Nieuws /en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:30:21 +0200 Thu, 18 Sep 25 15:59:00 +0200 October is One Book One Campus month: walks, reading parties and a festival /en/news/october-is-one-book-one-campus-month-walks-reading-parties-and-a-festival Whether you have read Birnam Wood or not, you can participate in all our activities in October. Come to Night at the Library, take a walk in the Botanic Gardens, read in silence, and write during a creative workshop by Parnassos. 152298 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:59:00 +0200 Nieuws Lizard shampoo in a priest's book: Medieval medical texts in unexpected places /en/news/lizard-shampoo-in-a-priests-book-medieval-medical-texts-in-unexpected-places Carine van Rhijn researched medieval medical texts in unexpected places: 鈥淲hen you start looking at manuscripts, you never know what you are going to find". 150630 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Interview with Professor Helleke van den Braber /en/news/interview-with-professor-helleke-van-den-braber Prof. Helleke van den Braber on joining UU's Bottom-up Initiatives, cultural funding models, and fostering interdisciplinary, impact-driven collaboration. 150035 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:10:00 +0200 Nieuws Bringing the literary works of Suster Bertken to life /en/in-the-media/bringing-the-literary-works-of-suster-bertken-to-life In BBC Sounds, Dieuwke van der Poel talks about Suster Bertken (1426-1514) and her discovery that some of her poems were likely sung. Now, they can be heard once again. 148066 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Harmful gender stereotypes in media and advertising: a significant gap in EU law! /en/news/harmful-gender-stereotypes-in-media-and-advertising-a-significant-gap-in-eu-law On International women鈥檚 day 2025, the European Equality Law Network with several Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 researchers, published a report on harmful gender stereotypes 147647 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 10:35:00 +0100 Nieuws Securing the future: how archives and cultural institutions can survive funding cuts /en/news/securing-the-future-how-archives-and-cultural-institutions-can-survive-funding-cuts Budget cuts make archives and museums increasingly vulnerable. Professors Helleke van den Braber and Giovanna Fossati on financial resilience in the cultural sector. 147265 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws The philosophy and politics behind blockchain and Bitcoin: from technology to ideology /en/background/the-philosophy-and-politics-behind-blockchain-and-bitcoin-from-technology-to-ideology Blockchain is said to be a revolutionary technology: transparent, objective, and free of human error. But is it really? Inte Gloerich conducted PhD research. 146677 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Award Ceremony Master Thesis Competition 2024 /en/news/award-ceremony-master-thesis-competition-2024 On the 11th of December we celebrated the remarkable achievements of three master students and crowned the best migration-related thesis at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. 146094 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 09:15:00 +0100 Nieuws New digital escape room MedievalMe brings the Middle Ages to life /en/news/new-digital-escape-room-medievalme-brings-the-middle-ages-to-life Sanne Frequin developed MedievalMe, an innovative Dutch serious game that immerses students in the medieval worldview. 145768 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Ann Rigney receives royal decoration for 鈥済roundbreaking insights that extend beyond academic walls鈥 /en/news/ann-rigney-receives-royal-decoration-for-groundbreaking-insights-that-extend-beyond-academic-walls Rigney鈥檚 has showed that 鈥渃ultural memory forms the foundation of our identity and social awareness, while also being a subject of debate and even conflict鈥. 145612 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Queering the ancient Epic of Manas: 鈥淪cary and extremely exciting at the same time鈥 /en/news/queering-the-ancient-epic-of-manas-scary-and-extremely-exciting-at-the-same-time Aikokul Ibraeva receives H茅l猫ne Phoa Gender Studies Research Thesis Prize 2024 for her research into how sexuality and gender have been constructed in Kyrgyz culture. 145481 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:06:00 +0100 Nieuws Becoming Animal /en/publication/becoming-animal K谩ri Driscoll translates Teresa Pr盲auer's 鈥楾ier werden鈥 into 鈥楤ecoming Animal鈥, which explores cultural zoology and the evolution of words, images and identity. 144534 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Dramaturgy for Devices: Examining the interaction between humans and robots /en/news/dramaturgy-for-devices-examining-the-interaction-between-humans-and-robots This month, the research for Dramaturgy for Devices begins. In this project, researchers and artists are working on the behaviour and communicative skills of robots. 144305 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Event Recap: Inclusive AI Group & Book Launch /en/news/event-recap-inclusive-ai-group-book-launch On Tuesday, October 8th, UGlobe hosted the official launch of the Inclusive AI Group, which coincided with the release of Prof. Payal Arora鈥檚 latest book, From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech 144004 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:54:00 +0200 Nieuws Breathing and 鈥榯oys鈥: these two humanities research projects receive an ERC Grant /en/news/breathing-and-toys-these-two-humanities-research-projects-receive-an-erc-grant How can we expose both the environmental and the social impact of planetary crises? And what are the pros and cons of using AI to create new (scientific) knowledge? 143527 Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Call for Papers: Migration and Societal Change Conference June 2025 /en/news/call-for-papers-migration-and-societal-change-conference-june-2025 The Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 focus area Migration and Societal Change invites you to submit a proposal for a panel or an individual paper for our conference in June 2025. 143238 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:44:00 +0200 Nieuws From Pessimism to Promise /en/publication/from-pessimism-to-promise In her book From Pessimism to Promise, Payal Arora argues that it is not na茂ve to be optimistic about our digital future. 143190 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Jos茅 van Dijck receives honorary doctoral degree from the 木瓜福利影视 of Oslo /en/news/jose-van-dijck-receives-honorary-doctoral-degree-from-the-university-of-oslo Van Dijck was awarded this honorary doctorate on the recommendation of the Faculty of Humanities for her work in the fields of media studies and digital society. 143162 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:02:00 +0200 Nieuws Faculty of Humanities welcomes four new Full Professors /en/news/faculty-of-humanities-welcomes-four-new-full-professors This summer, Kathrin Thiele, Danielle van den Heuvel, Birgit M. Kaiser, and Cadence Kinsey have been appointed as Professors at Utrecht鈥檚 Faculty of Humanities. 143040 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society /en/publication/collaborative-research-in-the-datafied-society Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society: Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention is the new publication by Mirko Sch盲fer and Karin van Es. 142678 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws