Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Mon, 29 Apr 2024 19:57:52 +0200 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Utrecht humanities scholars contributed to Flemish encyclopaedia https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-humanities-scholars-contributed-to-flemish-encyclopaedia Several humanities scholars and students have contributed to the latest (and digital) edition of the Encyclopaedia of the Flemish Movement. 137918 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Utrecht University students win KHMW Jan Brouwer Thesis Prizes 2024 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-university-students-win-khmw-jan-brouwer-thesis-prizes-2024 Oana Ciuraru (a former student of Dutch Literature and Culture) and Tara Tankink (Public Administration and Organisational Science) win a Jan Brouwer Thesis Award. 137824 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:51:00 +0100 Nieuws Introducing the Medieval Fox https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/introducing-the-medieval-fox Emeritus Professor of Dutch Literature to 1500 Paul Wackers was invited to write a short holistic book about the fox in medieval culture for a general public. 136139 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 09:50:00 +0100 Nieuws Ted Sanders visiting professor at Belgian Erasmus Chair https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ted-sanders-visiting-professor-at-belgian-erasmus-chair In 2023-2024, Professor of Dutch Language Use and Discourse Studies Ted Sanders will head the Desiderius Erasmus Chair of Nederlands over de grenzen at Université catholique de Louvain. 134134 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Frits van Oostrom on forty years of professorship: “It is all about discovering beauty” https://www.uu.nl/en/news/frits-van-oostrom-on-forty-years-of-professorship-it-is-all-about-discovering-beauty Extensive interview with distinguished professor and Dutch linguist Frits van Oostrom, who retires from Utrecht University on 12 May. 130484 Thu, 11 May 2023 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Prof. dr. Frits van Oostrom. Foto: Ed van Rijswijk Medieval Flanders was a cultural crossroads full of multilingualism https://www.uu.nl/en/news/medieval-flanders-was-a-cultural-crossroads-full-of-multilingualism Medieval scholar Jelmar Hugen saw people using Dutch, French and Latin interchangeably and wondered: why did some poets pepper their Dutch text with Latin quotations? 125208 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Frits van Oostrom to receive Visser-Neerlandia Prize https://www.uu.nl/en/news/frits-van-oostrom-to-receive-visser-neerlandia-prize The Algemeen-Nederlands Verbond awards the Visser-Neerlandia Prizes annually to people who dedicate themselves to the Dutch language and cultural community. 116578 Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws “I am well aware of the fact that some people regard English as a threat to the Dutch language” https://www.uu.nl/en/news/i-am-well-aware-of-the-fact-that-some-people-regard-english-as-a-threat-to-the-dutch-language Unesco’s City of Literature Utrecht asked literature scholar Mia You to write a poem in which she would combine Dutch and English. 113506 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Nieuws Seventeenth-century language education challenged young people to experiment with language https://www.uu.nl/en/news/seventeenth-century-language-education-challenged-young-people-to-experiment-with-language Els Stronks shows that young people at the time were challenged to observe their own use of language as an object of study, developing new knowledge about language. 113447 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:37:00 +0100 Nieuws Media attention for Geert Buelens’ new book about ‘environmental year’ 1972 https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/media-attention-for-geert-buelens-new-book-about-environmental-year-1972 An overview of Dutch media attention for Geert Buelens' newly published book 'What we knew back then: The forgotten green history of 1972'. 116294 Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws What we knew back then. The Forgotten Green History of 1972 https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/what-we-knew-back-then-the-forgotten-green-history-of-1972 New book by Professor of Modern Dutch Literature Geert Buelens about the environmental crisis over the years. 113091 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 11:31:00 +0100 Nieuws The Schrijfakademie teaches students how to turn their experiences into words https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-schrijfakademie-teaches-students-how-to-turn-their-experiences-into-words De online Schrijfakademie geleid door Els Stronks leert jongeren hun gevoelens en belevenissen omzetten in taal 111850 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:33:00 +0100 Nieuws Jan ten Thije project coordinator Multilingualism & Participation https://www.uu.nl/en/background/jan-ten-thije-project-coordinator-multilingualism-participation Jan ten Thije will continue to coordinate the project Multilingualism & Participation, to stimulate the participation of international staff and students in representative advisory bodies. 111616 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:41:00 +0100 Nieuws May contain traces of peanut: new research on allergen information gives concrete recommendations for the market https://www.uu.nl/en/news/may-contain-traces-of-peanut-new-research-on-allergen-information-gives-concrete-recommendations-for Researchers from Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht and TNO examined how people interpret and assess the allergen information on labels. 108325 Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Using business methods to diversify the student population of Dutch Language and Culture https://www.uu.nl/en/news/using-business-methods-to-diversify-the-student-population-of-dutch-language-and-culture How can the student intake of the bachelor’s degree in Dutch Language and Culture become more diverse? This Utrecht Young Academy project answers this questions using two innovative business methods: the Lean Startup Method and Sprint. 107652 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:23:00 +0200 Nieuws Op de vuist. Vijftig jaar politiek en protestliedjes in Nederland https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/op-de-vuist-vijftig-jaar-politiek-en-protestliedjes-in-nederland Laurens Ham's new book on protest music will be published this month at Ambos|Anthos Uitgevers. 101745 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:49:00 +0100 Nieuws Foto: Boudewijn de Groot tijdens een optreden in 1982. Bron: Wikimedia Utrecht students launch website about the climate crisis in Dutch literature https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-students-launch-website-about-the-climate-crisis-in-dutch-literature Students of the masters 'Dutch Studies', 'Literature Today' and 'Dutch Language and Culture: Education and Communication' have started a website on climate literature. 101488 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 13:13:00 +0100 Nieuws Foto: Unsplash/Hitoshi Suzuki Utrecht researchers receive Doctoral Grants for Teachers https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-researchers-receive-doctoral-grants-for-teachers Janneke Stuulen and Wendela de Raat have received Doctoral Grants for Teachers from the NWO. 99271 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:48:00 +0200 Nieuws Promoveren In memoriam Prof. W.P. (Wim) Gerritsen https://www.uu.nl/en/news/in-memoriam-prof-wp-wim-gerritsen On Thursday the 24th of October, emeritus professor Wim Gerritsen passed away unexpectedly. He was 84. 85915 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:48:00 +0100 Nieuws Prof.dr. W.P. Gerritsen My Mother's Mother's Mother https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/my-mothers-mothers-mother In June the book 'My Mother's Mother's Mother' will be published by Leiden University Press. 79273 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:23:00 +0200 Nieuws