News about History

Søren Frank Jensen awarded with a Carlsberg Foundation Reintegration Fellowship

Agricultural Christianity. Labouring on Soil and Soul in Northern Europe (1550–1750)

Call for Applications: Training Week on Global History of Astronomy

We are pleased to announce the second iteration of the “Training week: Global history of astronomy week on primary sources” (June 8-12, 2026, BnF & Observatoire de Paris), which will focus on cosmology, physics, and…

Linking workshop in Copenhagen

During the last week, the entire Mapping Freedom team met for a linking workshop at the Danish National Archives in Copenhagen.

We have forgotten the Bosnian War, but literature helps us remember

The Bosnian War (1992–1995), which claimed over 100,000 lives and displaced many more, is largely forgotten today. But powerful literature can evoke strong memories of the war—even among readers who have no personal…

Kirsten Busch Nielsen continues as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities

Kirsten Busch Nielsen’s appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen has been extended until 2029.

Interns at PRIVACY share their experiences

The internship of three history students from Lund University has concluded, and it has been a pleasure to welcome them to the Centre for Privacy Studies. Before returning to their respective studies, the interns gave a…

Creole Widowhood in St. Eustatius

IN THE SAME SEA Postdoctoral Fellow Felicia Fricke is pleased to announce the publication of her article, Stability and Survival: Creole Widowhood in St. Eustatius, 1780s-1820s”, in The History of the Family.

Felicia Fricke joins PRIVACY as Assistant Professor

We are pleased to welcome Felicia Fricke to the Centre for Privacy Studies, where she joins as Assistant Professor on the Racialized Motherhood project. Her research in this history project focuses on the decisions tha…

PI Gunvor Simonsen at the Omohundro Institute

ITSS PI, Gunvor Simonsen has been asked to serve as a member of the Council of the Omohundro Institute.

Gilbert Semma Skytte begins internship at PRIVACY

Gilbert Semma Skytte begins internship at PRIVACY We are pleased to share that Gilbert Semma Skytte, student assistant at the Centre for Privacy Studies, has now joined the research theme Belief as an intern. Gilbert is…

Alexander Johansson joins PRIVACY in October

We are pleased to welcome Alexander Johansson to the Centre for Privacy Studies. He joins the centre as a visiting PhD fellow from Lund University, where he is pursuing a PhD in the history of ideas and science. At…

PRIVACY researchers present at Lund’s Global History Seminar Series

This autumn, several researchers affiliated with the Centre for Privacy Studies are participating in Lund University’s Global History Seminar Series LAUGH. The following PRIVACY scholars will be presenting at the…

Conference: The Night as a Private Space

Bertel Thorvaldsen, Natten, Thorvaldsens Museum, inventarnummer A901 (https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/A901) On 11-12 December 2025, PRIVACY will host an interdisciplinary conference on “The Night as a Private…

Spot on PRIVACY scholars: Asta Mønsted and Natalie Körner

From the left: Natalie Körner and Asta Mønsted, discussing their interdisciplinary and collaborative project on privacy among the Greenlandic Inuit during the 19th century. Archaeologist Asta Mønsted and architectural…

PRIVACY researchers at ENIUGH conference

Hannah Hjorth, Felicia Fricke, and Hui-Yi Yang recently participated at the ENIUGH conference in Växjö, Sweden—a forum for research in global and transnational history—where they each presented their current work.…

New visiting PhD fellow at PRIVACY

We are pleased to welcome Jan Temme de Vries as a visiting PhD fellow at the Centre for Privacy Studies from September to November 2025. Jan is a PhD candidate in Musicology at the University of Basel, affiliated with…

Pointing out Manicules in AM 76 8vo

Marginal annotations are a popular way to interact with a text; AM 76 8vo showcases manicules, a form of marginalia that literally gets the point across.

New book publication: Shaping Women Philosophers

In november the book Shaping Women Philosophers, edited by Sabrina Ebbersmeyer, will be published at Brill.

PRIVACY welcomes new postdoctoral researcher

The Centre for Privacy Studies is pleased to welcome Angana Moitra, Assistant Professor of English at O.P. Jindal Global University in India, who will join the centre as a postdoctoral researcher from 1 September.…

New book in the Ancient Textiles Series

Our researcher, Chiara Spinazzi Lucchesi, has just published a new book in the Ancient Textiles Series called ”Threads of Contact: Tracing the relationship between Egypt and the southern Levant through textile tools”.

Natasha Gordon-Chipembere concludes her stay at PRIVACY

After an inspiring and engaging research visit in June in association with Fulbright, the Centre for Privacy Studies has said farewell to guest researcher Dr. Natasha Gordon-Chipembere. Her visit sparked intellectual…

PhD Fellow Hui-Yi Yang receives Government Scholarship

We are delighted to announce that our PhD Fellow at PRIVACY Hui-Yi Yang has been awarded the Government Scholarship to Study Abroad by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. The scholarship provides 16,000 USD and…

New Guest Researcher at PRIVACY

This month, PRIVACY is pleased to welcome guest researcher Dr. Natasha Gordon-Chipembere. Last week, Natasha held a workshop on her historical fiction novel about the Black Madonna, Finding La Negrita, set in 1634…

Bastian Felter Vaucanson has been appointed as the new research leader of the PRIVACY theme BELIEF

Bastian is an Assistant Professor in Church History and has been part of the PRIVACY team since 2018, when he began his PhD studies on intimacy in private spiritual letter writing in early modern France. With Bastian…