Faculty of Humanities

2017

The Roman period main harbour of ancient Corinth discovered

University of Copenhagen and Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities archaeologists and geoarchaeologist…

Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East

New research by a team of scientists and archaeologists based at the Weizmann Institute of Science…

Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper

Until recently, it was assumed that the ink used for writing was primarily carbon-based at least…

journalism studies

Journalists can bypass censorship with social media and ‘soft’ journalism

By reporting on stories that the general public express concern about on social media as well as…

neurolinguistics

Our brain omits grammatical elements when it has limited resources

A study of the use of pronouns by French speakers with agrammatic aphasia shows that grammatical…

archaeolinguistics

Scandinavia’s earliest farmers exchanged terminology with Indo-Europeans

5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya culture migrated into Europe from the Caspian steppe. In addition to…

Literary conversation

Video: Paul Auster in conversation at the University of Copenhagen

25 August American author Paul Auster visited University of Copenhagen for a conversation with…

Wild sheep grazed in the Black Desert 14,500 years ago

Excavations of architecture and associated deposits left by hunter-gatherers in the Black Desert in…

Arabian satellite news

The Al Mayadeen news network gives voice to left-wing Arabs

Frustrated with Al Jazeera’s coverage of the Arab Spring and the popular uprising in Syria, former…

Public lectures

World literature meeting at HUM this July

For the next four weeks, the Institute of World Literature hosts a summer school at the faculty.…

Stanley Ulijaszek appointed honorary professor at CoRe

Professor Stanley Ulijaszek, Oxford University, has been granted an honorary professorship in healt…

Ageing in the Arctic

New project will improve quality of life and health for older people in Greenland

The number of older people in Greenland is growing these years, but currently little is known about…