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…

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Een korte schets van alle activiteiten tijdens een onderzoeksstage, geschreven door Emma Buijl, vierdejaars student English Language and Culture.   Zoals veel van jullie wel zullen herkennen, liep dit academisch jaar anders dan gepland voor mij doordat corona veel flexibiliteit vroeg. Zo werd mijn uitwisseling naar Edinburgh helaas geannuleerd, maar kwam in plaats hiervan een…

About Myself My name is Hille Verhorst, I’m a third-year Bachelor’s student at Utrecht University, currently rounding off my degree. I joined the Humanities Honours Program after my first year, excited to participate in what promised to be, and ultimately was, a valuable addition to my Bachelor’s. As a History student, the program allowed me…

New flesh is coming to join the cult that is the HHP. To give them a warm welcome (especially after starting their study in Corona times), we would like to introduce them to honours and Eureka via an introduction camp. But we can’t organize this camp without your help! We are looking for volunteers to…

Written by: Svetozara Bozhilova Books 4 Life Utrecht is a volunteer organization that promotes human rights by collecting and selling secondhand books, CDs, LPs and DVDs in Utrecht. The organization donates 90% of their proceeds to charitable projects and depends entirely on volunteers motivated to create change. Michiel Erkelens was interviewed to give insight to…

Are you always looking to learn more? Are you curious about those concepts that lie at the crossroads between multiple disciplines? Then the new podcast for you is: Travelling Concepts on Air. This podcast is hosted by anthropologist Dr. Tessa Diphoorn and legal scholar Dr. Brianne McGonigle Leyh, who are both teachers and researchers at Utrecht University. In…

In de driedelige podcast ‘Loop ik nou over dode mensen?’ nemen Gijs IJpelaar, Eva Luberti, Anne Jaegers en Tristan Hofkes je mee in de wereld van de middeleeuwse grafmonumenten. Want dat wat in de kerkvloer in eerste instantie lijkt op een overmaatse stoeptegel, blijkt een grafmonument te zijn. En een epitaaf aan de muur hangt…

Written by: Luuk Brouns Meet Charlie, a six-year-old labradoodle. Charlie is a very energetic dog and is often chasing Maya, the neighbour’s Japanese bobtail. Usually, when Charlie engages in one of his many pursuits, he barks at Maya loudly and chases her throughout the neighbourhood, until Maya finds safety in the old oak tree, in…