Faculty of Arts - University of Groningen

On Tuesday 9 June, the Ben Feringa Imapct Award 2026 was presented at the 6th annual award ceremony in Forum Groningen! 🏆✨️ Congratulations to the winners!

And a special congratulations to the finalists from the our Faculty: Feyona Voerman and Caroline Roelfzema with their project "The wainscotting at museum Janning". 🥳

📸 Pjotr Wiese

We're already missing the sunny days, even though we're grateful for the cool reprieve from the heat ⛅️☔️

Are you getting ready form the last exam season for this academ year?

You still haven't chosen your Minor? 🥹 We got you!

Consider choosing the Career Minor if you are interested in broadening your network, sharing your ideas and developing your professional self! The Career Minor is open to students of all faculties of the UG and even other universities in the Netherlands.

You can register for the Career Minor in Ocasys or visit rug.nl/let/career-minor for more info!

Groningen on the map as European capital of hip-hop 🎧 🎤

Tap the link in bio to read more and/or to listen to our special playlist with hip-hop from Groningen 👆

Groningen has had a lively hip-hop scene for many years, but nowadays it stretches as far as the academic world. Steven Gilbers (), Assistant Professor of English Linguistics, specializing in hip-hop and African-American English, is researching the linguistic aspects of rap. He helped to compile an exhibition about hip-hop in the Groninger Museum, and arranged for an international hip-hop conference to be held in the city.

Gilbers hopes that the exhibition and the conference will put Groningen firmly on the international map as a city of hip-hop, and the UG as a global centre for hip-hop studies. ‘If it were up to me, we’d set up a Minor or a Master’s degree programme focusing entirely on hip-hop in all its facets. I think that there is both demand and opportunity for developing it, as long as the time, money, and space are made available. The Faculty and the University must not be allowed to stagnate, and a field like hip-hop studies can bring fresh momentum that will appeal to a new, and very welcome, audience.’

📸 Siese Veenstra

Do you ever just take an afternoon walk through the charming streets around the Harmonie building? 💜

Research and experience show that intimidation affects the work and life of female journalists. In conflict zones, female journalists face a greater risk of intimidation and threats because of the work they do. The list of female journalists who can not safely carry out their work simply because they are women is long. Assisstant Professors in Journalism Studies, Marília Gehrke (left) and Sandra Banjac study how power structures, such as gender and class, influence journalistic work.

Liberation Day (5 May) invites us to reflect on topics like (un)freedom, democracy and (in)equality. Tap the link in bio 👆 to learn more or find us during the Bevrijdingsfestival in Groningen. 🕊