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Portrait of Elizabeth Losh (left) and Aristea Fotopoulou
Recap: Reading Circle and Double Lecture on Feminism and Data (05.04.2019)
In a well-attended double lecture session, Elizabeth Losh gave an overview of her new edited volume on about intersectional feminism and digital humanities and Aristea Fotopoulou introduced the background of her book project about feminist data studies.
Photo of a wall with names written on it. In the shiny surface of the wall you can see the reflection of people sitting at tables, and a view of buildings seen out of large windows.
Future Histories of Machine Vision (03.04.2019)
Scholars, artists and designers met for a two-day workshop to continue work on an anthology to be titled "Future Histories of Machine Vision".
Bilde av personen som intervjues
On the specificity of Lebanese diasporic patriarchy (22.03.2019)
Questions regarding migration and patriarchy, in particular the Lebanese diaspora, were debated during Ghassan Hage's visit in Bergen.
Column from La Segunda
On ageing in La Segunda (17.03.2019)
Soledad Marambio explores issues related to ageing in the Chilean newspaper La Segunda.
Narratives in the Criminal Process
Narratives in the Criminal Process – Conference Report (15.03.2019)
The international research conference Narratives in the Criminal Process took place at the University of Bergen on Friday 30 November and Saturday 1 December 2018. More than 50 scholars, researchers and students attended 28 presentations of papers on various subjects in the interdisciplinary field of law, humanities, media and social sciences.
Bilde av Finnur Dellsén
Nils Klim Prize to philosopher (14.03.2019)
This year's Nils Klim Prize is awarded to philosopher of science Finnur Dellsén (University of Iceland). 
The participants of the workshop sitting around the table with their laptops
Recap: Wikipedia Editing Workshop (12.03.2019)
Last Sunday, 10 March 2019, Post-doc Maud Ceuterick and PhD candidate Hannah Ackermans in Digital Culture at UiB organized a feminist Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon to improve the documentation of women and other marginalized people on Wikipedia.
Image of the interior of the Arts and Humanties Library
Recap: Opening Event DHNetwork (01.03.2019)
Thirty people attended the DHNetwork opening event at the Arts and Humanities Library. It was very encouraging to see so many people from different departments interested in advancing Digital Humanities at UiB.
Bilde av humnioraskilt
Funds available for humanities researchers (23.02.2019)
UiB is planning to establish an interdisciplinary center for humanistic research. Within this framework, funds are available for two basic research projects with a deadline of 15 March.
Gut med hjarte
Ja til morsmål! (21.02.2019)
Kva feirar me eigentleg 21. februar kvart år? Kva er i det heile morsmål?
Utsiktsbilde Akropolis
WAIT's midway conference (19.02.2019)
On February 6-9, 2019, the researchers on the WAIT project gathered in Athens.
Bokomslaget + bilder av redaktørene Espen Gamlund og Carl Tollef Solberg og av Jeff McMahan som har skrevet forordet. I tillegg står det også "new from oxford medicine"
Saving People from the Harm of Death (01.02.2019)
In this volume, leading philosophers, medical doctors, and economists discuss different views on how to evaluate death and its relevance for health policy.
Machine Vision gruppa
The Machine Vision team is ready for action (27.01.2019)
Three new PhD students joined the MACHINE VISION team in January 2019, and the team is working hard.
Photo of Cambridge guests together with Multilingualism on My mind
MEITS meets Multilingualism on My Mind (03.01.2019)
Research partners from Cambridge University visited Bergen.
Antikk kileformet tavle med assyriske tegn mot svart bakgrunn
FRIPRO funding to Sorin Bangu and Kevin Cahill (14.12.2018)
The four-year project 'Mathematics with a Human Face: Set Theory within a Naturalized Wittgensteinean Framework' has received a grant from the Norwegian Research Council.
Many coloured flower
Multilingualism on My Mind is on our mind (10.12.2018)
The research group Multilingualism on My mind was successfully launched on November 23.
Sarah Wurz lithics analyst Sapience
The stone reader (22.11.2018)
" Archeology is a fascinating way to learn about human evolution because it opens up to all disciplines and allows us to look at human behavior from a holistic perspective".
The origin of sewing technology. Palaeolithic eyed needles from France (left and centre) and China (right)
UiB-forsker setter syhistorien i nytt lys (20.11.2018)
Gode klær og mote har vært viktig for oss helt siden tidlig steinalder. En ny internasjonal studie viser hvordan syteknikken har utviklet seg fra de første nålene ble oppfunnet for 73 000 år siden. Funnene viser tidlige spor av avansert klesproduksjon, og at klær allerede den gang handlet om mer enn å bare holde seg varm.

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