https://humanities.ku.dk/news/news-archive/ en Fri, 01 May 2026 14:42:52 +0200 Fri, 01 May 2026 14:42:52 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/origin-of-domestic-horses-finally-established/ Horses were first domesticated in the Pontic-Caspian steppes, northern Caucasus, before conquering the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/origin-of-domestic-horses-finally-established/" alt="Origin of domestic horses finally established" title="Origin of domestic horses finally established"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/origin-of-domestic-horses-finally-established/wild_horses_shutterstock_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/origin-of-domestic-horses-finally-established/ Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/no-strategy-behind-danish-war-effort-in-afghanistan--we-followed-usas-lead/ When Denmark decided to participate in the war in Afghanistan just three months after the terrorist attacks... https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/no-strategy-behind-danish-war-effort-in-afghanistan--we-followed-usas-lead/ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/tokyo-2020-from-euphoria-to-deep-worry/ There was great joy and honour when the Japanese capital Tokyo was selected as host of the 2020 Olympics.... https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/tokyo-2020-from-euphoria-to-deep-worry/ Fri, 09 Jul 2021 07:00:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/10000-year-old-bones-reveal-earliest-goat-herders-practices/ To trace the domestication of the goat, an international team of researchers have analysed 10,000 year-old...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/10000-year-old-bones-reveal-earliest-goat-herders-practices/" alt="10,000-year-old bones reveal earliest goat herders’ practices" title="10,000-year-old bones reveal earliest goat herders’ practices"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/10000-year-old-bones-reveal-earliest-goat-herders-practices/Bezoarziege55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/10000-year-old-bones-reveal-earliest-goat-herders-practices/ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 11:15:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-dna-hints-at-diverse-stone-age-traditions-of-kinship/ An international team of researchers have used ancient genomes, 22 new genomes from Aşıklı...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-dna-hints-at-diverse-stone-age-traditions-of-kinship/" alt="Ancient DNA hints at diverse Stone Age traditions of kinship" title="Ancient DNA hints at diverse Stone Age traditions of kinship"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-dna-hints-at-diverse-stone-age-traditions-of-kinship/Catal55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-dna-hints-at-diverse-stone-age-traditions-of-kinship/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:00:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/ Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, University of Copenhagen Egyptologist...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/" alt="Ancient Egyptian manual reveals new details about mummification " title="Ancient Egyptian manual reveals new details about mummification "><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/Embalming_the_face_55x55px.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:45:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/danish-research-institutions-join-the-leading-european-network-of-cultural-heritage/ Led by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Danish research institutions and museums now join...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/danish-research-institutions-join-the-leading-european-network-of-cultural-heritage/" alt="Danish research institutions join the leading European network of cultural heritage" title="Danish research institutions join the leading European network of cultural heritage"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/danish-research-institutions-join-the-leading-european-network-of-cultural-heritage/1._Experimental_Loom55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/danish-research-institutions-join-the-leading-european-network-of-cultural-heritage/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100 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_Boushnak55x55.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/MTP55x55.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/2021/kirsten-busch-nielsen-to-continue-as-dean-at-the-faculty-of-humanities/ After eight months as acting dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Kirsten Busch Nielsen has been appointed...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/kirsten-busch-nielsen-to-continue-as-dean-at-the-faculty-of-humanities/" alt="Kirsten Busch Nielsen to continue as dean at the Faculty of Humanities" title="Kirsten Busch Nielsen to continue as dean at the Faculty of Humanities"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/kirsten-busch-nielsen-to-continue-as-dean-at-the-faculty-of-humanities/Kirsten-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/kirsten-busch-nielsen-to-continue-as-dean-at-the-faculty-of-humanities/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/new-book-provides-rare-insights-into-a-mesopotamian-medical-practitioners-education-2700-years-ago/ 2,700 years ago, a man called Kisir-Ashur practiced medicine and magic in the Assyrian city of Assur...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/new-book-provides-rare-insights-into-a-mesopotamian-medical-practitioners-education-2700-years-ago/" alt="New book provides rare insights into a Mesopotamian medical practitioner’s education " title="New book provides rare insights into a Mesopotamian medical practitioner’s education "><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/new-book-provides-rare-insights-into-a-mesopotamian-medical-practitioners-education-2700-years-ago/Neo_Assyrian-Relief-from-Louvre55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/new-book-provides-rare-insights-into-a-mesopotamian-medical-practitioners-education-2700-years-ago/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:45:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/soeren-overgaard-receives-this-years-einar-hansens-research-prize/ Søren Overgaard, Associate Professor of philosophy at HUM, receives the prize for outstanding achievements...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/soeren-overgaard-receives-this-years-einar-hansens-research-prize/" alt="Søren Overgaard receives this year's Einar Hansen Research Prize" title="Søren Overgaard receives this year's Einar Hansen Research Prize"><img src="https://hum.ku.dk/faknyt/2020/oktober/soeren-overgaard-modtager-einar-hansens-forskningspris/S_ren_Overgaard_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/soeren-overgaard-receives-this-years-einar-hansens-research-prize/ Tue, 03 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/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 researchers...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/inks-containing-lead-were-likely-used-as-drier-on-ancient-egyptian-papyri/" alt="Inks containing lead were likely used as drier on ancient Egyptian papyri " title="Inks containing lead were likely used as drier on ancient Egyptian papyri "><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/inks-containing-lead-were-likely-used-as-drier-on-ancient-egyptian-papyri/detail.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/inks-containing-lead-were-likely-used-as-drier-on-ancient-egyptian-papyri/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:30:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/tutor-on-university-of-copenhagen-south-campus-has-tested-positive-for-covid-19/ The tutor from rhetoric that tested positive for COVID-19 24 August is not infected with corona....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/tutor-on-university-of-copenhagen-south-campus-has-tested-positive-for-covid-19/" alt="Update: Tutor on University of Copenhagen’s South Campus did not test positive for COVID-19" title="Update: Tutor on University of Copenhagen’s South Campus did not test positive for COVID-19"><img src="https://hum.ku.dk/faknyt/2020/august/tutor-paa-koebenhavns-universitets-soendre-campus-er-testet-positiv-for-covid19/s_ndrecampus55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/tutor-on-university-of-copenhagen-south-campus-has-tested-positive-for-covid-19/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:30:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/fitness-watches-generate-useful-information-but-increase-patient-anxiety/ How does measuring our sleep, exercise and heart rates using various apps and fitness watches affect...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/fitness-watches-generate-useful-information-but-increase-patient-anxiety/" alt="Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety" title="Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety"><img src="https://cms.ku.dk/arkiv/science/fak/science-kom/news-archive/2020/fitness-watches-generate-useful-information-but-increase-patient-anxiety/billedinformationer/Sundhedsapps_lille.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/fitness-watches-generate-useful-information-but-increase-patient-anxiety/ Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/is-there-a-particular-nordicness/ The 2020 volume of Nordic Journal of Media Studies addresses the very title of the journal. Is there...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/is-there-a-particular-nordicness/" alt="Is there a particular ”Nordicness”?" title="Is there a particular ”Nordicness”?"><img src="https://comm.ku.dk/research/media-studies/news/is-there-a--particular-nordicness/nordicness.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/is-there-a-particular-nordicness/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 11:15:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/the-global-consequences-of-the-coronavirus-crisis/ Researchers from University of Copenhagen show how the Coronavirus affects the countries of the world. ...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/the-global-consequences-of-the-coronavirus-crisis/" alt="The global consequences of the Coronavirus crisis" title="The global consequences of the Coronavirus crisis"><img src="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2020/global-consequences-of-coronacrisis/corona55x55.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/the-global-consequences-of-the-coronavirus-crisis/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 15:00:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/voices-of-madness-from-around-the-world/ A new interdisciplinary project funded by the European Research Council will be exploring the history...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/voices-of-madness-from-around-the-world/" alt="Voices of madness from around the world " title="Voices of madness from around the world "><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/voices-of-madness-from-around-the-world/ana-55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/voices-of-madness-from-around-the-world/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:30:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/paper-on-early-agricultures-impact-on-human-lifestyle-awarded-prestigious-prize/ Together with an international team of researchers, University of Copenhagen archaeologist Scott Haddow...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/paper-on-early-agricultures-impact-on-human-lifestyle-awarded-prestigious-prize/" alt="Paper on early agriculture’s impact on human lifestyle awarded prestigious prize" title="Paper on early agriculture’s impact on human lifestyle awarded prestigious prize"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/paper-on-early-agricultures-impact-on-human-lifestyle-awarded-prestigious-prize/scott55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2020/paper-on-early-agricultures-impact-on-human-lifestyle-awarded-prestigious-prize/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 09:00:00 +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-55x55.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/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/demon55x55.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://humanities.ku.dk/news/2019/rare-find-human-teeth-used-as-jewellery-in-turkey-8500-years-ago/drilled-teeth55x55.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/gunvor55x55.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/chinese_lab55x55.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/islam55x55.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/WOLF55x55.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 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/doubts-and-dialogue-may-alter-public-perceptions-of-science/ Science projects within controversial fields such as synthetic biology could benefit from experimenting...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/doubts-and-dialogue-may-alter-public-perceptions-of-science/" alt="Doubts and dialogue may alter public perceptions of science" title="Doubts and dialogue may alter public perceptions of science"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/doubts-and-dialogue-may-alter-public-perceptions-of-science/britt_wray_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/doubts-and-dialogue-may-alter-public-perceptions-of-science/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 21:00:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/copenhagen-as-part-of-us-southern-literature/ Southern literature has a special place in the American literary tradition. It appears on most reading...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/copenhagen-as-part-of-us-southern-literature/" alt="Copenhagen as part of US southern literature" title="Copenhagen as part of US southern literature"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/copenhagen-as-part-of-us-southern-literature/Bone_55x55.JPG/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/copenhagen-as-part-of-us-southern-literature/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:45:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/archaeologists-discover-bread-that-predates-agriculture-by-4000-years/ At an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan, researchers have discovered the charred remains of...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/archaeologists-discover-bread-that-predates-agriculture-by-4000-years/" alt="Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years" title="Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/archaeologists-discover-bread-that-predates-agriculture-by-4000-years/excavations_shybayqa.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/archaeologists-discover-bread-that-predates-agriculture-by-4000-years/ Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:00:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/new-forms-of-learning-can-safeguard-small-programmes/ A betrayal of joint Nordic relations, a loss of ‘irreplaceable cultural heritage’ and a ‘strike...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/new-forms-of-learning-can-safeguard-small-programmes/" alt="New forms of learning can safeguard small programmes" title="New forms of learning can safeguard small programmes"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/archive/2018/06/new-forms-of-learning-can-safeguard-small-programmes/njals_saga_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2018/new-forms-of-learning-can-safeguard-small-programmes/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 15:15:00 +0200 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/the-roman-period-main-harbour-of-ancient-corinth-discovered/ University of Copenhagen and Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities archaeologists and geoarchaeologists...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/the-roman-period-main-harbour-of-ancient-corinth-discovered/" alt=" The Roman period main harbour of ancient Corinth discovered" title=" The Roman period main harbour of ancient Corinth discovered"><img src="https://hum.ku.dk/faknyt/2015/juni/carlsbergfondet_sikrer_udgravningerne_af_antik_graesk_havneby/undervands55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/the-roman-period-main-harbour-of-ancient-corinth-discovered/ Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:00:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/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 and...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/archaeologists-revise-chronology-of-the-last-hunter-gatherers-in-the-near-east/" alt="Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East" title="Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/wild-sheep-grazed-in-the-black-desert-14500-years-ago/excavation_view_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/archaeologists-revise-chronology-of-the-last-hunter-gatherers-in-the-near-east/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:00:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/ink-from-ancient-egyptian-papyri-contains-copper/ Until recently, it was assumed that the ink used for writing was primarily carbon-based at least until...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/ink-from-ancient-egyptian-papyri-contains-copper/" alt="Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper" title="Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/ink-from-ancient-egyptian-papyri-contains-copper/tebtunis-fragment55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/ink-from-ancient-egyptian-papyri-contains-copper/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:15:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/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 ‘soft’...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/journalists-can-bypass-censorship-with-social-media-and-soft-journalism/" alt="Journalists can bypass censorship with social media and ‘soft’ journalism" title="Journalists can bypass censorship with social media and ‘soft’ journalism"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/journalists-can-bypass-censorship-with-social-media-and-soft-journalism/vietnamese-reading-paper55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/journalists-can-bypass-censorship-with-social-media-and-soft-journalism/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/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 pronouns...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/our-brain-omits-grammatical-elements-when-it-has-limited-resources/" alt="Our brain omits grammatical elements when it has limited resources" title="Our brain omits grammatical elements when it has limited resources"><img src="https://hum.ku.dk/faknyt/2016/april/vores_hjerne_sorterer_grammatikken_fra_naar_den_er_presset/hjernescanning.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/our-brain-omits-grammatical-elements-when-it-has-limited-resources/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:30:00 +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 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/paul-auster/ 25 August American author Paul Auster visited University of Copenhagen for a conversation with literary...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/paul-auster/" alt="Video: Paul Auster in conversation at the University of Copenhagen " title="Video: Paul Auster in conversation at the University of Copenhagen "><img src="https://hum.ku.dk/faknyt/2017/august/paul-auster/Auster55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/paul-auster/ Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:00:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/wild-sheep-grazed-in-the-black-desert-14500-years-ago/ Excavations of architecture and associated deposits left by hunter-gatherers in the Black Desert in eastern...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/wild-sheep-grazed-in-the-black-desert-14500-years-ago/" alt="Wild sheep grazed in the Black Desert 14,500 years ago " title="Wild sheep grazed in the Black Desert 14,500 years ago "><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/wild-sheep-grazed-in-the-black-desert-14500-years-ago/excavation_view_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/wild-sheep-grazed-in-the-black-desert-14500-years-ago/ Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:45:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/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...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/the-al-mayadeen-news-network-gives-voice-to-left-wing-arabs/" alt="The Al Mayadeen news network gives voice to left-wing Arabs" title="The Al Mayadeen news network gives voice to left-wing Arabs"><img src="https://hum.ku.dk/faknyt/2017/juli/tv-stationen-al-mayadeen-giver-venstreorienterede-arabere-stemme/mayadeen.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/the-al-mayadeen-news-network-gives-voice-to-left-wing-arabs/ Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:45:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/world-literature-meeting-at-hum-this-july/ For the next four weeks, the Institute of World Literature hosts a summer school at the faculty. Some...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/world-literature-meeting-at-hum-this-july/" alt="World literature meeting at HUM this July " title="World literature meeting at HUM this July "><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/world-for-litteratur_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/world-literature-meeting-at-hum-this-july/ Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:45:00 +0200 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/new-honorary-professor-at-core/ Professor Stanley Ulijaszek, Oxford University, has been granted an honorary professorship in health...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/new-honorary-professor-at-core/" alt="Stanley Ulijaszek appointed honorary professor at CoRe" title="Stanley Ulijaszek appointed honorary professor at CoRe"><img src="https://core.ku.dk/eng/images/Stanley55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/new-honorary-professor-at-core/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 08:45:00 +0100 https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/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 their...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/new-project-will-improve-quality-of-life-and-health-for-older-people-in-greenland/" alt="New project will improve quality of life and health for older people in Greenland" title="New project will improve quality of life and health for older people in Greenland"><img src="https://core.ku.dk/eng/news/new-project-will-improve-quality-of-life-and-health-for-older-people-in-greenland/Dartskive55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2017/new-project-will-improve-quality-of-life-and-health-for-older-people-in-greenland/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:15:00 +0100