Research at ArtEZ

Honours Lab

Do you like to go the extra mile, are you curious and do you want to be intellectually challenged? If so, the Honours Lab is for you. The Honours Lab offers various tracks throughout the year that you can follow alongside to your regular study course curriculum. These are diverse, in-depth courses in which you will engage with current theories, practices and forms of research.

What you will be doing

Deepen your artistic and other research skills in a multidisciplinary environment, choosing from a diverse range of challenging tracks. In the Honours Lab, you will work with fellow students from all years and from other courses – immersing yourself in theoretical and practice-related topics and critical dialogue. Follow one or more tracks in addition to your regular course, spread flexibly over your studies, and earn certificates that you can use for follow-up courses.

With the tracks of the Honours lab you will venture off the beaten track of your study course. You will challenge yourself intellectually and broaden your horizons. How? By entering into a dialogue with others (usually once a week), asking critical questions, exchanging ideas and looking for new insights and perspectives together. The course includes relevant texts and discussions, but also guest lectures, workshops and excursions. The assignments you will be given are aimed at conducting (artistic) research.

Tracks

In the tracks of the Honours Lab, theoretical depth and artistic practice come together. You collaborate with fellow students from different years and programs. In a multidisciplinary environment, we collectively explore the components of the arts based on current art practice and discourse. Where do concepts and ideas intersect? Do the arts speak the same language? 

I feel that through exploring and discussing a variety of viewpoints over the past six months, I have come to better understand my own perception and understanding of the world.'
Chris Grabham, student of Composition for Film and Theatre

If you would like to know more about the Honours Lab, would like to apply or have any questions, please contact us via honourslab@artez.nl