​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.

Hoe houden we de komende 100 jaar droge voeten in ons laaggelegen land? In deze van Leeuwenhoeklezing gaat Bas Jonkman van de TU Delft in op de Delftse ideeën voor de Deltawerken van de 21e eeuw.

Leni Riefenstahl is considered one of the most controversial women of the 20th century as an artist and a Nazi propagandist. Her films Triumph des Willens and Olympia stand for perfectly staged body worship and the celebration of the superior and victorious.