Is it possible to be truly open-minded? Don’t we sometimes need to learn to ignore and dismiss some ideas?

Where do you think real power lies in society? Is it in the hands of the government, or the judiciary, multinational corporations, organized religion, banks, elite families, secret societies, or somewhere else?

How do you do good in the complex modern world? And why? Challenge your perspective on what it truly means to do good!

Investigating the currents of civilisation and extermination running through Western History, exploring how race first became institutionalised,

Revisiting the stories of Christopher Columbus, the Alamo and the Trail of Tears from an indigenous perspective and examining the “doctrine of discovery” which was used to justify the enslavement of millions.

How can the world still allow genocide to take place? Have we learned nothing from the past? This episode offers a different perspective on the history of this most brutal of human practices. How science, racism, technology and military superiority drove the development of new ways of killing.

To what extent (if any) is it acceptable for there to be differences in what people can get access to, like education, food, or housing? Is it okay for there to be differences in what people can get away with? Are there any privileges that we could and should abolish?

Join us in reading the autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, which explores the childhood of the author during and after the Islamic revolution in Iran.

Whether you’ve been here for years or are just starting out, take a moment to sit and reflect on how this university shapes its people’s lives.