The Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON) is one of the four research institutes of the Faculty of Humanities. The researchers from the departments of Languages, Literature and Communication and Media and Culture Studies who belong to ICON are organised in the six research groups.
Research Groups
Interdisciplinary and international research
The members of these research groups often work together to explore issues concerning different facets of the role played by art, culture, and media in present-day society. Through their interdisciplinary projects, they contribute towards the university’s focus area's Cultures, Citizenship and Human Rights and Game Research, and to the strategic themes Institutions for Open Societies and Dynamics of Youth.
ICON scholars are also members of national research schools and are active in numerous international partnerships and networks in their various disciplines. Collaboration with other partners within society is also a key priority for ICON.
medieval studies | comparative literature | musicology | theatre studies | film studies | television studies | game studies | gender studies | media and data
News
12 November 2018
In November Boydell & Brewer published 'Piety and Polyphony in Sixteenth-Century Holland. The Choirbooks of St Peter’s Church, Leiden', a book by Eric Jas.
5 November 2018
The PCI announces its 8th film series with a selection of films that draw on a variety of different contexts in our postcolonial world.
19 October 2018
The Utrecht Data School was present at the annual congress Overheid 360°, a platform for data-driven solutions in public administration
Events
15 November 2018 15:30 - 17:00
On Thursday November 15 Ana Dragojlovic will give a 'Doing Gender Lecture' on Politics of Queer Affect.
20 November 2018 14:30 - 17:30
On 20 November the Gender & Diversity Hub organises a stakeholder meeting.
20 November 2018 15:00 - 17:00
On Tuesday 20 November, dr. Tom Idema will present his paper titled ‘Stages of Transmutation: Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism’.
Affiliated with
Institutions for Open SocietiesDynamics of YouthCultures, Citizenship and Human RightsGame ResearchDepartment of History and Art HistoryDepartment of Languages, Literature and CommunicationDepartment of Media and Culture StudiesUtrecht Centre for Medieval StudiesCentre for the HumanitiesFaculty of Humanities