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.

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.

17 February 2025

Announcing the new Young CAS projects: planetary science and linguistics

We are delighted to announce that Elise Wright Knutsen and Yvonne van Baal have been selected as the new Young CAS Principal Investigators for the 2025-2027 period.

Young CAS project illustration of computer chip producing ice molecules and structures. Illustration by Camilla K. Elmar

14 February 2025

Sigbjørn Løland Bore begins research stay at CAS

This week, Sigbjørn Løland Bore is kicking off his research stay at CAS, where he and his team aim to develop a machine learning model that can represent the intricate physics of ice from first principles.