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A diversity of mind-provoking media at the Humanities Lab Film Festival 07 November 2022
How does digitalisation affect the humanities? The introductory course for the Honours College Humanities Lab challenges students to reflect on this t...
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Honours student makes documentary about Roman emperor in Katwijk 31 October 2022
He could also have written a paper for his honours assignment, "but I thought it would be fun to do something creative," says history student Eden Dij...
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Honours Class reconciles students with the unpredictability of life 15 August 2022
The course Designing Your Life helps students navigate their career pathways. As it turns out, these pathways are full of twists and turns and - as wi...
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Social Science Lab: think tanks that do 18 July 2022
In June the Final Festival took place, the closing event of the 'Social Science Lab'. New participants of Honours College Science and Society presente...
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TED Talks for a better world 14 July 2022
At the conference of the Honours College Science & Society, students present TED Talks on a social issue of their interest. ‘It brings together everyt...
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‘You feel connected to the people of a bygone era’ 16 June 2022
Documenting and preserving rock art in the Pakistani Himalayas; this was the aim of the ‘Karakorum Rescue Project’ to which students at the Honours Co...
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Honours Class tackles climate change head-on 25 May 2022
An international and interdisciplinary collaborative effort, the Honours Class ‘Sustainability Beyond Frustration: Saving the Planet as an Academic Sk...
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First ever Honours College Conference 'shows unending possibilities' 24 May 2022
From a Tuscany escape room to scientific illustrations of flowers, and from Chinese movie subtitles to innovative education methods for children, ever...
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Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’ 22 April 2022
An Honours Class about the ostensibly unrecognisable worlds of insular Southeast Asia teaches students a fundamental piece of wisdom: "We do not diffe...
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Young Diplomat Conference: ‘Alliances are forged over lunch’ 07 April 2022
The year is 2032 and the Arctic ice cap has melted causing new trade routes to emerge. This case is the focal point of the Young Diplomat Conference d...
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Learning about polarisation through conversations with refugees: ‘Our perception is often lacking’ 27 January 2022
Confronting your own biases, students of the course ‘Adults and Children in a Polarising World’ are not afraid to do exactly that. ‘The fact that my e...
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Lessons for better education 13 January 2022
If you could design your own education, how would you do it? That is what the students of the Bachelor Honours Class 'Rebuilding Education' asked them...
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Surprising productions at the Humanities Lab Film Festival 25 October 2021
Humour, science and creativity. During the Humanities Lab Film Festival this came all together in the short films that the students of the Honours Col...
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'Misunderstood immortality' wins Capstone Conference 2021 29 May 2021
‘’These are such mind-boggling topics!’’, a student exclaims. It is May 21st, and over fifty Humanities Lab students are gathered in a Teams room. The...
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Honours class students do research into confidence in the justice system 28 May 2021
Students from the ‘Public confidence in the criminal justice system’ Bachelor’s Honours Class completed this course with their presentations at the fi...