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Statement on Academic Freedom – The Rectors of the Dutch Universities (2025)
30 May 2025 Without academic freedom, we might not have antibiotics, nor a deep understanding of human behaviour. Literary criticism, climate models, and...
National Student Survey 2025: high rating
27 May 2025 Again, the University of Humanistic Studies scores well above average in the annual large-scale student survey. For years, our students have...
What if we see care as art.. and art as care? Watch the aftermovie!
20 February 2025 At the end of January, over 500 care ethicists, artists, designers and makers, artistic researchers, performers, philosophers, educators, and policy...
Exhibition Bearing Witness: testimonies of life during and after war
3 February 2025 The exhibition Bearing Witness brings together the work of artists from (post)conflict areas with stories of Dutch veterans. The exhibition was...
36th Dies Natalis: Learning together
30 January 2025 On 29 January 2025, our university celebrated its 36th Dies Natalis. The theme ‘Learning together’ through the lens of education was the focus.
ZonMw grant for collaborative research on policy initiatives in complex care
14 January 2025 ZonMw has awarded the University for Humanistic Studies a €500,000 grant to conduct research on policy initiatives in complex care. The research will...
What happens when we see care as a form of art, and art as a form of care?
13 January 2025 ‘Care, Aesthetics, and Repair’ is the theme of the third international Care Ethics Research Consortium (CERC) conference starting 23 January. ‘This...
Bachelor of Humanistic Studies again a 'Top Rated Programme'
19 December 2024 For the second year in a row, our Bachelor's programme in Humanistics has been awarded the ‘Top programme’ predicate by the Keuzegids.
Dr Hilmar Bijma appointed as endowed Professor of Child-wish exploration
16 December 2024 The Executive Board of the University for Humanistic Studies has appointed Dr Hilmar Bijma as extraordinary professor of Child-wish Exploration. GGD...
Announcement CERC conference 2025: Care, Aesthetics, and Repair
4 November 2024 In January 2025, the University for Humanistic Studies will host the third international conference of the Care Ethics Research Consortium (CERC)....
Evelien Tonkens appointed as University Professor
17 September 2024 The Executive Board has appointed Evelien Tonkens as University Professor. In this special role, Tonkens will focus on the theme of Citizenship in a...
Getting started in higher education with the ‘Woke and Resistance’ toolkit
5 July 2024 How can you fruitfully address complex issues such as institutional racism or decolonisation in education? A toolkit has now been published, with...
Report on the experiences of Palestinian healthcare professionals in times of war
4 July 2024 The report “Out of Our Hands” documents how the Israel-Gaza War impacts the work of healthcare professionals and their patients at the Palestinian...
Final Conference Woke and Resistance
24 June 2024 On Friday, June 7, the National final conference of the two-year project Wokeness and Resistance took place for which Caroline Suransky received a...
Retrospective: Educational Encounters workshop with Bruno Latour's Philosophy of the Earth
16 June 2024 The French collective S-Composition continues the work of philosopher Bruno Latour by building bridges between art, science and politics. They bring...
National Student Survey 2024: high ratings
23 May 2024 This year, students at the University of Humanistics are once again satisfied with their studies, according to the results of the National Student...
Femmianne Bredewold appointed as Endowed Professor of Living Together with Difference
25 April 2024 The Executive Board of the University of Humanistic Studies has appointed Femmianne Bredewold as endowed professor 'Living Together with...
Oration Menno Hurenkamp: 'Reciprocity to counter democracy poverty'
12 April 2024 On 12 April 2024, Menno Hurenkamp delivered his oration on democracy at the University of Humanistic Studies entitled False friends? Democracy...
HKU and UvH sail together during Utrecht Pride
4 April 2024 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (HKU) and the University of Humanistic Studies (UvH) will sail together in one boat at this year's annual boat parade...
In memoriam honorary doctor Frans de Waal: He advanced our thinking about humans and animals
18 March 2024 It was announced this weekend that primatologist Frans de Waal died March 14. He gained world fame with his research on ape behavior and wrote many...
University of Humanistic Studies is new partner in Utrecht Summer School
14 March 2024 The University of Humanistic Studies is joining the alliance of the Utrecht Summer School. On March 13, UU Rector Henk Kummeling and UvH Rector Joke...
Call for contributions to the 3rd International Care Ethics Research Consortium Conference
15 February 2024 Scholars and practitioners are invited to submit either an abstract or a proposal for a work of art/performance on the theme of aesthetics, care, and...
How do you actually make social policy more humane?
31 January 2024 In her doctoral research, Jante Schmidt shows what human dignity means for vulnerable residents of human rights city Utrecht. She presents a tool...
UvH signs UN treaty statement of intent for more inclusive education
24 January 2024 The UvH Executive Board signed the UN Convention's Declaration of Intent for more inclusive education.