News about History

The earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago

Written sources from Mesopotamia suggest that kissing in relation to sex was practiced by the peoples of the ancient Middle East 4,500 years ago. The sources have been analysed by researchers from the University of…

Call for abstracts: Privacy and Death - Past and Present

This symposium will explore the relationships we construct between death and privacy in the past and in the present.

Britishness has been on the decline since the colonies began to leave the Empire

When a number of British colonies demanded independence after World War 2, they kick-started the decolonisation process, which has since emptied the concept of 'Britishness' of meaning. Even Great Britain is falling…

ERC Advanced Grant on Bohr for Guido Bacciagaluppi from Utrecht University

An ERC Advanced Grant on Bohr has been awarded to Guido Bacciagaluppi from Utrecht University.

New Open Access article in Architectural Histories

Sanne Maekelberg and Peter Thule Kristensen behind new article Unfinished Business? Informal Privacy and the Private at the Perpetual Construction Site of the First Christiansborg Palace (1740-1794) in the journal…

PRIVACY Researchers behind Advanced School for Computational History in Brazil

In March, researchers from the Centre for Privacy Studies, and our DATA+ project PRIVACY Black&White, Natacha Klein Käfer (history of healing, Centre for Privacy Studies), Sanne Maekelberg (history of architecture,…

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.

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.

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…

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…

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.

Upcoming Guest Lecture by Dr. Sharika Crawford

On Thursday 11th May, ITSS will welcome Dr. Sharika Crawford (United States Naval Academy) for a guest lecture on the trade in turtle and fruit in the western Caribbean.

ITSS Postdoc Assists Grenada National Museum

At the beginning of March 2023, ITSS Postdoctoral Fellow Felicia Fricke helped the GNM with the curation and analysis of human remains.

Inter-island Connections in the Lesser Antilles: Conference Update!

This conference, co-organised by ITSS and the Caribbean Genealogy Library, was attended by over 100 people and facilitated discussions and connections between family historians and academics.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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.

New student assistant - Lucas Marin

Lucas Marin is a student assistant at IN THE SAME SEA. His research within the project will focus on marronage in the French archives.