Research
The Faculty of Humanities' research is anchored across disciplines at the faculty’s two departments. Here, we challenge the relationships, conventions, and constructions that make society function, businesses deliver, and culture interact. Our researchers and teachers ask the big questions every day so we can provide our students with the tools and analyses they need.
News from The Faculty of Humanities
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16.12.2025
Three Carlsberg Grants for Humanities
Three researchers at the Faculty of Humanities receive a total of just over DKK 3.5 million from the Carlsberg Foundation. With projects ranging from nationalism and war history to ancient literature and myths, and design as lived culture, these new grants highlight how ideas from the past shape and influence our understanding of the world today.
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09.12.2025
New call: Humanities researchers on workload reduction for a year to work on society's grand challenges
The Nordic Humanities Center is now accepting applications for the third call covering the period 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2028. Six humanities researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Copenhagen will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a joint project for one year and - in close collaboration with the centre's permanent team - reach out to society to create new knowledge and perspectives.
