On 1-2 December 2025, the conference Local portrait habits in West Asia and Egypt (100 BCE – 500 CE) took place in Copenhagen. It brought together researchers to explore how locally produced portraits from Western Asia and Egypt express identities shaped by shifting imperial regimes. It centered on…

The largest Carlsberggrant for the humanities this year goes to an ambitious project on the global historical importance of ancient visual culture. At the head of the project is Professor of Classical Archaeology Rubina Raja, who has received a Semper Ardens Advance grant from the Carlsberg…