https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/ en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:15:40 +0200 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:15:40 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/researcher-discovers-terrifying-epilepsy-demon-on-2700-year-old-clay-tablet/ A 2,700-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Iraq describing medical treatments has suddenly revealed...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/researcher-discovers-terrifying-epilepsy-demon-on-2700-year-old-clay-tablet/" alt="Researcher discovers terrifying epilepsy demon on 2,700-year-old clay tablet" title="Researcher discovers terrifying epilepsy demon on 2,700-year-old clay tablet"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/researcher-discovers-terrifying-epilepsy-demon-on-2700-year-old-clay-tablet/tavle550x300.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/researcher-discovers-terrifying-epilepsy-demon-on-2700-year-old-clay-tablet/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/rare-find-human-teeth-used-as-jewellery-in-turkey-8500-years-ago/ At a prehistoric archaeological site in Turkey, researchers have discovered two 8,500-year-old human...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/rare-find-human-teeth-used-as-jewellery-in-turkey-8500-years-ago/" alt="Rare find: human teeth used as jewellery in Turkey 8,500 years ago" title="Rare find: human teeth used as jewellery in Turkey 8,500 years ago"><img src="https://hum.ku.dk/faknyt/2020/januar/sjaeldent-fund-mennsketaender-blev-brugt-som-smykker-for-8500-aar-siden/drilled-teeth1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/rare-find-human-teeth-used-as-jewellery-in-turkey-8500-years-ago/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:15:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/new-research-project-will-tell-the-entangled-history-of-the-lesser-antilles/ In history books, the islands of the eastern Caribbean, the Lesser Antilles, are described as small isolated...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/new-research-project-will-tell-the-entangled-history-of-the-lesser-antilles/" alt="New research project will tell the entangled history of the Lesser Antilles" title="New research project will tell the entangled history of the Lesser Antilles"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/new-research-project-will-tell-the-entangled-history-of-the-lesser-antilles/Map_Lesser-Antilles550x300.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/new-research-project-will-tell-the-entangled-history-of-the-lesser-antilles/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:00:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/chinese-activists-protest-the-use-of-traditional-treatments---they-want-medical-science/ In China, traditional Chinese medicine has the same status in the health system as modern medical science....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/chinese-activists-protest-the-use-of-traditional-treatments---they-want-medical-science/" alt="Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments - they want medical science" title="Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments - they want medical science"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/chinese-activists-protest-the-use-of-traditional-treatments---they-want-medical-science/tcm550x300.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/chinese-activists-protest-the-use-of-traditional-treatments---they-want-medical-science/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:15:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/the-janus-face-of-digital-media/ Stig Hjarvard has written a chapter called "The Janus face of digital connectivity: The transformation...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/the-janus-face-of-digital-media/" alt="The Janus face of digital media" title="The Janus face of digital media"><img src="https://comm.ku.dk/news/news/the-janus-face-of-digital-media/The_Janus_Face.png_copy/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/the-janus-face-of-digital-media/ Wed, 29 May 2019 13:45:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/risk-and-unnaturalness-cannot-justify-eus-strict-policy-on-gmo/ The EU’s policy on GMO is extremely strict and prevents new GMO crops from being authorized. The...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/risk-and-unnaturalness-cannot-justify-eus-strict-policy-on-gmo/" alt="Risk and unnaturalness cannot justify EU’s strict policy on GMO " title="Risk and unnaturalness cannot justify EU’s strict policy on GMO "><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/risk-and-unnaturalness-cannot-justify-eus-strict-policy-on-gmo/agriculture-broccoli-close-up-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/risk-and-unnaturalness-cannot-justify-eus-strict-policy-on-gmo/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:45:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/major-eu-grant-for-research-on-collective-identity/ The ERC has awarded Professor Dan Zahavi from University of Copenhagen an Advanced Grant of €2.4...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/major-eu-grant-for-research-on-collective-identity/" alt="Major EU grant for research on collective identity" title="Major EU grant for research on collective identity"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/major-eu-grant-for-research-on-collective-identity/dan_zahavi55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/major-eu-grant-for-research-on-collective-identity/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:15:00 +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/2019/11500-year-old-animal-bones-in-jordan-suggest-early-dogs-helped-humans-hunt/ 11,500 years ago in what is now northeast Jordan, people began to live alongside dogs and may also have...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/11500-year-old-animal-bones-in-jordan-suggest-early-dogs-helped-humans-hunt/" alt="11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt" title="11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/11500-year-old-animal-bones-in-jordan-suggest-early-dogs-helped-humans-hunt/gazelle_bones_1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/11500-year-old-animal-bones-in-jordan-suggest-early-dogs-helped-humans-hunt/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:30:00 +0100