Podcast 03.01.2024 eLetter featured in the »Indo-European News« podcast episode The eLetter in Science written by many of the Copenhagen Roots in response to the controversial…
Podcast 03.01.2024 New chart-topping Italian podcast »L'invasione« on the Indo-Europeans – featuring Birgit Rasmussen Birgit Rasmussen has been interviewed for the chart-toping Italian podcast L'invasione on…
Hæderslegat 07.12.2023 Birgit Rasmussen modtager hæderslegat Birgit Rasmussen modtager Direktør N. Bang og hustru Camilla Bang, født Troensegaards legat
Formidling 22.11.2023 Copenhagen Roots contribute to Bronze Age novel Bjarne, Anders, Thomas and Birgit helped author Kristian Bang Foss with linguistic input from Bronz…
12.11.2023 eLetter to Science: Archaeolinguistic anachronisms in the Indo-European phylogeny of Heggarty et al. 2023 Reserachers from Roots of Europe have responded to the conclusions of Heggarty et al. 2023 in an…
10.11.2023 Johan Ulrik Nielsen is awarded the Gold Medal for his Prize dissertation 🥇 Indo-Europeanist Johan Ulrik Nielsen finishes his MA with a prize dissertation - and he was awarded…
01.09.2023 IE-CoR is published - and Matthew Scarborough was a great part of it The Indo-European Cognate Relations Database is published after several years of hard work. Postdoc…
11.08.2023 Julia Sturm featured in ERC news Postdoc Julia Sturm was features in ERC News article with prof. Michaël Peyrot, Leiden University.
27.06.2023 Matthew Scarborough receives Marie Curie fellowship Matthew Scarborough has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship for…
04.05.2023 New book: The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited New book edited by Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev.
23.04.2023 New book: The Aeolic Dialects of Ancient Greek Matthew Scarborough's book on the classification of the Aeolic dialects of Greek is out now!
Prisvinder 11.11.2022 Thomas Olander modtager Einar Hansens Forskningspris Lektor Thomas Olander er blevet tildelt Einar Hansens Forskningspris i 2022
21.09.2022 New book: The Indo-European language family New book on the Indo-European language family.
Månedens Etymologi 22.07.2022 All you need is love, ferie og festival Esbern Thøgersen (cand.mag. i Indoeuropæisk) giver månedens etymologi(er)
18.06.2022 Tobias Mosbæk Søborg receives internationalisation scholarship from Carlsberg We are happy and proud to announce that Dr. Tobias Mosbæk Søborg, member of the Roots of Europe…
23.03.2022 Tobias Mosbæk Søborg’s PhD dissertation receives prize from the Indogermanische Gesellschaft In February 2021 Tobias Mosbæk Søborg defended his PhD dissertation, Sigmatic verbal formations in…
Roots of Europe i medierne 16.03.2022 Kiev og Kyiv, Zelenskij og Zelenskyj Thomas Olanders transskriptionsværktøj, som gør det muligt at gengive kyrillisk tekst på dansk…
Forskningens døgn 10.03.2022 To foredrag ved Forskningens døgn To foredrag med forskere fra Roots of Europe kan bestilles ved Forskningens Døgn.
New member of Roots of Europe 01.03.2022 Nicolas Jansens on research stay with Roots of Europe From 1 March to 31 May 2022 Nicolas Jansens from the University of Heidelberg is at a research stay…
New member of Roots of Europe 01.02.2022 Matthew Scarborough new postdoc at Connecting the Dots project On 1 February Matthew Scarborough started as a new postdoc at the Connecting the Dots project. He…
26.05.2021 Birgit Anette Olsen elected vice president of Indogermanische Gesellschaft We are proud to announce that Birgit Anette Olsen has been elected vice president of the…
26.05.2021 Podcast episode on the Indo-European homeland problem Thomas Olander participated in the podcast episode “The origin and spread of Indo-European…
Månedens Etymologi 23.04.2021 Epidemi Esbern Thøgersen, der netop er udklægget som cand.mag. i Indoeuropæisk, udlægger historien bag orde…
12.04.2021 Prizes from the Indogermanische Gesellschaft The Indogermanische Gesellschaft has announced the prizes for the best theses in Indo-European…
12.04.2021 Seminar course on “Indo-European Poetics and Mythology” by Riccardo Ginevra This semester former Roots of Europe researcher Riccardo Ginevra is going to teach an…
17.03.2021 New article: “Language in time and time in language” Thomas Olander has published the article “Sprog i tid og tid i sprog: Et historisk blik på sprog”…
03.03.2021 Two new postdocs have been awarded a Marie Curie-Skƚodowska scholarship Roots of Europe welcomes Julia Sturm from Harvard University and Corinna Scheungraber from the…
03.03.2021 To nye postdoc’er har modtaget et Marie Curie-Skƚodowska-stipendium Roots of Europe byder velkommen til Julia Sturm fra Harvard Universitet og Corinna Scheungraber fra…
Månedens Etymologi 18.02.2021 Den pokkers vaccine Månedens Etymologi handler om ordet "vaccine", og hvordan det hænger sammen med køer og kopper.
Månedens Etymologi 18.05.2020 Er isfuglen en ’jernfugl’, og i så fald hvorfor? Tegning: Rebekah Bauer © 2020. To fugle med næsten samme farvekombination i fjerpragten har…
18.03.2020 Månedens etymologi: coronavirus Coronavirus betegner i virkeligheden en gruppe af virusser, men bruges for tiden især om den virus…
Månedens etymologi 24.02.2020 Sort og mørk: Historien bag ord for ’sort’ og ’mørk’ helt tilbage til de dunkleste tider Lad os lægge ud med vort eget ord sort. Her vil vi meget hurtigt kunne gennemskue, at det er…
Månedens etymologi 15.01.2020 Krabat Den 1. januar i år overtog Kroatien formandskabet for EU fra Finland. Det giver os en oplagt…
18.12.2019 Project Connecting the Dots has received a grant of 6.2 million DKK Thomas Olander, associate professor at the Roots of Europe centre, has received a grant of 6.2…
18.12.2019 Laura Massetti has received a scholarship of DKK 700.000 from the Carlsberg Foundation Foundation Visiting Fellowships at the University of Oxford for the project Hermes – God of Fire.…
Månedens etymologi: Terne 13.12.2019 Terne - fra trælkvinde til brudepige i Luciaoptog Den 13. december, som markerede solhvervet i den julianske kalender, er der tradition for…
Månedens Etymologi 11.11.2019 Morten(saften) Vi har netop overstået Mortensaften, måske fejret i familiens skød med gåsesteg eller andesteg, og…
23.10.2019 Customs and Cultural Differences in the Academic Environment Guus Kroonen, Professor with special responsibilities at Indo-European Studies, share his story…
23.10.2019 Kutyme og kulturforskelle i det akademiske miljø Guus Kroonen, professor MSO ved indoeuropæiske studier, fortæller i Uniavisen om det overraskende…
bevilling 22.10.2019 Forskere fra indoeuropæisk skal kaste lys over sproghistorien Den svenske Riksbankens Jubileumsfond har bevilliget 25 mio. SEK (17,3 mio. DKK) til et nyt…
17.10.2019 Great New Project in Collaboration with Stockholm University Million funding to the research project Myths of Prehistory: Unravelling the Speech and Beliefs of…
17.10.2019 Lancering af den officielle Roots of Europe facebookside Der er blevet oprettet en officiel facebookside for forskningscentret Roots of Europe. Her vil der…
17.10.2019 Stort nyt projekt i samarbejde med Stockholm Universitet Millionbeløb til forskningsprojekt i sammenarbejde mellem Stockholm og Københavns universitet
17.10.2019 Launch of the Official Roots of Europe Facebook Page An official facebook page for the research centre Roots of Europe has been created. Here different…
01.10.2019 Hjelmslev som Månedens Navn Navneforskning ved Københavns Universitet har i deres serie ‘Månedens Navn’ Hjelmslev under luppen,…
01.10.2019 Hjelmslev as Name of the Month Names in Denmark at University of Copenhagen have this month focused on the name Hjelmslev in their…
24.09.2019 New Intern at Roots of Europe From september 24th – november 18th will Pernille Østman be attached to Roots of Europe Research…
24.09.2019 Ny praktikant på Roots of Europe I perioden 24.september-18.november er Pernille Østman tilknyttet Roots of Europe forskningscentret…
Forskning 01.09.2019 Nyt forskningsprojekt Thomas Olanders forskningsprojekt Connecting the Dots: Reconfiguring the Indo-European family tree…
01.09.2019 Nyt professorat på Indoeuropæisk Det er med glæde at kunne meddele, at Birgit Anette Rasmussen (Olsen) pr. 1.september 2019 er bleve…
01.09.2019 Ordinary Professorship to Indo-European Studies It is with great pleasure we announce that Birgit Anette Rasmussen (Olsen) from the first of…
01.09.2019 New Research Project Thomas Olander’s research project Connecting the Dots: Reconfiguring the Indo-European family tree…
Publikation 28.08.2019 Tracing the Indo-Europeans: New evidence from archaeology and historical linguistics Ny udgivelse redigeret af Birgit A. Olsen, Thomas Olander og Kristian Kristiansen.
28.08.2019 New Book out Tracing the Indo-Europeans: New evidence from archaeology and historical linguistics, edited by…
15.06.2019 First and Third Prize to Indo-Europeanists from University of Copenhagen At the annual prize competition for the best Master’s thesis by the Society for Indo‑European…
14.06.2019 New Professorship at Indo-European Studies Guus Kroonen has been granted the title Professor with special responsibilities. Congratulations…
14.06.2019 Nyt Professorat til Indoeuropæisk Guus Kroonen er blevet tildelt titlen Professor MSO i sprog og fortid på faget Indoeuropæisk. Roots…
15.05.2019 Første- og Andenplads til Københavnske Indoeuropæister Ved den årlige konkurrence om bedste Master-Arbeit udlovet af Indogermanische Gesellschaft har to…
Research 28.02.2019 New Marie Skłodowska Curie-fellow at Roots of Europe The Austrian linguist Stefan Höfler has been granted a two-year Marie Skłodowska Curie scholarship…
Forskning 28.02.2019 Ny Marie Skłodowska Curie-stipendiat til Roots of Europe Den østrigske sprogforsker Stefan Höfler har opnået bevillig til et toårigt Marie Skłodowska…
Artikel 26.12.2018 Højtlæsning à la Olander Thomas Olander bidrager ved højtlæsning til udbredelsen af viden om gamle og uddøde sprog på…
Article 26.12.2018 Ancient languages read aloud Thomas Olander contributes to the expansion of knowledge about anicent and dead languages by readin…
Artikel 28.11.2018 Kort om Keltisk Thomas Olander giver et overblik over de keltiske sprog og deres udbredelse gennem tiden på…
31.07.2018 Første- og andenplads til københavnske indoeuropæister Ved den årlige konkurrence om bedste Master-Arbeit udlovet af Indogermanische Gesellschaft har to…
31.07.2018 First and second place to Indo-Europeanists from University of Copenhagen At the annual prize competition for the best Master’s thesis by the Society for Indo-European…
29.06.2018 Launch of "The Homeland Timeline Map" Mikkel Nørtoft has launched his interactive map of prehistoric migrations.
28.06.2018 Lancering af "The Homeland Timeline Map" Mikkel Nørtoft har lanceret sit interaktive kort over forhistoriske migrationer.
Artikel 14.06.2018 Et Skridt Nærmere Urhjemmet Videnskab.dk vender nogle af resultaterne fra det tværfaglige forskningsprojekt Towards a New…
Article 14.06.2018 A Step Closer to the Urheimat Videnskab.dk has talked to Guus Kroonen about some of the linguistic results of the…
Indo-European languages 09.05.2018 New research shows how Indo-European languages spread across Asia A new study has discovered that horses were first domesticated by descendants of hunter-gatherer…
Artikel 09.05.2018 Formidling af Forskningsresultater Carsten Munk Hansen har sammensat en artikel om nogle af forskningsresultaterne fra det tværfaglige…
01.05.2018 New postdoc Laura Massetti Laura Massetti started as a Marie Sklodowska Curie-fellow on her project “Family Myths: Phraseology…
01.05.2018 Ny postdoc Laura Massetti Laura Massetti er ansat som postdoc i sit projekt "Family Myths: Phraseology and Inherited…
05.12.2017 Guldmedalje til Rasmus Gudmundsen Bjørn Ved Københavns Universitets årsfest 17. november modtog Rasmus Gudmundsen Bjørn guldmedalje for sin…
05.12.2017 Gold Medal for Rasmus Gudmundsen Bjørn At the UCPH Annual Commemoration 17 November Rasmus Gudmundsen Bjørn was awarded a Gold Medal for…
05.12.2017 Research grant for James Alan Johnson from the Wenner Green Foundation With the funding, James Johnson will be able to carry through excavations in Russia and have the…
05.12.2017 Bevilling til James Alan Johnson fra Wenner Green Foundation Med bevillingen vil James Johnson få mulighed for at gennemføre udgravninger i Rusland og analysere…
04.09.2017 New project member at “Homeland” project Mikkel Nørtoft is employed as a research assistant at the “Homeland” project from 1 September 2017…
04.09.2017 Ny medarbejder på projektet The Homeland Mikkel Nørtoft er ansat som videnskabelig medarbejder på »The Homeland« fra 1. september 2017 til…
Article 20.07.2017 Birgit Anette Olsen (Rasmussen) Featured in Danish Newspaper The Danish news paper Kristeligt Dagblad has as a part of their series 'The World's best Danes' mad…
Artikel 20.07.2017 Kristeligt Dagblad portrætterer Kristeligt Dagblad har som en del af deres serie 'Verdens bedste danskere' lavet et portræt af…
Article 08.12.2016 Finnish and Indo-European Bjarne Simmelkjær Hansen and Adam Hyllested explain how the Finnish language differentiates from…
Artikel 08.12.2016 Finsk og Indoeuropæisk I brevkassen 'Spørg Videnskaben' på videnskab.dk fortæller Bjarne Simmelkjær Hansen og Adam…
07.12.2016 Prize Paper from DNSL Honored at the Annual Commemoration 2016 At the University´s Annual Commemoration on November 18th 2016, the University awarded a silver…
07.12.2016 Prisopgave får sølvmedalje ved KUs årsfest Prisopgavespeciale fra Indoeuropæisk hædret ved KUs årsfest 2016.
15.09.2016 New Researchers at Roots of Europe Two new postdoctoral researchers will be based at Center for Roots of Europe from 2016.
15.09.2016 Nye kompetencer til Roots of Europe Ved Center for Roots of Europe ansættes to postdocs medio 2016.
Article 27.05.2016 The Worth of a Historical Linguist Bjarne Simmelkjær Hansen has been interviewed by UniAvisen where he tells about how historical…
27.05.2016 En sproghistorikers værd Bjarne Simmelkjær Hansen har gjort en historie til Uniavisen om sproghistorikernes værd for…
25.02.2016 Indo-European Studies in the Press Two articles regarding Indo-European Studies demonstrate the interdisciplinary co-operation in the…
25.02.2016 Stor interesse for Indoeuropæisk i pressen To artikler i den danske presse i februar viser indoeuropæistikkens tværfaglige samarbejde og bidra…
arkæolingvistik 22.02.2016 4800 år gammelt kulturmøde kan aflæses i vores sprog For 5000 år siden begyndte et folk fra de ukrainske stepper at vandre mod Europa og Skandinavien. U…
16.11.2015 Proto-Slavic Inflectional Morphology On October 9th Associate Professor Thomas Olander defended his doctoral dissertation ”Proto-Slavic…
16.11.2015 Proto-Slavic Inflectional Morphology Ny doktordisputats forsvaret af lektor Thomas Olander.
11.11.2015 New publication examines the linguistic roots of Europe The publishing house Museum Tusculanum has released “The Linguistic Roots of Europe”.
11.11.2015 Ny bog udforsker Europas sproglige rødder Museum Tusculanum har netop udgivet bogen The Linguistic Roots of Europe med Birgit Anette…
05.06.2015 Job announcement: postdoctoral researcher in Archaeology A position as a postdoctoral researcher in archaeology has been announced. The position is part of…
Elvdalsk 04.05.2015 Elvdalsk: det nordiske sprog, som ingen har hørt om Langt oppe i de svenske skove skjuler der sig et sprog, kun meget få kender til. Elvdalsk, som…
21.09.2014 Forsvar af ph.d.-afhandling og ny postdoc ved Adam Hyllested Adam Hyllested forsvarede den 12. september 2014 sin ph.d.-afhandling Word Exchange at the Gates of…
21.09.2014 PhD defence and new postdoc by Adam Hyllested On 12 September 2014 Adam Hyllested defended his PhD thesis Word Exchange at the Gates of Europe:…
sproghistorie 12.09.2014 Mange af vores ord kommer fra de uralske bjerge Tidligere mente forskerne, at de store europæiske sprog havde haft større indflydelse på Europas sm…
05.07.2014 Forsvar af ph.d.-afhandling og ny postdoc ved Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen forsvarede den 20. juni 2014 sin ph.d.-afhandling Archaisms and…
05.07.2014 PhD defence and new postdoc by Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen On the 20 June 2014 Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen defended his PhD thesis Archaisms and…
12.04.2014 Ny professor Birgit Anette Rasmussen blev pr. 1/7-2014 ansat som professor mso ved faget Indoeuropæisk og…
12.04.2014 New professor Birgit Anette Rasmussen blev pr. 1/7-2014 ansat som professor mso ved faget Indoeuroæisk og…
Article 20.01.2014 The Tale of Ale Adam Hyllested takes on the role as expert as he answers a question about the word 'ale' in a Q&A…
Spørg Videnskaben 20.01.2014 The Tale of Ale Adam Hyllested har påtaget sig rollen som ekspert og svaret på et spørgsmål om ordet 'øl' i det…
26.08.2013 VELUX-finansieret forskningsprojekt Nyt treårigt forskingsforprojekt Individual, kin and family in prehistoric Europe - what words can…
26.08.2013 VELUX-funded research project The new three years research project Individual, kin and family in prehistoric Europe - what words…
New book 28.06.2013 New book: Indo-European accent and ablaut The book Indo-European accentology and ablaut has just been published at Museum Tusculanum Press.
bogudgivelse 28.06.2013 Bogudgivelse: Indo-European accentology and ablaut Bogen Indo-European accentology and ablaut er netop udkommet på Museum Tusculanums Forlag.
21.05.2013 Funeral service for Jens Elmegård Rasmussen The service will be held at 1.30 PM on Tuesday 28 May at 1.30 PM at Allehelgens Kirke, Ungarnsgade…
21.05.2013 Tid og sted for Jens Elmegård Rasmussens bisættelse Bisættelsen finder sted 28. maj kl. 13.30 fra Allehelgens Kirke, Ungarnsgade 43, 2300 København S
16.05.2013 Jens Elmegård Rasmussen 15 March 1944 - 15 May 2013 On 15 May, our research group was greatly saddened by the passing of our project leader, Jens…
Mindeord 16.05.2013 Jens Elmegård Rasmussen 15. marts 1944 - 15. maj 2013 Den 15. maj ramtes vores forskergruppe af en stor sorg, idet vores centerleder Jens Elmegård…
07.01.2013 Videooptagelser online Videooptagelserne fra 'Tracing the Indo-Europeans: Origin and migration' er nu tilgængelige online.
07.01.2013 Videos available The video recordings from 'Tracing the Indo-Europeans: Origin and migration' are now available…
25.06.2012 Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead has successfully defended her Ph.d. dissertation in Leiden 26 April 2012 26 April 2012 Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead defended her Ph.d. thesis on pickpocket compounds from…
25.06.2012 Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead har forsvaret sin Ph.d.-afhandling i Leiden d. 26. april 2012 D. 26. april 2012 forsvarede Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead sin Ph.d.-afhandling om…
09.04.2012 New publication The sound of Indo-European – phonetics, phonemics, and morphophonemics has recently been published…
29.03.2012 Ny udgivelse The sound of Indo-European – phonetics, phonemics, and morphophonemics er netop blevet udgivet på…
10.03.2011 Etymology and the European Lexicon: Call for Papers Details for submissions for submission of papers to the 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische…
10.03.2011 Etymology and the European Lexicon: Call for Papers We are pleased to announce that the 14th Congress (Fachtagung) of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft …
15.07.2010 Bjarne Sandgaard Hansen ansat som ph.d.-stipendiat Fra 1. september 2010 er Bjarne Sandgaard Hansen ansat som ph.d.-stipendiat ved Roots of Europe.
15.07.2010 Bjarne Sandgaard Hansen appointed as Ph.D. fellow As of 1 September 2010, Bjarne Sandgaard Hansen has been appointed as a Ph.D. fellow at Roots of…
08.07.2010 Guus Kroonen new postdoctoral scholar As of 1 December 2010, Guus Kroonen is a postdoctoral scholar at Roots of Europe.
08.07.2010 Guus Kroonen ansat som postdoc Fra 1. december 2010 er Guus Kroonen ansat som postdoc ved Roots of Europe.
01.07.2010 Roots of Europe får vicecenterleder Lektor dr.phil. Birgit Anette Rasmussen (Olsen) er pr. 1. juli 2010 udnævnt til vicecenterleder ve…
01.07.2010 Roots of Europe gets deputy head of centre As of 1 July 2010, associate professor, DPhil Birgit Anette Rasmussen (Olsen) has been appointed…
01.07.2010 Oliver Simkin new postdoctoral scholar As of 1 July 2010, Oliver Simkin is a postdoctoral scholar at Roots of Europe.
01.07.2010 Oliver Simkin ansat som postdoc Fra 1. juli 2010 er Oliver Simkin ansat som postdoc ved Roots of Europe.
10.09.2009 Nye funktioner på hjemmesiden Roots of Europe's hjemmeside har hen over sommeren fået nogle nye funktioner og er blevet shinet…
10.09.2009 New features on the homepage Roots of Europe's homepage has recently been enriched with some new features.
17.03.2009 Flytning af blokseminar om nominalkomposition Benedicte Nielsens blokseminar om nominalkomposition er blevet flyttet til næste semester.
17.03.2009 Postponement of block seminar Benedicte Nielsen's block seminar on nominal composition has been postponed to the autumn term.
06.02.2009 Adam Hyllested appointed as Ph.D. fellow As of 1 February 2009, Adam Hyllested has been appointed as a Ph.D. fellow within Roots of Europe.
01.02.2009 Adam Hyllested ansat som ph.d.-stipendiat Fra 1. februar 2009 er Adam Hyllested ansat som ph.d.-stipendiat ved Roots of Europe.
07.01.2009 Jenny Larsson assigned ass. prof. at Stockhom University Ph.D. Jenny Helena Larsson has been assigned associate professor of Baltic languages at the…
07.01.2009 Jenny Larsson ny lektor ved Stockholms Universitet Ph.d. Jenny Helana Larsson er blevet udnævnt til lektor i baltiske sprog ved Stockholms Universite…
20.12.2008 Reportage fra festforelæsning og indvielsesreception 5. september 2008 gav en af centrets eksterne medarbejdere, lektor, ph.d. George Hinge fra Institu…
20.12.2008 Report from guest lecture and opening reception On 5 September 2008, the opening of the centre was marked officially by a celebratory guest lecture…
27.11.2008 Forthcoming deadline The deadline for registration of participation in the international conference The Sound of…
27.11.2008 Snarlig deadline Deadline for tilmelding til den internationale konference The Sound of Indo-European - phonetics,…
20.10.2008 Ændrede tider for Jenny Helena Larssons blokseminar Tiderne for Jenny Helena Larssons blokseminar med titlen Introduktion til litauisk/baltisk sprog o…
20.10.2008 Change of hours of Jenny Helena Larsson's block seminar The scheduled hours of Jenny Helena Larsson's block seminar entitled Introduction to…
10.09.2008 Projektets dansksprogede hjemmeside færdig og søsat Hjemmesiden for forskningsprojektet Roots of Europe - Language, Culture, and Migrations er nu færdi…
10.09.2008 New homepage The homepage of the research project Roots of Europe - Language, Culture, and Migrations has now…
01.07.2008 Nyt forskningsprojekt søsat Opstart af projekt Roots of Europe - Language, Culture, and Migrations.