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This issue of Junctions: Graduate Journal of the Humanities invites critical reflections on relationships, resistance, and solidarity that challenge and inspire.

Kári Driscoll translates Teresa Präauer's ‘Tier werden’ into ‘Becoming Animal’, which explores cultural zoology and the evolution of words, images and identity.

Assistant Professor of History of International Relations Peter Malcontent explains the situation in the Middle East in various media. An overview of developments.

How can brands design their chatbot effectively? In Conversational AI, Charlotte van Hooijdonk and others offer practical guidance.

Renée Vulto sheds new light on the history of Dutch political songs through her book Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period.

In her book From Pessimism to Promise, Payal Arora argues that it is not naïve to be optimistic about our digital future.

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.

Every month, Emeritus Professor of ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��’s long history. This time: the singing culture of students.

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.

Sanne Frequin and Daantje Meuwissen discuss their research on the ceiling paintings of the Grote Kerk Naarden with the use of a 3D model.

Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society: Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention is the new publication by Mirko Schäfer and Karin van Es.

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.

Konstantinos Kogkalidis received the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize for his thesis ‘Dependency as Modality, Parsing as Permutation: A Neurosymbolic Perspective on Categorial Grammars’.

In Menacing Tides: Security, Piracy and Empire in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean, Erik de Lange highlights security within international relations.

Emeritus Distinguished Professor Bob Becking publishes the first volume of Sheffield Phoenix Press’s Trauma Bible Commentary van Sheffield Phoenix Press series.

Following the rocket attack on a football field in the Golan Heights, Joas Wagemakers explain the crux of the situation with the possible consequencess on NU.nl.

Following the PVV's use of the term ‘omvolking’, Annelotte Janse explains what the term means, where it comes from, and how it is used.

Timeline | Five scholars provide a step-by-step explanation of the history and background of the current Israel-Hamas war, known as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Every month, Emeritus Professor of ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about the long history of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��. This time: the university community.

Yara Al Salman receives two national awards for her dissertation: the Keetje Hodshon Award and the Legatium Stolpianum.

Three Utrecht humanities scholars receive funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) as part of the PhDs in the Humanities programme.

Annette Markham is Professor of Media Literacy and Public Engagement in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies. In this interview, she discusses her research.

Utrecht researchers developed a broader method to measure welfare: the Better Well-being Index (BWI). This year, broad welfare in the Netherlands increased.

This volume brings together eight essays by eminent scholars, each reflecting on the phenomenon of erasure and the various methodologies used in its investigation.

Lorena De Vita is the recipient of the Heineken Young Scientists Award in the Humanities, awarded by the Alfred Heineken Fondsen Foundation.