News and Media
The European Archaeologist
The European Archaeologist. Issue 71, February 2022.
Postdoctor Marianne Moen provides a session overview of the Human Sacrifice & Value project’s session at last year's EAA in Kiel: ‘Sacrifice and Value: Seeking ananthropological archaeology of sacrifice’.
Interview: Jakten på syndebukkene – Hunting Scapegoats
Postdoctor Marianne Moen is interviewed in the Norwegian radio show "Kompass" ("Compass" in English) at NRK February 1 2022. The interview theme was "It is easy to point out scapegoats, whether in society or at work. But is that really good for us?
Interview: Om å ta liv – About taking life
Postdoctor Marianne Moen is interviewed about faith, outlook on life and the values we navigate by in society in the radio show "Kompass" ("Compass" in English") at NRK October 25 2021.
Interviews at NRK P2: Verdibørsen
Postdoctoral researcher Marianne Moen has participated in a series of interviews for the program 'Verdibørsen', on NRK P2. Discussing topics related to the main objective of the project, the episodes range from sacrifice as a social mechanism and form of social control, via examples such as Inka sacrifice, via Vikings and into modern times and modern rhetoric of sacrifice in daily discourse.
A series of seven ten-minute interviews will feature as part of the weekly episodes throughout the summer of 2021:
12. June. 2021; Myrlik og Offer
19. June. 2021: Inka Offer og Sosial Kontroll
26. June. 2021: Vikingene og offerskikk
10. July. 2021: Offer og Kristningen av Norge
31. July. 2021: Korsfestelsen
14. August. 2021: Lederoffer
21. August. 2021: Offer i moderne tid
Podcast: Human Sacrifice – Gone Medieval
"Making sacrifices to the Gods is common practice in religion, even today. From symbolic to physical offerings, this is something that has happened for millennia. But did human sacrifice ever take place? And what do we even mean by human sacrifice?"
Listen in on the Podcast "Gone Medieval" hosted by Cat and joined by Marianne Moen as they talk about human sacrifice during the early medieval period in Europe.
Podcast: Kraniebrud: Jernalderkrige
Listen in with Rasmus Birch Iversen and Mette Løvschal as they talk about war during the Iron Age in Denmark.
Interview at BBC TWO: Raiders of the Lost Past with Januna Ramirez
Postdoctoral Fellow Marianne Moen appears for an interview talking about the Viking ship Oseberg during the BBC documentary series Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez season 2 episode 2 aired February 26, 2020.
Book: Pengene som forandret verden – En historie om gullmynter
"Pengene som forandret verden" (which translates to "the Money which changed the World") written by one of our editors Svein H. Gullbekk was recently published by Cappelen Damm. It follows the history of gold coins dating back from antiquity to modern times.
This book is published in Norwegian.
Interview: Kulturen DR P1 with Mette Løvschal
Articles in Media
- Matthew Walsh. September 3, 2021. Science, not sacrifice. Medium.
- Matthew Walsh. September 3, 2021. Human sacrifices in the time of COVID-19: Differentiating between sacred offerings and inconveniences. Medium.
- Colin Barras. August 24, 2020. Ancient teenager buried with head poking out of strange Spanish grave. with Mette Løvshcal.
- Matthew Walsh. May 26, 2020. What we acutally mean by 'sacrifice' during the pandemic makes all the difference. Religion Dispatches
Matthew Walsh. April 13, 2020. Suffer little childeren: human sacrifice, child sexual abuse, and the Catholic Church. Medium. - Aarhus Stiftidende. Feburary 25, 2020. Historisk Massemord i Østjylland involverede køller og økser. Aarhus Stiftidende with Mette Løvschal.
- Anne Ringgaard. Feburary 24, 2020. Alken Enge: Historisk massemord i Østjylland involverede køller og økse. Videnskab with Mette Løvschal.