In this lecture, Halleh Ghorashi will discuss our changing attitude to diversity. First, she will go into the dominant way we deal with diversity in the Netherlands, placing it in a historical context. 

Studium Generale | InScience/Maastricht 
By the Throat

Studium Generale | Lecture
Prof. Mark Sanders, Professor of International Economics, UM

In close collaboration with Lumière Cinema we have curated 2 films from this year’s festival selection of InScience International Science Film Festival in Nijmegen. Staff members of Maastricht University will introduce the films, and afterwards give a brief response to them and answer your questions.

In this lecture Mona Seif will talk about the current human rights situation in Egypt and her work as a human rights defender. She will go into the role of the authorities in suppressing critical voices and the role of civil society and human rights defenders in standing up and denouncing human rights violations.

Studium Generale | Joan Muysken Lecture
Prof. Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, Warwick University

Men achieve orgasm more often than their female bed partner: 90% compared to 30%. So coitus gives rise to an orgasm gap. In her lecture, Dewitte explains the research, and how the orgasm gap is caused. How can we close the orgasm gap?

In our Debate Café, we not only give the floor to experts, but also challenge the audience to speak up and interact. In a lively and relaxed setting, we address the issue of inequality in health and accessibility to health care.