Nieuws /en en Mon, 05 May 2025 19:43:07 +0200 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Ann Rigney receives royal decoration for “groundbreaking insights that extend beyond academic walls” /en/news/ann-rigney-receives-royal-decoration-for-groundbreaking-insights-that-extend-beyond-academic-walls Rigney’s has showed that “cultural memory forms the foundation of our identity and social awareness, while also being a subject of debate and even conflict”. 145612 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Becoming Animal /en/publication/becoming-animal Kári Driscoll translates Teresa Präauer's ‘Tier werden’ into ‘Becoming Animal’, which explores cultural zoology and the evolution of words, images and identity. 144534 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Conversational AI /en/publication/conversational-ai How can brands design their chatbot effectively? In Conversational AI, Charlotte van Hooijdonk and others offer practical guidance. 143910 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:31:00 +0200 Nieuws Call for Papers: Migration and Societal Change Conference June 2025 /en/news/call-for-papers-migration-and-societal-change-conference-june-2025 The Utrecht University focus area Migration and Societal Change invites you to submit a proposal for a panel or an individual paper for our conference in June 2025. 143238 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:44:00 +0200 Nieuws Faculty of Humanities welcomes four new Full Professors /en/news/faculty-of-humanities-welcomes-four-new-full-professors This summer, Kathrin Thiele, Danielle van den Heuvel, Birgit M. Kaiser, and Cadence Kinsey have been appointed as Professors at Utrecht’s Faculty of Humanities. 143040 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Open Cities Monthly Research-in-Progress seminars /en/news/open-cities-monthly-research-in-progress-seminars The Open Cities Platform announces the launch of their Monthly Research Seminar, an engaging and collaborative space designed for ̨ researchers and students to present and feedback research. 142861 Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:25:00 +0200 Nieuws Konstantinos Kogkalidis wins E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize /en/news/konstantinos-kogkalidis-wins-ew-beth-dissertation-prize Konstantinos Kogkalidis received the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize for his thesis ‘Dependency as Modality, Parsing as Permutation: A Neurosymbolic Perspective on Categorial Grammars’. 142843 Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Call for Papers: Languages in the City /en/news/call-for-papers-languages-in-the-city This two-day symposium, organized by the Open Cities Platform, explores the multitude of linguistic practices that serve to “open up” or “close down” participation in urban spaces. 142651 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:33:00 +0200 Nieuws Els Rose receives honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne /en/news/els-rose-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-the-university-of-lausanne Els Rose has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne. Rose is professor of late and medieval Latin at Utrecht University. 141308 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:55:00 +0200 Nieuws Multilingualism in Academia and Educational Constellations /en/publicatie/multilingualism-in-academia-and-educational-constellations Multilingualism in Academia and Educational Constellations is a new book exploring multilingual policies, theoretical concepts, and academic writing in multilingual contexts. 140937 Thu, 30 May 2024 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws Archiving Activism in the Digital Age /en/publication/archiving-activism-in-the-digital-age In Archiving Activism in the Digital Age, Daniele Salerno and Ann Rigney offer new insights into the potential of archives to become sites of renewed critical engagement. 140777 Mon, 27 May 2024 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws Ted Sanders new Vice Rector of Research /en/news/ted-sanders-new-vice-rector-of-research As of June 1st, 2024, Professor Ted Sanders will be appointed to the position of Vice Rector of Research at Utrecht University. 138544 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0100 Nieuws OCW grant for research into more inclusive special needs writing education /en/news/ocw-grant-for-research-into-more-inclusive-special-needs-writing-education Johan Sonnenschein and Els Stronks receive the grant to expand SchrijfLab.nl to include writing education for secondary special needs education, cluster 4. 138414 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Research into more challenging reading and writing education receives NRO grant /en/news/research-into-more-challenging-reading-and-writing-education-receives-nro-grant The interdisciplinary consortium Deliberate Genre Literacy in Secondary Education will receive almost 1 million euros from the Netherlands Initiative for Education Research. 138082 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:29:00 +0100 Nieuws Utrecht humanities scholars contributed to Flemish encyclopaedia /en/news/utrecht-humanities-scholars-contributed-to-flemish-encyclopaedia Several humanities scholars and students have contributed to the latest (and digital) edition of the Encyclopaedia of the Flemish Movement. 137918 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Suzanne Bogaerds-Hazenberg wins AVT/Anéla Dissertation Award /en/news/suzanne-bogaerds-hazenberg-wins-avtanela-dissertation-award (Former) PhD candidate Suzanne Bogaerds-Hazenberg receives the award for her dissertation ‘Text Structure Instruction in Dutch Primary Education’. 137618 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0100 Nieuws Conceptualizing, Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Writing Interventions /en/publicatie/conceptualizing-designing-implementing-and-evaluating-writing-interventions Conceptualizing, Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Writing Interventions offers a new perspective on the challenge of writing interventions for research purposes. 136316 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Introducing the Medieval Fox /en/publicatie/introducing-the-medieval-fox Emeritus Professor of Dutch Literature to 1500 Paul Wackers was invited to write a short holistic book about the fox in medieval culture for a general public. 136139 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 09:50:00 +0100 Nieuws Exploring Language and Society with Big Data /en/publicatie/exploring-language-and-society-with-big-data In Exploring Language and Society with Big Data: Parliamentary Discourse Across Time and Space, Haidee Kotze, among others, brings together leading researchers. 135792 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:52:00 +0100 Nieuws Researchers examine role of communication in success of new Dutch pension system /en/news/researchers-examine-role-of-communication-in-success-of-new-dutch-pension-system Lisanne van Weelden, Hans Westerbeek, and Hans Hoeken receive a Netspar Grant for their research on the new Dutch pension system. 135787 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 14:38:00 +0100 Nieuws