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
14 May 2019
This book focuses on ambulatory performances and performative installations, asking how they stage movement and in turn mobilize the stage.
14 May 2019
Thinking Through Theatre and Performance presents a bold and innovative approach to the study of theatre and performance.
6 May 2019
InclUsion enables refugees to study at Utrecht University, but what should you do if you can't pay the travel costs to Utrecht?
Events
23 May 2019 12:00 - 13:30
You are warmly invited to the Gender and Diversity Hub’s brown bag conversation.
23 May 2019 13:00 - 17:15
The two-part seminar is jointly organised by the 'Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies (UCMS)' and the 'Technical Art History Colloquium (TAHC)'.
23 May 2019 16:00 - 25 May 2019 18:00
From 23 to 25 May the 'Performing Robots Conference: Dialogues Between Theatre and Robotics' will take place in Utrecht.
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