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7 February 2013
Onno Kosters is the winner of the fourth Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd, the biggest poetry contest in the Netherlands.

24 January 2013
The Meertens Institute has develop a website to study and map migration patterns over different periods of time in the Netherlands.

21 January 2013
META-NET has drawn up a Strategic Research Agenda, outlining how Europe can turn its linguistic and cultural diversity into a competitive advantage.

21 January 2013
Ernst-Otto Onnasch published a letter by Immanuel Kant in which he warns for governmental influence on the university.

13 December 2012
The Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds (PBCF) has commissioned Utrecht University to evaluate the impact of its activities in the post-war period.

12 December 2012
Four and five year old kids are perfectly able to learn English, according to a research on the effects of early foreign language education.

3 December 2012
Six programmes of the Faculty of Humanities were ranked highest in de 'Keuzegids', a brochure that helps future students to pick the right Bachelor or Master.

29 November 2012
In 'De taalcanon', fifty linguists describe what fascinates them about language, in a profound yet comprehensible manner.

26 November 2012
Prof. Duco Hellema published a book on the Dutch society in the seventies.

15 November 2012
Recently the second volume in the series 'Geschiedenis van Zeeland' has been published.

5 November 2012
Jeanne Holierhoek will be the second Translator in Residence and give guest lectures at the Master Programme Literair Vertalen.

5 November 2012
Prof. Els Stronks and Prof. Arnoud Visser have developed a digital research method for the study of historic reading practices: Annotated Books Online.

27 August 2012
Linguist Rick Nouwen and historian Ewout Frankema have received a ERC Starting Grant to establish a research line in the upcoming five years.

2 July 2012
The HORIZON-programme ‘E-Humanity Approaches to Reference Cultures′ has received a NWO research grant of €2 million.