Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:18:40 +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 Call: Open Cities Reading Circles https://www.uu.nl/en/background/call-open-cities-reading-circles If you are starting a new research project and want to read specific scholarship, we invite you to suggest a reading circle within our Open Cities events. 139199 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws NWO Impact Explorer grant for research on teaching in the digitising classroom https://www.uu.nl/en/news/nwo-impact-explorer-grant-for-research-on-teaching-in-the-digitising-classroom Niels Kerssens has been awarded an NWO Impact Explorer grant for his research project on teaching in the digitising classroom and critical digital literacy. 138344 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Recommendations on the Use of Synthetic Data to Train AI Models https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/recommendations-on-the-use-of-synthetic-data-to-train-ai-models Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures Payal Arora co-wrote a United Nations University report with guidelines for training AI models through artificially generated data. 138388 Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:04:00 +0100 Nieuws “When it comes to digital culture, we need to look at the Global South” https://www.uu.nl/en/news/when-it-comes-to-digital-culture-we-need-to-look-at-the-global-south Newly appointed Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures Payal Arora explains why it is inevitable to look at the Global South when looking at AI and digital cultures. 138285 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Methods and Genealogies of New Materialisms https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/methods-and-genealogies-of-new-materialisms Methods and Genealogies of New Materialisms, co-edited by Iris van der Tuin, discusses over a decade of work in new materialist theorising and knowledge-making practice. 138120 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:58:00 +0100 Nieuws 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 Doing Digital Migration Studies: Theories and Practices of the Everyday https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/doing-digital-migration-studies-theories-and-practices-of-the-everyday Doing Digital Migration Studie, edited by Koen Leurs and Sandra Ponzanesi, offers a comprehensive entry into a variety of debates, interventions, and discussions. 137991 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:37:00 +0100 Nieuws Ecogames: Playful Perspectives on the Climate Crisis https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/ecogames-playful-perspectives-on-the-climate-crisis In Ecogames: Playful Perspectives on the Climate Crisis, a diverse group of authors explores different aspects of ecocritical engagement in and through games. 137091 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:22:00 +0100 Nieuws Disinformation in Africa: “Where do you go if you need the truth?” https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/disinformation-in-africa-where-do-you-go-if-you-need-the-truth Prof. dr. Bruce Mutsvairo talks about disinformation and propaganda on the African continent, and also about the role of Russia in the situation. 136623 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:49:00 +0100 Nieuws Jülide Sezer receives Hélène Phoa Gender Studies Research Thesis Prize 2023 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/julide-sezer-receives-helene-phoa-gender-studies-research-thesis-prize-2023 Sezer’s thesis is titled Sustaining Resistance, Cultivating Liberation: The Enduring Bond of Rooted-Resistance-Companionship between Palestinians and the Olive Trees. 136421 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws The Edinburgh Companion to the New European Humanities https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-edinburgh-companion-to-the-new-european-humanities Edited by Rosi Braidotti and Daan Oostveen, among others, this volume examines the rise of the ‘New’ Humanities. 136416 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:15:00 +0100 Nieuws Identity, Community, and Sexuality in Slash Fan Fiction https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/identity-community-and-sexuality-in-slash-fan-fiction Anne Kustritz explores slash fan fiction communities during the late 1990s and early 2000s as the practice transitioned from print to digital circulation. 136347 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:22:00 +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 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 Top Ten Fictional Narratives in Early Modern Europe https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/top-ten-fictional-narratives-in-early-modern-europe The book, edited by Helwi Blom, among others, examines ten of the most popular fictional narratives in early modern Europe (1470-1800). 135064 Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:48:00 +0100 Nieuws Transitions in Art, Culture and Politics https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/transitions-in-art-culture-and-politics Transitions in Art, Culture and Politics is edited in honour of the retirement of Emeritus Professor of Art, Culture and Diversity Rosemarie Buikema. 134799 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 17:05:00 +0200 Nieuws This is Not a Grail Romance: Understanding Historia Peredur Vab Efrawc https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/this-is-not-a-grail-romance-understanding-historia-peredur-vab-efrawc Assistant Professor Natalia Petrovskaia provides answers to important questions surrounding the medieval Welsh Arthurian tale Historia Peredur vab Efrawc. 134336 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:10:00 +0200 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 Vernacular Books and Their Readers in the Early Age of Print (c. 1450–1600) https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/vernacular-books-and-their-readers-in-the-early-age-of-print-c-1450-1600 Vernacular Books and Their Readers, edited by Andrea van Leerdam et al., explores approaches to study European vernacular books and reading practices in the 15th-16th centuries. 134119 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:59:00 +0200 Nieuws