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This book, edited by Michael Burke, presents innovative research on the possible interactions between literary studies and cognitive science.

Symposium Ecogames: Game Research meets Sustainability

In October 2015 the focus area Game Research awarded its first seed money grants to 10 interdisciplinary teams. The results turned out to be very diverse.

The new international academic programme NEW FACES asks the question what we can learn from Shakespeare’s world about the current crisis in Europe.

In this book, David Onnekink reinterprets the view that the Dutch Forty Years War (1672-1713), was a struggle against the expansionism of Louis XIV.

The Tanner Lectures aim to contribute to the intellectual and moral life of humankind. Rosi Braidotti's talks are jointly titled 'Posthuman, All Too Human.'

During Webinar Week there will be four webinars on Master's programmes in the Humanities at Utrecht University

This book, edited by Marie-Christine Kok-Escalle, is the first to take a close look at how French was used outside of France, in personal and private life.

This book, edited by Marie-Christine Kok Escalle, offers an interdisciplinary interpretation of the functions of multilingualism in identitybuilding.

This book considers the contribution that young writers have made to life writing genres as well as their innovative use of independent and social media.

Starting from 1 January 2017 dr. Albert van der Zeijden is visiting researcher Intangible Heritage Studies at the Cultural History research group.

Birgit Kaiser and Kathrin Thiele edited this vocabulary to understand critique as a much broader practice than merely a textual one.

The Digital Humanities Lab delivered “Catharijneverhalen” to the Museum Catharijneconvent (St. Catherine's Convent Museum).

Prof. Roberta D’Alessandro has joined Utrecht University on January 1, 2017 as professor in Syntax and Language Variation at the Faculty of Humanities.

Arab Subcultures: Transformations in Theory and Practice sets out to delineate different ways of studying and theorising Arab subcultural practices and groups

Nintendo makes smart moves that tie in with our nostalgia, but why now? René Glas (Media en Performance Studies) gives his views.

In this book, Wim Denslagen explores how travellers described the cityscapes of London, Paris and New York, three world capitals admired for their beauty.

Mayke de Jong and Irene van Renswoude edited a special issue in which they explore the public debate in Late Antiquity and Early Medieval Western society.

The online platform Radio Garden allows users to explore an interactive globe filled with radio’s past and present.

In this book, Karin van Es develops a comprehensive understanding of liveness today, and clarifies the stakes surrounding the category of the ‘live’.