Dear HHP students, This april, on Tuesday the 8th, a viewing of the Italian movie Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (1964) will be hosted by Dr. Frans Willem Lantink. The movie was groundbreaking for its time, especially because of who directed it: the famous Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was gay, communist and anti-Catholic. Even more interesting is the…

Dear HHP students, Join on March 23 at Museum Catharijneconvent to admire the finest modernist works from the interwar period! Through the groundbreaking art of Wassily Kandinsky, Charley Toorop, Max Beckmann, and others, you will discover how artists in the 1920s and 1930s sought innovation and meaning—a quest that forever changed modern art. These impressive…

Dear HHP students and members, From the 25th to the 28th of October 2024, a group of students from the History- and Art History HHP programmes went on the annual trip to Berlin. As usual, the trip had a central theme: memory, time and heritage. Big themes, but ones that match perfectly with a place…

Dear HHP students and members, I think we can all remember all too well the news we got right before Christmas – that Utrecht University had to cut costs, and that most if not all bachelor’s level honours programmes would be abolished as a consequence, including our beloved HHP. Well, after weeks of uncertainty and…

Dear HHP members, With the start of this year’s HHP Research Seminar, there is no better time to look back on what happened during last year’s Seminars than now! Below you will find an overview of all the amazing projects our students worked on during block 3-4 last year, including short descriptions written by the…

In the early morning of Sunday the 8th of December, I boarded the train to Paris to see the opera Dialogues des Carmélites that played at the Thêatre des Champs-Elysées at 5 o’clock that afternoon. At this moment, I am writing my Honours thesis on this opera by Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963), because I…

Dear HHP students and lecturers, Mark your calendars, because the date for the upcoming Plenary Meeting of the Humanities Honours Programme has been set! On Tuesday, January 21st, from 17:00 to 19:30, join us for an exciting session on Artificial Intelligence at the Lutheran Church, Hamburgerstraat 9, Utrecht. This meeting is mandatory for all students…

Dear HHP students, In the early days of November, about a month ago, news broke about the future of the Humanities Honours Programme. To the disappointment of students and teachers alike, that future isn’t looking too bright, seeing as the HHP might disappear along with several faculties as part of the UU’s budget cuts (you…

20 December we are organizing an one time book-club in which we would like to discuss Nobel winner Han Kang’s novel the Vegetarian. This book club will be part of our portfolio activity, meaning only Honours students of all disciplines are allowed to sign up. The main goal for the book club will be having…

Dear students, On the 21st of January there will be a plenary meeting about the final projects from terrain exploration. Students who have completed the course will present their the projects that they have worked on in groups. Because of this year’s theme, which is Artificial Intelligence, there will be room for discussion about this…