Increasingly, research in all disciplines, from the natural sciences to social sciences and humanities, involves big data. The availability of vast amounts of textual, audio-visual and structured data from digital sources is revolutionising research in the humanities and social sciences. The most advanced scholarship in these areas, currently and in the foreseeable future, relies on…

If you are writing an essay or thesis on themes connected to cultural history and modernity you could benefit from the open acces peer-reviewed International Journal for History, Culture and Modernity. The journal offers a global perspective on modernity and cultural history. Here you can find a variety of inspiring articles on various topics within…

Wies Bakker has transformed her final essay for the course Understanding Theory into an online article. Her article argues that the debate about the appearance of Black Pete can benefit from the use of emotion.   For the article, click here

by Mieke Geugies In April 2016 I began writing my master thesis. But actually, the preliminary thesis process already started in November of 2015. During the second teaching period, students followed a tutorial course in which we perfected our writing and research skills and drafted a research proposal for the thesis. Students could choose between…

by Celine Frohn In my experience the hardest part of any substantial writing project is finding a place to start. In the case of the master’s thesis, the first task was finding a suitable subject. My personal interest has always been literature, with a weak spot for stories containing murder, mayhem, and supernatural elements. When…

by Stephanie Hall   My thesis explored the relationship between the missions of the London Missionary Society (LMS) and empire in the South Pacific during the mid-nineteenth century. I looked at a characteristic form of missionary material culture: the contribution. Contributions were produce, craft objects, and money given by South Pacific converts to fund the…

by Alex Verbeek My thesis discussed imperial hunting in British East Africa in the period 1870-1914. By analysing hunting travelogues that were published in this period, I investigated the desire for possession that underlay colonial hunting practices.

On Friday 16 September film director Virginia Heath presented her new short movie “We Are All Migrants”.  The short archive and music documentary was created for the conference Imag(in)ing Europe, which was held in Utrecht 14-16 September 2016.

On 6 September the new master’s programme the Cultural History of Modern Europe started with 40 students.