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Understanding mathematical motives
Researchers at the Centre for Advanced Study have contributed to advancing the rapidly developing field of motivic geometry during their year at the Centre.
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Books known only by title: A widespread and misunderstood phenomenon
Scholars at the Centre for Advanced Study have studied the use and functions of imagined books and argue that we need to rethink the first-millennium library in light of their findings.
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Former YoungCAS workshop leader receives research funding
Margherita Paola Poto has been granted funding for a project that builds on her research at the Centre for Advanced Study (CAS).
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Alumni Spotlight: Trygve Helgaker
‘I knew I wanted to come back for the unique combination of science and camaraderie that CAS offers,’ said Professor Trygve Helgaker about leaving CAS in 2018.
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Alumni Spotlight: Dag Michalsen
The idea and practise of legislation is something that fascinates former CAS project leader and Professor of Law Dag Michalsen. This autumn he is returning to CAS.
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Celebrating the Young CAS Fellows for 2021-23
This year's Young CAS Fellowships were awarded to researchers from four different disciplines: medieval philology, ancient history, geometry and evolutionary theory.
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Alumni Spotlight: Sine Halkjelsvik Bjordal
By studying different forms of knowledge about stave churches that circulated in a wide variety of texts in the 18th and 19th centuries, Sine Halkjelsvik Bjordal has written a cultural history of the medieval wooden churches.
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Meet the Young CAS Fellows for 2021-23: Daniele Miano
The roots of universal history: irrevocably imperialistic or a form of resistance to imperialism?
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Meet the Young CAS Fellows for 2021-23: Helen F. Leslie-Jacobsen
The medieval Faroese ballads ‘Sjúrðar kvæði’ that tell the story of the hero Sigurðr Fáfnisbani have so far not been widely studied. Helen F. Leslie-Jacobsen’s Young CAS Fellow project will change that.
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Meet the Young CAS Fellows for 2021-23: Kristin Shaw
Tropical geometry – a two-way bridge between mathematical fields.