Dear student,   The Honours Community Day on May 10th is fast approaching, and an integral part of this event will be the student exhibition. This exhibition is the perfect moment for you to share an honours achievement you are proud of! Do you have something that you would like to show off to the…

Dear students and staff, The Honours Community Day is approaching, and we would hereby like to warmly and officially invite you to join us on this special day! Please find below an invitation with more information on the day itself, the exciting programme and a link where you can sign up at the end.  …

Door Robert Snitselaar   Op 31 januari 2023, een kille, regenachtige dag, betrad een delegatie van studenten van het Humanities Honourse Programme van de Universiteit Utrecht het terrein van Huis Doorn, de laatste rustplaats van de laatste Duitse keizer, Wilhelm II van Hohenzollern. In dit landhuis sleet hij de laatste 21 jaar van zijn leven….

Dear students and colleagues,   The Honours Community Day is approaching, and it’s shaping up to be a fascinating event! This is your chance to experience the honours community like never before, so don’t forget to save the date and keep an eye out for sign-ups!     What is the Honours Community Day?   …

Door Eva Luberti. Tweedejaars Honoursstudent van het Humanities Honours Programme.   Toen velen van jullie het eeuwenlange volksfeest aan het vieren waren, genaamd carnaval, kon ik het niet vanuit Italië missen, dus besloot ik mij te wagen aan Carnevale di Venezia. Maar hoe is carnaval in Venetië ontstaan? Carnevale valt te ontleden als carnem levare….

Dear honours students,   On the 13th of April, you are cordially invited to visit the permanent Escher exhibition in Het Paleis, The Hague, together with a group of students. Escher is a cornerstone of Dutch art; he fused mathematics, Arabic mosaics and lithography into astonishing creations. Although he wasn’t very well-known during his lifetime,…

Dear students, During the Honours Community Day on May 10th, we will once again award the most inspiring honours teacher with the honours Teacher of the Year award! With this award we want to appreciate and stimulate the great work honours teachers are doing within our university. And the best part is: The candidates for the…

Dear student, Do you love to travel? Are you a motivated and curious student? Well, then the NWIB Summer School is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. The NWIB Summer School Facilitated by UU Honours College, this summer you can conduct engaging interdisciplinary research in Athens, Rome, or Florence. Exploring questions of cultural heritage, art…

11 November is the day… that the history honours group left for Berlin! After a meetup at Utrecht Centraal in the early morning, we traveled to the Hauptbahnhof Meininger Hotel. There we dropped all the luggage before walking towards East Side Gallery. This walk, which lasted for about an hour and a half, allowed us…

During the first plenary meeting of this academic year, Tessel Janse gave an inspiring talk about collaboration, which was also the theme of this introductory meeting. Discussing what collaboration means, not just for her, but also what it can and and should mean for (us) students, our universities and academia as a whole. You can…