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How did people in the Middle Ages think about the relationship between food and health? With funding from the EU, Claire Burridge will shed new light on this question.

Hugo Ribeiro Mota is awarded His Majesty the King’s Gold Medal; an annual honour given to exceptional young researchers at the University of Oslo.

Historian Kasper Eriksen will investigate how transnational adoption shaped, and was shaped by, Scandinavian diplomacy, foreign policy, and human rights discourse.

Guilherme Schmidt Câmara has received NOK 10 million to investigate why certain combinations of rhythms are experienced as physically and socially unifying.

Aike Peter Rots will study some of the most popular deities in the world, how people relate to them, and changes in their surrounding environments.

Archaeology professor David Keith Wright receives prestigious funding to investigate how people and climate have shaped landscapes and biodiversity across Africa and Arabia.

Should we use artificial intelligence to generate synthetic DNA? Philosopher Anna Smajdor receives prestigious funding to address this question.

The University of Oslo now offers a fully online master programme on Henrik Ibsen’s works.

Professor Pritty Patel-Grosz receives more than 20 million NO to research how humans and apes use their bodies to convey meaning.

A new EU-funded project will investigate what happened when Latin and the Latin alphabet encountered local Scandinavian vernacular languages and runes.

How did state censorship influence literature under the dictatorships of Salazar and Franco in the 20th century? Does this legacy live on today? These questions will be explored in a new EU-funded project.

Johanna-Pauline Thöne is recognised for her work on political music written for popes during the Great Western Schism from 1378 to 1417.

Thomas Kjeller Johansen's new EU-funded project will explore the ancient philosophers' perspectives on how mathematics can account for the natural world.

Believes Norway has much to offer in the humanities and aims to create more opportunities for Norwegian researchers internationally.

How can we better consider animals' interests? Aksel Braanen Sterri has received eight million to research precisely this question.

A new research project aims to answer one of the most important questions in language sciences: How did it all start, and why does language look the way it does?

 “Receiving the ERC Starting Grant is a great privilege and will allow me to conduct critical environmental research,” says Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sara Asu Schroer.   

“I am absolutely delighted!” says Professor Catherine A. Bradley about the prestigious award from the Royal Musical Association.

Through their participation in Growth4SMEs, students from the Faculty of Humanities (HF) have both showcased their expertise and connected with working life.

Half of the UiO's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral grants went to HF in this round.

In the new 40-credit course group in environmental studies students can choose from a variety of humanities subjects. For Tobias Martin getting cross disciplinary knowledge is an advantage in searching for his dream job.  

The students who participated in this autumn’s case competition solved a practical problem for a battery manufacturer and gained workplace experience, while also taking an exam.

Terence Cave is a nestor in comparative literary research, while Nicola Dibben is a leading researcher in musicology and music psychology. Hear their guest lectures on September 1st.

HF attracts research talent in the competition for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowships. “The faculty gains important new perspectives, and we see the diversity in humanities research”, says Dean Frode Helland.

In a competition in the project GROWTH4SMEs, humanities students have demonstrated their competence to potential employers – and to themselves.