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Democracy is a conversation we will never be done with.

- IKS

On June 10, 2025, Mikkel Thorup, Professor of the History of Ideas at Aarhus University, defended his doctoral dissertation: “Rogue Democracy – an…

RESEARCHER'S PERSPECTIVE: "The US Turns Its Gaze Toward Europe – Again"

- IKS

Denmark takes over the EU Presidency on July 1, 2025, at a time of heightened geopolitical tension. The United States is once again turning its…

ERC Advanced Grant to Professor Ciara Kierans

- IKS

Professor Ciara Kierans has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for the research project FILTERSCAPE – a research project that examines how nature,…

New research maps the presence of Buddhism in the Nordic countries

- IKS

In a new joint Nordic research collaboration, religious studies scholar Jørn Borup from Aarhus University, together with colleagues from across the…

RESEARCHER'S PERSPECTIVE: Group Singing Strengthens Democracy

- IKS

Researchers from the Unit for Song Studies at Aarhus University have published the first nationwide study of Danes' relationship with group singing.…

Amber, art and forgotten stories – Archaeologists investigate amber workshop from the end of the Ice Age

- IKS

One of Europe's oldest workshops for amber art is currently the subject of new excavations by a Danish-German research team. The site at Grabow in…

Aarhus University opens digital library for ancient Greek texts

- IKS

How can computers and algorithms be used to analyze ancient Greek texts such as the biblical texts and other texts by e.g. Plato, Sophocles and…

Join the new Masterclass and Mentorship Programme in Computational Humanities

- Arts

Are you a humanities researcher at Aarhus University looking to integrate computational and data science approaches into your research?

Comic book shares young refugees’ experiences at Denmark’s largest comic festival.

- IKS

In the comic book Nuancer – Life After Displacement, seven young people with refugee backgrounds share stories about life after resettlement in…

Veterans with metal detectors to help Museum Vestsjælland

- IKS

Museum Vestsjælland has entered into a collaboration with the project "Vetektor Buddy", where war veterans with metal detectors will in future assist…

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Events

Professor Richard Shusterman: Somaesthetics and Design for Humanity in Crisis

18 Aug
Monday 18 August 2025, at 17:15 AIAS Auditorium, Building 1632, room 201. Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, 8000 Aarhus

Professor Richard Shusterman is the Dorothy F Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities and Director of the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture at…

OYD @ the IMC – August 2025

26 Aug
Tuesday 26 August 2025, at 13:00 AU building 1483, room 312 and Zoom room 667 8622 8921

Collaborative qualitative data session - Open Your Data @ the Interacting Minds Centre

PhD Defence, Christina Varvia

29 Aug
Friday 29 August 2025, at 14:00 Louisiana Bådehus, Gl. Strandvej 13, 3050 Humlebæk.

Bio Political Imaging. Witnessing expanded and itinerant bodies.

Fratrædelsesforelæsning ved Professor Lis Møller

12 Sep
Friday 12 September 2025, at 14:15 Kasernen, Store Sal. Bygning 1585. Langelandsgade 143, 8000 Aarhus C

Fin-de-siècle Diana. Den nye protagonisttype har modviljen mod den victorianske kvinderolle til fælles med the New Woman, men er også en dødsensfarlig…

Seminar On Digital Analysis and Operationalization in Literary-Historical Research

23 Sep
Tuesday 23 September 2025, at 13:00 Hejmdal, Peter Sabroes Gade 1, 8000 Aarhus C

HISTAC invite you to an open seminar

Workshop: Digital Analysis and Operationalization in Literary-Historical Research - Call for Working Papers

24 Sep
Wednesday 24 September 2025, at 09:00 Hejmdal, Peter Sabroes Gade 1, 8000 Aarhus C

Ph.D.-students and early career-researchers are invited to participate in a workshop on September 24

Multimodal Peer Workshop: "In-Between Spaces for Playful Reparation"

26 Sep
Friday 26 September 2025, at 10:15 AIAS, 1630-301

In the spirit of innovation and interdisciplinary exchange, the Research Programmes in Global Studies and Anthropology invite you to take part in a…

OYD @ the IMC – September 2025

30 Sep
Tuesday 30 September 2025, at 13:00 AU building 1483, room 312 and Zoom room 667 8622 8921

Collaborative qualitative data session - Open Your Data @ the Interacting Minds Centre

JOHANNES MUNCK LECTURE 2025

22 Oct
Wednesday 22 October 2025, at 13:15 Aarhus University, Nobelparken, building 1483, room344

Michal Beth Dinkler, Yale Divinity School and Yale University

GS ALUMNI EVENT - you are all invited!

24 Oct
Friday 24 October 2025, at 14:00 Vandrehallen: 1410 - Aulaen: 1412-129

Come and join the 2nd GS alumni event! MEET former fellow students, FIND current students for internships and NETWORK for new job opportunities - and…

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