SG Joan Muysken Lecture: Contradictions of Capitalism, on 15 November
Over the past 40 years, the fiscal crisis of the state was kept in check with the help of an expanding financial system, as well as by an unlimited creation of fresh money.
Join this Studium Generale lecture on ‘Contradictions of Capitalism: Past and Present’.
When: 15 November, at 20.00
Where: Aula, Tongersestraat 53
Costs: Free
Speaker: Em. prof. dr. Wolfgang Streeck, Emeritus Director Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Register here.
Neuroethics Café about NeuroLaw, on 7 December 2022
For this next Neuroethics Café meeting, associate professor David Roef will give a talk on NeuroLaw, which will be followed by an open discussion.
NeuroLaw is an exciting field which explores the effects of neuroscience findings on legal practices.
When: 7 December 2022, from 16.00 – 18.00
Where: Flendrigzaal at MUMC+ (4th floor)
To register, contact Katherine Bassil via k.bassil@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
SG lecture on Jean-Luc Godard and film screening, on 8 November
Few filmmakers have left behind such a ground breaking, influential and radical oeuvre as Jean-Luc Godard.
Join the Studium Generale lecture on ‘Everything is Cinema: The Filmic Alchemy of Jean-Luc Godard‘, followed by a screening of ‘A Bout de Souffle’.
When: 8 November, 19.30 (lecture) 21.00 (film)
Where: Lumière Cinema
Costs: Lecture – €5, Film – students €5 / others €10
Speaker: Kevin Toma, film critic and composer
Marres workshop: Who are you when you’re performing work?, on 9 November
On 9 November from 19.00-21.00 Marres: House for Contemporary Culture is hosting a ‘Training the Senses’ workshop at the Brandweerkantine.
Philippine Hoegen, Nirav Christophe and Carolien Stikker will guide you to explore who you are when you perform work, with techniques including voice dialogue, performative exercises, embodiment and interaction.
Tickets are only €2.50 for students and €5.00 for other visitors. Buy tickets here.
UM Cares: informal carers lunch, on 10 November
‘UM Cares About You – Lunch’ is an event during which the spotlight is put on UM’s mantelzorgers (informal carers).
It takes place on 10 November at two locations, in both Randwyck (Universiteitssingel 40) and the city centre (Tongersestraat 53), from 12.00 – 13.15.
To celebrate, appreciate, and bring together all of those who care, you are kindly invited to register here and mention your dietary wishes. The lunch will be vegetarian.
UNSA lecture on Sustainable Development Goals, on 10 November
The United Nations Student Association (UNSA) is organising a critical SDG Lecture titled ‘The Sustainable Development Goals: Uneasy Alliances and Competing Ambitions’ with Dr. Elsje Fourie.
Expand your knowledge of development and gain a more critical understanding of the SDGs.
When: 10 November, 18.30
Where: UCM lecture hall, B 0.014
Sign up here. Bring your student ID to the event.
Seminar “Migration and Development Dynamics”, from 24 – 26 November
The Jean Monnet Chair in EU Politics in a Changing Global Context (CHANCE) is delighted to invite you to participate in the extracurricular seminar “Migration and Development Dynamics“.
This is an online seminar which will take place for three days on 24, 25 & 26 November 2022 (Thursday and Friday 18.00 – 20.00, Saturday 11.00 – 13.00).
For registration or additional information contact Niklas Mayer via n.mayer@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
GTD Colloquium: (Re)Mapping Migration and Education, on 30 November
Join the Globalisation, Transnationalism & Development Colloquium that doubles as the European book launch of ‘(Re)Mapping Migration and Education: Centering Methods and Methodologies‘ (2022, Brill).
When: 30 November, 15.30 – 17.00
Where: GG 76s, 1.018
The register, click here or email Laura Ogden.
GTD – CGD Colloquium with prof. Nolwazi Mkhwanazi, on 2 November
Join the Globalisation, Transnationalism & Development Colloquium titled ‘The politics of care: Making and unmaking families in South Africa‘ by Nolwazi Mkhwanazi, professor of Anthropology at the University of the Pretoria.
When: 2 November, 15.30 – 16.00
Where: Spiegezaal, Grote Gracht 80-82
SG lecture series: Constructing Time, from 3 November onwards
In this Studium Generale series, Vincent van de Ven explains how we construct our sense of time from memory and cognition.
When: 3, 10, 17 and 24 November at 19.30
Where: Karl Dittrich Hall, Student Services Centre, Bonnefantenstraat 2
Costs: UM students €8, UM employees and students from other schools €20, Others €40
Speaker: Vincent van de Ven, PhD, Associate Professor Perception and Cognitive Neuroscience, UM
Register here.