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ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES
 

The humanities provide crucial knowledge about the structures of everyday lives and the resources needed to make human behaviour sustainable.

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CUNEIFORM
2026.04.15

4,000-year-old clay tablets inscribed with magical spells… and beer tabs

AI
2026.03.17

AI was supposed to ease doctors’ workload – instead they spend hours correcting errors

AI‑powered clinical documentation was meant to streamline work at Danish hospitals. But in practice, doctors are spending valuable hours correcting mistakes, training algorithms, and handling administrative tasks that used to be managed by medical secretaries, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen.

Archaeology
2026.02.12

New study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them

Using advanced machine-learning and climate models, researchers have shown that the ancestors of crops like wheat, barley, and rye probably were much less widespread in the Middle East 12,000 years ago than previously believed. This challenges traditional assumptions about the geography of early plant domestication and agriculture.

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  • 21 Apr. 2026, 11:00-12:00

    Digital contention in divided societies: How online platforms hinder peacebuilding

    HUM:Global Flagship Initiative public talk by Dr. Paul Reilly, University of Glasgow.
  • 21 Apr. 2026, 14:00-15:00

    Close by, yet distant: Central paradoxes in state relocation to peripheral Denmark

    TRANSITION Dialogue with Birgitte Romme Larsen, Aarhus University
  • 21 Apr. 2026, 15:15-16:30

    Sound, Reverence, and Black Aesthetic Creation

    Talk by Ruth Nicole Brown (East Lansing, US) and Emery Petchauer (New York, US) at Colloquium Sound…

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  • 4,000-year-old clay tablets inscribed with magical spells… and beer tabs

    2026.04.15
    Around 5,200 years ago, people from ancient cultures in Iraq and Syria began carving characters ont…
  • AI was supposed to ease doctors’ workload – instead they spend hours correcting errors

    2026.03.17
    AI‑powered clinical documentation was meant to streamline work at Danish hospitals. But in practice…

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