Dear Honours graduates, A small reminder that we cordially invite you to the festive thesis symposium and closing ceremony on June 17th 2025. This special evening will be an opportunity for you to present your Honours thesis to your fellow students, friends, and family, and to celebrate the journey together. The ceremony will take place in the Lutheran…

Dear HHP members, The Honours Community Day is almost here!  Just to refresh your memory, here’s what you can look forward to: ✨ Student exhibition showcasing the exciting work honours education makes possible. 💡 Inspiring Workshops designed to stimulate new ways of learning/teaching 🤝 Opportunities to connect with honours students and staff from across the university. And that’s not all! During…

Dear fellow HHP-students, We are planning an exciting trip to the historical Dutch Waterline on May 23 and you are invited! The day starts at 1 pm at the busstation in Gorinchem (35 minute bus trip from Utrecht Central Station). We will go to Loevestein castle and dive into the epic escape story of Hugo…

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, 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….

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…

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…

Dear student of the Programme, Maybe you’ve been made aware already, but if you haven’t: the honours student journal has changed its name from Ongehoord to Echo. Some international students within the programme thought the name “Ongehoord” indicated that the journal was for submissions in Dutch only. This is, of course, not the case; we…