https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/ News from Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:03:00 +0200 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:03:00 +0200 https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2026/new-study-maps-where-wheat-barley-and-rye-grew-before-the-first-farmers-found-them/ Using advanced machine-learning and climate models, researchers have shown that the ancestors of crops...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2026/new-study-maps-where-wheat-barley-and-rye-grew-before-the-first-farmers-found-them/" alt="New study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them" title="New study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2026/02/new-study-maps-where-wheat-barley-and-rye-grew-before-the-first-farmers-found-them/AAO-sampling-wild-plants-near-Ma_in-in-Jordan1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2026/new-study-maps-where-wheat-barley-and-rye-grew-before-the-first-farmers-found-them/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:30:00 +0100 https://ccrs.ku.dk/research/centres/centre-for-comparative-culture-studies/views-of-violence/news/nina-groenlykke-mollerup-receives-erc-consolidator/ Nina Grønlykke Mollerup receives ERC Consolidator Grant for the project Before the Image: The Political...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/research/centres/centre-for-comparative-culture-studies/views-of-violence/news/nina-groenlykke-mollerup-receives-erc-consolidator/" alt="Nina Grønlykke Mollerup receives ERC Consolidator Grant" title="Nina Grønlykke Mollerup receives ERC Consolidator Grant"><img src="https://tors.ku.dk/nyheder/2025/nina-groenlykke-mollerup-modtager-erc-consolidator-grant/Nina-Gr_nlykke-Mollerup-Suste-Bonnen.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/research/centres/centre-for-comparative-culture-studies/views-of-violence/news/nina-groenlykke-mollerup-receives-erc-consolidator/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100 https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/call-for-applications-training-week-on-global-history-of-astronomy/ We are pleased to announce the second iteration of the “Training week: Global history of astronomy... https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/call-for-applications-training-week-on-global-history-of-astronomy/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0100 https://ccrs.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://ccrs.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://ccrs.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://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/we-have-forgotten-the-bosnian-war-but-literature-helps-us-remember/ The Bosnian War (1992–1995), which claimed over 100,000 lives and displaced many more, is largely...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/we-have-forgotten-the-bosnian-war-but-literature-helps-us-remember/" alt="We have forgotten the Bosnian War, but literature helps us remember" title="We have forgotten the Bosnian War, but literature helps us remember"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/11/we-have-forgotten-the-bosnian-war-but-literature-helps-us-remember/pexels-fotios-photos-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/we-have-forgotten-the-bosnian-war-but-literature-helps-us-remember/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:30:00 +0100 https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/archaeologists-uncover-5000-year-old-ceremonial-site-in-jordan/ A research team led by the University of Copenhagen has uncovered a remarkable Early Bronze Age ritual...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/archaeologists-uncover-5000-year-old-ceremonial-site-in-jordan/" alt="Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old ceremonial site in Jordan" title="Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old ceremonial site in Jordan"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/10/archaeologists-uncover-5000-year-old-ceremonial-site-in-jordan/dolmen1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/archaeologists-uncover-5000-year-old-ceremonial-site-in-jordan/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:30:00 +0200 https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/researchers-on-the-verge-of-solving-mexican-mystery/ Christophe Helmke and Magnus Pharao Hansen have taken the first steps toward solving a major archaeological...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/researchers-on-the-verge-of-solving-mexican-mystery/" alt="Researchers on the verge of solving Mexican mystery" title="Researchers on the verge of solving Mexican mystery"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/10/researchers-on-the-verge-of-solving-mexican-mystery/Figure01_Teo1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2025/researchers-on-the-verge-of-solving-mexican-mystery/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:30:00 +0200 https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2024/archaeologists-to-contribute-to-major-new-research-project-on-ancient-dna/ Professor Eske Willerslev has been awarded a grant of up to DKK 585 million by Novo Nordisk Foundation...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2024/archaeologists-to-contribute-to-major-new-research-project-on-ancient-dna/" alt="Archaeologists to contribute to major new research project on ancient DNA" title="Archaeologists to contribute to major new research project on ancient DNA"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2024/archaeologists-to-contribute-to-major-new-research-project-on-ancient-dna/Shubayqa-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2024/archaeologists-to-contribute-to-major-new-research-project-on-ancient-dna/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0200 https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2024/birds-have-been-adapting-to-human-activity-for-millennia/ Roughly 14,500 to 10,500 years ago, in the transition from the last glacial period, Epipalaeolithic and...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2024/birds-have-been-adapting-to-human-activity-for-millennia/" alt="Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia" title="Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2024/birds-have-been-adapting-to-human-activity-for-millennia/Coot-nesting-on-bike1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2024/birds-have-been-adapting-to-human-activity-for-millennia/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0100 https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2023/the-earliest-recorded-kiss-occurred-in-mesopotamia-4500-years-ago/ Written sources from Mesopotamia suggest that kissing in relation to sex was practiced by the peoples...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2023/the-earliest-recorded-kiss-occurred-in-mesopotamia-4500-years-ago/" alt="The earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago" title="The earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2023/humanitys-earliest-recorded-kiss-occurred-in-mesopotamia-4500-years-ago/kiss.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2023/the-earliest-recorded-kiss-occurred-in-mesopotamia-4500-years-ago/ Thu, 18 May 2023 11:30:00 +0200 https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2022/modest-fashion/ Workshop at Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, South Campus on 7 June 2022Funded by Centre...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2022/modest-fashion/" alt="Modest Fashion: An Expression of Contemporary Muslim Women’s Lifestyles and Identities in Europe" title="Modest Fashion: An Expression of Contemporary Muslim Women’s Lifestyles and Identities in Europe"><img src="https://cemes.ku.dk/cemes-news/modest-fashion/Cover_Magazine_Dec_2016_1100x600.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2022/modest-fashion/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0100 https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-dna-hints-at-diverse-stone-age-traditions-of-kinship/ An international team of researchers have used ancient genomes, 22 new genomes from Aşıklı...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-dna-hints-at-diverse-stone-age-traditions-of-kinship/" alt="Ancient DNA hints at diverse Stone Age traditions of kinship" title="Ancient DNA hints at diverse Stone Age traditions of kinship"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-dna-hints-at-diverse-stone-age-traditions-of-kinship/Catal1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-dna-hints-at-diverse-stone-age-traditions-of-kinship/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:00:00 +0200 https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/ Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, University of Copenhagen Egyptologist...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/" alt="Ancient Egyptian manual reveals new details about mummification" title="Ancient Egyptian manual reveals new details about mummification"><img src="https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/Embalming_the_face_1100x600px.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://ccrs.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:45:00 +0100