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08/03-10 kl. 06:00 Research / Humanities

Ancients interpreted through lions and crocodiles

Ancient Egyptian zoology seen in priestly inscriptions

See also:: Fragments shed new light on the old Egyptians

01/02-10 kl. 12:14 Campus / Humanities

Blog of the week: CUMINet

This week's blog is CUMINet, which stands for Copenhagen University Middle East and Islam Network. CUMINet aims to allow Danish scholars working on ‘the modern Muslim world’ to communicate with an international audience.

29/01-10 kl. 12:00 Politics / Humanities

Is the burqa report scientifically sound?

»Swindle and humbug« and »amateurish«. Pia Kjærsgaard of the right-wing Dansk Folkeparti [Danish People’s Party, ed.] and Conservative politician Naser Khader were pulling no punches, after the controversial burqa report was made public. Experts in scientific theory and method defend the University of Copenhagen researchers who compiled the report, and say that the criticism is political.

26/01-10 kl. 10:34 Research / Humanities

How insurance created obesity

The concept of ideal weight is constructed around bio medicinal data collection and interpretation methods first practiced by life insurers looking to save a dollar or two, says Ulrike Thoms, a humanist among medical researchers

16/01-10 kl. 06:00 Research / Pharma / Humanities / Life Science / Science / Health Science

DKK 210 million for research

The Danish Ministry of Science has delegated DKK 210 million to establish a new research infrastructure. The University of Copenhagen is receiving DKK 58 million for three different projects

13/01-10 kl. 10:59 Politics / Humanities

Only three women in Denmark wear burqa

The number of Muslim women in Denmark who wear the burqa can be counted on one hand, according to the newly released results of a new study conducted by the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Cross-Cultural and Religious Studies

See also:: University of Copenhagen to count burqas

19/11-09 kl. 15:41 Education / Humanities

English? Nej tak, say humanists

Pharmaceutical staff like English-language teaching - theology and humanities staff don’t

See also:: Copenhagen staff: Yes to more courses in English

18/11-09 kl. 06:00 Campus / Humanities

An Asian view on climate

Climate and conflict, the role of local knowledge, and sustainable energy are some of the topics to be debated at the upcoming ‘Climate Change - Perspectives on Asia’ seminar

06/11-09 kl. 06:00 Research / Humanities

Copenhagen to study ‘new’ India

Research centre will find out how emerging global powers reconcile poverty, culture and the space-age

08/03-10 kl. 10:51

Zoological information in non-zoological texts

Hieroglyphs representing Egyptian gods on temple walls show an intimate knowledge of wild animals' behaviour and ecology.

Christian Leitz, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Tübingen, presented his research to a group of scholars at the Carsten Niebuhr Institute, University of Copenhagen on 23 February. This is a selection of his slides (in German).

See also:: Ancients interpreted through lions and crocodiles

13/02-10 kl. 14:22

Humanities start of term bash

On Friday, he Meeting Place caf'e at University of Copenhagn Amager (KUA) was transfromed into a night club and cocktail bar , for the Humanities start of term party.

The University Post's photographer Daniella Sasaki was there to catch the action.

05/11-09 kl. 12:00 World / Humanities / Social Science

Humanities and social sciences are self-obsessed

Scholars sound the alarm at Brussels conference, saying that the arts and social sciences are on the road to destruction due to self-promotion and lack of academic substance

30/10-09 kl. 06:00 Culture / Humanities

Festival of minimalistic composers and telephones

Get ready for a festival of avant-garde composers, videos and an interactive telephone concert

Mourid Barghouti i Dansk Forfatterforening

28/10-09 kl. 06:00 Culture / Humanities

Sewing clouds together

»No one listens to a poet who talks politics« said the award-winning Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti. He nevertheless spoke of both poetry and politics during his Copenhagen visit

22/10-09 kl. 10:46 Culture / Humanities

Palestinian poet to talk exile

The Palestinian poet and author, Mourid Barghouti's I Saw Ramallah has just been translated into Danish, and for this occasion he is visiting the University of Copenhagen