Nordic Humanities Center at the Cultural Meeting Mors

Program for the Cultural Meeting at Mors, 2026
Nordic Humanities Center
(Photo: Per Bille)

Thursday 20/8 
14:00, Stage: Bio Mors, hall 2

Lecture with Nordic Humanities Center: Wild Growth. How are ecology and economics related?
Niklas Olsen, professor of the history of ideas at the University of Copenhagen

Based on his new book Vild Vækst/Wild Growth, Niklas Olsen discusses what the challenges are, how society has tried to solve them, and whether more radical ideas are needed to address the current crisis.

Friday 21/8 9:30, Stage: Bio Mors, hall 2
At 9:30, Stage: Bio Mors, floor 2

Lecture with Nordic Humanities Center: 
Preparation and Culture: What We Can Learn from the Baltics (and the Nordic Region)

Kristian Handberg, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Copenhagen
Based on his upcoming book on cultural preparedness, which Kristian Handberg is writing together with Malene Breunig, he looks at the special relationship between Denmark and the Baltic countries in the dramatic period around 1991 and draws a line up to today's discussion of culture and preparedness.  

Friday 21/8
16:00: Bio Mors, hall 2

Lecture with Nordic Humanities Center: Linguistic attacks and debate culture 

Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen, professor of moral philosophy, SDU

Tanya Karoli Christensen, professor of Danish, UCPH

The waves often run high in social debate, not least when it takes place on the internet. This panel discussion draws on perspectives from moral philosophy and linguistics in an examination of the dynamics that sometimes derail debate.

Saturday 22/8
11:00: Bio Mors, hall 2

Lecture with Nordic Humanities Center: Art as Resilience in a Divided Time
Nina Kleivan, artist
Kathrin Maurer, professor of culture and technology, University of Southern Denmark
More participants will be added

In a time of polarization, pressure on democracy, and social fragmentation, art remains one of our strongest, common languages. This panel discussion explores how artistic practices can strengthen individual and collective resilience by creating space for disagreement without collapse.

Saturday 22/8
11:00: 13.00: Bio Mors, hall 2

Lecture with Nordic Humanities Center: Living in the Shadow of War

Frederik Forrai Ørskov, postdoc in history, University of Southern Denmark

Mette Sandbye, professor of photography studies, University of Copenhagen

Based on two new books, Billedtræthed/Image Fatigue and Førkrigstid/Pre-war, the researchers discuss how war has come to permeate society; what it means to be flooded with images of war; and how we live with war as a constant threat.

The Mors Cultural Meeting is free to attend and does not require registration.
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