Blockchain is said to be a revolutionary technology: transparent, objective, and free of human error. But is it really? Inte Gloerich conducted PhD research.
"I think it is very important to understand education through its history." Diederik Burgersdijk is Assistant Professor in Classics and Ancient History at Utrecht University.
Lauren Gould recently received an FWO grant for research into algorithmic warfare and the role of AI in military conflicts. She explains the current state of affairs.
Every month, Emeritus Professor of University History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about Utrecht University’s long history. This time: wining and dining at Utrecht University.
On the 11th of December we celebrated the remarkable achievements of three master students and crowned the best migration-related thesis at Utrecht University.
From 2025 to 2027, a new project will bring Roman history to life across nine locations in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. Saskia Stevens reveals more.
Gertjan Plets leads the new international project Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations, which examines the colonial heritage of universities.
Rigney’s has showed that “cultural memory forms the foundation of our identity and social awareness, while also being a subject of debate and even conflict”.
Aikokul Ibraeva receives Hélène Phoa Gender Studies Research Thesis Prize 2024 for her research into how sexuality and gender have been constructed in Kyrgyz culture.
The conference organizers at Utrecht University welcome papers on the subject of the role of culture, in developing global perspectives on contemporary crimes, harms, and social injustices.
This issue of Junctions: Graduate Journal of the Humanities invites critical reflections on relationships, resistance, and solidarity that challenge and inspire.
The research focus area Sport & Society concludes with a special, digital magazine. But this is certainly not the end of Sport & Society as a theme in research and education.
Pooyan Tamimi Arab is awarded a Vidi grant for research on secularisation in Iran: how do Iranians truly feel about religion, atheism, and the separation of mosque and state?
As per 1 January 2025, Anna Gerbrandy and Rutger Claassen will be appointed the new scientific directors of the university-wide strategic theme Institutions for Open Societies (IOS).