Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities is a multidisciplinary faculty that currently teaches more than 3700 students and offers a substantial number of programmes leading to a wide range of academic and professional qualifications. These cover a variety of disciplines within the areas of philosophy, language studies, history and cultural studies, aesthetic and literary studies.

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Picture of Nathan Hopson in front of Sydneshaugen skole

Research must be shared, says prize winner

Nathan Hopson is awarded the Faculty of Humanities' Dissemination Prize 2024. In addition to being a popular and engaging lecturer in Japanese studies, he has hosted more than 60 podcast episodes on Japan-related books in the series New Books in Japanese Studies.

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Image of Stefan Riedener Assosiate professor at DEpartment of Philosophy UiB and winner of Young Researcher's Prize 2024

Stefan Riedener wins Young Researcher’s Prize 2024

“I experience this prize as an enormous encouragement to believe in the things I am doing, and a profound motivation to try and continue my work,” says the award winner who hopes to one day write something that can have a real impact on how we live our lives.

Pioneering Research

Scientist Sorin Bangu at the UiB Campus. Standing in the street and you can see parts of the yellow Sydneshaugen skole in the background

An innovative approach to understanding mathematical proofs

A groundbreaking philosophical approach to understanding proving in mathematics is on the horizon. Sorin Bangu does research that can change how we teach mathematics, making it more engaging.

Pigments of the Past

Image of that the world's oldest ochre mine, Ngwenya in eSwatini

Ochre's Role in Early Human Societies

SapienCE scientist Elizabeth Velliky and her team have uncovered that the world's oldest ochre mine, Ngwenya in eSwatini, wasn't the only source of ochre pigment as we once thought. Instead, people used a variety of local ochres, showcasing unique cultural traditions and social interactions in Stone...

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Margit Simon leading climate researcher at Sapience

Margit Simon Receives Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant

Dr. Margit H. Simon is awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant of 2,17 million Euros to lead the PIONEER project which will transform our understanding of how environmental factors shaped the evolution of behavioural complexity in early Homo sapiens.