The minor Aesthetics offers a philosophical reflection on arts and culture. Grounded in philosophy, aesthetics is an interdisciplinary field that ties into all humanities and cultural studies fields. You will engage in thoughtful and innovative approaches to topics such as visuality, performance,...

The United States remains a superpower that has a global influence. American politics, social movements, and culture has an impact on most societies and individuals, ranging from diplomacy, to Black Lives Matter protests, to movies, streaming services, and music. American Studies is a minor that ...

Archaeology Today offers an in-depth introduction to the latest methods, techniques and theoretical approaches of archaeology.

Catalan is a Romance language spoken by millions every day. Would you like to learn this vibrant language and find out about the unique Catalan world and its culture? This minor provides you with a very special opportunity to gain a unique skill.

The minor Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage provides an introduction to the most important aspects of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage objects.

Critical Dutch Studies is a minor for international and Dutch students who wish to gain profound insight into Dutch culture and society in a global context. It features a multidisciplinary approach combining methods from (art) history, literary studies, and cultural analysis to disclose the past ...

The minor in Cultural Analysis offers you the opportunity to expand your bachelor's with courses that focus on the interdisciplinary, theoretical, and critical study of contemporary culture. The minor in Cultural Analysis offers you the opportunity to familiarize yourself with a range of cultural...

The minor Czech familiarises you with Czech grammar and language basics. You acquire reading and writing skills, and you practice your conversation skills.

The Dutch minor is a language proficiency minor for Humanities students whose native language is not Dutch.

East European Studies focuses on the historical, political and cultural diversity of Eastern Europe and on the relation between Eastern Europe and the West and the European Union.

This minor offers students an orientation in the discipline of European Culture. Students gain knowledge of the field of European Cultural studies, by means of an overview of European culture, its principal research methods, and learn to apply these to present-day themes and topics within contemp...

In the minor in European Economics you will gain a basic understanding of economics from a broader humanities perspective, and with a special application on European integration, providing you with a framework for understanding and analysing contemporary Europe.

This minor offers students an orientation to the field of modern and contemporary European History. Students of European History gain knowledge of the field of European political history in a global context, including the history of political thought, European imperialism, decolonisation and Euro...

In the minor in European Law you will study the institutional structure and functioning of the European Union legal order. The focus lies in particular with the constitutional principles and the relationship between the Union and its Member States, as well as between the European Union’s position...

This minor provides an introduction to contemporary studies of the European Union.

The minor European Power and German Thinking: Law, Economics, and Politics explores Germany’s position within Europe and the world, as well as its influence on shaping modern global dynamics.

Global Justice is deeply concerned with the societal crises of our times. It addresses distinct searches for justice as they relate to persistent power imbalances and social inequalities. From gendered and racialized injustices, to climate change and political resistance, this minor builds on cri...

In this minor, Classical Antiquity and its impact on later cultures take centre stage. You will study various aspects of the ancient world in relation to each other, such as Classical works of art and literature, ancient religion and the notion of Greece as the cradle of Western civilisation.

Who is not enchanted by the sparkling sounds of Italian, the language of music and opera? However, it is also the everyday language of millions of speakers around the world and an important language in the European context. In this minor, you will learn to read, understand (B2 level), write and s...

Latin American Studies focuses on the society, culture, politics and history of Latin America: a complex and multi-faceted region that is not always easy to understand. Farreaching economic reforms and rapid urbanisation coexist with peasant societies. Democratic and authoritarian tendencies exis...

This minor is intended for those students who are particularly interested in linguistics and the structures of languages.

The minor presents students with a variety of perspectives on the Mediterranean space, ranging from historical, cultural and literary accounts, to economic and geopolitical agendas, in order to gain a thorough understanding of this region.

Gain more knowledge about the interesting cultures and societies of the contemporary Middle East.

In the minor Modern Greek, you will get to know all about the historical dynamics of the Greek world (Greece and Cyprus), in addition to the language.

The minor Music, Culture, Cognition enables students to establish links between culture and cognition through the study of music across cultures (and potentially even across species). It offers a unique combination of cultural theory and methods from the cognitive sciences through a focus on musi...

The minor Polish familiarises you with Polish grammar and language basics. You acquire reading and writing skills, and you practice your conversation skills.

In the minor Practical Philosophy students get acquainted with the field of practical philosophy (ethics, political and social philosophy), and acquire an overview of the history of philosophy.

The minor Privacy Studies offers you an opportunity to engage in this interdisciplinary field, introducing you to, among others, ethical, legal, economic, technical and medical approaches to privacy.

How do we communicate the past to the wider public? In this minor you can select between an interdisciplinary range of courses aimed at creating and analysing images of the past.

In this minor, you will learn the basics of Sign Language of the Netherlands. In each language proficiency course you will acquire a lexicon of roughly 600 signs, and also the essential rules of grammar that are necessary to combine these signs into sentences.

In the minor Theoretical Philosophy you will study four fundamental philosophical fields: metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language and philosophy of mind.

Turkey is a country that ties Europe and Asia, so West and East. This makes Turkey a very unique country with its rich cultural and historical background as well as its centuries-old ties with Europe. Learning Turkish will enable you to understand this rich heritage and give you a better context ...

By engaging with topics like magic, alchemy, astrology, theosophy and kabbalah you will develop your ability to critically reflect on the entangled historical trajectories of science, religion and esotericism.