Mesopotamian medicine 2020.11.30 New book provides rare insights into a Mesopotamian medical practitioner’s education 2,700 years ago, a man called Kisir-Ashur practiced medicine and magic in the Assyrian city of Assu…
Prize 2020.11.03 Søren Overgaard receives this year's Einar Hansen Research Prize Søren Overgaard, Associate Professor of philosophy at HUM, receives the prize for outstanding…
egyptology 2020.10.26 Inks containing lead were likely used as drier on ancient Egyptian papyri Analysing 12 ancient Egyptian papyri fragments with X-ray microscopy, University of Copenhagen…
covid-19 2020.08.24 Update: Tutor on University of Copenhagen’s South Campus did not test positive for COVID-19 The tutor from rhetoric that tested positive for COVID-19 24 August is not infected with corona. An…
Technology 2020.08.04 Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety How does measuring our sleep, exercise and heart rates using various apps and fitness watches affec…
Nordic Journal of Media Studies 2020.06.23 Is there a particular ”Nordicness”? The 2020 volume of Nordic Journal of Media Studies addresses the very title of the journal. Is ther…
2020.06.03 The global consequences of the Coronavirus crisis Researchers from University of Copenhagen show how the Coronavirus affects the countries of the…
Research 2020.04.22 Voices of madness from around the world A new interdisciplinary project funded by the European Research Council will be exploring the…
archaeology 2020.03.23 Paper on early agriculture’s impact on human lifestyle awarded prestigious prize Together with an international team of researchers, University of Copenhagen archaeologist Scott…
Reading 2020.01.13 Finding the time to read has never been easy Book historian Tina Lupton’s comparative study of reading habits in the 18th century and modern day…