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CBMR publications and media appearances in June and July 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in June and July 2022

Laurits Andersen - the Bonsack Years 1890-1902

The Danish entrepreneur Laurits Andersen (1849-1928) lived most of his life in China, where he became one of the leading figures in the establishment of the country’s modern tobacco industry. This blogpost series will…

New Blogpost: Laurits Andersen - the Bonsack Years 1890-1902

The Danish entrepreneur Laurits Andersen (1849-1928) lived most of his life in China, where he became one of the leading figures in the establishment of the country’s modern tobacco industry. This blogpost series will…

IN THE SAME SEA Postdoc Presents New Code of Ethics at IACA-AIAC 2022

The Code was ratified in July by the Membership of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology.

Laurits Andersen - Birth of an Entrepreneur

A blogpost series about the Danish entrepreneur Laurits Andersen (1849-1928) who lived most of his life in China, where he became one of the leading figures in the establishment of the country’s modern tobacco industry.…

New Blogpost: Laurits Andersen - the Birth of an Entrepreneur

New blogpost series about The Danish entrepreneur Laurits Andersen (1849-1928) who lived most of his life in China, where he became one of the leading figures in the establishment of the country’s modern tobacco…

WORKING PAPER 4: Prospect or Necessity: Migration Among Free People of Color in St. Thomas, 1803

This working paper explores the origins and potential motivations for the mobility of free people of colour residing in Charlotte Amalie on the Danish Caribbean island of St. Thomas in 1803.

How to write a policy brief that matters

A workshop for Health researchers at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College in Tanzania in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on how to write policy briefs that matter.

ThinkChina Analysis: The Rise and Fall of Wu Manyou

Bo Ærenlund Sørensen, Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, tracks the spectacular rise and fall of Wu Manyou, one of the earliest labour heroes.

What lies behind lies? New project looks deeper into honesty and dishonesty

Honest and dishonest behaviour comes in many forms and with various underlying motivations. Honesty and dishonesty also affect many areas of human life and social relations – from hiding an inconvenient truth from your…

How do we ensure local support for green energy production?

Huge Power-to-X investments in new hydrogen-based fuels shall propel the green transition in Denmark towards 2050. But how do we prevent local conflicts over new production plants?

Maria Mälksoo receives prize for best article

The journal ‘Review of International Studies’ and British International Studies Association have awarded Maria Mälksoo, senior researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, its 2022 prize for the best article.

New research centre will investigate if mental illness is universal

Is the human psyche the same across cultures? And do people experience mental disorders in the same way no matter what language they speak? These are some of the fundamental questions that the new Centre for Culture and…

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2022

Wagner or Adele? Genes play a significant role in shaping our cultural tastes

Our genetic composition not only affects our sex, height, and other physical characteristics. New research shows that genes also influence our cultural preferences and habits.

Telling actual time in ancient rocks

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Copenhagen apply a new technique allowing them to disentangle 500 million-years-old rocks millimeter-by-millimeter, resolving the…

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2022

PhD fellow Regitze Rohlfing publishes chapter in Activizenship

In the new edition of Activizenship (Civic Space Watch Report 2021), PhD fellow Regitze Rohlfing has written a chapter about the activity in the Danish civil society.

ThinkChina Student Insights: Luxury Consumption and Identity Creation in the Chinese Middle Class

This Student Insights investigates the complex link between the rising demand in luxury consumption between the Chinese middle class and the influence it has in identity creation.

Blog Post: The Epic Fairy-Tale Narrative of the Communist Party of China

Narratives are an integrated part of society. This blogpost explains how the newest resolution of the Communist Party of China narrates China’s contemporary history with the CPC as the main protagonist.

External podcast: Verden Kalder - Hvem Holder Kina Med?

For bare få måneder siden kaldte Kinas præsident Xi og Ruslands præsident Putin deres venskab for ”grænseløst”, men er venskabet lige så varmt, nu hvor Putin har invaderet Ukraine?

Creative Peacebuilding and Resistance in Indonesia

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler contributed as guest editor and author to a special issue of The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology with the article 'Creative Peacebuilding and Resistance in Indonesia'. Official…

The war is the logical consequence of Putin's ideological struggle with the West

If you have followed what Vladimir Putin has said and written about the West and Russia these past years, the invasion of Ukraine should not come as a surprise. What is surprising is how poorly it seems to have been…