Hey, you! Have you heard of the latest news about the first successful revival of the woolly mammoth? If not, then you have successfully avoided another round of fake news. Whether it is alien abduction, flat earth theories, gossip, or the latest political developments, fake news is an unavoidable part of a rapid flow of…

Dear all, On the 14th of May there will be a plenary meeting with the theme: ‘fake news’. Academics ánd professional experts on will be invited to speak during the evening about the implications of fake news for democracy. Furthermore, there will be plenty of time for interaction and discussion. The event will take place…

Dear students, The Kick-off Honours Year event is fast approaching, and you’re invited! In this email you’ll find a more detailed programme of what to expect during the evening, as well as the registration link. During this festive evening you’ll get to meet honours students and staff from all of the UU’s honours programmes, with…

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…

Beste HHP studenten en -docenten, Het mag dan wel the season to be jolly zijn, but fast away the old year passes. So ye lads and lasses, Save this Date! De eerste plenaire bijeenkomst van het nieuwe jaar zal plaatsvinden op dinsdag 24 januari (17:00 – 19:15), Parnassos café, Kruisstraat 201. Deze bijeenkomst is verplicht voor alle honoursstudenten. Het thema van de…

See below for English Beste scriptanten,   Heb je het honourselement van je scriptie al uitgekristalliseerd, of zit je nog in een verkennende fase – met te veel doorgestreepte ideeën in je notebook? In beide (of andere) gevallen is het een goed idee om eens, onder het genot van een drankje, bij te praten met…

Sign up deadline 26th of October Honours directors, teachers and students are all welcome on this evening to celebrate the new academic year  with the honours community. The evening will be a great opportunity to get to know others within the honours community and explore different practices of teaching in honours education. Click on the…

Honours goes to the exotic Doorn! We (Tomas, Robert, Lotte) are organizing an visit to Huis Doorn, home to the last German emperor, on October 21, with a talk by Frans Willem Lantink! The visit to this historical heritage will take place between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., where you can enjoy no less than…

Dear humanities honours students and -lecturers, With the summer holidays ahead it may seem far away, but be sure to mark it in your calendar: the opening of the honours year & a welcome to all new humanities honours students. This first plenary meeting will be devoted to the theme of collaboration. It will take…

    Dear Humanities Honours students and instructors, It’s almost time; on the 31st of May the long-awaited Plenary meeting will be taking place. It will be held at the Utrecht Observatory Sonnenborgh (Zonnenburg 2) from 17:15 to 20:00.The theme of the evening will be Identity. The program includes two lectures from guest speakers: Kees Terlouw and Onessa Novak. Kees Terlouw is a political…