https://www.uu.nl/en en Sat, 04 May 2024 15:04:27 +0200 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 09:50:00 +0100 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 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 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 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/research-is-opening-up-the-boundaries-in-my-thinking Veerle Fraeters will be appointed Professor of Middle Dutch literature and culture at the University of Utrecht on 1 January. 126195 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:31:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-papers-multilingual-dynamics-of-medieval-literature-in-western-europe We invite proposals for twenty minute papers addressing any aspect of medieval literature and literary culture. 113554 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:33:00 +0100 Nieuws 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 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/natalia-petrovskaia-wins-jias-essay-prize Natalia Petrovskaia has won the biennial JIAS essay prize for her essay ‘Peredur and the Problem of Inappropriate Questions’. 109842 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:26:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-arthur-of-the-low-countries The book is edited by Bart Besamusca and Frank Brandsma. 103786 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:12:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/frank-brandsma-wins-james-randall-leader-prize-2019 Frank Brandsma wins the Randall James Leader Prize 2019 with his piece on the 'Roman of Moriaen'. 97177 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws King Arthur's knights, gathered at the Round Table to celebrate the Pentecost, see a vision of the Holy Grail (c. 1475). Bron: Wikimedia https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/early-printed-narrative-literature-in-western-europe Last month, De Gruyter published 'Early Printed Narrative Literature in Western Europe', edited by Bart Besamusca, Elisabeth de Bruijn and Frank Willaert. 86833 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:03:00 +0100 Nieuws 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 https://www.uu.nl/en/background/tolkien-and-the-movie-about-his-life-a-critical-analysis We spoke with Frank Brandsma and Dan Hassler-Forest about the new movie, and the life and work of Tolkien. 78675 Mon, 27 May 2019 13:07:00 +0200 Nieuws J.J.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) https://www.uu.nl/en/news/andrea-van-leerdam-receives-two-american-fellowships-for-research-into-early-modern-reading Andrea van Leerdam has been awarded two American research fellowships. 74221 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:15:00 +0100 Nieuws Handgekleurde 'zodiakman' (detail) in Der scaepherders kalengier (1516), Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division 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 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/els-rose-appointed-professor-late-and-medieval-latin Els Rose has been appointed Professor Late and Medieval Latin at the Department of Languages, Literature and Communication starting from 15 February 2018. 57569 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:17:00 +0100 Nieuws Dr. Els Rose https://www.uu.nl/en/news/eight-masters-programmes-in-humanities-ranked-first-in-keuzegids Eight Humanities programmes have been ranked best in their field, according to Keuzegids Masters 2017. 48781 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:09:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/three-new-professors-at-the-faculty-of-humanities Bart Besamusca and Hugo Quené are appointed as of 1 August 2016, Thijs Weststeijn as of 1 October. 41529 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:54:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/five-projects-receive-funding-from-nwo-phds-in-the-humanities Exceptional success for Utrecht University: all five Utrecht candidates have been awarded a PhD position. 39705 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:26:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-prose-brut-and-other-late-medieval-chronicles This volume focuses on the histories of chronicles composed in England, with a focus on texts belonging to the Prose 'Brut' tradition. 37591 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:31:00 +0200 Nieuws The Prose Brut and Other Late Medieval Chronicles https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-book-on-the-narrative-structure-of-medieval-romance-parzival In 'Spiegelungen. Paradigmatisches Erzählen in Wolframs 'Parzival'', Julia Richter studies the narrative structure of Wolfram von Eschenbach's 'Parzival'. 34309 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 08:31:00 +0100 Nieuws