Zoekresultaten
19
nov
20:00
- 21:45
… urban governance and sustainable urban development MODERATOR Dr. Ibrahima Kaba - Affiliated Researcher at UNU-MERIT and Teaching Assistant at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. This debate cafe is organised by ASAP, So FASoS and Studium Generale. Studium Generale Dominicanen Bookshop Dominicanerkerkstraat 1 Maastricht Extra Information Date Tuesday 19 November, 20:00 Entrance Free Return to the Studium Generale Homepage … Studium Generale | Debate Café … Climate …
26
feb
20:00
- lecture
Ask a Scientist
… risk of all known trees . 2. How can you effectively motivate people to change their eating habits? And convince them to eat less meat for example? Lecturer: Prof. Stef Kremers, PhD, Professor in Health Promotion. Research focus: determinants of dietary behaviour and physical activity and evaluation of comprehensive interventions regarding these behaviours; determinants of energy balance-related behaviours and the evaluation of preventive interventions 3. How are scientist using the 'technology' …
21
sep
20:00
- 21:30
… time can all be traced back to one thing: we’re only thinking in the short term. Short term thinking colonises the future. You see it in the business world, in politics and in people’s personal lives. It creates greater inequality between population groups and gives rise to more existential threats. According to Krznaric, we’re standing at the edge of the abyss. Yet there is hope. In order to become good forefathers, we have to radically reshape our economy and our politics – a huge task. But … as well. Roman Krznaric is one of the leading public philosophers of our time and a founding member of The School of Life, in London. Studium Generale Online via Zoom Date Tuesday 21 September, 20:00 Registration You can register for the online webinar here About the speaker Roman Krznaric Public Philosopher and Founding Faculty Member of The School of Life Return to the Studium Generale Homepage … Studium Generale | Lecture Roman Krznaric, Public Philosopher and Founding Faculty Member …
27
nov
20:00
… 27 nov 20:00 Studium Generale | Lecture Zoekresultaten On October 16th of this year, the world was presented with the news that, for the first time in history, the merging of two neutron stars was seen by gravitational wave detectors. This discovery solved at least five major astrophysical mysteries in one go, and was an illustration of how gravitational waves astronomy is fundamentally changing our understanding of the Universe. Black holes, neutron stars, and even gravitational waves sent out by the very early Universe are within grasp, and lead to the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. In this lecture Gideon Koekoek will explain the physics and importance of gravitational waves, and discuss what … physics and is building a group in gravitational wave research. Return to Studium Generale Homepage … Studium Generale - Lecture Gideon Koekoek, PhD Assistant professor at Maastricht Science Programme, UM … The Golden Discovery of Merging Neutron Stars …
17
nov
19:30
- 21:30
… also determines whether someone is seen as a man or a woman. Introduction In her introduction, Assistent Professor Lauren Wagner will contextualize By The Throat by focussing on the scientific field of sociolinguistics. How do we distinguish social groups based on their use of language? And, can you learn to speak a new language? A crash course Arabic phonetics is included! About the speaker Lauren Wagner works as an Assistant Professor at the Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development …
17
nov
19:30
- 21:30
… also determines whether someone is seen as a man or a woman. Introduction In her introduction, Assistent Professor Lauren Wagner will contextualize By The Throat by focussing on the scientific field of sociolinguistics. How do we distinguish social groups based on their use of language? And, can you learn to speak a new language? A crash course Arabic phonetics is included! About the speaker Lauren Wagner works as an Assistant Professor at the Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development …
04
feb
20:00
- 21:45
… an evolutionary psychological perspective. He will explore how humans came to be a group-living species, and which psychological adaptations enabled humans to successfully negotiate the various challenges and opportunities of group life. But these groups were relatively small and the problems were simple. So how do we fare with a small-scale social brain in a large complex society full of new opportunities, threats and dangers -- think of climate change, the 24-hour global economy, modern work …
04
feb
20:00
- 21:45
… an evolutionary psychological perspective. He will explore how humans came to be a group-living species, and which psychological adaptations enabled humans to successfully negotiate the various challenges and opportunities of group life. But these groups were relatively small and the problems were simple. So how do we fare with a small-scale social brain in a large complex society full of new opportunities, threats and dangers -- think of climate change, the 24-hour global economy, modern work …
17
okt
20:00
- lecture
Interview Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
… 17 okt 20:00 Studium Generale | Interview Zoekresultaten Tonight the Russian artist, political activist, prisoner and former member of punk band Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova , will talk about her book How to Start a Revolution . In this book she writes about the circumstances in the penal colony and the fate of her punk band Pussy Riot, but also about a different Russia, with interesting and creative people who pursue a different society than the present … activism, her feminism, her life in the prison camp and Pussy Riot. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is (in)famous as a singer of the Anarchist Feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot. On her 16 th she began studying philosophy in Moscow, at her 21 st she started Pussy Riot and few years later she was convicted for two years in a Russian punishment camp in Mordovia. After a gig in a Russian Orthodox Church, where she ‘prayed’ to save Russia from Putin, she was found guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred". During her stay in the camp in Mordovia, where she had to sew uniforms, she wrote the book How to Start a Revolution . On December 23, 2013, she was released early with another Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina under a newly passed amnesty bill dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian constitution. Tolokonnikova was recognized as a political …