STUDIUM GENERALE
Welcome!
Studium Generale offers a programme of lectures, debates and talkshows; lecture series;
art, film, theatre, and poetry events and we organise the biennial PAS Festival.
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Programme March-April-May
The programme booklet February-March is out now. Leaf through the booklet here.
Or click here to leaf through the booklet of April-May.
... or scroll down for an overview of all activities.
FILM ANALYSIS REVISITED: Reading Cinema and Society
LECTURE SERIES
MON 18 & 25 MAR 19:30-21:30
Lumière Cinema, Bassin 88
Registration for the next lecture
This lecture series already started. However, it is still possible to register for the individual lectures.
In a culture filled with stories and images, we are constantly asked to decode, deconstruct and negotiate meaning. As the most popular visual medium of the 21st century, cinema is especially sensitive to discussions relating to its role as an arbiter of truth and a conduit for ideology.
This series of five lectures (the first lecture has two parts) provides a toolkit for how to read film as both an art form and a mass medium of communication.
Organised Crime in the Netherlands: Fraud, Money Laundering and Corruption
LECTURE SERIES
THU 21 AND 28 MAR – 19:30 to 21:30
Karl Dittrich Hall, Student Services Centre, Bonnefantenstraat 2
Registration (for the next lecture)
This series already started. You can register for the individual lectures, follow the read-more link below for that. In this series, we look at different aspects of organised crime in the Netherlands. The country's strategic location, advanced infrastructure and tolerant policies create an environment that is conducive to criminal enterprises. Next up on 21 March: Fraud, Money Laundering and Corruption. Followed by the use of surveillance technology (28 March).
Political Apologies Across Cultures
LECTURE
Tuesday 26 March, 20:00
Auditorium, Tongersestraat 53
Registration (free)
Should nations try to atone for their sins, including those that were committed by previous generations, through the offering of an apology? In the past decades, this question has become particularly urgent, as calls for state apologies have increasingly been made by victims of human rights violations or their descendants.
Knock-Out Comedy
STAND-UP COMEDY, only for students
Wednesday 10 April, 20:30
Theater aan het Vrijthof, Vrijthof 47
Registration
The Knock-Out Comedy Crew brings the International Comedy Club from Utrecht to Maastricht. Expect pure stand-up comedy: the best jokes, the most brilliant characters, the loudest roast jokes and razor-sharp observations. An evening of the Knock-Out Comedy crew guarantees, above all, lots of laughter and unadulterated stand-up comedy, with no common thread. With a line-up of five English-speaking comedians, each show is different.
The Person in Psychiatry: An Ecohumanist, Enactive Approach to Psychiatry
LECTURE
Monday 15 April, 20:00
Auditorium, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
Registration (free)
Many people suffer from psychiatric disorders and mental distress. Yet much is still unclear –regarding both how to understand these problems and how best to treat them. Taking an enactive, ecohumanist approach, Sanneke de Haan argues that taking people’s experiences seriously requires us to look at their developmental history and the role of the specific sociocultural practices they take part in, and finally to take account of people’s existential (self)understanding.
Film & Talk: There is a Place on Earth
FILM & TALK
Tuesday 16 April, 19:30
Lumière Cinema, Bassin 88
Registration
There is a Place on Earth is about the role of artists in wilderness conservation. The documentary takes us on a poetic journey around the world, where we meet artists who show great commitment to the environment in their extremely creative work.
Maastricht Walking Tour: Historical Highlights & Hidden Gems
EXCURSION
Sunday 21 April, 14:00-16:00
De Kiosk, Saint Servaas Bridge
Registration
The old city of Maastricht is home to hundreds of monuments, adding greatly to the enjoyment of just going for a walk or biking around. This tour gives you the opportunity to learn more about the historical context and background of Maastricht and its buildings, and will expose you to hundreds of years of history.
How to Understand Extreme Beliefs
LECTURE
Tuesday 23 April, 20:00
Auditorium Minderbroedersberg 4-6
Registration (free)
The beliefs of a conspiracy theorist, terrorist, anti-institutional extremist or fundamentalist are all paradigm examples of extreme beliefs. However, it is far from clear what extreme beliefs are. What makes them problematic? And who decides?
In this lecture, Naomi Kloosterboer and Nora Kindermann discuss the challenges of defining extreme beliefs, of understanding and explaining extreme beliefs in research contexts and of engaging with extreme believers in private and public circumstances.
In Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Maurice Blik
4 MAY LECTURE
Saturday 4 May, 20:30
St. Janskerk, Vrijthof 24
Registration (free)
The eminent Dutch-born sculptor and Holocaust survivor Maurice Blik talks to journalist and Maastricht University alumnus York Membery about being interned in the notorious WWII concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen.
Femicide
LECTURE
Monday 6 May, 20:00
Auditorium, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
Registration (free)
In this lecture, expert Janine Janssen deals with the following questions in depth. What exactly is femicide? What is the usual pattern that leads to murder and who are the perpetrators? Can femicide be prevented? And: how is it different from gender-related violence in general, and why is it important to keep paying attention to this type of violence as well?
Will Europe Survive the Sovereigntist Turn?
SCHUMAN LECTURE
Monday 13 May, 20:00
Franz Palm Lecture Hall, Tongersestraat 53
Registration (free)
The return of the nation state is said to be the foremost geopolitical phenomenon of our time. In his Schuman Lecture, Zielonka will ask whether the ongoing rebound is likely to live up to its promises in the era of intense connectivity and interdependence generated by digital technologies.
Will Europe Survive the Sovereigntist Turn?
OPERA VISIT
Thursday 30 May 18:30 / 19:30
Vrijthof Theatre, Vrijthof 47
Registration (only for students)
Studium Generale and Opera Zuid are teaming up to offer students a unique opportunity to go to the opera – at a quarter of the normal price! From ingenious disguises to secret dates; the clichés of love are presented with a twist in the double bill La scala di seta / Il signor Bruschino by bel canto grandmaster Gioacchino Rossini. A comical ‘feel-good’ performance not to be missed!