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.

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.

Compose a poem, then hunt through magazines to bring your words to life!

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?

Bring your works in progress – your sketchbook, colored pencils, pastels, fiber art, poetry book, and more!

What, to you, are the underlying reasons for (let’s be honest, mostly male) violence in society? How would you go about engineering and designing a safer society?

Liberalism. Conservatism. Marxism. Fascism. Populism. Learn how scholars define various political “-isms” and their many incarnations.

Can we have an equitable, democratic society if only some of us can claim their space? And is a society where everyone is heard equally necessarily better?

Kites have something innocent, something that reminds of childhood and endless summers. Our relationship with the wind made visible in a fun way. Can we give it a voice too? During this writing huddle, we claim space for childhood joy, while drafting our energy vows to the next generation.

Does love need to be liberated? If so, from what? The phrase ‘free love’ may be associated with mid to late 20th century hippies, but has its origins as a philosophy in religious movements which are thousands of years old. Since then, thinkers have come and gone asking how love can be made more free, and what we need to do to make it so.