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Copenhagen as part of US southern literature

2018.09.04

Southern literature has a special place in the American literary tradition. It appears on most…
Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

2018.07.16

At an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan, researchers have discovered the charred remains o…
New forms of learning can safeguard small programmes

2018.06.01

A betrayal of joint Nordic relations, a loss of ‘irreplaceable cultural heritage’ and a ‘strike…
New research shows how Indo-European languages spread across Asia

2018.05.09

A new study has discovered that horses were first domesticated by descendants of hunter-gatherer…
The Roman period main harbour of ancient Corinth discovered

2017.12.13

University of Copenhagen and Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities archaeologists and geoarchaeologist…
Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East

2017.12.05

New research by a team of scientists and archaeologists based at the Weizmann Institute of Science…
Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper

2017.11.10

Until recently, it was assumed that the ink used for writing was primarily carbon-based at least…
Journalists can bypass censorship with social media and ‘soft’ journalism

2017.11.08

By reporting on stories that the general public express concern about on social media as well as…
Our brain omits grammatical elements when it has limited resources

2017.10.11

A study of the use of pronouns by French speakers with agrammatic aphasia shows that grammatical…
Scandinavia’s earliest farmers exchanged terminology with Indo-Europeans

2017.09.29

5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya culture migrated into Europe from the Caspian steppe. In addition to…
Video: Paul Auster in conversation at the University of Copenhagen

2017.08.29

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

2017.08.23

Excavations of architecture and associated deposits left by hunter-gatherers in the Black Desert in…
The Al Mayadeen news network gives voice to left-wing Arabs

2017.07.12

Frustrated with Al Jazeera’s coverage of the Arab Spring and the popular uprising in Syria, former…
World literature meeting at HUM this July

2017.06.29

For the next four weeks, the Institute of World Literature hosts a summer school at the faculty.…
Stanley Ulijaszek appointed honorary professor at CoRe

2017.02.24

Professor Stanley Ulijaszek, Oxford University, has been granted an honorary professorship in healt…
New project will improve quality of life and health for older people in Greenland

2017.01.23

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

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Copenhagen as part of US southern literature

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

New forms of learning can safeguard small programmes

New research shows how Indo-European languages spread across Asia

The Roman period main harbour of ancient Corinth discovered

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

Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper

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

Our brain omits grammatical elements when it has limited resources

Scandinavia’s earliest farmers exchanged terminology with Indo-Europeans

Video: Paul Auster in conversation at the University of Copenhagen

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

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

World literature meeting at HUM this July

Stanley Ulijaszek appointed honorary professor at CoRe

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

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