Past events

On Tuesday 14 December, we delve into the topic of trans femmes and feminism together with Mathilde Kennis. It is fair to say our society is going through a gender revolution. Gender is currently being constructed as a non-binary concept that is detached from ‘biological sex’.

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. 

The webinar is about the interlinkages between climate change, agricultural commodities, smallholders, payments for ecosystem services, and digitalisation.

During an experience day, you experience what it is like to be a law student for one day. You take part in a teaching group, which allows you to get acquainted with the education system and the study material. The entire day, you will be guided by senior students. 

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...

Video available. The Corona pandemic has shown that attention to tackling obstacles is achieved not only by streamlining regulations, but also by recognizing a border identity. A joint strategy and working together with partners on both sides of the border, each from their own background appears to...

The theme of this year’s NUTRIM symposium is ‘safe today, safer tomorrow’. In this symposium, we will highlight current advances in knowledge that have the potential of making a safer future. However, we should keep in mind that safer is not the same as safe!

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...

The EU is dealing with many tax issues, including the priority of tax systems that contribute to sustainability. Together with the other organisers, we believe that one of the important opportunities in this context is innovation, which can play a prominent role in making Europe more sustainable in...

This November, world leaders will gather in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference. For this digital seminar, we would also like to explore the pressing issue of climate change focusing on its impact on symphonic practice in the present and in the future.