Erik-JanSo I moved to a different position and now my old employer #UtrechtUniversity has a wonderful #AssistantProfessor position in the ODISSEI Social Data Science team. It's a really nice environment with interesting, diverse, and impactful research and teaching!
Julian GonggrijpI did a live debugging demonstration for the Programming Café at Utrecht University, last Thursday. I wrote a maze generation program from scratch before the session and then removed the bugs during the session. Slides, code and full change log via the link below. Comments welcome.
https://github.com/CentreForDigitalHumanities/programming-cafe-debugging-2026-03
De Linkse RakkerBeetje meten met twee maten? En die """vernieling""" was ook wel fors overdreven #universiteitutrecht #utrechtuniversity #utrecht #universiteit #bezetting #bezettingutrecht #activisme #politiek
AdrianBurned Hermes: A resistance monument for data deletion in WW2 — “In the blackest hours, we continued to know that there are eternal principles”
In the night of 12/13 December 1942, five students set fire to the student enrollment data files of Utrecht University. This data deletion was an act of resistance, to ensure the data would not be abused to send students to forced labor in Nazi Germany (‘Arbeitseinsatz’).
The engraving honors the five students: Frits Iordens, Rutger Matthijsen, Gijs den Besten, Geert Lubberhuizen and Anne Maclaine Pont. Iordens was killed in 1944 while helping allied pilots. Lubberhuizen founded Dutch publisher De Bezige Bij. Four of the students are listed in the Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations.
The bronze Hermes statue partially melted in the same fire. This Seated Hermes was a replica made in the early 1900s of a Roman copy made in the 1st century of a Greek statue from the 4th century BC attributed to the Greek sculptor, Lysippos.
The statue is located in the senate building of Utrecht University, created by artist Willem Noyons, and unveiled on May 4, 2006
- https://www.4en5mei.nl/oorlogsmonumenten/zoeken/4094/utrecht-verzetsmonument-in-het-academiegebouw
- https://www.duic.nl/algemeen/geheimen-van-de-stad/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seated_Hermes
#memorial #statue #resistance #ww2 #hermes #sculpture #WillemNoyons #utrecht #utrechtUniversity
In the night of 12/13 December 1942, five students set fire to the student enrollment data files of Utrecht University. This data deletion was an act of resistance, to ensure the data would not be abused to send students to forced labor in Nazi Germany (‘Arbeitseinsatz’).
The engraving honors the five students: Frits Iordens, Rutger Matthijsen, Gijs den Besten, Geert Lubberhuizen and Anne Maclaine Pont. Iordens was killed in 1944 while helping allied pilots. Lubberhuizen founded Dutch publisher De Bezige Bij. Four of the students are listed in the Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations.
The bronze Hermes statue partially melted in the same fire. This Seated Hermes was a replica made in the early 1900s of a Roman copy made in the 1st century of a Greek statue from the 4th century BC attributed to the Greek sculptor, Lysippos.
The statue is located in the senate building of Utrecht University, created by artist Willem Noyons, and unveiled on May 4, 2006
- https://www.4en5mei.nl/oorlogsmonumenten/zoeken/4094/utrecht-verzetsmonument-in-het-academiegebouw
- https://www.duic.nl/algemeen/geheimen-van-de-stad/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seated_Hermes
#memorial #statue #resistance #ww2 #hermes #sculpture #WillemNoyons #utrecht #utrechtUniversity
Todon ActiesLiberate a building and end UU's complicity
Utrecht Science Park, woensdag 3 december om 11:00 CET
🚨 JOIN OUR UPCOMING OCCUPATION 🚨
🔻 There is no peace without justice. The so-called ceasefire - which “Israel” repeatedly breaks without consequences - changes nothing for us in the West: we have to end our complicity, and do so immediately.
🔻 The UU is still collaborating with those institutions if occupation and settler colonialism who play a key role in executing the genocide and apartheid of Palestinians. This is simply unacceptable.
🔻 To take action against this, we will be liberating one of UU’s buildings from its complicit owners, and turning it into a space where discussion and action for Palestine can flourish.
🔻 Join us in this act of reclamation and resistance: come follow our program, help with some chores, or simply come study there. What is most important is that we are there, and are so together: as long as we are united, we will never be defeated!
Are you interested? Check out the form in the link tree!
📅 Wednesday 3rd of December
⏰ 11:00 AM onwards
📍 Somewhere in Science Park 🤭
👥 by Utrecht Student Encampment (source)
https://acties.todon.nl/event/liberate-a-building-and-end-uus-complicity
Else, SomeoneCasual reminder that Universities MUST have a zero-tolerance FOSS policy https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083357
They should also:
- host Tor exit nodes;
- mirror Anna's Archive, Library Genesis, and Sci-Hub;
- not allow police on campus.
#aaltoyliopisto #UtrechtUniversity #Microsoft #microsoft365 #academia #libraries #internetarchive
Urbanism NowUtrecht University is hiring a postdoc for the ACTIVATE project to study children’s active mobility and urban environments.
#urbanism #urbanplanning #ActiveMobility #ChildFriendlyCities #UtrechtUniversity
📘 We’re looking for a Postdoc! 👦🏻🚲👧🏽 I’m happy to share that our team at Utrecht University is looking for a new colleague to join the ACTIVATE project, focusing on children’s active mobility… | Jaime Soza-Parra
📘 We’re looking for a Postdoc! 👦🏻🚲👧🏽 I’m happy to share that our team at Utrecht University is looking for a new colleague to join the ACTIVATE project, focusing on children’s active mobility and urban environments. In this position, you’ll study how children and young people move through cities (walking, cycling, and other daily practices) using survey research, walk- and bike-along interviews, and co-creation workshops with schools, municipalities and community partners. The goal is to contribute to more inclusive, healthy and child-friendly urban spaces. 🌍🚸 You’ll be working with our PI, Dea van Lierop, Prof. Dick Ettema, and me at Utrecht University, and collaborating with Juliane Stark, Jonas De Vos, Oriol Marquet, and partners across four European cities. 🟢 More information & application: https://lnkd.in/eU6jHcw7 🚲 About the ACTIVATE project: https://lnkd.in/eXzjS8Bc Feel free to share or get in touch if you’d like to know more!!
Misha#Fascism not welcome on our universities.
I decided to turn this post ....
https://social.edu.nl/@MishaVelthuis/115497002877191564
... in a proper blog post:
https://mishathings.org/posts/the-liberal-deal-has-been-broken/
The Dutch version just got published on @doorbraak
Misha (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image UU-rector verdedigt podium voor #Baudet “Onze plicht om ons dit op de hals te halen” "Wij willen die extreme standpunten, aan welke kant van het politieke spectrum ze ook zitten, er niet van weerhouden om geuit te worden." Zo reageerde rector #WilcoHazeleger van de #UniversiteitUtrecht op verwijten over het uitnodigen van #ThierryBaudet voor een politieke debatbijeenkomst op de #UU" https://www.scienceguide.nl/2025/11/uu-rector-verdedigt-podium-voor-baudet-onze-plicht-om-ons-dit-op-de-hals-te-halen/?utm_source=Abonneebestand&utm_campaign=eb59b8cffa-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_11_05_08_39&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-eb59b8cffa-587651320&mc_cid=eb59b8cffa&mc_eid=f77930d80f
Raymond DekkerAt the beginning of this year, I had the privilege of photographing Peter de Voogd, professor emeritus of English Literature, in his study in Utrecht. He was about to donate a large part of his collection of and about Laurence Sterne to the Special Collections of the Utrecht University Library.
My colleague Conny van Bezu interviewed him:
#UtrechtUniversity #Utrecht #UniversityLibrary #SpecialCollections #English #Literature #Research
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