News about Culture

New head of the Department of Plant and Environmental Science

Professor Morten Petersen has been appointed new head of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, bringing with him extensive research and leadership experience.

Literature offers a different kind of witnessing to environmental catastrophe

The human implications of environmental disasters Martyn Bone has for most of his professional career immersed himself in the richness of U.S. southern literature. Through this literary lens, he explores how social and…

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…

Emilie Munch Gregersen and Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard facilitated a workshop at UAB

On June 10th DISTRACT researchers Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard and Emilie Munch Gregersen visited Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) to facilitate an interactive workshop

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.

Archaeologists to contribute to major new research project on ancient DNA

Professor Eske Willerslev has been awarded a grant of up to DKK 585 million by Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Wellcome Trust to study ancient environmental DNA. Researchers from the Near Eastern Archaeology section wil…

Call for Papers on Early Modern privacy for The Renaissance Society of America Conference 2025

Gezicht op huizen in Delft, bekend als 'Het straatje' Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) The Renaissance Society of America Conference 2025 will be held in Boston 20-22 March. Background Privacy is hardly a hallmark of…

Morten Axel Pedersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen presented at UCPH Spring Festival

On May 31st Morten Axel Pedersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen presented on 'the festival feeling' at UCPH Spring Festival

Søren Frank Jensen receives the prestigious Carlsberg Internationalization Fellowship

Our Postdoctoral Researcher, Søren Frank Jensen, will start his project MINES, OCEANS, COMETS. NATURAL HAZARDS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AGENCY AND COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY IN RELIGIOUS TEXTS (1550–1650) in November 2024.

Improved counselling for young people to dispel the myth that opioids are harmless

A wide range of measures are needed to reduce the use of illegal opioids and benzodiazepines among young people. This is the conlcusion of the Criminological Observatory at UCPH in a new report.

IN THE SAME SEA Team Members go to Colombia

Gunvor Simonsen, Felicia Fricke, and Heather Freund attended the Association of Caribbean Historians (ACH) Conference in Santa Marta.

New free English workshops in 2024

CIP offers a number of workshops in 2024. These workshops focus on English language usage and presentation techniques, and all UCPH employees are welcome to participate.

To gamle studiekammerater forsvarer deres ph.d.-afhandling inden for samme uge

Rasmus Gudmundsen Bjørn og Mikkel Nørtoft Johansen, begge kandidater i Indoeuropæisk fra NorS, har nu på smukkeste vis afsluttet deres ph.d.-forløb næsten samtidig. Rasmus (t.h.) forsvarede sin arkæolingvistiske…

Fragments of solidarity: the social worlds of African migrants moving northwards

Together with Luca Ciabarri, associate professor Anja Simonsen has guest-edited a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies titled: "Fragments of Solidarity: the social worlds of African migrants moving…

New book on Religion and Constitution

In celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Danish Constitution, researchers and students are publishing a new book on Religion and Constitution – Religion og grundlov in Danish.

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2024

Does your heart beat in sync with others'? DISTRACT at UCPH Spring Festival

Join us on May 31st where SODAS researchers Morten Axel Pedersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen will discuss what happens with our heartbeat when we join others at festivals, debates, and other collective events

Understanding waste and value

Collaboration is key Trine Brox has, over three decades, built up a deep understanding of the cultures and societies in the Tibetan world through her studies and stays in Tibetan communities in India, China, and Nepal.…

Malene Hornstrup Jespersen presents at COMPTEXT 2024

In the beginning of May DISTRACT PhD Malene Hornstrup Jespersen presented at the COMPTEXT 2024 conference held in Amsterdam.

ITSS PhD Fellow Receives Grant with International Colleagues

Rasmus Christensen is collaborating with PhD students from Charles University (Prague) and Ruprecht-Karls-University (Heidelberg) to organize a graduate workshop on AI in history.

Interview: Burkina Faso's health crisis has major implications for the rest of the world

For nearly 30 years, Helle Samuelsen has studied the chronic health crisis in Burkina Faso. But the country's challenges have wider implications. The whole Sahel region is a hotspot for explosive crises.

Opening HUM:Global Semester Lecture – A resounding success!

The HUM:Global Semester Lecture “Post-Imperial Possibilities: Eurasia, Eurafrica, Afroasia” drew scholars, students, and the general public and filled the auditorium to the brim.

Emilie Munch Gregersen presents EthNote for Anthropology master students at UCPH

On May 3rd DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen presented EthNote for Anthropology students soon to embark on their first prolonged fieldwork

Nubian Women in Aswan

In November 2023, I stayed in Aswan to document archaeological textiles from Gebel Adda kept at the Nubia Museum. I was working there with two colleagues from the University of Warsaw. Every day, on our way to the…