Årsberetning for Dansk Center for Byhistorie

Danish Centre for Urban History 2020Through much of 2020, Covid-19 meant a change in routines, butalso oaered new possibilities. Confined to home o^ces, the Centrefor Urban History had another busy year. Two new research grantshave been received, both from the Velux Foundation. One projectwill look into the ways life in Danish cities became dependent onfossil fuels, and another deals with daily life during the corona crisis. We have also been working on urban nature and environmentalurban history, cohosting an international conference and publishing articles on this subject. Projects on historical soundscapes ofCopenhagen and medieval infrastructure in Denmark have begun,while the results from other projects on historical literacy and theevolving urban regions of the 21st century have been published orwill be forthcoming in 2021. The Centre has been involved in severalpublications, seminars, teaching programmes and evolving international cooperation as well as networking with other European Centres of Urban History in Belgium, the UK and Germany