HUMmagazine - Events

Bringing together some 400 speakers, the conference creates a platform for the most recent research in the field of Persian and Iranian studies.

On Wednesday 26 August, Anna van Oosterzee will defend her dissertation ‘The Future of Psychiatric Diagnostics: Philosophical Reflections on Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health Care’.

On Thursday 27 August, Maarten Holtzapffel will defend his dissertation ‘Of Love and Wisdom: The Appeal of Rūmī’s Qalandarī Poetry in the Modern World’.

The annual celebration of the start of the academic year of Utrecht University will take place at 31 August 2026.

On Wednesday 2 September, Ohad Ben Shimon will defend his dissertation ‘Articulating Embodiment in Knowledge-Intensive Institu-Situations’.

On Wednesday 2 September, Lara Bergers will defend her dissertation ‘Victims, Perpetrators and the Investigation of Sexual Violence’.

On Thursday 10 September, Nisrine Chaer will defend the dissertation ‘The Paradox of Respectability and the Pitfalls of Gender Queer Migration in Lebanon and the Netherlands’.

Kom naar de IOS Community Day op 17 september en geef samen met ons vorm aan de toekomst van interdisciplinair onderzoek binnen de universiteit.

During this online lecture, Julian Posada (Yale University) explores the invisible labour behind AI. Does AI widen the gap between the people who make it possible and the companies that profit from it?

If universities and Defence would collaborate in AI research, what rules of engagement would need to be formulated? In this dialogue, we discuss concerns, dilemmas and suggestions.

Feel free to welcome this day with presentations about cultural justice by speakers from the Caribbean and the continental Netherlands.

From field to planet: researchers explore the hidden health and inequality impacts of pesticide use across local, regional, and global scales.

On Friday 2 October, Marta Olivi will defend her dissertation ‘Food That Matters: Food Figurations in Contemporary Anglophone Feminist Dystopias’.

Join us and explore the opportunities, dilemmas, and emerging governance models at the intersection of digital transformation, AI and sustainability transitions.

Join us on 3 November for the Pathways to Sustainability Festival: Just Landing: Sustainability in a Fractured World.

On 4 November 2026 the (online) Bachelor's Open Day of Utrecht University will take place.

On 20 November 2026 the first of two Bachelor's Open Days of Utrecht University will take place.

On 21 November 2026 the second of two Bachelor's Open Days of Utrecht University will take place.

On 13 March 2027 the Bachelor's Open Day of Utrecht University will take place.

On 3 November 2027 the (online) Bachelor's Open Day of Utrecht University will take place.