Årsberetning Dansk Center for Byhistorie

Danish Centre for Urban History annual reportThe center has been working on different tracks this year, onboth long term and more short term projects. Of the former,the book about then Danish cities in the Middle Ages has beenone of the larger ones, and we are proud to have published it.This endeavor began in 1977 with the project “Middelalderbyen”(“The Medieval Town”), and finishing it with a thorough researchsynthesis is a great pleasure. Many thanks to the two authors,Bjørn Poulsen and Hans Krongaard Kristensen, and to the VeluxFoundation for its generous support. Further, the center has beenengaged in relevant national and international cooperations,for example with the research network “Shop, city, consumer”which is interested in Danish consumption culture in cities since1660. Also, in cooperation with Odense City Museums, we havecompleted a project on the “Unclean City” that will result in apublication and also participated workshops with internationalpartners in both Berlin and Johannesburg, where we arediscussing contested public spaces. On the research side, thereare five Ph.D.-students attached to the center, of which three areworking within the broad “Welfare cities” field. Young researchersin urban history are thus carrying out interesting work here