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15/04/2026

Congratulations to Mads Ortving Lindholmer on being named in the prestigious “Talent100” list published annually by Berlingske.

Mads is a postdoctoral researcher specialising in the history of the Roman Empire and is currently writing a new book about Julius Caesar.

📸Photo by Jonas Vester Legarth

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07/02/2026

Congratulations to Rasmus Glenthøj on winning the Anthony D Smith Article Prize 2025, awarded for an outstanding article published in Nations and Nationalism

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19/01/2026

Stort tillykke med bevillingen fra Augustinus Fonden til Thomas Wegener Friis og Center for Koldkrigsstudier og samarbejdspartnere. Læs mere om projektet "Grænselandets trusselsbilleder i forandring" nedenfor 👇

11/12/2025

Congratulations to Rasmus Glenthøj, who has received a Carlsberg Foundation grant for his project The Scandinavian Moment: Digitizing Scandinavian Archives of the Crimean War (1852-1859).

This project will be carried out at SDU in collaboration with Katrine Baunvig and the Center for Digital Textual Heritage at Aarhus University.

2025 has been a remarkably good year for members of the Empires, States, and Imperialism research group! Big thanks to the research foundations for supporting our work.

Read more about SCANMOM here: https://www.carlsbergfondet.dk/det-har-vi-stoettet/cf25-1222/

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09/12/2025

Congratulations to Thomas Heebøll-Holm and the team on receiving a DFF grant to establish an international research network on “The Valdemarian Empire 1168-1375”.

The network brings together scholars from Denmark, Germany, Poland, Norway, Sweden, and Estonia – countries once part of the Valdemarian Empire.

We look forward to following the project’s progress.

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14/11/2025

Så er det i dag, Rasmus Glenthøj holder sin tiltrædelsesforelæsning. Det bliver uden tvivl interessant 👇
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30/10/2025

A warm congratulations to Professor Jesper Majbom Madsen, who has been awarded Queen Margrethe’s Roman Prize 2025 for his remarkable ability to “connect the study of ancient Rome with contemporary issues.”

The prize was presented by Queen Margrethe herself at the Danish Institute in Rome.

The following day, Professor Madsen had the great honour of guiding Her Majesty through the Ara Pacis Museum and the Mausoleum of Emperor Augustus.

Reflecting on the experience, Professor Madsen said:
“It was incredible experience receiving the award and meeting the Queen.”

Queen Margrethe’s Roman Prize was established by the Carlsberg Foundation in 2015.

Professor Jesper Majbom Madsen is Professor of Ancient History and head of the research group “Empires, States and Imperialism” at SDU.

Photos: 1. Victor Sokolowich 2. Jesper Sunesen

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27/10/2025

🍾Congratulations to Professor Aglae Pizzone (PI) and Reka Forrai (Co‑PI), who have received a major grant from the VELUX FOUNDATION for their project “METHOD – A Digital Entangled Approach to European Intellectual History”

👉Read more: https://www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/fakulteterne/humaniora/nyt_hum/velux-aglae-pizzone-method?fbclid=IwZnRzaANsCGVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHteTjhbxfz5QZWtFZtHI9H8P8tKgFzPatq8LMejqf0xHn-GFCfg0CT3AuN5w_aem_mEWAOkeK4x-giyVmLdUWhg

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Professor Aglae Pizzone from the Department of Culture and Language at SDU has received a grant of DKK 6 million from the VELUX FOUNDATION

10/10/2025

Så står efterårsferien for døren🍂 Men husk at notere i jeres kalendere, at Bodo Hechelhammer holder tiltrædelsesforelæsning den 28.10. 12.30-13.30. Det bliver en videnskabelig fest 🥳👯‍♂️ 🪩

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30/09/2025

📢 Online seminar with Sarah Limb (King’s College London):�
Temporary Migrants? Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries at King’s College London, 1918–70

🗓 5 November 2025 13:00 CET�👉 Join here: https://syddanskuni.zoom.us/j/8976474870?omn=62527626336

Chair: Christian D. Pedersen (SDU)

This online event is jointly organized by the SDU Migration Network, the SDU Research Group for Contemporary History (Co-HIST), Empires, States, and Imperialism at SDU, and the Anglophone Political Cultures Research Network at NTNU.

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