https://humanities.ku.dk/news/commedia/ en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:20:58 +0200 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:20:58 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2025/small-digital-frictions-can-slow-the-spread-of-misinformation/ New research from the University of Copenhagen points to a simple yet effective method for combating...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2025/small-digital-frictions-can-slow-the-spread-of-misinformation/" alt="Small digital frictions can slow the spread of misinformation" title="Small digital frictions can slow the spread of misinformation"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/11/small-digital-frictions-can-slow-the-spread-of-misinformation/share1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2025/small-digital-frictions-can-slow-the-spread-of-misinformation/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:15:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2025/hashtags-and-humour-are-used-to-spread-extreme-content-on-social-media/ Conspiracy theories and incitement to harassment and violence abound on mainstream social media platforms...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2025/hashtags-and-humour-are-used-to-spread-extreme-content-on-social-media/" alt="Hashtags and humour are used to spread extreme content on social media" title="Hashtags and humour are used to spread extreme content on social media"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/09/hashtags-and-humour-are-used-to-spread-extreme-content-on-social-media/Shaman_qanon.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2025/hashtags-and-humour-are-used-to-spread-extreme-content-on-social-media/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:30:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2025/new-research-warns-of-digital-dependency-in-primary-schools/ Danish primary schools have become dependent on Google technologies. This threatens privacy, democracy,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2025/new-research-warns-of-digital-dependency-in-primary-schools/" alt="New research warns of digital dependency in primary schools" title="New research warns of digital dependency in primary schools"><img src="https://nyheder.ku.dk/alle_nyheder/2025/06/ny-forskning-advarer-om-digital-afhaengighed-i-folkeskolen/Google_-_skoler__2_-_1100x600__Lalo_Hernandez__Unsplash_.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2025/new-research-warns-of-digital-dependency-in-primary-schools/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:45:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2024/our-attention-is-not-failing-us--it-almost-works-too-well/ The mobile phone is often blamed for drowning us in information and stealing our attention. But it is...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2024/our-attention-is-not-failing-us--it-almost-works-too-well/" alt="Our attention is not failing us – it almost works too well" title="Our attention is not failing us – it almost works too well"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2024/our-attention-is-not-failing-us--it-almost-works-too-well/CoInAct1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2024/our-attention-is-not-failing-us--it-almost-works-too-well/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:15:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2024/people-without-an-inner-voice-have-poorer-verbal-memory/ The vast majority of people have an ongoing conversation with themselves, an inner voice, that plays...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2024/people-without-an-inner-voice-have-poorer-verbal-memory/" alt="People without an inner voice have poorer verbal memory" title="People without an inner voice have poorer verbal memory"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2024/people-without-an-inner-voice-have-poorer-verbal-memory/wikimedia-commons_brewing-colors_cc-by-3_1100x600jpg.jpg/megafon1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2024/people-without-an-inner-voice-have-poorer-verbal-memory/ Tue, 14 May 2024 09:30:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2023/legends-of-norse-settlers-drove-denmark-towards-greenland/ The Danish colonisation of Greenland in the 18th century was in part driven by the desire to re-establish...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2023/legends-of-norse-settlers-drove-denmark-towards-greenland/" alt="Legends of Norse Settlers drove Denmark towards Greenland" title="Legends of Norse Settlers drove Denmark towards Greenland"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2023/legends-of-norse-settlers-drove-denmark-towards-greenland/cover.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2023/legends-of-norse-settlers-drove-denmark-towards-greenland/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:15:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/the-wars-in-former-yugoslavia-continue-in-the-classroom/ According to the Education Act, schools in the ethnically divided Bosnia and Herzegovina must teach students...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/the-wars-in-former-yugoslavia-continue-in-the-classroom/" alt="The wars in Former Yugoslavia continue in the classroom" title="The wars in Former Yugoslavia continue in the classroom"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/the-wars-in-former-yugoslavia-continue-in-the-classroom/Laura_Boushnak.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/the-wars-in-former-yugoslavia-continue-in-the-classroom/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:15:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/misguided-sense-of-balance-exacerbates-climate-scepticism/ Many of us may have inadvertently contributed to the growing climate scepticism of recent years, a widespread...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/misguided-sense-of-balance-exacerbates-climate-scepticism/" alt="Misguided sense of balance exacerbates climate scepticism" title="Misguided sense of balance exacerbates climate scepticism"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/misguided-sense-of-balance-exacerbates-climate-scepticism/meetthepress1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/misguided-sense-of-balance-exacerbates-climate-scepticism/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:00:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/reading-time/ Book historian Tina Lupton’s comparative study of reading habits in the 18th century and modern...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/reading-time/" alt="Finding the time to read has never been easy" title="Finding the time to read has never been easy"><img src="https://hum.ku.dk/faknyt/2020/januar/vi-har-altid-haft-daarlig-samvittighed-over-vores-laesevaner/woman-sitting-on-chair-using-black-ipad-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/reading-time/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:45:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/forgotten-islamic-literary-tradition-uncovered-in-the-horn-of-africa/ Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have spent the last five years identifying and analysing...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/forgotten-islamic-literary-tradition-uncovered-in-the-horn-of-africa/" alt="Forgotten Islamic literary tradition uncovered in the Horn of Africa" title="Forgotten Islamic literary tradition uncovered in the Horn of Africa"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/forgotten-islamic-literary-tradition-uncovered-in-the-horn-of-africa/manuscript550x300.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/forgotten-islamic-literary-tradition-uncovered-in-the-horn-of-africa/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/new-research-shows-how-indo-european-languages-spread-across-asia/ A new study has discovered that horses were first domesticated by descendants of hunter-gatherer groups...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/new-research-shows-how-indo-european-languages-spread-across-asia/" alt="New research shows how Indo-European languages spread across Asia " title="New research shows how Indo-European languages spread across Asia "><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/new-research-shows-how-indo-european-languages-spread-across-asia/Wild_horses55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/new-research-shows-how-indo-european-languages-spread-across-asia/ Wed, 09 May 2018 17:00:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/scandinavias-earliest-farmers-exchanged-terminology-with-indo-europeans/ 5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya culture migrated into Europe from the Caspian steppe. In addition to innovations...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/scandinavias-earliest-farmers-exchanged-terminology-with-indo-europeans/" alt="Scandinavia’s earliest farmers exchanged terminology with Indo-Europeans" title="Scandinavia’s earliest farmers exchanged terminology with Indo-Europeans"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/scandinavias-earliest-farmers-exchanged-terminology-with-indo-europeans/neolithic55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/scandinavias-earliest-farmers-exchanged-terminology-with-indo-europeans/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:00 +0200