Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Sat, 27 Apr 2024 09:29:15 +0200 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:05:00 +0100 Diplomacy is an age old practice, Lorena De Vita says https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/diplomacy-is-an-age-old-practice-lorena-de-vita-says Assistant Professor Lorena De Vita specialises in diplomacy and is a guest in BBC The Forum to talk about the history and importance of diplomacy. 137278 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:05:00 +0100 Nieuws A homeland without statehood? https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/a-homeland-without-statehood In New Line Magazine, Assistant Professor in Political History Laura Almagor wrote an article about the Freeland League for Jewish Territorial Colonization. 136727 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:15:00 +0100 Nieuws Together making Bonairean heritage belong to the people of Bonaire again https://www.uu.nl/en/news/together-making-bonairean-heritage-belong-to-the-people-of-bonaire-again Samenwerking tussen Terramar Museum op Bonaire en Universiteit Utrecht. Het doel: geen tentoonstelling voor cruisetoeristen, maar een postkoloniale expositie voor en door Bonairianen. 136464 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:30:00 +0100 Nieuws “There is no such thing as ‘clean’ warfare” https://www.uu.nl/en/background/there-is-no-such-thing-as-clean-warfare Lauren Gould is assistant professor of Conflict Studies and researches the consequences of remote warfare. 136411 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Una storia ambientale delle Paludi pontine https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/una-storia-ambientale-delle-paludi-pontine Read this book by Roberta Biasillo, 'An Environmental History of the Pontine Marshes: Terracina from the Unification to the Integral Reclamation (1871-1928)' in English, in open access. 135069 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Use I-Analyzer tool for informed voting in Dutch Elections on November 22 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/use-i-analyzer-tool-for-informed-voting-in-dutch-elections-on-november-22 Would you like to gain insight into the statements of a politician or party? The Dutch Parliamentary Speeches, from 1815 to 2022, have now been added to the text search and exploration tool I-Analyzer. 134903 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:31:00 +0200 Nieuws The Rise and Fall of the People’s Parties https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-peoples-parties Associate Professor in Political History Pepijn Corduwener presents a synthetic history of democracy in Western Europe since 1918. 134117 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:09:00 +0200 Nieuws Moira de Kok and Jarne van der Poel win 2022-2023 thesis awards https://www.uu.nl/en/news/moira-de-kok-and-jarne-van-der-poel-win-2022-2023-thesis-awards Thesis awards for research on the privatisation of the social housing sector and the intertwining of music and the concept of solidarity. 133581 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0200 Nieuws The coups in Africa have a common factor: “This is not what they wanted, but it is what they got” https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/the-coups-in-africa-have-a-common-factor-this-is-not-what-they-wanted-but-it-is-what-they-got On The Conversation, Assistant Professor Frank Gerits writes about the five recent coups in Africa and how the French president Macron comes into play. 133516 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Two NWO Open Competition grants for Utrecht Humanities scholars https://www.uu.nl/en/news/two-nwo-open-competition-grants-for-utrecht-humanities-scholars Ozan Ozavci and Elena Tribushinina have been awarded research grants for their research projects in NWO’s Open Competition. 130604 Tue, 16 May 2023 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws They All Made Peace – What is Peace? The 1923 Lausanne Treaty and the New Imperial Order https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/they-all-made-peace-what-is-peace-the-1923-lausanne-treaty-and-the-new-imperial-order Ozan Ozavci and Jonathan Conlin (University of Southampton) have recently published their new book about Treaty of Lausanne and the post-Ottoman world. 129860 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 17:08:00 +0200 Nieuws Genesis and Nemesis of the First Dutch Colonial Empire in Asia and South Africa, 1596–1811 https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/genesis-and-nemesis-of-the-first-dutch-colonial-empire-in-asia-and-south-africa-1596-1811 In this publication, Professor by Special Appointment Gerrit Knaap examines the construction of the Dutch East India Company’s (VOC) empire. 129668 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:14:00 +0200 Nieuws Beatrice de Graaf receives Arenberg Prize for European History https://www.uu.nl/en/news/beatrice-de-graaf-receives-arenberg-prize-for-european-history Faculty professor Beatrice de Graaf received the award for her book Fighting Terror after Napoleon: How Europe Became Secure after 1815, “a Gesamtkunstwerk”. 129649 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:35:00 +0200 Nieuws “We want to internationalise and diversify European historiography” https://www.uu.nl/en/news/we-want-to-internationalise-and-diversify-european-historiography With ‘The European Experience’, European historians contribute to a ‘multi-perspective’ study of European history. Assistant Professor Jochen Hung is one of them. 128311 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws The Russian invasion of Ukraine: its origins and how will it advance? https://www.uu.nl/en/in-de-media/the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-its-origins-and-how-will-it-advance Dossier article | Professor of History of International Relations Laurien Crump has been a guest of several media outlets to comment on the war in Ukraine. 119969 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws One year of war in Ukraine: is there a way out? https://www.uu.nl/en/news/one-year-of-war-in-ukraine-is-there-a-way-out With four humanities scholars from different disciplines, we analyse the current state of affairs and look ahead: what are possible outcomes of this war? 128045 Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:27:00 +0100 Nieuws Seven NWO Open Competition grants for UU Humanities scholars https://www.uu.nl/en/news/seven-nwo-open-competition-grants-for-uu-humanities-scholars Seven Utrecht humanities scholars have been awarded research grants for their research projects in NWO’s Open Competition. 127430 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:10:00 +0100 Nieuws Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics During the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/revolutionary-worlds-local-perspectives-and-dynamics-during-the-indonesian-independence-war-1945 Edited by Roel Frakking among others, ‘Revolutionary Worlds’ looks at the Indonesian Revolution (1945-1949) from a local and regional perspective. 127336 Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:03:00 +0100 Nieuws Utrecht Young Academy welcomes eight new members https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-young-academy-welcomes-eight-new-members Eight young academics have been selected to join the Utrecht Young Academy in 2023. 127198 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws A New History of an Old Question: Ozan Ozavci on the Eastern Question https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/a-new-history-of-an-old-question-ozan-ozavci-on-the-eastern-question Assistant Professor of Transimperial History Ozan Ozavci talks about his new book Dangerous Gifts in the online magazine Jadaliyya. 127102 Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws