Research at Uppsala University
New biomarkers can lead to breakthrough in diabetes research
18 February 2021. With the discovery of two new biomarkers, Olof Eriksson, researcher in translational imaging, may le ...
Producing more sustainable hydrogen
12 February 2021. Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, ...
The professor wanting to contribute to peace on Earth
25 January 2021. Isak Svensson is, as he describes it, a product of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Si ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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1. Catalogue of the Ethiopic manuscripts of the Gunda Gunde monastery /W. Witakowski 2. Studies in Ethiopian Monasticism: the intellectual legacy of the Stephanites /W. Witakowski
Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Ansökan avser finansiellt stöd för 2 publikationer: 1. Katalogen skall omfatta beskrivning av den samling av 219 handskrifter i Gunda Gundeklostret som jag studerar inom det nuvarande projektet. Detta ...
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A cosmopolitan language: Hindustani in Surat - 300 years ago
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Our project aims to produce a documentary film on the blossoming of a cosmopolitan language in one of the most vibrant cities in pre-colonial Asia around 1700 and its codification. We will illustrate how ...
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Beyond the Garden: An Ecocritical Approach to Early Byzantine Christianity
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
European culture bears a great deal of responsibility for the emergence of the contemporary ecological crisis. It has sometimes been claimed that the misuse of the material world in the Anthropocene has ...
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Biblia Arabica: The Arabic Bible and related texts among Jews, Christians and Muslims
Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
The conference Biblia Arabica: The Arabic Bible and related texts among Jews, Christians and Muslims will take place in Uppsala in March 29-April 1, 2016. The aim of the conference is to foster an interest ...
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Bridget of Sweden digitally. Making St Birgitta’s revelations in Old Swedish accessible
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
St Birgitta’s revelations and other writings form the basis for much research on medieval Sweden. Her texts were translated into Latin for international use and the originals were lost almost entirely. ...
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Buddhism among Tamils in Tamilkam and Ilam
Research project from 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
The field of Buddhist Studies?in Europe and the Americas?has largely ignored the traditions, activities, and cultural products of Tamil-speaking Buddhists in southern India and Sri Lanka. This conference ...
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Christianity and Judaism in the Language of Islam: The Bible in Arabic and related texts produced by Jews and Christians under Islam
Research project from 2016-03-29 to 2016-04-01
Subsequent to the composition of the Quran, Jews and Christians translated their Holy Scriptures into Arabic as a means of understanding and developing their own religious traditions. These texts have ...
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The "profanity" of Greek sanctuaries? Defining the temenos as a space for divine-human interaction 600 BC-200 AD
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Greek sanctuaries have attracted considerable interest within Classical scholarship for more than a century but mainly from the viewpoint of divine presence and its expression in the form of temples, statues ...
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Elite capture? The Separation of the Church and the State
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Projektet syftar till att studera spänningsfältet mellan kyrka och stat utifrån ett nationalekonomiskt perspektiv.Vår teoretiska utgångspunkt är att den ökade konkurrensen om medlemmarna gjort att finansiella ...
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Hindi Lexicography and the Cosmopolitan in the Encounter between Europe and India around 1700
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2019-12-31
The focus of the project is the digital publication and study of a newly retrieved manuscript of a Hindi Dictionary from 1703, comprising about 11 000 lexical entries in Latin, with Hindi equivalents written ...
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Hinduism and Globalisation: A Return Journey
Research project from 2011-07-01 to 2013-06-30
India is set to become a leading political and economic power in the world, and its various ties with Sweden are increasingly important. A key to East-West cooperation lies in European knowledge of the ...
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Jesus´ Attitude Towards Purity Laws
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31
In the past, New Testament scholars typically portrayed Judaism in overtly negative terms and Jesus as distant from his Jewish context. Such reconstructions were largely due to a strong Christian agenda ...
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The Miracles of the Virgin Mary: Medieval Narratives Wandering through Time and Space
Research project from 2017-03-04 to 2017-03-07
The aim of the workshop is to initiate the research project The Miracles of the Virgin Mary: Medieval Narratives Wandering through Time and Space. Starting point for discussions on the subject are collections ...
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Lutheran Music Culture (Interdisciplinary international conference)
Research project from 2017-09-14 to 2017-09-16
This is an international interdisciplinary conference concerning musical culture in the contexts of Martin Luther and its historical impact. Around 70 leading scholars in musicology, church history, theology ...
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Memories for Life: Materiality and Memory of Ancient Near Eastern Inscribed Private Objects
Research project from 2016-11-01 to 2019-12-31
The project proposes to produce a more complete understanding of ancient Near Eastern inscribed objects commissioned by private individuals using cuneiform writing betwen ca 2800 BCE–100 CE. The objects ...
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Religious encounters in Asia´s history of religions. Critical reflections of an established concept.
Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Religionsmöten i Asiens religionshistoria, Uppsala Universitet, Teologiska Fakulteten, 31.7. till 4.8. 2013. - Detta är det sjunde mötet för Arbeitskreis für Asiatische Religionsgeschichte (AKAR). 14 ...
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Research spotlight: The coronavirus
Limited transmission of COVID-19 from open schools but teachers were affected
12 February 2021. Most countries introduced school closures during the spring of 2020 despite uncertainty regarding th ...
New clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells
8 February 2021. The molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells and infects them are still not clear. Researche ...
Interdisciplinary collaboration provides new answers about immunity after Covid-19
8 January 2021. Only weeks after the coronavirus reached Sweden, blood samples were taken from more than 2,000 emplo ...
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