Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:12:26 +0200 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0100 Book presentation Woodcuts as Reading Guides https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/book-presentation-woodcuts-as-reading-guides In Woodcuts as Reading Guides: How Images Shaped Knowledge Transmission in Medical-Astrological Books in Dutch (1500-1550), Andrea van Leerdam shows the importance of woodcuts. 136118 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Online glossary highlights European dimension of historical popular printing https://www.uu.nl/en/news/online-glossary-highlights-european-dimension-of-historical-popular-printing What is the difference between a journal and a gazette? And what is a hornbook? The new online Glossary of Early Modern Popular Print Genres offers answers. 134190 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:25:00 +0200 Nieuws The European Experience: A Multi-Perspective History of Modern Europe, 1500-2000 https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-european-experience-a-multi-perspective-history-of-modern-europe-1500-2000 Nearly one hundred historians from across Europe contributed to this book that aims to diversify the study of modern European history. 128116 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:02:00 +0100 Nieuws Anna-Luna Post wins Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome Van Woudenberg Dissertation Award https://www.uu.nl/en/news/anna-luna-post-wins-royal-netherlands-institute-in-rome-van-woudenberg-dissertation-award Anna-Luna Post received the Van Woudenberg Dissertation Prize from the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome for her PhD thesis ‘Claiming Fame for Galileo’. 122260 Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:01:00 +0200 Nieuws Galileo Galilei Printing Spinoza: A Descriptive Bibliography of the Works Published in the Seventeenth Century (Open Access) https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/printing-spinoza-a-descriptive-bibliography-of-the-works-published-in-the-seventeenth-century-open On 8 July the (open access) book Printing Spinoza, written by Jeroen van de Ven, will be launched. 120815 Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:23:00 +0200 Nieuws Memory and Identity in the Learned World. Community Formation in the Early Modern World of Learning and Science https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/memory-and-identity-in-the-learned-world-community-formation-in-the-early-modern-world-of-learning This publication, edited by Koen Scholten, Dirk van Miert and others, sheds new light on the formation of early modern scientific communities. 115675 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:22:00 +0200 Nieuws UCEMS Annual Lecture: The Dangerous Allure of Printing to Early Modern Global Protestant Mission https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ucems-annual-lecture-the-dangerous-allure-of-printing-to-early-modern-global-protestant-mission The UCEMS Annual Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Alec Ryrie (Durham University), on 28 June 2022 in the Academiegebouw in Utrecht (on-site or hybrid). 115063 Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:50:00 +0100 Nieuws UCEMS Publieksdag 2022: De vroegmoderne brief ontvouwd https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ucems-publieksdag-2022-de-vroegmoderne-brief-ontvouwd In 2022 vindt de publieksdag rondom het thema De vroegmoderne brief ontvouwd plaats op vrijdag 13 mei, van 13.00 tot 17.00 uur in het Utrechts Archief. 115079 Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:46:00 +0100 Nieuws NWO Vici grants for Ingrid Robeyns and Thijs Weststeijn https://www.uu.nl/en/news/nwo-vici-grants-for-ingrid-robeyns-and-thijs-weststeijn Robeyns will develop a framework to analyse visions for the future, Weststeijn will introduce a global perspective on Dutch seventeenth-century art. 114686 Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +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 Nina Geerdink and Andrea van Leerdam receive book historical Tiele-fellowships 2022 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/nina-geerdink-and-andrea-van-leerdam-receive-book-historical-tiele-fellowships-2022 Geerdink will conduct a two-month study of 17th-century booksellers privileges requested by authors, Van Leerdam will study 16th-century printed 'calendars of shepherds' in four languages. 113002 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:58:00 +0100 Nieuws Dolci detti. Dante, la letteratura e i poeti https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/dolci-detti-dante-la-letteratura-e-i-poeti Gandolfo Cascio has written a new book about Dante's views on literature and other authors' 'conversations' with his work. 108123 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:08:00 +0200 Nieuws Lettering Young Readers in the Dutch Enlightenment https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/lettering-young-readers-in-the-dutch-enlightenment Recently, Feike Dietz' new book has been published, titled 'Lettering Young Readers in the Dutch Enlightenment'. 108091 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 09:34:00 +0200 Nieuws Cultural historian Dirk van Miert new director of Huygens ING https://www.uu.nl/en/news/cultural-historian-dirk-van-miert-new-director-of-huygens-ing Starting 1 October, Dirk van Miert will be the new director of the Huygens ING, an Academy research institute dedicated to the study of history and culture. 107851 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:22:00 +0200 Nieuws Dr. Dirk van Miert Author Wilhelmus had political insight https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/author-wilhelmus-had-political-insight Els Stronks explains what is so special about the Dutch anthem in podcast 'Klassieke Mysteries'. 105896 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:02:00 +0200 Nieuws Sealed letters from the 17th century give away their secrets, without opening them https://www.uu.nl/en/news/sealed-letters-from-the-17th-century-give-away-their-secrets-without-opening-them An international research team has managed to read a sealed 17th-century letter using X-ray microtomography and algorithms. 104386 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws The Dutch Empire between Ideas and Practice, 1600–2000 https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-dutch-empire-between-ideas-and-practice-1600-2000 The book is published by Palgrave Macmillan and edited by René Koekkoek, Arthur Weststeijn and Anne-Isabelle Richard. 89057 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:10:00 +0100 Nieuws Who is Wearing the Pants? Relationships between Men and Women in the Early Modern Period https://www.uu.nl/en/news/who-is-wearing-the-pants-relationships-between-men-and-women-in-the-early-modern-period The battle of the sexes is one of the most prominent themes in the festive, joyful culture of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. 89053 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:32:00 +0100 Nieuws Het vrolijke huisgezin (met aan de linker en rechterkant van het schilderij, pijprokende figuren), Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1668. Bron: Rijksmuseum Apprenticeship in Early Modern Europe https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/apprenticeship-in-early-modern-europe In November Camebridge University Press published "Apprenticeship in Early Modern Europe". This book is edited by Maarten Prak a.o. 88667 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:03:00 +0100 Nieuws Crossing Borders, Crossing Cultures https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/crossing-borders-crossing-cultures This volume explores the challenges and possibilities of research into the European dimensions of popular print culture. 84281 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:53:00 +0200 Nieuws