Nieuws /en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:04:09 +0200 Mon, 07 Jul 25 14:00:00 +0200 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 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 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 Els Rose receives honorary doctorate from the 木瓜福利影视 of Lausanne /en/news/els-rose-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-the-university-of-lausanne Els Rose has received an honorary doctorate from the 木瓜福利影视 of Lausanne. Rose is professor of late and medieval Latin at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. 141308 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:55:00 +0200 Nieuws City, Citizen, Citizenship, 400鈥1500. A Comparative Approach /en/publicatie/city-citizen-citizenship-400-1500-a-comparative-approach Citizenship Discourses in the Early Middle Ages has a new book published, an interdisciplinary study of medieval thinking about the city in text, image, and material culture. 141189 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws Introducing the Medieval Fox /en/publicatie/introducing-the-medieval-fox Emeritus Professor of Dutch Literature to 1500 Paul Wackers was invited to write a short holistic book about the fox in medieval culture for a general public. 136139 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 09:50:00 +0100 Nieuws This is Not a Grail Romance: Understanding Historia Peredur Vab Efrawc /en/publicatie/this-is-not-a-grail-romance-understanding-historia-peredur-vab-efrawc Assistant Professor Natalia Petrovskaia provides answers to important questions surrounding the medieval Welsh Arthurian tale Historia Peredur vab Efrawc. 134336 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:10:00 +0200 Nieuws Vernacular Books and Their Readers in the Early Age of Print (c. 1450鈥1600) /en/publicatie/vernacular-books-and-their-readers-in-the-early-age-of-print-c-1450-1600 Vernacular Books and Their Readers, edited by Andrea van Leerdam et al., explores approaches to study European vernacular books and reading practices in the 15th-16th centuries. 134119 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:59:00 +0200 Nieuws The Medieval Chronicle 15: Essays in Honour of Erik Kooper /en/publicatie/the-medieval-chronicle-15-essays-in-honour-of-erik-kooper A Festschrift of The Medieval Chronicle series published by Brill was recently published, with essays dedicated to linguist Erik Kooper. 132261 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:15:00 +0200 Nieuws Frits van Oostrom on forty years of professorship: 鈥淚t is all about discovering beauty鈥 /en/news/frits-van-oostrom-on-forty-years-of-professorship-it-is-all-about-discovering-beauty Extensive interview with distinguished professor and Dutch linguist Frits van Oostrom, who retires from Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 on 12 May. 130484 Thu, 11 May 2023 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Prof. dr. Frits van Oostrom. Foto: Ed van Rijswijk The Middle Ages continue to surprise, this digital exhibition shows /en/news/the-middle-ages-continue-to-surprise-this-digital-exhibition-shows The exhibition 鈥楾he Surprising Middle Ages鈥 is a special gift to Bart Besamusca, who recently retired as a professor. 127216 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 13:16:00 +0100 Nieuws 鈥淩esearch is opening up the boundaries in my thinking鈥 /en/news/research-is-opening-up-the-boundaries-in-my-thinking Veerle Fraeters will be appointed Professor of Middle Dutch literature and culture at the 木瓜福利影视 of Utrecht on 1 January. 126195 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:31:00 +0100 Nieuws Frits van Oostrom to receive Visser-Neerlandia Prize /en/news/frits-van-oostrom-to-receive-visser-neerlandia-prize The Algemeen-Nederlands Verbond awards the Visser-Neerlandia Prizes annually to people who dedicate themselves to the Dutch language and cultural community. 116578 Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws 100 years of Celtic Languages and Culture in Utrecht: "This deserves a big celebration!" /en/in-de-media/100-years-of-celtic-languages-and-culture-in-utrecht-this-deserves-a-big-celebration Celtologists Aaron Griffith Nik猫 Stam spoke in the Celtic Students Podcast about the degree programme Celtic Languages and Culture and next year's congress. 122424 Tue, 16 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Emeritus professor Mayke de Jong made Fellow of The British Academy /en/news/emeritus-professor-mayke-de-jong-made-fellow-of-the-british-academy Emeritus professor in Medieval History Mayke de Jong is elected as Corresponding Fellow of The British Academy. 121898 Thu, 21 Jul 2022 14:28:00 +0200 Nieuws NWO Vidi Grants for Dorothea G盲deke and Robert Flierman /en/news/nwo-vidi-grants-for-dorothea-gadeke-and-robert-flierman Associate Professor Dorothea G盲deke and researcher Robert Flierman have both received an NWO grant of 800,000 euros. 120824 Mon, 04 Jul 2022 15:55:00 +0200 Nieuws Prof. Alec Ryrie to be Visiting Professor at the Department of History and Art History /en/news/prof-alec-ryrie-to-be-visiting-professor-at-the-department-of-history-and-art-history From 27 June to 2 July, Ryrie will be working in Utrecht on his project Constructing Conversion, which aims to reconceive the history of the Protestant mission. 120110 Thu, 16 Jun 2022 14:24:00 +0200 Nieuws Civic Identity and Civic Participation in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages /en/publicatie/civic-identity-and-civic-participation-in-late-antiquity-and-the-early-middle-ages Professor of Late and medieval Latin Els Rose has published a new book on citizenship in late antiquity and early medieval times. 114347 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 14:24:00 +0100 Nieuws UU honours students make podcast 'Loop ik nou over dode mensen?' /en/news/uu-honours-students-make-podcast-loop-ik-nou-over-dode-mensen In their four-part podcast, Sanne Frequin's honours students take us on an exploration of the world of medieval funerary monuments. 127666 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:31:00 +0100 Nieuws Call for papers: Multilingual Dynamics of Medieval Literature in Western Europe /en/news/call-for-papers-multilingual-dynamics-of-medieval-literature-in-western-europe We invite proposals for twenty minute papers addressing any aspect of medieval literature and literary culture. 113554 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:33:00 +0100 Nieuws