Previous events

• 28 Aug. 2023, 14:00-16:00

  West-Östlicher Diwan

  Celebratory lecture by Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen.

• 25 Aug. 2023, 14:15-16:00

  Japanese art during the Second World War: A Global Perspective

  Inaugural lecture: Novo Nordisk Foundation Visiting Professor in Art & Art History, Asato Ikeda.

• 30 June 2023, 13:00

  Sheep and Goat Husbandry at the Eanna Temple in Uruk During the Long Sixth Century

  PhD Defence by Rasmus Johan Aarslev.

• 29 June 2023, 17:00

  Babylon: More on Myth and Reality

  Talk by Heather Baker (Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, University of Toronto).

• 22 June - 25 June 2023

  31st AKSE Conference

  The University of Copenhagen will host the 31st biennial AKSE Conference as an in-person event from 22 (Thursday) to 25 (Sunday) June 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. 

• 30 May 2023, 14:00-15:30

  Syria - Cultural Continuity from Antiquity to Present

  Guest lecture with Dr. Filiz Çakır Phillip (Former Leading Curator, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada).

• 26 May - 27 May 2023

  Museums and National Identity

  What does it mean to be Danish? Or European? And how do museums help foster a national identity among their visitors? This symposium will feature presentations from scholars, museum curators, and directors to answer these questions.

• 22 May - 26 May 2023

  13 International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE)

  International conference

• 16 May 2023, 11:00

  Russian Exceptionalism and the War against Ukraine

  Guest lecture with Professor Marina F. Bykova.

• 8 May 2023, 15:00-19:00

  Glitter Continent: Unifying visions of a fragmented Europe - this year’s Eurovision in a historic perspective

  This afternoon seminar explores the main ideological, political and aesthetic issues in this year’s Eurovision and places the popcultural celebration of Europe in a historic perspective.