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The Department of Culture and Language

The Department of Culture and Language

American Studies, Audiologopaedia, Classical Studies, Communication, Comparative Literature, Culture, Danish, English, German, History, Middle East Studies, Study of Religion.

Research

Learn more about our research centers, groups, networks and PhD-projects.

Education

The department offers a variety of study programmes. See the list here.

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Come work with us -  domestic and abroad. Read more here.

About the department

The Department of Culture and Language Research Strategy 2030

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Latest news

Interview

04.07.2025

Technology is not just a tool – it makes our world

As part of an interview series titled "CULTURE CONNECTS – conversation starters about culture" Danish Cultural Institute asked Professor Kathrin Maurer: Why is culture important today?

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Workshop

13.06.2025

Workshop at the Technische Universität Dresden: Biomachines

The research group on Biomachines (The Velux Foubdations) conducts a workshop with the Technische Universität Dresden on June 20, 2025.

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GRANT

01.06.2025

Research Project Explores How We Tell Stories About Travel Today

Associate Professor Rune Graulund from Center for American Studies, Department of Culture and Language, has received more than DKK 6 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark for the research project "Writing Travel in the Twenty-First Century: Mobility and Authenticity in the Planetary Emergency". The project examines how contemporary travel is described and shared. The project looks at both traditional travel writing—like books—and newer digital formats such as blogs and social media.

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06.05.2025

New grant for research into the moral dilemmas of extreme wealth

Associate Professor Lasse Nielsen from the Department of Design, Media and Educational Science receives more than DKK 6 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark to the research project "The Morality of Extreme Wealth", which examines the moral aspects of extreme moral challenges that arise in a society with extreme wealth.

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06.05.2025

New project explores how the Crimean War shaped Scandinavia

Professor Rasmus Glenthøj from the Department of Culture and Language receives just over DKK 6 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark for the project "The Crimean War and Scandinavia (CRIMESCAN)", which examines the influence of the Crimean War (1853-1856) on nationalism, politics and war in Scandinavia in the 1850s.

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Research talents

23.04.2025

International research talents on their way to SDU

Nine young researchers are advancing research ideas and enhancing their careers at the University of Southern Denmark. They have been awarded postdoctoral fellowships in the EU programme Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

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30.01.2025

Guest Lecture: Unworlding: Trans* Architectures

March 5 in Room U46, SDU Campus Odense. Join us for at guest lecture with Professor of Gender Studies and English at Columbia University, Jack Halberstam, on transness, aesthetics, and the dismantling of worlds.

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Meet an alumni

17.01.2025

Meet alumni Louise Fenger Kornum

"I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my degree, but my excellent lecturers opened my eyes to working with international market relations"

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GRANT

21.12.2024

When Design was made in Denmark

Professor Anders V. Much, Department of Design, Media and Educational Science, has received more than DKK 3 million from the Augustinus Foundation for a project examining how knowledge about Denmark's design and production history, cultural heritage and sustainable education can be improved.

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Seminar

18.12.2024

Seminar on Representation in/of AI with Fabian Offert

Thursday, February 27, 2025, 19.00-20.30 on Zoom

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Vacant positions at The Faculty of Humanities 

Department of Culture and Language

  • Campusvej 55
  • Odense - DK-5230
  • Phone: +45 6550 1000

Last Updated 06.08.2025