News archive for Faculty of Humanities

Beth Velliky researching orcher for her ROSA project

How iron-rich rocks shaped us into modern humans (25.06.2021)

One of the earliest forms of symbolic behaviour is the use of ochre. A new SapienCE project will explore how iron-rich rocks shaped the lives of early modern humans along the coast of South Africa.

Presentasjon og paneldebatt på Litteraturhuset i Bergen

How do young people from Bergen relate to climate change, lifestyle, shame, and the Corona pandemic? (18.06.2021)

Against the background of the annual Climate Festival in Bergen (Klimafestivalen § 112 - Bergen), the CLIMLIFE research group arranged an event at Litteraturhuset i Bergen on Monday, 7th June, to present and discuss selected results from a recently conducted school survey on climate and lifestyle.

Smilande mann med briler og svart skjorte sit framfor ein laptop og ein ekstern skjerm

SVT application in the final to become Norwegian Centre of Excellence (11.06.2021)

Out of 161 applications, SVT’s Centre of Actionable Knowledges (AcKnowledges) was one of 36 initiatives nationwide that made it to round two of the call.

Front page of a book in turquoise and yellow, with the headline Postcolonial and postsocialist dialogues - Intersections, opacities, challenges in feminist theorizing and practice. as well as information about the editors

Sparking dialogues between postcolonial and postsocialist feminisms (03.06.2021)

UiB researcher Redi Koobak is one of the editors behind the new volume Postcolonial and Postsocialist Dialogues: Intersections, Opacities, Challenges in Feminist Theorizing and Practice.