Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:53:55 +0200 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:19:00 +0200 “Music is not an extra, it's a basic necessity” https://www.uu.nl/en/news/music-is-not-an-extra-its-a-basic-necessity Music and computer science are the two passions of Anja Volk. By connecting these two fields, the professor of Music Information Computing hopes to unlock the fundamental role of music in our lives. 139923 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:19:00 +0200 Nieuws The Palgrave Handbook of Music in Comedy Cinema https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-palgrave-handbook-of-music-in-comedy-cinema In The Palgrave Handbook of Music in Comedy Cinema, Emile Wennekes and Emilio Audissino tackle the understudied relationship between music en comedy cinema. 136122 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:58:00 +0100 Nieuws Moira de Kok and Jarne van der Poel win 2022-2023 thesis awards https://www.uu.nl/en/news/moira-de-kok-and-jarne-van-der-poel-win-2022-2023-thesis-awards Thesis awards for research on the privatisation of the social housing sector and the intertwining of music and the concept of solidarity. 133581 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Why Mary of Hungary was gifted a canon of music on a tablecloth https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/why-mary-of-hungary-was-gifted-a-canon-of-music-on-a-tablecloth In the mini-documentary Sancta Maria Succurre Miseris, music scholar Eric Jas explains the underlying message and why the composer chose this printing method. 128930 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:42:00 +0100 Nieuws Advances in Speech and Music Technology: Computational Aspects and Applications https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/advances-in-speech-and-music-technology-computational-aspects-and-applications The book, edited by Professor of Musicology Emile Wennekes and others, presents developments in speech and music technology in the domain of audio signal processing. 127557 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:56:00 +0100 Nieuws Rubicon grants for Utrecht humanities research in Germany https://www.uu.nl/en/news/rubicon-grants-for-utrecht-humanities-research-in-germany Lecturers and recently promoted researchers Wouter Capitain and Jan Overwijk will receive Rubicon funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 126798 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:44:00 +0100 Nieuws Advances in Speech and Music Technology https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/advances-in-speech-and-music-technology Emile Wennekes is co-editor of a publication that presents recent research in the field of speech and music processing. 110109 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 09:11:00 +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 Sounding the Past: Music as History and Memory https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/sounding-the-past-music-as-history-and-memory Recently, the essay collection 'Sounding the Past' was published, edited by Karl Kügle. 101930 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:08:00 +0100 Nieuws Boek Sounding the Past Charlie Parker's life and music https://www.uu.nl/en/background/charlie-parkers-life-and-music Emile Wennekes wrote a piece on Charlie Parker in honour of what would have been Parker's 100th birthday. 99087 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:29:00 +0200 Nieuws Charlie Parker In memoriam of Dr Ulrike Hascher-Burger https://www.uu.nl/en/news/in-memoriam-of-dr-ulrike-hascher-burger Musicologist Dr Ulrike Hascher-Burger died on 21 April 2020, aged 64. 96233 Mon, 18 May 2020 11:25:00 +0200 Nieuws Dr. Ulrike Hascher-Burger Utrecht researchers join forces with rapper Willie Wartaal to compete in AI song contest https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-researchers-join-forces-with-rapper-willie-wartaal-to-compete-in-ai-song-contest “Using artificial intelligence to generate music is a really interesting challenge” 94293 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Cinema Changes: Incorporations of Jazz in the Film Soundtrack https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/cinema-changes-incorporations-of-jazz-in-the-film-soundtrack Brepols Publishers recently published 'Cinema Changes: Incorporations of Jazz in the Film Soundtrack', a book by Emile Wennekes. 76333 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:24:00 +0200 Nieuws Research rated very good and excellent at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry https://www.uu.nl/en/news/research-rated-very-good-and-excellent-at-the-institute-for-cultural-inquiry Five out of six ICON research groups scored ‘very good’ on research quality. The quality of the Gender Studies group was even rated ‘excellent’. 73999 Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:05:00 +0100 Nieuws © iStockphoto.com The Instant Composers Pool and Improvisation Beyond Jazz https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-instant-composers-pool-and-improvisation-beyond-jazz In October Routledge published 'The Instant Composers Pool and Improvisation Beyond Jazz', a book by Dr Floris Schuiling. 70375 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:25:00 +0100 Nieuws Piety and Polyphony in Sixteenth-Century Holland. The Choirbooks of St Peter’s Church, Leiden https://www.uu.nl/en/news/piety-and-polyphony-in-sixteenth-century-holland-the-choirbooks-of-st-peters-church-leiden In November Boydell & Brewer published 'Piety and Polyphony in Sixteenth-Century Holland. The Choirbooks of St Peter’s Church, Leiden', a book by Eric Jas.  68621 Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:17:00 +0100 Nieuws Second class of Humanities Honours students graduated https://www.uu.nl/en/news/second-class-of-humanities-honours-students-graduated During the final meeting, 21 Humanities students withing the Humanities Honours programme presented their theses and subsequently received their certificates. 51434 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 11:32:00 +0200 Nieuws Karl Kügle joins editorial board of Plainsong and Medieval Music https://www.uu.nl/en/news/karl-kugle-joins-editorial-board-of-plainsong-and-medieval-music Kügle joins editorial board of Plainsong and Medieval Music, a leading international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to research in music of the Middle Ages. 41733 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 12:18:00 +0200 Nieuws prof. dr. Karl Kügle Michiel Kamp publishes book ‘Ludomusicology: Approaches to Video Game Music’ https://www.uu.nl/en/news/michiel-kamp-publishes-book-ludomusicology-approaches-to-video-game-music ‘Ludomusicology’ is a new volume that presents a musicological approach to video game music. 41501 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:19:00 +0200 Nieuws Ludomusicology Eight Humanities scholars receive Veni grant from NWO https://www.uu.nl/en/news/eight-humanities-scholars-receive-veni-grant-from-nwo This grant enables the young researchers to work on a project of their own for three years. 41361 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:24:00 +0200 Nieuws