Dear HHP Students, Since we are  already in may, the end of the academic year is approaching fast  and for many of you, that means completing your bachelor’s thesis. Congratulations on reaching this milestone! To celebrate the end of your honours journey, we are once again organising a closing ceremony. This year’s ceremony will take…

HHP visit to the Textile Museum in Tilburg  Dear HHP students, On the 9th of April we visited the Textile Museum in Tilburg, situated in the old textile factory of the city. We were with a group of seven women, and most of us travelled together from Utrecht central station to the museum. On arrival our shared interest in crafting immediately came to the surface as we were collectively intrigued by the yarn cones that were used as…

  Dear Humanities Honours students and lecturers,   The poster presentation and plenary meeting of Tuesday, January 20th, is fast-approaching! Our second plenary meeting of the year has the theme of Friendship throughout History, and will take place at the Playground, Vening Meinesz Building A (Princetonlaan 8a). This meeting is mandatory for all HPP students, not just first year students….

Dear HHP students, On Friday December 12th, the Flemish-Dutch Philosophers’ day will be organized in Utrecht! The day will be organized by UU Liberal Arts teacher (and involved with the HHP) Simon Gusman. The theme  for this year is Beyond Boundaries  and there will be various speakers exploring the question how philosophers should interact with…

By Elena Lamprou and Sophie Lammers Dear HHP members, On the 19th of June, we —alongside eight more HHP History students— visited the exhibition “Lebensborn: Birth Politics of the Third Reich” at Kunsthal Rotterdam. The exhibition is based on Angeniet Berkers’ homonymous book, which she compiled over a five-year period of research on archival material…

By Alya Khairunnisa, Sven Nome, Anna Ratkovich and Sonny Ngo   On Monday, 11th of November, HHP students from the department of Media and Culture studies received an invitation from its coordinator Rick Dolphijn to attend the opening of the More-than-Human Studies Lab Programme of the Centre for Sustainable Development, a collaboration between the University…

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…

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…