PARK knowledge festival at Royal Danish Library

11:30-11:45 a.m.: Dive into Royal Danish Library's DR-arkiv ('Arbejdsgangen' 1st floor)

| By Madeleine Schlawitz, head of department and Jane Holm Kildemand, special consultant, Royal Danish Library

Royal Danish Library's DR-arkiv contains an invaluable collection of Danish television and radio, ranging from world-historical moments in the TV news, to iconic radio programmes like 'Mads og Monopolet', to the glitzy Melodi Grand Prix broadcasts. Dive into the archive with Royal Danish Library.

12:00-12:20 p.m.: Sing your way to the Melodi Grand Prix (the library garden)

| By Henrik Smith-Sivertsen, senior researcher, Royal Danish Library and Ole Vedel Villumsen on grand piano

In 2026, it will be 70 years since the first International Melodi Grand Prix was held. On this occasion, senior researcher Henrik Smith-Sivertsen from Royal Danish Library will tell and sing in this sing-along lecture about the significance of the Grand Prix in European music history.

And you can start brushing up on your German, because we are going to sing "Ein Bisschen Freiden", the winning song from 1982. The theme is peace, and Henrik promises that it will be tender, educational and eye-opening. Especially if you're not a big fan of that grand prix stuff.

(Repeat at 2:00 p.m.)

12.30-12.50 p.m.: Presentation of Mediestream (Meeting 1, Foyer)

| By Max Odsbjerg Pedersen, special consultant, Royal Danish Library

Learn more about Royal Danish Library's digitised newspaper collection and the ability to search for old newspaper articles. We zoom in on the war in 1864 by searching and finding articles about the escape from Dannevirke and the storming of Dybbøl on 18 April, 1864.

1:00-1:20 p.m.: Tænkepausen (Reflection Break) Enmity (Library Garden)

| By Mikkel Thorup, professor of history of ideas, AU

Do you love to hate your enemies? You're not alone. Because enmity is certainly ugly, undignified and intrusive, but it also excites, provokes and sparks creativity. Hear about surprising connections between enmity, community and talent development.

1:30-1:45 p.m.: Dive into Royal Danish Library's DR-arkiv ('Arbejdsgangen' 1st floor)

| By Madeleine Schlawitz, head of department and Jane Holm Kildemand, special consultant, Royal Danish Library

Royal Danish Library's DR-arkiv contains an invaluable collection of Danish television and radio, ranging from world-historical moments in the TV news, to iconic radio programmes like 'Mads og Monopolet', to the glitzy Melodi Grand Prix broadcasts. Dive into the archive with Royal Danish Library.

2:00-2:20 p.m.: Sing your way to the Melodi Grand Prix (the library garden)

| By Henrik Smith-Sivertsen, senior researcher, Royal Danish Library and Ole Vedel Villumsen on grand piano

In 2026, it will be 70 years since the first International Melodi Grand Prix was held. On this occasion, senior researcher Henrik Smith-Sivertsen from Royal Danish Library will tell and sing in this sing-along lecture about the significance of the Grand Prix in European music history.

And you can start brushing up on your German, because we are going to sing "Ein Bisschen Freiden", the winning song from 1982. The theme is peace, and Henrik promises that it will be tender, educational and eye-opening. Especially if you're not a big fan of that grand prix stuff.

(Repeat from 12:00 p.m.)

14.30-14.50 p.m.: Presentation of Mediestream (Meeting 1, Foyer)

| By Max Odsbjerg Pedersen, special consultant, Royal Danish Library

Learn more about Royal Danish Library's digitised newspaper collection and the ability to search for old newspaper articles. We zoom in on the war in 1864 by searching and finding articles about the escape from Dannevirke and the storming of Dybbøl on 18 April, 1864.

15:00-15:20 p.m.: The world seen from Russia (Library Garden)

| By Mette Skak, associate professor emerita in political science, AU

In these years, many are asking themselves what is going on in Russia, and how the population of such a close country can apparently see the world so differently. Get a historical look at the thinkers, isms and ideologies that the Russian state today reflects itself in and actively promotes. The book is the first publication in a larger presentation of Russian intellectual history in Danish.

15:30-15:45 p.m.: Dive into Royal Danish Library's DR-arkiv ('Arbejdsgangen' 1st floor)

| By Madeleine Schlawitz, Head of Department and Jane Holm Kildemand, Special Consultant, Royal Danish Library

Royal Danish Library's DR-arkiv contains an invaluable collection of Danish television and radio, ranging from world-historical moments in the TV news, to iconic radio programmes like 'Mads og Monopolet', to the glitzy Melodi Grand Prix broadcasts. Dive into the archive with Royal Danish Library.

4:00-4:30 p.m.: Serenades in Silence (Library Garden)

| By Brit-Tone Müllertz, soprano, Nina Clausen, soprano, Lise Christensen, mezzo-soprano, Mike Bracegirdle, tenor, Teit Kanstrup, baritone and Søren Rastogi, piano

Opera singers and a pianist send out the most beautiful notes in the Library Garden - serenades to nature and people.

4:30-4:50 p.m.: Presentation of Mediestream (Meeting 1, Foyer)

| By Max Odsbjerg Pedersen, special consultant, Royal Danish Library

Learn more about Royal Danish Library's digitised newspaper collection and the ability to search for old newspaper articles. We zoom in on the war in 1864 by searching and finding articles about the escape from Dannevirke and the storming of Dybbøl on 18 April, 1864.

5:35-6:00 p.m.: Love in a Time of Conflict (Library Garden)

| By Brit-Tone Müllertz, soprano, Nina Clausen, soprano, Lise Christensen, mezzo-soprano, Mike Bracegirdle, tenor, Teit Kanstrup, baritone and Søren Rastogi, piano

Opera singers and a pianist send out passionate notes in the Library Garden - joy, longing and hope!

11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Presentation of the new DR-arkiv ('Arbejdsgangen' 1st floor)

| By Madeleine Schlawitz, head of department and Jane Holm Kildemand, special consultant, Royal Danish Library

Royal Danish Library's DR-arkiv contains an invaluable collection of Danish television and radio, ranging from world-historical moments in the TV news, to iconic radio programmes like 'Mads og Monopolet', to the glitzy Melodi Grand Prix broadcasts. Dive into the archive with Royal Danish Library.

11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Presentation of Mediestream (Foyer)

| By special consultant Max Odsbjerg Pedersen, Royal Danish Library

Learn more about Royal Danish Library's digitised newspaper collection and the ability to search for old newspaper articles. We zoom in on the war in 1864 by searching and finding articles about the escape from Dannevirke and the storming of Dybbøl on 18 April, 1864.

11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Sale of books from Aarhus University Press (Foyer)

Stop by and buy your favourites. The books are sold at a special festival price.

Go exploring and take a brain break

Take a walk around the library and experience the world that students experience every day when they are immersed in their assignments. Or when they take a brain break with friends and play PlayStation, table tennis in Tænkepausen (Reflection Break), or get creative in Indsigten on the 2nd floor, which is an offline zone.

Exhibition

There is an exhibition in display cases and on the walls about the life and writings of Ole Lund Kirkegaard.