Your Perspective
Your Perspective is a monthly career orientation meeting for students and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University. Each month we explore a different work field or theme that is relevant for students of various disciplines within the humanities. Humanities alumni tell you about their career paths, choices and experiences after graduating.
Green Jobs: Climate and Sustainability
Sustainable development is more than bèta sciences. We need green storytelling, smart communication, political action, philosophical and religious rethinking, pre-empt climate conflicts, and dive into the past to see what we can learn. Humanities alumni talk about their work in climate & sustainability issues. (January 2022)
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Working for an NGO
Do you see yourself making a career out of making a difference? What’s it really like to work for an NGO and where can your Humanities studies take you? (March 2021)
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Communications and Marketing
What does it take to become a true communications specialist? And what humanities skills will help you on that path? (October 2020)
Elisanne van As works in communications at Leger des Heils (the Salvation Army).
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Naomi Garritsen is a junior web and online communication editor at NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
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Policy and Consultancy
Whether you work in a small company or a big organization like a ministry, or the United Nations: policy is made everywhere. Many humanities alumni use their talent for analysis, creativity and complexity to create, implement or advise policy. (June 2020)
Josefien van Marlen (BA Liberal Arts & Sciences/ BA History [UU] and MA Politics & Society [Maastricht]). Josefien works as Program Manager at ECHO, a non-profit organization creating awareness for diversity and inclusion in the context of higher education and the labor market.
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Eva Zeilstra (BA Language & Culture Studies (TCS) and RMA History). Eva works as a Consultant at Cranium NL, a company with offering services in privacy, security and data management. In addition to the regular study programmes, Eva did two Erasmus exchanges and the Humanities Honours Programme. This episode is in Dutch.
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Wout Roelofs (BA Language & Culture Studies and a Master’s degree in Sports Policy and Sports Management). Wout is working as a junior consultant at SeederDeBoer, an consultancy organisation that supervises complex change processes in different subject areas and different sectors. Episode is in Dutch.
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Vera Martens (BA Language & Culture Studies (TCS) and MA Literature & Culture Critique). Vera works as policy advisor for arts and culture, at the municipality of Deventer. This episode is in Dutch.
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Freelancing in the cultural field
What is it like to work for different employers and organisations and being your own boss at the same time? What inspires in working with curators, artists, performers, artistic leaders and festival producers? This episode is all about freelancing in the cultural field. (May 2020)
Randy Vermeulen (BA Film and Television Sciences – now Media and Culture ) specialised in art and media management. He has over 10 years of work experience as a freelance manager, programmer, viewer and producer of various documentary films, podcasts, events and festivals. He was editor-in-chief of VPRO Dorst – an audiovisual lab for innovative storytellers – and runs the production company Vossenfilms. This episode is in Dutch.
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Britt van Dée (Educational MA for German language and culture) is owner of the company ProjektPerfekt which has a variety of expertises: from SEO copywriting & content specialist in German and Dutch, project management and educational workshops, to translation work and language courses (German and Dutch). Besides working for Mediahuis Nederland and Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam, Berlitz and Noordhoff Uitgevers are among her previous clients. This episode is in Dutch.
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Timea Andrea Lelik (BA Geschiedenis/Kunstgeschiedenis Babes-Bolyai Universiteit Roemenië en RMA Art History UU) works as an art consultant and curator for international art organisations. Timea is also a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam. This episode is in Dutch.
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Department of History and Art History
- Email: t.j.smit@uu.nl
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Department of Languages, Literature and Communication
Department of Media and Culture Studies
Career Officer
You may consult the career officer with questions about how to start your career, to discuss your resume, to practice a job interview, etcetera. Would you like to practice a job interview? Always perform the career check first and bring the results with you to the interview.