https://www.uu.nl/en en Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:16:03 +0200 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 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 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/celine-oldenhage-wins-tenth-verloren-publishersjohan-de-witt-thesis-prize Oldenhage wins the Master’s prize for her thesis Uit de zekerheid des doods en onzeker uure vandien, on graves and burials in Amsterdam’s churches after 1578. 137531 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 15:24:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/together-making-bonairean-heritage-belong-to-the-people-of-bonaire-again Samenwerking tussen Terramar Museum op Bonaire en Universiteit Utrecht. Het doel: geen tentoonstelling voor cruisetoeristen, maar een postkoloniale expositie voor en door Bonairianen. 136464 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:30:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-project-anchors-gas-extraction-history-in-groningen-landscape In the Groningen landscape, you will find few signs that directly refer to gas extraction. Utrecht University scholars Gertjan Plets and Nikkie Wiegink aim to change this. 135774 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/dissertating-geography-an-inquiry-into-the-making-of-student-geographical-knowledge-1950-2020 In Dissertating Geography, Assistant Professor of Cultural History Mette Bruinsma examines the history of geography from a bottom-up perspective. 135368 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:52:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/forensic-cultures-in-modern-europe The influence of expert witnesses in the courtroom does not only depend on the available scientific knowledge or technology, international, comparative research shows. 132611 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:21:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/refugees-share-their-stories-in-uu-podcasts An intimate look at the experience of seeking asylum in the Netherlands is given in three podcasts. In this powerful set of personal interviews, we learn about the asylum procedure and building a new life in the Netherlands. 131602 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:30:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-recovered-music-that-tells-the-200-year-old-story-of-dutch-revolutionaries The music of the Dutch revolutionary years around 1800 has been brought back to life. What it sounded like? Listen for yourself and let Renée Vulto tell you more. 131172 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:40:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/students-advise-new-museum-and-documentation-centre-on-groningen-earthquakes EPIQ had asked the students to identify the needs that Groningen youths have regarding the new centre. 129334 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 10:28:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/research-into-dutch-queer-history-which-is-constantly-evolving Marijke Huisman has received a grant from the Lira Fund Foundation to conduct research for her forthcoming book ‘Queer History of the Netherlands’. 128425 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 13:07:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/we-want-to-internationalise-and-diversify-european-historiography With ‘The European Experience’, European historians contribute to a ‘multi-perspective’ study of European history. Assistant Professor Jochen Hung is one of them. 128311 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/one-year-of-war-in-ukraine-is-there-a-way-out With four humanities scholars from different disciplines, we analyse the current state of affairs and look ahead: what are possible outcomes of this war? 128045 Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:27:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/recent-advice-on-the-history-of-the-former-dutch-east-indies-should-be-more-broadly-applied Dr Hanneke Tuithof was on the committee Strengthening Knowledge of History of the Former Dutch East Indies, which carried out research on behalf of the State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport. 127884 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/seven-nwo-open-competition-grants-for-uu-humanities-scholars Seven Utrecht humanities scholars have been awarded research grants for their research projects in NWO’s Open Competition. 127430 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:10:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/moderate-modernity-the-newspaper-tempo-and-the-transformation-of-weimar-democracy Assistant Professor of Cultural History Jochen Hung traces the history of “Germany's most modern newspaper” during the rise of the Nazis. 127342 Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-intangible-heritage-thesis-prize-in-memory-of-albert-van-der-zeijden The prize for the best theses on intangible heritage is in honour of historian Albert van der Zeijden, who suddenly passed away last year. 122210 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 14:07:00 +0200 Nieuws 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 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/who-or-what-makes-europe-major-research-project-seeks-more-inclusive-continent The Dutch Research Agenda funds research program "Re/Presenting Europe: Popular Representations of Diversity and Belonging." 114953 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:47:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/moeds-virtual-exhibition-decolonial-dialogues-with-the-golden-coach-examines-controversial-side MOED's new exhibition makes connections between the royal Golden Coach and the way the Dutch colonial past is commemorated in the Netherlands. 114332 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:32:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/diantha-vliet-wins-emerging-scholars-competition-in-black-european-studies Vliet won with her dissertation on the discourse of the Zwarte Piet debate and the relationship between memory, nation and racism in the Netherlands. 113118 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws