Appointment 2026.03.19 Gunvor Simonsen appointed professor of history Gunvor Simonsen, a historian specialising in the history of the Caribbean, took up her post as professor at the Saxo Institute on 1 March 2026.
INNER_LEAGUE: A social-bureaucratic history of the League of Nations Secretariat INNER_LEAGUE offers a social-bureaucratic history of the League Secretariat and how its employees shaped lasting infrastructures of multilateralism.
Radical Pietism in Northern Europe: Social Protest on the Verge of Modernity This research project accounts for the remarkable surge in radical Pietism in the Holy Roman Empire, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden from the 1690s, when religious fervor soared, to the 1750s when it eventually subsided.
FORTIS: Fortified Island. Militarisation, Conflict and Communities on Iron Age Bornholm Fortified Island (FORTIS) investigates prehistoric forts on Bornholm and their societal context.
Arrival Tracks: Train Stations as Affective Infrastructures in Times of Displacement (TRACKS) This project examines train stations as affective arrival infrastructures in Hamburg and Copenhagen across three moments of forced displacement.
Skin Health: New Biocultural Zones of Contact Humanistic research about skin, skin health in everyday life, skin care, relations between scientific, commercial and skincare practices, theoretical vocabularies about skincare and theoretical concepts in skincare research.
Code and Conspiracy: Antisemitism in Denmark After 1945 (ASIDE) The project Code and Conspiracy: Antisemitism in Denmark After 1945 (ASIDE) funded by DFF investigates the dynamics of modern antisemitism in Danish society.
