Dear Honours graduates, A small reminder that we cordially invite you to the festive thesis symposium and closing ceremony on June 17th 2025. This special evening will be an opportunity for you to present your Honours thesis to your fellow students, friends, and family, and to celebrate the journey together. The ceremony will take place in the Lutheran…

Dear HHP members, The Honours Community Day is almost here!  Just to refresh your memory, here’s what you can look forward to: ✨ Student exhibition showcasing the exciting work honours education makes possible. 💡 Inspiring Workshops designed to stimulate new ways of learning/teaching 🤝 Opportunities to connect with honours students and staff from across the university. And that’s not all! During…

Dear fellow HHP-students, We are planning an exciting trip to the historical Dutch Waterline on May 23 and you are invited! The day starts at 1 pm at the busstation in Gorinchem (35 minute bus trip from Utrecht Central Station). We will go to Loevestein castle and dive into the epic escape story of Hugo…

Dear HHP members, On the 23rd of May, the Humanities Honours Programme (HHP) will organize a symposium with a kaleidoscopic perspective on cross-disciplinarity. The event will include general introductions to various cross-disciplinary fields by Utrecht University staff and guest speakers. It will explore several approaches, from the integration or assimilation of disciplines into neo-disciplines, to…

Little more than a month ago Titia Janssen, an Art History Honours student, told us all about her internship at Museum de Lakenhal and the exciting project she got to work on for her Masters thesis there: redesigning the Bakker Korff Room. An especially interesting task she got was getting to redesign the way in…

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…

Emin Ayverdi, geboren op 15 april 1997 in Dordrecht en is actief als commissielid in de Gemeenteraad van Dordrecht namens de fractie DENK Dordrecht. Daarnaast is hij een tweedejaars honoursstudent aan de Universiteit Utrecht, waar hij Geschiedenis en Internationale Betrekkingen studeert. Hij probeert zich te onderscheiden door zijn inzet voor zowel zijn academische studie als…

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…

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…