News archive for Faculty of Humanities

A train letter from master's students in Sustainability (30.06.2025)

Team 'Wet Zero', consisting of four students in Sustainability at UiB, won the Sustainability Game 2025, earning an all-expenses-paid train journey to the Climate Conference in Durham. Below is their travel letter.

Kjersti Fløttum at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.

Professor emerita Kjersti Fløttum with a keynote address at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin (27.06.2025)

What can the humanities contribute with in our understanding ofthe climate crisis?

Group photo of the participants to the 18th ICPP 2025.

Emil Perron with a presentation at the International Conference on Philosophical Practice 2025 (27.06.2025)

In mid-June, PhD candidate Emil Perron participated with a presentation at the 18th International Conference on Philosophical Practice, this time in Zagreb, Croatia.

Elizabeth Velliky post doc at SapienCE excavating in Blombos Cave

Shaping the Past: Ochre as a Tool in Early Human Innovation (26.06.2025)

A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool for stone toolmaking during the Middle Stone Age, demonstrating advanced technical skills far earlier than previously believed.

Professor Francesco d’Errico sapience researcher in the filed smiling to camera with rock mountain in the back.

Learning to Learn: How cultural transmission shaped the human mind (18.06.2025)

How did our ancestors learn to craft tools, control fire, paint on cave walls, and sail across vast oceans — and how were these skills passed down through generations?

Listen to Off Center season 4 (11.06.2025)

Introducing ALGOPOD.