Past events

  • 14 Mar
    20:00 - 21:45

    Repression and LGBTIQA+ Activism

    This evening starts with a historical lecture by Jonas Roelens, which will lead to drawing parallels with current LGBTIQA+ activism. After the lecture, we will discuss queer activism today, looking at the battles that have taken place in recent decades. Has activism changed over the years, and if so...

  • 09 Mar 30 Mar
    19:30 - 21:30

    Science in the Modern World: Introduction in the History of Science

    Studium Generale | Lecture series 
    Geert Somsen, PhD
    Associate Professor History, UM

  • 07 Mar
    20:00 - 21:30

    A Sober Look at Psychedelics

    Studium Generale | Lecture
    Michiel van Elk, PhD
    Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Leiden University

  • 06 Mar 17 Apr
    19:30 - 21:30

    Decolonising Cinema

    Studium Generale | Lecture Series 
    Asli Özgen-Havekotte / Lennart Soberon / Jasper Vanhaelemeesch / Beri Shalmashi / Lyse Nsengiyumva

  • 01 Mar 29 Mar
    19:30 - 21:30

    The Evolution of Modern Physics

    Studium Generale | Lecture Series
    Gideon Koekoek / Ronald Westra / Jacco de Vries / Donna Carroll / Lorenzo Reverberi
     

  • 28 Feb
    20:00 - 21:30

    What We have in Common: A Philosophy of ‘Commonism'

    Studium Generale | Lecture
    Thijs Lijster, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Art and Culture, University of Groningen, Writer

  • 13 Feb
    20:00 - 21:30

    Autonomy in the Age of Digitisation

    Studium Generale | Lecture
    Miriam Rasch, Philosopher and Essayist

    Philosopher searches for an answer to the question of whether we can still make ourselves autonomous, and whether we should want to do so.

  • 07 Feb
    19:30 - 21:30

    All You See

    Studium Generale | Film & Talk

  • 24 Jan
    20:00 - 21:30

    The Holocaust: an Unfinished History

    Studium Generale | Holocaust Memorial Lecture
    Prof. Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History, Director Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London

    The Holocaust is much-discussed, much-memorialised and portrayed in fiction. But major parts of the Holocaust have still not been...

  • 23 Jan
    20:00 - 21:30

    Iran in Revolt: the Long Road to Freedom

    Studium Generale | Lecture
    Peyman Jafari, PhD, Research Fellow, International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam) and Assistant Professor of History and International Relations, College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)

    In this lecture, Peyman Jafari discusses the nature and...