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…

Afgelopen jaar heb ik mijn scriptie geschreven ter afronding van mijn bachelor Geschiedenis. Hoewel het onderwerp historisch was (de strijd voor vrouwenkiesrecht in Engeland aan het begin van de 20ste eeuw), zaten er ook veel niet-historische elementen in mijn scriptie. Naast ideeën en inzichten uit de historische discipline gebruikte ik namelijk ook theorieën van de…

Dear HHP Students, I’m excited to announce that Eureka will organise a visit to the concert on the 20th of June! The Utrechtse Studenten Concert will play Tchaikovsky’s sixth symphony and Nielsen’s fifth symphony in the ‘grote zaal’ in Tivoli Vredenburg (Utrecht). If you’ve ever been curious about the world of classical music or are already familiar with…

Emin Ayverdi, geboren op 15 april 1997 in Dordrecht en is actief als commissielid in de Gemeenteraad van Dordrecht namens de fractie DENK Dordrecht. Daarnaast is hij een tweedejaars honoursstudent aan de Universiteit Utrecht, waar hij Geschiedenis en Internationale Betrekkingen studeert. Hij probeert zich te onderscheiden door zijn inzet voor zowel zijn academische studie als…

A few weeks ago, Bo Davids went to visit the archives in Bruges to glean more information and materials for their Honours Thesis. Her thesis concerns the multifaceted relationship between the Belgian city of Bruges and the Burgundian Valois duke Charles the Bold (r. 1419-1467). She explores the diplomatic and symbolic relationship between these actors…

Dr. Natalia Petrovskaia has been working at Utrecht University for several years and has been HHP domain coordinator of History and Art History since 2022. Here, she is constantly developing the programme, the students and herself. Natalia is a true medievalist and is working on several projects to further immerse herself in that era. Her…

Throwback to January, 26: The Biodiversity Workshop by the Humanities Honours ‘ The End of Evolution”? Biodiversity in the Historical Perspective of the “Anthropocene” course members.

Featuring two discussion panels by five biodiversity experts from our own Utrecht University and beyond, as well as the lecture by Matthias Glaubrecht, the workshop united Honours students, professors and researchers from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. To get more insight on the details of the day, read up on the article about it in the Honours Community blog

Dear all, The final plenary meeting for all thesis writers will take place on the 18th of June from 17:00-19:30 in the Lutherse Kerk! Here everyone will present their thesis in the form of a poster presentation. The poster session will consist of two rounds so that everyone will have time to walk around the location…