/en en Mon, 05 May 2025 05:43:17 +0200 Thu, 01 May 2025 12:54:00 +0200 /en/news/most-leading-chatbots-routinely-exaggerate-science-findings It seems so convenient: asking ChatGPT or another chatbot to summarise a text to quickly get a gist of it. But how accurate are they really? 149230 Thu, 01 May 2025 12:54:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/background/why-remembering-the-second-world-war-also-means-looking-ahead Before we look back, Professor Ismee Tames invites us to engage in a thought-experiment. How will people remember ús, at the dawn of the 22nd century? 149090 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/background/the-university-during-the-war-never-just-history Every month, Emeritus Professor of University History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about Utrecht University’s long history. This time: Utrecht University during World War II. 149002 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publication/sufism-studies-volumes-1-and-3 Professor Asghar Seyed-Gohrab published Of Piety and Heresy (volume 1) and researcher Ghajarjazi Remembering ʿUmar Khayyām (volume 3). 148558 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:09:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publication/sufi-non-conformism-antinomian-trends-in-the-persianate-traditions This book by Asghar Seyed-Gohrab deals with nonconformist aspects of Sufism, and other antinomian movements in the Persianate cultural areas. 148556 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:09:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/learn-about-the-history-of-palestinian-people-in-a-new-online-course In the free Contemporary Palestinian History, you will deepen your understanding of Palestinian history and the development of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 148487 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:03:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publication/pluralizing-political-philosophy-ecological-and-economic-inequalities-in-global-perspective Ingrid Robeyns has brought together a wide range of political philosophers to advance the debate on how to make analytical political philosophy more inclusive. 148425 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/call-for-papers-greening-the-digital-society-platforms-sustainability-the-climate-crisis For a special issue of Platforms & Society on platforms, sustainability and the climate crisis the editors are looking for a variety of contributions. 148415 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:34:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/vacancy-core-team-member-contesting-governance-platform The Contesting Governance Platform seeks new core members to strengthen its interdisciplinary team. 148245 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:51:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/the-senses-are-the-muscles-of-our-perceptive-apparatus Christian Lange delves into the role of the senses in Islam. “Smell plays a surprisingly significant role in religious and non-religious areas of Islamic culture.” 148236 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/hiske-arts-appointed-alumnus-of-the-year-2024 Hiske Arts, campaign lead at Fossil Free NL, is the Alumnus of the Year 2024. She fights greenwashing and challenges the financial systems fuelling the climate emergency. 148161 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/in-the-media/bringing-the-literary-works-of-suster-bertken-to-life In BBC Sounds, Dieuwke van der Poel talks about Suster Bertken (1426-1514) and her discovery that some of her poems were likely sung. Now, they can be heard once again. 148066 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/welcome-new-rector-magnificus-once-again-welcome Every month, Emeritus Professor of University History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about Utrecht University’s long history. This time: the rector magnificus. 147899 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/utrecht-university-commemorates-second-world-war-victims-with-stolpersteine-on-domplein Students researched the stories of students and a professor who died during the Second World War. Memorial stones have now been placed in their honour. 147983 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/background/commemorating-five-utrecht-victims-of-the-second-world-war-the-stories-behind-the-stolpersteine These are Marianne Helena Blazer, Jacob Johannes Bol, Jacob van Gelderen, Cornelis van Lier, and Henny Mimi de Vries, for whom a Stolperstein has been placed today. 147985 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/team-summer-school-digital-art-history-wins-uu-team-award-education-2025 During the OnderwijsFestival on Thursday 6 March, the winning team of the �����̨ Team Award Education was announced. 147606 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:21:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/nine-utrecht-based-researchers-receive-vici-grant The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vici grants to nine Utrecht researchers. 147434 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/securing-the-future-how-archives-and-cultural-institutions-can-survive-funding-cuts Budget cuts make archives and museums increasingly vulnerable. Professors Helleke van den Braber and Giovanna Fossati on financial resilience in the cultural sector. 147265 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/adapt-takes-off-beatrice-de-graaf-on-a-research-project-preparing-the-netherlands-for-crises Last Thursday Adapt! was launched. “By linking research with practice, we are developing practical solutions,” says key initiator and Director Beatrice de Graaf. 147043 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/publication/a-cultural-history-of-fame-in-the-renaissance How did fame operate in the past? Arnoud Visser and others explore fame and celebrity in the period from 1450 to 1650. 147131 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:55:00 +0100 Nieuws