NOTE: Location change || Is peace just an absence of war, or is it a way of life? How can we learn to live peacefully? Some have theorized that peacefulness is a virtue, like courage or open-mindedness. Others think peace does not have a chance in a world where war is always a viable strategy.
What cosmic mysteries boggle your mind? Which curious assumptions do you think humans live by without ever questioning them? Come ponder the existence of existential mysteries together.
The new film by Iranian master Jafar Panahi, who won the Palme d’Or earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival. A small accident sets off a chain reaction of increasingly serious problems.
What if the powerful among us turn out not to be human? Two young men, obsessed with conspiracy theories, kidnap the influential CEO of a pharmaceutical company – convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying the Earth.
Do you believe in monsters? Perhaps in our disenchanted age the category seems archaic. We no longer fear vampires, ghouls, or dragons. What about serial killers, predators, war criminals, and those that we often call monstrous?
TU Delft is composed of tens of thousands of people, academic staff, administrative staff, technical, facilities, and maintenance workers, not to mention students, visiting researchers, and the birds outside Alma. But what is TU Delft?
Do we really value authenticity over conformity? How do you know when you’re being truly authentic? And can you be ‘true to yourself’ if you don’t know what the self really is or what objective truth is? Lots of questions to send you safely into the exam period.
Public spaces are crucial for fostering interaction and a sense of belonging. But are they designed for all? This Autumn we will investigate how to create public spaces as dynamic networks of relationships.
You are invited to come on a walk and explore the “familiar surroundings” of our faculty – only to find out that not everyone experiences them the same way. Afterwards the real work begins, rethinking it all together.
Bring your works in progress – your sketchbook, colored pencils, pastels, fiber art, poetry book, and more!
Recently, Dutch news has been full of heartbreaking stories of violence against women. What changes, if any, are we willing to make in our lifestyles to help make women safer at home and outside?
Compose a poem, then hunt through magazines to bring your words to life!
How can you make your research REALLY inclusive? Part of TU Delft EDI Week.
Having fun, zoning out, seeking thrills, admiring beautiful things, learning, festivity, exercise, and Netflix are all contenders for ways to spend our free time. Sometimes we do a few at once. There’s hundreds of ways to spend our free time, but are some better than others?
In deze lezing neemt Bart Root u mee op een fascinerende reis, van de diepten van onze oceanen tot de verre uithoeken van het zonnestelsel. Hij laat zien welke ontdekkingen er, dankzij baanbrekend onderzoek van professor Meinesz, naar het zwaartekrachtsveld van onze planeet zijn gedaan.
