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Intro camp: At political science, students are looking for a culinary narrative

You’d better get your creative (gastric) juices flowing. At least if you want to be one of the chefs at a freshers' trip for new students at the Department of Political Science. Applications for the job have to present a ‘narrative’ for a 'culinary journey' for the tutors, new students and cooks.

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Culture

Seven unique places in historic Copenhagen

Copenhagen has gone through centuries of modernisation and has had its share of disasters such as fires and wars. But subtle historical details remain. Two historians met up with us in places that reveal the city’s past.

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Culture

A history of the University of Copenhagen Friday bar

Ever since the University of Copenhagen was founded, higher learning and heavy drinking have gone hand in hand. Take a trip down memory lane to a time when drunken, knife-wielding students wreaked havoc in the streets of Copenhagen and find out how today’s Friday bar crowd compares to the rowdy revelers of yore.

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Culture

Gilgamesh: The 4,000 year-old giant who speaks to our times

The fascinating tale of the Babylonian king Gilgamesh has been retold in a new translation by Assyriologist Sophus Helle. Dating from ancient times, the story of the restless hero/anti-hero remains relevant, but making it accessible to readers in 2019 required the talents of a modern poet

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Culture

The quest for the unknown books of Islam

An associate professor in Arabic has collected Islamic texts in East Africa to find out how they have spread. They are in an online database on South Campus.

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Culture

Copenhagen burnt down 3 times in 80 years. It was not all bad

Copenhagen has had a long history with fire. Its architecture, its literature, and its history have gone up in flames on multiple occasions. But, in the wake of the Notre Dame blaze in Paris, we ask what a city can gain from it?

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Campus

The full programme for the Spring Festival

Cancel your weekend trip to Berlin. Here is the lineup for the Spring Festival on 10th May...

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Culture

Is meat OK? Student potluck in the age of identity politics

An international group of students at Advanced Migration Studies decided to have a julefrokost. Then someone suggested a totally meat free menu.

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Culture

And The Winner Is … New Year, New Me!

Our musical correspondent had a blast at this year's MiGP music contest.

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Culture

The touchy debate that just won’t go away

Is there a culture of victimhood at the University of Copenhagen? Oh, yes. But what this means is a lot harder to get a hold on. As no one wants to be the offended party.

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