church History, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, researches health and privacy from a historical perspective.

Mette Birkedal Bruun was part of an impressive lineup at the BIBLIOTEKSHAVEN LIVE events series, where academia meets the arts.

On Thursday 12 September, Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun was among the performers at the open-air event BIBLIOTEKSHAVEN LIVE Garden at the Library in the city centre. Mette Birkedal Bruun. Credit: Flemming Bo…

Easter Island population collapse never happened

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and University of Lausanne debunks the popular theory.

Easter Island population collapse never happened

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and University of Lausanne debunks the popular theory.

New Publication: Race, Slavery, and the Market

IN THE SAME SEA PI Gunvor Simonsen writes about the localization of Atlantic racism in Copenhagen in the eighteenth century and how racism shaped the lives of the Africans living in the city.

IN THE SAME SEA Open House!

The team invites you to our office on Thursday 7th November 2024 for snacks, drinks, and a introduction to our database.

WORKING PAPER 7: Widows’ Interisland Inheritances in St. Eustatius and St. Barths, 1796-1819

In this working paper, IN THE SAME SEA Postdoc Felicia Fricke explores how Statian widows navigated interisland inheritances, looking at the impact of complex family structures and guardianship.

ITSS Postdoctoral Fellow to Give Public Lecture in St. Barths

Felicia Fricke will present her recent research on an early nineteenth century trading family. The lecture will take place at 5.30pm on Wednesday 21st August in Gustavia, St. Barths.

ITSS PhD Fellow Awarded HUM:Global Funding

Rasmus Christensen will host a graduate seminar on trans-national histories of the Caribbean in spring 2025.

Caribbean Genealogy Library Hosts Online Lecture

ITSS Postdoctoral Fellow Felicia Fricke will lecture on her research about a maritime family on St. Barths, Saturday 6th July at 8pm CEST.

New Publication: The Paradox of Abolition

ITSS PhD Fellow Rasmus Christensen co-authors an article in the Journal of Interdisciplinary History.

New Blog Post about the CPDP.ai Conference

The organizers of the Computer, Privacy, Data Protection Conference (CPDP.ai) had invited PRIVACY to host a workshop at this year’s conference in Brussels May 21-24. The delegation from PRIVACY included Centre Directo…

PhD Fellow Rasmus Christensen's Work on ITSS Database

The database contains over 3900 newspaper advertisements calling for the capture of fugitives from slavery in the Lesser Antilles.