https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/ News - Saxo Institute - Faculty of Humanities - University of Copenhagen en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:46:39 +0200 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:46:39 +0200 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2026/gunvor-simonsen-appointed-professor-of-history/ Gunvor Simonsen, a historian specialising in the history of the Caribbean, took up her post as professor...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2026/gunvor-simonsen-appointed-professor-of-history/" alt="Gunvor Simonsen appointed professor of history" title="Gunvor Simonsen appointed professor of history"><img src="https://saxo.ku.dk/nyheder_2/2026/gunvor-simonsen-bliver-professor-i-historie/GunvorSimonsen_FrejaWille_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2026/gunvor-simonsen-appointed-professor-of-history/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:15:00 +0100 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/archaeologists-use-ai-to-create-prehistoric-video-game_kopi/ Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bergen have used AI and free digital...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/archaeologists-use-ai-to-create-prehistoric-video-game_kopi/" alt="Archaeologists use AI to create prehistoric video game" title="Archaeologists use AI to create prehistoric video game"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/12/archaeologists-use-ai-to-create-prehistoric-video-game/Debbie_sunset1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/archaeologists-use-ai-to-create-prehistoric-video-game_kopi/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:15:00 +0100 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/hum-researchers-receive-funding-to-establish-a-national-forum-for-anti-semitism-research/ Sofie Lene Bak (Saxo) has received funding from DFF to establish Denmark's first national research forum...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/hum-researchers-receive-funding-to-establish-a-national-forum-for-anti-semitism-research/" alt="HUM researchers receive funding to establish a National Forum for Anti-Semitism Research" title="HUM researchers receive funding to establish a National Forum for Anti-Semitism Research"><img src="https://saxo.ku.dk/nyheder_2/2025/hum-forskere-modtager-stoette-til-at-etablere-national-forum-for-antisemitismeforskning/Nyhedsbrev_saxo_SofieBak.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/hum-researchers-receive-funding-to-establish-a-national-forum-for-anti-semitism-research/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:15:00 +0100 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/hums-new-honorary-doctors-study-how-we-navigate-complex-cultural-landscapes/ At the university's traditional annual commemoration in November, KU will appoint honorary doctors. This...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/hums-new-honorary-doctors-study-how-we-navigate-complex-cultural-landscapes/" alt="HUM's new honorary doctors study how we navigate complex cultural landscapes" title="HUM's new honorary doctors study how we navigate complex cultural landscapes"><img src="https://hum.ku.dk/faknyt/2025/september/hums-nye-aeresdoktorer-undersoeger-hvordan-vi-navigerer-komplekse-kulturelle-landskaber/_resdoktorer_HUM.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/hums-new-honorary-doctors-study-how-we-navigate-complex-cultural-landscapes/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0200 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/frida-hastrup-appointed-professor-of-european-ethnology/ Frida Hastrup, an ethnologist specialising in people and the environment, will take up her position as...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/frida-hastrup-appointed-professor-of-european-ethnology/" alt="Frida Hastrup appointed professor of European Ethnology" title="Frida Hastrup appointed professor of European Ethnology"><img src="https://saxo.ku.dk/nyheder_2/2025/frida-hastrup-bliver-professor-i-europaeisk-etnologi/Frida_Hastrup_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2025/frida-hastrup-appointed-professor-of-european-ethnology/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0200 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/archaeologists-visit-lund/ Before the summer break, a group of archaeologists from the Saxo Institute and the Department of Cross-Cultural...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/archaeologists-visit-lund/" alt="Archaeologists visit Lund" title="Archaeologists visit Lund"><img src="https://archaeology.ku.dk/news/archaeologists-visit-lund/Archaeologists_visit_Lund_1100x600.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/archaeologists-visit-lund/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:15:00 +0200 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/volcanic-eruption-caused-neolithic-people-to-sacrifice-unique-sun-stones/ 4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/volcanic-eruption-caused-neolithic-people-to-sacrifice-unique-sun-stones/" alt="Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people to sacrifice unique &quot;sun stones&quot;" title="Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people to sacrifice unique &quot;sun stones&quot;"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2025/volcanic-eruptions-caused-neolithic-people-in-denmark-to-sacrifice-unique/Design_uden_navn.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/volcanic-eruption-caused-neolithic-people-to-sacrifice-unique-sun-stones/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:30:00 +0100 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2024/saxo-professor-awarded-distinguished-visiting-chair-at-harvard/ Professor Stuart Ward will visit Harvard University’s History Department as the Gough Whitlam and...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2024/saxo-professor-awarded-distinguished-visiting-chair-at-harvard/" alt="Saxo Professor awarded distinguished visiting Chair at Harvard" title="Saxo Professor awarded distinguished visiting Chair at Harvard"><img src="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2024/Design_uden_navn.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/2024/saxo-professor-awarded-distinguished-visiting-chair-at-harvard/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0200 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/eva-andersson-strand-appointed-professor-of-archaeology/ Eva Andersson Strand, director of the Centre for Textile Research, can now, as of 1 October, officially...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/eva-andersson-strand-appointed-professor-of-archaeology/" alt="Eva Andersson Strand appointed Professor of Archaeology" title="Eva Andersson Strand appointed Professor of Archaeology"><img src="https://ctr.hum.ku.dk/nyhedsliste/eva-andersson-strand-appointed-professor-of-archaeology/Eva_Andersson_Strand_1100x600.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/eva-andersson-strand-appointed-professor-of-archaeology/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:30:00 +0200 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/launch-of-the-ucph-school-of-archaeology/ The UCPH School of Archaeology is a collaboration across three faculties to build bridges between the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/launch-of-the-ucph-school-of-archaeology/" alt="Launch of the UCPH School of Archaeology" title="Launch of the UCPH School of Archaeology"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2023/launch-of-the-ucph-school-of-archaeology/11.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/launch-of-the-ucph-school-of-archaeology/ Wed, 10 May 2023 14:45:00 +0200 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/reseachers-confirm-shipwreck-most-likely-is-40-year-old-colonial-sparrow-hawk/ The remains of a shipwreck in Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, thought to be a 400-year-old colonial...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/reseachers-confirm-shipwreck-most-likely-is-40-year-old-colonial-sparrow-hawk/" alt="Researchers confirm shipwreck could be 400-year-old colonial &quot;Sparrow-Hawk&quot;" title="Researchers confirm shipwreck could be 400-year-old colonial &quot;Sparrow-Hawk&quot;"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2022/researchers-confirm-shipwreck-most-likely-is-40-year-old-colonial-sparrow-hawk/sparrow_hawk1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/reseachers-confirm-shipwreck-most-likely-is-40-year-old-colonial-sparrow-hawk/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 10:45:00 +0100 https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/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://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/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_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://saxoinstitute.ku.dk/news/origin-of-domestic-horses-finally-established/ Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0200