HUMmagazine - News

All webinars will be hosted by our students and staff, who are ready to answer any questions during the Q&A session at the end.

The Utrecht Center for Game Research launched a magazine highlighting several research projects and researchers in the field of games.

An interdisciplinary group of scholars got together to address emerging issues related to big data in a joint-effort

The summer course Game Design and Development was offered by the University of Arts Utrecht (HKU) and Utrecht University from August 14-18, 2017.

How can sociolinguistics and urban geography enhance each other? That is what Jacomine Nortier and Irina van Aalst explored.

​The first book length overview of a central topic in psychology, linguistics, and philosophy, published in open access.

Store chain HEMA has announced to discontinue sex indications in children's clothing: no more “boys” or “girls” departments, but simply “kids”.

Alumni magazine Illuster interviewed Geert Buelens together with Director of Het Literatuurhuis Michaël Stoker about the visibility of literature in the city.

NWO spoke with Melvin Wevers on his research on the U.S. as reference culture.

On 15 September, professor Ann Rigney received an honorary doctorate from Aarhus University, Denmark.

Arnoud Visser, Nina Geerdink and Anna-Luna Post were awarded a KNAW grant to organise a colloquium on reputation in early modern Europe.

Prof. Sonja de Leeuw (professor of Dutch television culture in international context) has been invited to join the Academia Europaea.

Leonard Rutgers and Ortal-Paz Saar have been successful in securing a major competitive grant from the Rothschild Foundation.

Ryad and Lange received a grant to organise a KNAW colloquium to advance research in Arabo-Muslim Digital Humanities and Cultural Analytics.

Het boek van Martine Veldhuizen is verschenen in de serie Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy (USML 36)

Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk has been appointed as special professor Comparative History of Households, Gender and Work at Radboud University Nijmegen.

The book explores the dynamics of Christian ritual practices in their relation to a broader cultural framework.

Ellen Gerrits receives the grant for her research project 'Tracking speech and language development of Dutch children migrating to Australia'.

As of 1 august, Kiene Brillenburg Wurth has been appointed Head of Humanities at Utrecht University College (UCU) for the coming four years.

This book argues that the ability to adapt, innovate and learn from the past is crucial for the success of intelligence organizations. Co-edited by Eleni Braat.