Excavations in 1958-1963 on the island of Failaka in Kuwait uncovered a small community of Dilmun traders from the second millennium BC. Prominent amo…

What do we mean when we say "the people"? In a Nordic context, the word "people" was historically associated not with members of a sovereign nation bu…

Urban planning was a keystone in the materialization of the Nordic welfare states. The post-war urban landscape was characterized by division of funct…

In the early Middle Ages, a network of maritime trading towns – emporia – emerged along the northern coasts of Europe. These early urban sites are amo…

‘A lover of light’: in 1912, a French critic used these words to describe the great Danish painter Peder Severin Krøyer, who had close ties to the Fre…

Six years of excavations in Tell F3 have uncovered several occupation phases belonging to the middle of the 2nd millennium BC, Failaka period 3B (c. 1…

Cultural differences are often the trigger for conflict – whether politically motivated or arising from dissonant understandings of national culture.…

Corruption is a profoundly destructive force around the world, but why does its extent vary drastically among countries? In Corruption, Mette Frisk Je…

Creativity was once seen as the mark of mad geniuses, troubled souls, and avant-garde eccentrics. Today, however, we expect to find the trait thriving…

Unless democracy is critically defined, dictators can pose as democrats and the oppressed can see despotism as the answer to their prayers. Democracy,…

In Happiness, researcher Christian Bjørnskov argues that the basic factors that constitute happiness are mostly universal across cultures. By evaluati…

In Play, Marc Malmdorf Andersen argues that playing is not just for kids and the young at heart; rather, it is a scientific process. Through tinkering…

Hospitalized following a mental health crisis in 1929, Louis Marcussen (1894—1985) begins a spectacular journey. He fills his room at the psychiatric…

Old men – especially those who live alone – remain an understudied group in the gerontological literature, despite their significance to the demograph…