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…

Throwback to January, 26: The Biodiversity Workshop by the Humanities Honours ‘ The End of Evolution”? Biodiversity in the Historical Perspective of the “Anthropocene” course members.

Featuring two discussion panels by five biodiversity experts from our own Utrecht University and beyond, as well as the lecture by Matthias Glaubrecht, the workshop united Honours students, professors and researchers from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. To get more insight on the details of the day, read up on the article about it in the Honours Community blog

Dear all, The final plenary meeting for all thesis writers will take place on the 18th of June from 17:00-19:30 in the Lutherse Kerk! Here everyone will present their thesis in the form of a poster presentation. The poster session will consist of two rounds so that everyone will have time to walk around the location…

Dear student, The Honours Community Day on May 16th is approaching, and an integral part of this event will be the student exhibition. This exhibition is the perfect moment for you to share an honours achievement that you are proud of! Do you have something that you would like to showcase to the UU honours community? This…

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…

Bonjour! As part of our portfolio, we (Michelle, JJ, Jill, Akke, Domien, and Floor) are organising a trip to PARIS🇫🇷. Join us on Friday 12 April as we board the train to Paris, on our way to three days full of interesting museums, walks through the gorgeous French capital, and, of course, ‘gezelligheid’. Some practicalities:…

Two weeks ago it was time for the annual Berlin trip of the HHP. On Friday the 10th of November the train to Berlin left at the early hour of 7 O’clock. At half past one our train arrived and we soon went to the “Three Little Pigs Hostel”, close to Checkpoint Charlie. Since the…

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…

Sinds 1 september is universitair docent Politieke geschiedenis Frans Willem Lantink directeur van het Humanities Honours Programme. Hij volgt onze vorige directeur, Koen Ottenheym, op. “Het Honours-onderwijs heeft mijn hart”, zegt Frans Willem. “Al zeven jaar was ik actief in het HHP als domeincoördinator voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis en heb ik op verzoek van de vorige vicedecaan Peter Schrijver…