Studium Generale

Lezing, Engelstalig
Donderdag 11 oktober, 19.30 uur
Prof. Jan van Hooff
em. Professor in Ethology & Socio-ecology, Utrecht University​

Descartes proposed that animals are no more than machines. A grandiose thought, because it prompted the question: “How then does it work”?, which triggered the flourishing of empirical biology and physiology. This lecture is part of the lecture series Birth of Reason, but can be attended as an individual lecture. 

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Lezing, Engelstalig
Maandag 15 oktober, 20.00 uur
Gareth Stedman Jones
Professor of the History of Ideas, Queen Mary, University of London, Director Centre for History and Economics, King's College Cambridge

Marxists believed that the capitalism would necessarily end in collapse. Stedman Jones argues that it is possible to distinguish three distinct phases in Marx's picture of what capitalism was and how it might end.

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Gesprek
Donderdag 18 oktober, 20.00 uur
Maxim Februari
schrijver, jurist, filosoof en kunsthistoricus

Wat heb je nog toe te voegen aan de gegevens die anderen over je verzamelen? Die filosofische, wetenschapstheoretische, juridische, politieke en lichtelijk paranoïde vraag houdt Maxim Februari tegenwoordig bezig. 

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Lezing
Donderdag 25 oktober, 20.00 uur
Prof. dr. Sarah Durston
hoogleraar ontwikkelingsstoornissen van de hersenen, UMC Utrecht

Ons wetenschappelijke paradigma is 350 jaar oud en analyseert de werkelijkheid op een reductionistische wijze. Maar er zijn fenomenen die binnen dit ideeëngoed niet verklaard kunnen worden, zoals bewustzijn en menselijke beleving. 

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Collegereeks
Ma 29 okt, 5, 12, 19 en 26 nov – 19.30 tot21.30 uur
Dr. Peter van Nunen
Ruslanddeskundige, Maastricht

Deze reeks behandelt historische mijlpalen van 1000 jaar Rusland, 70 jaar communisme en 25 jaar vallen en opstaan van een nieuw Russisch rijk dat afscheid moest nemen van de status van wereldmacht, maar die onder de nieuwe heersers opnieuw opeist.

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Tanslezing 2018 
Maandag 29 oktober, 20.00 uur
Maajid Nawaz
writer, columnist and founding chairman of the counter-extremism organization Quilliam

After publicly clashing in a debate over the concept of Islamic reform in the Muslim world, prominent atheist philosopher Sam Harris and Islamist-turned-liberal-Muslim Maajid Nawaz reconnected several years later in an attempt at honest dialogue.

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Collegereeks, Engelstalig
Dinsdag 30 okt en 6, 13, 20 en 27 nov – 19.30 tot 21.30 uur
Rene Gabriëls, PhD
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, UM

This series introduces you to the work of five of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), Karl Marx (1818-1883), Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) and Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900).

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Collegereeks, Engelstalig
Wo 31 okt en 7, 14, 21 en 28 nov – 19.30 tot 21.30 uur
Birsen Erdogan, LLM
Lecturer in International Law, UM
Cihan Erkli
Teacher International Relations UCM, UM

This series aims to combine several international relations theories with topical and current world events. Questions are raised about democracy, privacy, terrorism, conflicts, feminism, foreign policy and more.

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Collegereeks, Engelstalig
Do 1, 8, 15 en 22 nov – 19.30 tot 21.30 uur
Various speakers 

Game Theory is centred around mathematical models of conflict and cooperation. It plays an increasingly important role in many branches of science, such as Economics, Biology, Computer Science, Psychology, Political Science, Law and Medicine. 

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Lezing, Engelstalig
Dinsdag 6 november, 20.00 uur
Dr. Henry Marsh
neurosurgeon and award-winning author

In this lecture, leading English neurosurgeon Henry Marsh will make clear that medical decision-making involves just as much emotion as reason, and that all doctors find it difficult to strike a balance between compassion for their patients and professional detachment. 

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