Dear HHP students, Join on March 23 at Museum Catharijneconvent to admire the finest modernist works from the interwar period! Through the groundbreaking art of Wassily Kandinsky, Charley Toorop, Max Beckmann, and others, you will discover how artists in the 1920s and 1930s sought innovation and meaning—a quest that forever changed modern art. These impressive…

Dear HHP students and members, From the 25th to the 28th of October 2024, a group of students from the History- and Art History HHP programmes went on the annual trip to Berlin. As usual, the trip had a central theme: memory, time and heritage. Big themes, but ones that match perfectly with a place…

Dear HHP students,   Eureka is going to Paris! From the 16th to the 19th of April Eureka will travel to the city of love. They will visit all the classic hotspots and more. The cost will be around 170-180 euros per person. If you want to sign up, please do so via https://form.jotform.com/250573901986365   Be…

Dear HHP students and members, I think we can all remember all too well the news we got right before Christmas – that Utrecht University had to cut costs, and that most if not all bachelor’s level honours programmes would be abolished as a consequence, including our beloved HHP. Well, after weeks of uncertainty and…

Dear students, Our honours community is facing a lot of uncertainty this year, which is why it’s more important than ever to come together, connect, and inspire one another. Save the date: May 22, 2025 📅 for the annual Honours Community Day! Here’s what to look forward to: ✨ Student exhibition showcasing the exciting work honours education makes possible….

Dear HHP members, With the start of this year’s HHP Research Seminar, there is no better time to look back on what happened during last year’s Seminars than now! Below you will find an overview of all the amazing projects our students worked on during block 3-4 last year, including short descriptions written by the…

In the early morning of Sunday the 8th of December, I boarded the train to Paris to see the opera Dialogues des Carmélites that played at the Thêatre des Champs-Elysées at 5 o’clock that afternoon. At this moment, I am writing my Honours thesis on this opera by Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963), because I…

Dear HHP students, In the early days of November, about a month ago, news broke about the future of the Humanities Honours Programme. To the disappointment of students and teachers alike, that future isn’t looking too bright, seeing as the HHP might disappear along with several faculties as part of the UU’s budget cuts (you…

20 December we are organizing an one time book-club in which we would like to discuss Nobel winner Han Kang’s novel the Vegetarian. This book club will be part of our portfolio activity, meaning only Honours students of all disciplines are allowed to sign up. The main goal for the book club will be having…

Little more than a month ago Titia Janssen, an Art History Honours student, told us all about her internship at Museum de Lakenhal and the exciting project she got to work on for her Masters thesis there: redesigning the Bakker Korff Room. An especially interesting task she got was getting to redesign the way in…