News

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

Camilla Serck-Hanssen appointed scientific director of CAS

Serck-Hanssen, professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo (UiO), will lead the Centre for the next three years.

Gaps and Errors: A Linguistic Struggle

Scholars associated with the CAS project 'SynSem: From Form to Meaning – Integrating Linguistics and Computing' face a number of challenges 'regular' people would never consider, although they use language every day.

CAS fellows make JCP 'Editors' Choice' List

Trygve Ulf Helgaker and Andrew M. Teale, two fellows participating in the CAS project 'Molecoles in Extreme Environments,' are honoured by 'The Journal of Chemical Physics.'

24 February 2018

Arbitration, Humiliation, and Submission: Peacemaking in the Middle Ages

At a conference co-hosted by the CAS and the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo (UiO), historians explore how medieval elites avoided bloodshed and settled disputes.

07 February 2018

Project Update: 'The Nordic "Civil Wars" in the High Middle Ages in a Comparative Perspective'

CAS fellows talk about redefining Nordic medieval civil wars in light of conflicts from other regions and time periods.

31 January 2018

CAS fellow featured in 'Physical Review Letters'

Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger, a participant in the project 'Molecules in Extreme Environments,' publishes groundbreaking findings about the superheavy element oganesson.

24 January 2018

Project Update: 'SynSem: From Form to Meaning -- Integrating Linguistics and Computing'

CAS fellows discuss their work on bridging the gap between computational and theoretical linguistics.

12 January 2018

Project Update: 'Molecules in Extreme Environments'

CAS fellows give an update on their work to push the boundaries of theoretical chemistry.

20 December 2017

CAS fellows featured in 'Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics'

Scholars participating in the CAS project 'Molecules in Extreme Environments' publish their research on the 'superheavy' element Copernicium.