HUMmagazine - News

Thijs Weststeijn, Eric Jorink and Frits Scholten pioneer in applying global art history to the Low Countries in 'Netherlandish Art in its Global Context'.

Utrecht historians Laurien Crump and Elmar Hellendoorn contributed to 'Negotiating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty'.

In his book Brera demonstrates how the policies of the Holy Office aimed mainly to support the Holy See and its attempts to catholicise public opinion.

These fellowships facilitate education-related research at European Liberal Arts and Sciences institutions.

Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History covers Northern and Eastern Europe in the period 1600-1700.

Utrecht Young Academy is a new platform for excellent young academics.

Digital Humanities Lab develops full-text search application to search the newspaper archive of the Dutch Royal Library.

In this book scholars from various disciplines explore issues related to identity and religion, that people encounter when affected by migration dynamics.

Professor Dr José van Dijck will be appointed Distinguished Professor of Utrecht University as of 1 January 2017.

In this book Umar Ryad focuses on the political perceptions of the Hajj, its appeal on Muslims and the role of Europe in pre-colonial and colonial empires

Sandra Ponzanesi was guest editor of a special issue of the journal Transnational Cinemas. The contributions reflect on Europe, postcolonialism, and cinema.

The research group Microcosms of the Holocaust aims to push forward microhistorical approaches in the field of Holocaust Studies.

Centre for the Humanities started a collaboration with HKU and theatre Aluin: 'Permanence of the Classics'.

The digital version of Iconic Religion’s accompanying exhibition, The Urban Sacred is now online.

Experts in multilingualism Dr Jacomine Nortier and Dr Elma Blom both are in the top 20 most cited articles of the International Journal of Bilingualism

The leader of the group of 21 students who created the Dare to be Grey campaign wins prize for the category Pioneers.

Joas Wagemakers presents the diversity among quietist Salafis on a range of ideological and political issues, particularly their relationship with the state.

In collaboration with the University Library Museum Catharijneconvent presents the exhibition Holy Scripture.

In this study, Rita Schlusemann provides a comparative analysis of Dutch romance novels against the background of the Dutch-German cultural transfer.

As part of the project Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Toon Dirkx MA blogs about the upcoming Afghanistan conference.