/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:24:51 +0200 Thu, 18 Sep 25 15:59:00 +0200 /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 /en/news/ann-rigney-receives-royal-decoration-for-groundbreaking-insights-that-extend-beyond-academic-walls Rigney’s has showed that “cultural memory forms the foundation of our identity and social awareness, while also being a subject of debate and even conflict”. 145612 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/publication/becoming-animal Kári Driscoll translates Teresa Präauer's ‘Tier werden’ into ‘Becoming Animal’, which explores cultural zoology and the evolution of words, images and identity. 144534 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /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’s Faculty of Humanities. 143040 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/open-cities-monthly-research-in-progress-seminars The Open Cities Platform announces the launch of their Monthly Research Seminar, an engaging and collaborative space designed for UU researchers and students to present and feedback research. 142861 Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:25:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/els-rose-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-the-university-of-lausanne Els Rose has received an honorary doctorate from the ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� of Lausanne. Rose is professor of late and medieval Latin at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��. 141308 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:55:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publication/archiving-activism-in-the-digital-age In Archiving Activism in the Digital Age, Daniele Salerno and Ann Rigney offer new insights into the potential of archives to become sites of renewed critical engagement. 140777 Mon, 27 May 2024 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/utrecht-humanities-scholars-contributed-to-flemish-encyclopaedia Several humanities scholars and students have contributed to the latest (and digital) edition of the Encyclopaedia of the Flemish Movement. 137918 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /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 /en/publicatie/top-ten-fictional-narratives-in-early-modern-europe The book, edited by Helwi Blom, among others, examines ten of the most popular fictional narratives in early modern Europe (1470-1800). 135064 Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:48:00 +0100 Nieuws /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 /en/news/online-glossary-highlights-european-dimension-of-historical-popular-printing What is the difference between a journal and a gazette? And what is a hornbook? The new online Glossary of Early Modern Popular Print Genres offers answers. 134190 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:25:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publicatie/the-visual-memory-of-protest Available in open access, this work edited by Professor Ann Rigney and researcher Thomas Smits, zooms in on the role of photography in the memory-activism nexus. 133110 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:22:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/more-than-7-million-euros-for-els-stronks-and-maaike-bleeker-from-dutch-research-agenda Professor of Early Modern Dutch Literature Els Stronks and Professor of Theatre Studies Maaike Bleeker receive funding to work on scientific and societal breakthroughs. 132041 Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publicatie/special-section-the-minnesota-review-mobilizing-creativity Kiene Brillenburg Wurth, Iris van der Tuin, and Nanna Verhoeff have edited a special section in the minnesota review on Mobilizing Creativity: A Humanities Perspective (part 1 of 2). 131426 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:25:00 +0200 Nieuws /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 ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� on 12 May. 130484 Thu, 11 May 2023 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Prof. dr. Frits van Oostrom. Foto: Ed van Rijswijk /en/publicatie/rivolti-al-monte-studi-sul-purgatorio-dantesco In Rivolti al monte: studi sul ‘Purgatorio’ dantesco, Gandolfo Cascio, Reinier Speelman and Onno Kosters, among others, delve into Dante’s Purgatory. 129710 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:39:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/geert-buelens-wins-the-boon-flanders-most-significant-literature-prize Geert Buelens has won the Boon Literatuurprijs 2023 for his book ‘Wat we toen al wisten: De vergeten groene geschiedenis van 1972’. 129308 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publicatie/dossier-journal-of-latin-american-cultural-studies The Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies just published the dossier Affective Arrangements and Violence in Latin America, edited by Reindert Dhondt and others. 128522 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:32:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/kila-van-der-starre-appointed-pc-hooft-award-jury-member Assistant Professor in Modern Dutch Literature Kila van der Starre will be a member of the jury of the P.C. Hooft Award for Literature 2024. 128138 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:22:00 +0100 Nieuws