We can’t reverse the arrow of time. How can we fight the crumbling world order and create a shared future amid the chaos? Join us for another interactive Critical Mass Session!

It’s the modern creative writer’s first commandment: “Show, don’t tell!” What does it mean? How do you “show” and avoid “telling”? And is “Show, don’t tell” even good advice?

The global balance of power is shifting rapidly, and the world is becoming more fragmented and unpredictable. This has direct relevance for a university of technology: innovations developed here can have strategic, sometimes unintended, consequences.

​In an era where traditional debates often exacerbate polarization and hinder genuine understanding, we introduce the Antidebate — a transformative approach to public discourse.

Machtige mannen vormen de maatschappij naar hun eigen moraal. Maar moeten wij zomaar alles van ze pikken? Vanavond nemen Fringe Festival en Studium Generale je mee op tour langs de worsteling tussen macht en moraal.

Military and security organisations wield significant power — including the legal use of force. Would you be willing to serve in such an organisation?

We will conclude our Language x Power programme with a themed film screening of Arrival, a sci-fi film that confronts problems of language and power for the stakes of the planet and universe.

New technology has radically transformed warfare. War is no longer just something that happens; it is something we see, and can almost experience first-hand.

The COVID-19 pandemic, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the rise of populism and the far right—these events share one thing in common: language is changing, and hardening. And war begins when words lose their meaning.

This discussion event is cancelled.