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Existential Tuesday: Do we really need hierarchies in society?
Lunch discussion! The history of social hierarchies is paired with great accomplishments and terrible oppression. Why do we keep doing this? Do we really need to create hierarchies of power?
Zoals Plato al zei… | Filosofische actualiteitscursus deel III
Filosoof en hoofd Studium Generale Leon Heuts vertelt over de geschiedenis van de filosofie aan de hand van actuele thema’s.
Zoals Plato al zei… | Filosofische actualiteitscursus deel II
Politiek filosoof Ivana Ivkovic en hoofd Studium Generale Leon Heuts vertellen over de geschiedenis van de filosofie aan de hand van actuele thema’s.
VOX Discussion Night: The Rise of Militarism
A quarter of all people live in conflict-affected countries. Is militarism on the rise again? Is defense funding justified when humanity faces so many crises?
VOX Movie Night: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) by Nagisa Ôshima
The film is based on the experiences of writer Sir Laurens van der Post, a WWII veteran who was taken as a POW by the Japanese military.
Existential Tuesday: Can you be sane in an insane world?
Lunch discussion! How sane can you expect to be in our society, where things like burnouts, depression, loneliness, and mental illness are becoming the norm?
Bargaining with Fate: A Creative Writing Workshop
DUE TO ILLNESS, THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
What is right, and what is left? Political framing in Dutch news
For this Monday Media Breakdown we’ll discuss: the Dutch elections! We’ll look at how the political landscape is divided in the media and in reality.
VOX Movie Night: Ghost in the Shell (1995) by Mamoru Oshii
A beautifully animated, and iconically scored, thrilling, yet deeply philosophical film. Explore consciousness, memory and what it means to be ‘human’ in the ‘wired’ age.