Get to know the Master's
Would you like to get to know this programme better? On this page you will find when you can visit the MA Open Day, stories of our students and alumni, and profiles of our teaching staff.
Master's Open Day
Twice a year, we organise a Master鈥檚 Open Day where you can get to know our programme Cultural History and Heritage. You can join our information session, talk to our students and staff, and find out if this is the Master's for you.
General session for students of Universities of Applied Sciences (HBO)
The Faculty of Humanities will organise a general session for students of Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences who are interested in doing a Master鈥檚 programme, in which the main differences between 'hbo' and 'wo' are discussed ('Van hbo naar wo: ervaringen van onze premasterstudenten').
Master's Open Day
The next Master's Open Day will take place on Wednesday 8 October (online). More information can be found on or click on the button below to receive a notification when registration opens:
Testimonials
Cultural history is everywhere you decide to uncover it. So why not apply it to your passion?
Academic staff
Dr Ren茅e Vulto is Programme Coordinator
Ren茅e Vulto is one of the programme coordinators of the Master's programme. She is a musicologist and literary scholar, and has written a thesis on eighteenth-century Dutch revolutionary song culture. Her first monograph Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period (1780-1815) will be published with Amsterdam University Press in 2023. As a lecturer in Cultural History, Ren茅e is involved in teaching various courses in the BA and MA history tracks.
Dr Jochen Hung is Programme Coordinator
Jochen Hung is one of the programme coordinators of the Master's programme. His research focuses on the relationship between media, culture and society in modern history. He has published on gender representations in interwar culture, German-Jewish publishing and national identity, and youth culture in the Weimar Republic.