Richard Calis has been working at Utrecht University since 2022 and has been HHP domain coordinator of History and Art History since this academic year, taking over from our current Honours director, Frans Willem Lantink. Richard has studied and worked in several places all over the world and is excited about the opportunity to introduce…

Dear Honours students, In less than two weeks, the biodiversity workshop with a lecture by Matthias Glaubrecht will take place! We cordially invite all of you to join. The biodiversity workshop will take place from 10:15AM at Drift 21, room 032 and the day will end with a lecture by Matthias Glaubrecht on The End of…

SAVE THE DATE: 26 JAN 10:00 to 18:00To all Honours students and -lecturers,  On the 26th of January, the students of the Good at Humanities-course: The End of Evolution are organizing a workshop centered around Biodiversity and the Anthropocene. The workshop will be held in a lecture room at the Drift and then Matthias Glaubrecht, author of the book…

Bonjour! As part of our portfolio, we (Michelle, JJ, Jill, Akke, Domien, and Floor) are organising a trip to PARIS🇫🇷. Join us on Friday 12 April as we board the train to Paris, on our way to three days full of interesting museums, walks through the gorgeous French capital, and, of course, ‘gezelligheid’. Some practicalities:…

Two weeks ago it was time for the annual Berlin trip of the HHP. On Friday the 10th of November the train to Berlin left at the early hour of 7 O’clock. At half past one our train arrived and we soon went to the “Three Little Pigs Hostel”, close to Checkpoint Charlie. Since the…

*English below* Beste Honoursstudent, Zoek je meer verdieping naast je studie? Dan stelt Historisch Tijdschrift Aanzet zich graag aan je voor. Wij zijn een populair-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift en bieden aan alle geschiedenisstudenten een platform voor hun academisch werk. Ofwel, studenten hebben de mogelijkheid hun papers, essays of scripties bij ons te publiceren. Om dit platform uit…

Door: Julia Baas, student Liberal Arts and Sciences Bij een menstruatiecyclus denk je misschien aan ongesteldheid en de eisprong, maar ben je je ervan bewust dat deze cyclus je emotionele huishouden elke dag beïnvloedt? Omdat de focus vaak ligt op de emoties rondom ongesteld worden, worden de andere emoties vaak over het hoofd gezien. Dit…

Dear students, As we are nearing the end of summer, and as the second-year HHP students have graduated and the first years will embark on their last Honors year, we reflect back on a marvellous year with many highlights. All the many activities and excursions, all the portfolios and especially all the fantastic thesis everyone…

Dear HHP students and instructors, A dog walks into an inn and says ‘I can’t see a thing. I’ll open this one.’ This seems to be the oldest recorded bar joke in history, from a 6000-year-old Sumerian clay tablet. As jokes can be a mystifying part of social interaction, the theme of the first plenary…

Heb jij ook al last van scriptiestress? Lig je al nachtenlang wakker over welk onderwerp je nou moet kiezen? En hoe ga je om met het stuk ‘Honours’ van de Honoursscriptie? Ook ik (Lotte Nieboer, schrijft aankomend jaar scriptie) zat met deze vragen. Daarom hebben Robert Snitselaar (net scriptie geschreven) en ik de handen ineengeslagen,…