News

Here, we publish articles about the Centre and its activities, as well as interviews with our scholars about their time at CAS and the progress and results of their research.

Camilla Serck-Hanssen and Toma Kamata Sydnes at award ceremony

07 April 2025

CAS awards basic research prize to high school student for innovative origami project

The Young Academy of Norway (AYF) recently convened the second award ceremony for the Norwegian Young Researchers Contest (Konkurransen unge forskere), which highlights exceptional research conducted by secondary and high school students across Norway.

07 April 2025

New book on medieval heroic ballads from the Faroe Islands

An open access book featuring Faroese ballads about the legendary dragon-slayer Sjúrður has been published, an output from Helen Leslie-Jacobsen’s (UiB) Young CAS project.

Fabian Harang, Karen Spens and Ole Robert Reitan

25 March 2025

Former CAS PI, Fabian Harang, to lead research centre at BI

BI Norwegian Business School has launched "AMOR – Center for Applied Mathematics and Operations Research," a new research center led by former CAS PI and mathematician Fabian Harang. The center has been made possible through funding from Reitan Retail and Rema 1000.

18 March 2025

Young CAS PI Johanne Haugland awarded prize for young researchers

Young CAS PI Johanne Haugland has been awarded the prestigious Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (DKNV) prize for young researchers in natural sciences.

18 March 2025

CAS welcomes AHO as newest partner

CAS is delighted to announce our newest partner: The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), a leading institution specializing in architecture, design, landscape architecture, and urbanism.

Stefan Drechsler with research group and workshop participants

11 March 2025

"Writing in Latin and in the Vernacular" first workshop

Young CAS PI Stefan Drechsler hosted his first workshop at CAS last week. The event brought together scholars from various Norwegian and international institutions to present research on Latin and Norse manuscripts and fragments.

Camilla Serck-Hanssen. Photo: Lisbet Jære

03 March 2025

Camilla Serck-Hanssen new Editorial fellow at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study

CAS director, Camilla Serck-Hanssen has been appointed as an Editorial Fellow at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) for a three-year term beginning in 2025.

Project illustration made up of Nigard Glacier, Norway, painting by Johan Christian Dahl (Bergen Kunstmuseum), and a historical temperature graph.

28 February 2025

How Nordic societies weathered the last climate crisis

What can a humble potato or a ball of “witches’ yarn” tell us about climate adaptation centuries ago? And what can it teach us about our own climate responses today?

Jonatan Kurzwelly presents his research project during lunch seminar

28 February 2025

‘Over Their Dead Bodies’: Human remains in scientific collections

A multidisciplinary team led by Jonatan Kurzwelly, senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, has set up at CAS these past two weeks to address the challenging ethical questions surrounding human remains in scientific collections.