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 honours student,   Do you have an honours teacher who has made a lasting impact on your education? Someone who has: ✨ Inspired your passion for learning, 💡 Challenged you to think in new ways, or 🤝 Supported your unique learning journey?     If so, now is your chance to recognise them! Nominations for the Honours Teacher of…

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…

Dear students, On the 21st of January there will be a plenary meeting about the final projects from terrain exploration. Students who have completed the course will present their the projects that they have worked on in groups. Because of this year’s theme, which is Artificial Intelligence, there will be room for discussion about this…

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…

Dear (new) Honours students, Welcome to the new academic year, 2024/2025! It promises to be an enriching year of learning for many of you. For students attending the HHP (both year 1 and year 2), it is now part of the portfolio requirement to attend at least 5 meetings related to the honours community. In…

By Titia Janssen – Honours student Art History Have you ever wondered what it would be like to intern at a museum? Let me take you through my experience over the past three months at Museum de Lakenhal. As a student of art history, this internship offered a unique opportunity to closely experience the life…

Thomas Overduin heeft zijn Honoursscriptie Geschiedenis geschreven over de politieke geschiedenis van Thessalië. Graag vertelt hij hier meer over in een tijdlijn: Deze tijdlijn biedt een overzicht van de belangrijkste gebeurtenissen en significante figuren die Thessalië vormden tijdens de vierde eeuw voor Christus – van de Peloponnesische Oorlog tot de opkomst van Macedonië. Elke sectie…