Zoekresultaten
07
mei
20:00
- lecture
The European (R)evolution
… exchange culture, services and goods. About the lecturer Tomáš Sedláček (1977) is an economist. He worked as an economic advisor to President Václav Havel and to the Minister of Finance. He is a chief macroeconomic strategist at ČSOB Banking Group. He is a member of the Narrative of Europe group, commissioned by Manuel Barroso, a platform which aims to give artists, intellectuals and scientists a platform for discussing and expressing ideas about Europe. He is Council Member to World Economic Forum. He was a member of the National …
04
mei
20:30
… Jews to perish in the Holocaust. Blik, a past president of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, is the author of The Art of Survival, a memoir about his wartime experiences and his life as a sculptor. With music of the Cassiopeia Collective , a group of women classical musicians focuses on exploring different group formations to enjoy the creative process and the research involved. In this concert, Isabel Rico (flute and piano) and Irina Loskova (soprano) are bringing back the memories of those days with songs from Duparc, Richepin, etc. This interview is …
22
mrt
20:00
- 21:30
… COVID-19 creates uncertainty about the future in the short term, the latent climate reports may raise concerns about your future in ten or twenty years. We often talk about the impending doom by exchanging tips: go vegan, don’t fly, join an action group, do something! But how do you feel? How can you deal with the fear aroused by this situation? And with the sadness about the loss of nature? During this evening, we’ll be discussing these and other questions in small groups, starting off courageous conversations. Two experts will give a plenary introduction. About the speakers: Evanne Nowak is a freelance moderator, curator and program maker on the intersections of philosophy, ecology, art and justice. Prof. Pim Martens is …
07
dec
20:00
- 21:30
… Zoekresultaten Studium Generale | Lecture 7 december 2023 20:00 - 7 december 2023 21:30 Juvie Gultiano is a human rights defender who is dedicated to the empowerment of minorities and marginalized groups in the Philippines. As a result of her work, Juvie has been on the receiving end of harassment and intimidation. She has been threatened while in the field doing documenting work. Juvie will speak about her work and the situation in the … in the Philippines, as the effects of the violence set in motion by former President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs (2016-2019) ripples across society. Alleged drug traffickers, communists, journalists, lawyers, and human rights defenders are frequent targets of extrajudicial killings carried out by undercover armed groups and security forces. The government suppresses investigations into these killings and targets dissidents speaking up and those who document human rights violations by ‘red-tagging’ them, claiming alleged communist affiliations as an excuse for suppressing their activities. TFDP has been red-tagged by the Filipino government in an …
14
feb
20:00
… programme is linked to the theatre play Noem het maar Liefde (in Dutch), which is premiered on Sunday 10 March. Toneelgroep Maastricht - Noem het maar liefde (Call it love) A comedy about lust and affection Anniek Pheifer and Jeroen Spitzenberger star in Noem het maar liefde (Call it Love), a brand-new comedy by critically acclaimed Dutch author, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer. The play chronicles different encounters set in the famous Majestic Imperial Hotel, in which hundreds of rooms provide space for loneliness. The old rock star and his wild groupie, the successful director and his ambitious secretary, the gay bartender and the single woman, the old couple, the haves and have nots, there is one thing common to them all: they are all yearning for real love. In an ironic, scathing yet …
27
jan
19:30
- culture
Son of Saul
… and gripping Holocaust drama follows a concentration-camp inmate who goes to desperate lengths to secure a traditional Jewish burial for a young boy. October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the corpse of a boy he takes for his son. As the Sonderkommando …
10
okt
20:00
- lecture
Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom in Peril
… knowledge that problems such as youth unemployment, corruption and repression are evident? On social media, the discontent of young Saudis is apparent. And the country is in the international spotlight for its alleged support to IS and other jihadi groups, its brutal military campaign in Yemen and its bad human-rights record. Will Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman be able to restructure the country’s oil-dependent economy? And how should we understand the relation between the Kingdom’s domestic and foreign policies? Extra Information Date Mon 10 October 2016, 8 pm Entrance Free About the Lecturer Paul Aarts, Middle East expert, author Studium Generale Auditorium Minderbroedersberg 4-6 6211 KL Maastricht Auditorium Return to Studium Generale Homepage … Lecture - Studium Generale Paul Aarts, Middle East expert, author … Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom in Peril …
18
nov
20:00
- 21:45
… Generale | Lecture 18 november 2019 20:00 - 18 november 2019 21:45 Follow the Money is a journalistic platform with a crystal clear goal: finding truth at the service of society. It conducts research into people, systems and organisations that misbehave (financially and economically) and thereby possibly cause damage to groups in society. Its weapon: radically independent investigative journalism. Whether it concerns healthcare, the financial world or politics; if you follow the money trail you will discover the truth. Thomas Bollen (1984) works as a journalist for Follow the Money . He is a financial economist specialised in monetary policy and the banking sector. After working as a consultant in the corporate sector he made a career switch to journalism. This lecture is organised in cooperation with the university newspaper Observant as part of a series of events to celebrate their 40 th anniversary. For more information about Follow the Money check out the website (in Dutch) www.ftm.nl Extra Information Date Monday 18 November, 20:00 Entrance Free About the speaker Thomas Bollen Journalist, Follow the Money Studium Generale Auditorium, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 Maastricht Return to the Studium …
05
mrt
20:00
- lecture
Against Hate
… 20:00 Racism, fanaticism, anti-democratic sentiment – our increasingly polarised world is dominated by a type of thinking that questions the positions of others, but never its own. The “others” are not perceived as individuals, but as members of a group that must be rejected: the foreigners, the refugees, the Muslims, the Jews, the disbelievers, the homosexuals, etc. In this lecture, Emcke will show that we can stand up against this dogmatic thinking of hate and successfully combat religious and nationalist fanatics. A lecture for everyone who wants to defend an open society. … formerly honoured authors like Svetlana Alexievich, Orhan Pamuk and Susan Sontag. Extra Information Date Monday 5 March, 8 pm Entrance Free About the speaker Carolin Emcke German Journalist and Author, Berlin Studium Generale Auditorium Minderbroedersberg 4-6 Maastricht Return to Studium Generale Homepage … Carolin Emcke, German journalist and author, will show that we can stand up against dogmatic thinking of hate and successfully combat religious and nationalist fanatics. … Against Hate …
14
feb
20:00
… 1989, the major economic reforms, their effects on the post-Communist societies and the reverberations on Western Europe, in particular on Germany, which was “co-transformed”. He will go into “transformation from below” with a focus on various social groups, poor rural and booming capital regions such as Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Vienna and Kyiv. Finally, bringing the story up to the present, Philipp Ther compares events in Eastern and Southern Europe leading up to and following the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. Extra Information Date Tues 14 February, 8 pm Entrance Free About the Lecturer Prof. Philipp Ther Professor of Central European History, University of Vienna Studium Generale Auditorium Minderbroedersberg 4-6 Maastricht Return to Studium Generale Homepage … Studium Generale - Lecture Prof. Philipp Ther - Professor of Central European History, University of Vienna … Europe since 1989: The New Order on the Old Continent …