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.

Exhibition: sense a different Arctic

In the exhibition “NyArktis”, CAS researchers challenge portrayals of the Arctic as bare and without human’s presence, and experiment in new ways of presenting the region.

CAS’ new website celebrated at Litteraturhuset

Tuesday April 19, CAS arranged a celebration of the new website. The event was open to all.

Where does nature end and culture begin?

Through different stories about ways of living in the Arctic, Professor Marianne Lien and her research group at CAS challenge what they see as the dominant understanding of relations among humans, animals, and landscapes. What is culture in the Arctic, if it is understood as cut off from nature?

New website up and running!

You are now browsing The Centre for Advanced Study's brand new website, which will be complete and formally launched April 19.

Two CAS group leaders in the final round for SFF

We are proud to announce that two of the 34 centres invited to the final round for the new Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF) are led by two of our current CAS group leaders, Atle Mysterud and Camilla Serck-Hanssen.

"Studies in Human Rights Conventions" book series goes paperback

Award winning CAS group leader

Book release: Cultures of Death and Dying in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

New employee in the CAS administration