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Manuscript of the Month

A schoolteacher's handbook?

AM 76 8vo is a small and unprepossessing paper manuscript, the contents of which rarely rise above…

Student conference “Boards and Surfaces” 31 May 2016

Innovative Learning: The enterprise-sector paid large attention to the student conference “Boards…

Inaugural lecture by Elisabeth Willadsen, professor with special responsibilities

Elisabeth Willadsen gave her inauguration lecture on June 10, 2016

The project Danish Voices has digitized their analog recordings

Data collection of the project Danish Voices consists now of new digital recordings.

Loving Attachment: Regulating Danish Love Migration (LOVA) is awarded a grant

The Danish Council for Independent Research Culture and Communication has awarded a grant to Loving…

Nordic Translator Prize 2016 bestowed on Erik Skyum-Nielsen

The Nordic culture foundation Letterstedska Föreningen has recognized Erik Skyum-Nielsen for being…

Large-scale Georg Brandes project with involvement of DNSL

Research and publishing project Digital Currents has been awarded a Semper Ardens grant by the…

Endangered languages broaden our horizon

Conference “Geographic Grounding” at the University of Copenhagen 30-31 May 2016 was well-attended…

External lectureships in Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science

The Department of Nordic Research invites applications for one–year external lectureships (with…

Title deeds from the St. Clara Convent archive

Among the many diplomas in the Arnamagnæan collection, there are three title deeds issued by the…

Proceedings from Care and conservation of manuscripts 15

The proceedings from the 15th international seminar on the care and conservation of manuscripts is…

PhD theses spring 2016

Three dissertations were defended in March 2016 at Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics.

The Vatnsfjörður Psalter

The Vatnsfjörður Psalter, 241 a I fol., contains Psalms of David in an extended version, liturgical…

Erik A. Nielsen is awarded Gad Rausing's prize

The prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.

Indo-European Studies in the Press

Two articles regarding Indo-European Studies demonstrate the interdisciplinary co-operation in the…

Special issue of Acta Linguistica Hafniensia

Jan Heegård Petersen behind the special issue of Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal…

Journal of Language Works – a new online-magazine for students of linguistics

University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and The State and University Library in Aarhus proudly…

Audience involving strategies in BBC´s Sherlock

Video essay by associate professor Palle Schantz Lauridsen.

Prize papers from DNSL honoured at the Annual Commemoration 2015

Two gold medals bestowed on students from Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics.

PhD dissertation on Authors' Poetics

On 18 November Michael Kallesøe Schmidt defends his dissertation "Authors’ poetics. The emergence…