Seed money granted to Youth & Identity projects
In the first ‘seed money’ round of the university’s strategic theme Youth & Identity, no less than 6 projects in which Humanities researchers are involved have been granted funding. In total, 13 of...
View ArticleLinguistics opens joint research centre with Chinese University of Hong Kong
Last week, Utrecht University (UU) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) signed an agreement to collaborate in a new research centre: the UU-CUHK Joint Centre for Language, Mind and Brain. The...
View ArticleRathenau Institute report about climate engineering
With the report ‘Klimaatengineering: hype, hoop of wanhoop?’ the Rathenau Institute wants to contribute to the political and societal debate about climate engineering in the Netherlands, in the context...
View ArticleUniversity-wide intranet early 2014
Whether you want to make reservations for a meeting room, see your salary information or know more about funding opportunities or leave days: as of early 2014 you will be able to find all information...
View ArticleBas van Bavel appointed Faculty Professor
As of 1 January 2014, Prof. Bas van Bavel is appointed Faculty Professor. His chair is titled Transitions of economy and society. Bas van Bavel is programme director of the university’s strategic theme...
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Wiljan van den Akker resigns as Dean on 1 September
Prof. Wiljan van den Akker will resign as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities on 1 September 2014. By September, Van den Akker will have been Dean for 8.5 years. During this period he has formed the...
View ArticleIngrid Robeyns appointed Professor of Ethics of Institutions
Effective 1 March 2014, Ingrid Robeyns has been appointed professor of Ethics of Institutions. She will occupy the newly established chair in the UU’s designated university strategic theme of...
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Marta Zarzycka and Iris van der Tuin appointed as NIAS Fellows 2014-15
Dr Iris van der Tuin and Dr Marta Zarzycka (both Gender Studies, both awarded an NWO Veni grant in 2011) have received a prestigious residential fellowship from the Netherlands Institute for Advanced...
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New book: ‘Communicating Observations in Early Modern Letters’
The case studies in this volume edited by Dr Dirk van Miert juxtapose instances of knowledge exchange across a variety of fields usually studied in isolation: anthropology, medicine, botany, epigraphy,...
View ArticleSign in for masterclass ‘Open Data & Women Peacebuilders’
In term 3 of the academic year 2013-2014 (February-April 2014) the Utrecht Data School cooperates with LokaalMondiaal and Oxfam Novib in hosting a masterclass data journalism. This masterclass will...
View ArticleNWO funding for projects about reading literature and about Spinoza
Two Humanities scholars from Utrecht University have been granted a subsidy by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in the Free competition Humanities. Dr Frank Hakemulder (Media...
View ArticleUU chooses Pure as successor of Metis
In 2014 a new research information system, Pure, will replace the current system Metis. In December Utrecht University has signed the contract with Elsevier/Atira, supplier of Pure. Research directors...
View ArticleMaarten Prak and Feike Dietz contenders for Teacher Awards
Maarten Prak (Professor of Economic and Social History) is one of three nominees for the 2013-2014 Utrecht University Teacher Award. In the category Young Teacher Talent Award Feike Dietz (lecturer...
View ArticleEurosa+ programme: mobility grants for study or research in South Africa
Recently, the fourth edition of the Erasmus Mundus programme has been launched: Eurosa+. The Eurosa+ programme offers mobility grants to European master students, doctoral researchers and staff to...
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Special issue of the Journal of Literary Semantics: Explorations in Cognitive...
The Journal of Literary Semantics, a peer-reviewed, international publication for literary and linguistics scholars, has recently published a special issue on the topic of ‘Explorations in Cognitive...
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Luther’s annotated Bible now online
Martin Luther used the bible for more than just reading: he also made numerous annotations in the margins. The pages of his bible are filled with comments that offer a fascinating picture of his...
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Write and Cite in English: Chicago Manual of Style available online
The University Library offers online access to the Chicago Manual of Style. This manual provides support for anyone writing English texts, for instance recommendations on punctuation, capitalization...
View ArticleCheck: has your PC migrated to Windows 7?
Most of the faculty’s PCs migrated to Windows 7 during the Christmas break. It is important you check the following: Everyone: check if you now have Windows 7. All PCs should be using Windows 7 before...
View ArticleCfH Writer in Residence 2014: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Centre for the Humanities, in cooperation with City2Cities festival and the Department of Languages, Literature and Communication at Utrecht University, has announced this year’s Writer in Residence:...
View ArticleSpiritual care alumna receives Leo Polak Thesis Award
Former student Madeleine Kievits has received the first prize in the Leo Polak thesis competition 2013. This prize (€ 1,250) is awarded by the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht. Madeleine was...
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