STUDIUM GENERALE
Welcome!
Studium Generale offers a programme of lectures, debates and talkshows; lecture series;
art, film, theatre, and poetry events and we organise the biennial PAS Festival.
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Programme April-May
The programme booklet April-May is out now. You can leaf through the booklet here.
... or scroll down for an overview of all activities.
How to Understand Extreme Beliefs
LECTURE
Tuesday 23 April, 20:00
Auditorium Minderbroedersberg 4-6
Registration (free)
The beliefs of a conspiracy theorist, terrorist, anti-institutional extremist or fundamentalist are all paradigm examples of extreme beliefs. However, it is far from clear what extreme beliefs are. What makes them problematic? And who decides?
In this lecture, Naomi Kloosterboer and Nora Kindermann discuss the challenges of defining extreme beliefs, of understanding and explaining extreme beliefs in research contexts and of engaging with extreme believers in private and public circumstances.
In Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Maurice Blik
4 MAY LECTURE
Saturday 4 May, 20:30
St. Janskerk, Vrijthof 24
Registration (free)
The eminent Dutch-born sculptor and Holocaust survivor Maurice Blik talks to journalist and Maastricht University alumnus York Membery about being interned in the notorious WWII concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen.
Femicide
LECTURE
Monday 6 May, 20:00
Auditorium, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
Registration (free)
In this lecture, expert Janine Janssen deals with the following questions in depth. What exactly is femicide? What is the usual pattern that leads to murder and who are the perpetrators? Can femicide be prevented? And: how is it different from gender-related violence in general, and why is it important to keep paying attention to this type of violence as well?
Will Europe Survive the Sovereigntist Turn?
SCHUMAN LECTURE
Monday 13 May, 20:00
Franz Palm Lecture Hall, Tongersestraat 53
Registration (free)
The return of the nation state is said to be the foremost geopolitical phenomenon of our time. In his Schuman Lecture, Zielonka will ask whether the ongoing rebound is likely to live up to its promises in the era of intense connectivity and interdependence generated by digital technologies.
Life and Work of a Central Asian Human Rights Defender
SHELTER CITY LECTURE
Monday 27 May, 20:00
Karl Dittrich Hall, Student Services Center, Bonnefantenstraat 2
Registration
Our guest is a human rights defender who works on capacity building of human rights organisations in their country, promotion of civic and political rights, and protection of civic space. In doing so, they face a lot of obstacles in their work, from discriminatory laws and surveillance. During the lecture, our guest discusses the history of their country and tells how democracy came under pressure. They also talk about what their work as a human rights defender is like.
Opera Zuid: La Scala di Seta / Il Signor Bruschino
OPERA VISIT
Thursday 30 May 18:30 / 19:30
Vrijthof Theatre, Vrijthof 47
Registration (only for students)
Studium Generale and Opera Zuid are teaming up to offer students a unique opportunity to go to the opera – at a quarter of the normal price! From ingenious disguises to secret dates; the clichés of love are presented with a twist in the double bill La scala di seta / Il signor Bruschino by bel canto grandmaster Gioacchino Rossini. A comical ‘feel-good’ performance not to be missed!
