Department of Culture and Global Studies
Kroghstraede 1
9220 Aalborg East
Phone: +45 9940 9208
Email: contact@cgs.aau.dk
VAT no: DK 29102384
News from Culture and Global Studies
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19.09.2018
Global Refugee Studies is looking for a Student Assistant for Communication and Impact.
The position is part-time with 8 hours a week and runs from 1.October 2018 or as soon as possible until 30.September 2019. The position is based at the Global Refugee Studies research group at Frederikskaj 10B, at Aalborg University’s South Harbour Campus. You will be reporting to the GRS Media/Impact Steering Group (Martin Lemberg-Pedersen, Steffen Jensen and Danny Raymond.
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27.08.2018
New book: Gender and Generational Division in EU Citizenship
Edited by Trudie Knijn and Manuela Naldini, and with contributions from professor Birte Siim, associate professor Lise Rolandsen Agustín and PhD fellow Anita Nissen from the Institute of Culture and Global Studies.
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21.08.2018
Introducing multicultural teams
The C-inter group is happy to announce that our "Introduction to PBL & multicultural teamwork" is now available for download from our web page.
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05.07.2018
New book: The Politics of Sustainability in the Arctic: Reconfiguring Identity, Space, and Time
Edited by Ulrik Pram Gad and Jeppe Strandsbjerg.
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21.06.2018
Steffen Jensen’s research has contributed to a new UN resolution
Earlier this year, GRS’ professor Steffen Jensen released a book entitled ’Corruption and Torture: Violent Exchange and the Policing of the Urban Poor’. The book is concerned with the relationship between torture, ill-treatment and corruption. It shows how the most vulnerable - sexual minorities, street traders, immigrants and refugees as well as the urban poor - are the most likely victims of both extortion and violence and that these two are never far apart.
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19.06.2018
New PhD fellow: Sophie Lanng Gulstad
As of 1 May 2018, Procom (Communication and Culture in Professional Contexts) has a new PhD fellow. Sophie will be teaching at Language and International Business Communication.
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19.06.2018
New project administrator: Berit Hvidberg Christensen
As of 1 June 2018, Department of Culture and Global Studies has a new project administrator.
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11.06.2018
Catalogue of Solutions: Alternatives to flight and deterrence
GRS’ Martin Lemberg has co-written a catalogue of solutions alongside Michala Bendixen (from refugees.dk). The catalogue contains a number of alternatives to the current political stance, which is focusing on deterring refugees and exporting the responsibility for them away from Denmark and Europe.
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06.06.2018
Conversational Danish
– A supplementary course in oral Danish for academic staff at CGS. Course level: beginners and lower intermediate.
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07.05.2018
Visiting Scholar from University of Helsinki, Finland
In May and June 2018 Hanna Kara from University of Helsinki is visiting FREIA.
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30.04.2018
Vibeke Andersson has co-written an article alongside Helene Balslev Clausen on ‘Alternative Learning Experience: Co-creation of knowledge in new contexts’
Instead of bringing the world into the classroom, we should bring the classroom into the world: New paper on ‘Alternative Learning Experience: Co-creation of knowledge in new contexts’.
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20.04.2018
Anja Kublitz has co-written an article published in Anthropology Theory
Anja Kublitz has co-written an article alongside Lars Højer, Stine Simonsen Puri and Andreas Bandak published in Anthropology Theory titled ’Escalations: Theorizing sudden accelerating change’. The article investigates not only acceleration in terms of scale and numbers, but also how it is ‘culturally measured’, recognizing that an increase in quantity may lead to new qualitative scales and imaginaries
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16.04.2018
EU has provided Turkey with armoured surveillance vehicles for more than 600 million kr
Danwatch has examined hundreds of EU contracts. The investigation has shown that the EU has provided Turkey with armoured surveillance vehicles for more than 600 million kr. GRS’ Martin Lemberg-Pedersen was interviewed by Danwatch on the matter.
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09.04.2018
Valg til Inatsisartut, det grønlandske parlament
Baggrundsseminar for valget til Inatsisartut
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20.03.2018
Race and Racialization
Race has an ambiguous and contentious presence in contemporary Denmark. In the broader public issues concerning racialization and neo-colonialist discourses and policies are often seen as belonging to the past and with no relevance in a post-racial present.
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02.03.2018
DIR workshop on "Urbanizing Rural China: Challenges of Rural Governance"
February 23 to 25 the Development and International Relations Research Group hosted a workshop on "Urbanizing Rural China: Challenges of Rural Governance" at Klitgaarden in Skagen.
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28.02.2018
Why choose the Arctic Studies specialization at Aalborg University and what to gain from it?
Do the Arctic Studies specialization and get new Arctic competences.
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07.02.2018
Participating in Arctic Frontiers Student Forum
Arctic Frontiers Student Forum 2018 was an amazing experience to share with students from all over the world. Six days in Tromsø, Northern Norway turned into a developing experience, I will never forget.
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