Launch of COVID-19 collection by MSDC students, on 22 October
Students from the MA Media Studies: Digital Cultures (MSDC), digitised in 3D, personal items that spoke to their experience of the pandemic. These models were woven into digital stories that explore their experience from personal, cultural, and social perspectives.
These objects, connected to wider themes that will resonate with all of us, are being presented on a new website, which will be launched at 20.00 on 22 October at the Boekhandel Dominicanen as part of Museumnacht.
Please join us for the launch by getting your tickets for Musuemnacht here.
GTD Colloquium by Dr. Asuncion Fresnoza Flot, on 27 October
Globalization, Transnationalism & Development Colloquium ‘On Transnational families, Thai-Belgian couples in Belgium and Thailand’ by Dr. Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot, Radboud University.
When: Wednesday 27 October, 15.30 – 17.00
Where: GG80-82 room 3.002 (attic)
FEM Lunch with Cassy Juhasz, on Wednesday 27 October
On Wednesday 27 October from 12.00 – 13.00, FEM invites you for its second online lunch of this academic year.
For this edition, travel back in time together with Cassy Juhasz, who recently joined the philosophy department of FASoS.
Please register to attend here.
ECA webinar with Council of Europe, on 28 October
European Career Association Maastricht and the Council of Europe will hold a webinar titled ‘Discover the Council of Europe and its Career Opportunities’ via Zoom on Thursday 28 October at 16.30.
If you are interested in finding out more about the Council of Europe, its functioning, its mission, how it works to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law, as well as what career opportunities it can offer you, then join the webinar!
You can register for the webinar here.
Annual UM Learning & Innovation Conference, on 10 November
On Wednesday 10 November 2021, the university’s Taskforce Learning & Innovation will organise their annual conference.
The conference is free of charge for everyone interested in our conference, be it an (educational) scientist, a teacher, or a student, from within or outside UM.
There is no need to submit an abstract to attend the conference, but because of COVID-19 rules, registration is mandatory via this link.
DSRI community event, on Tuesday 23 November
Are you doing data science work and want to use something more powerful than your laptop? Come learn about UM’s updated Data Science Research Infrastructure (DSRI) on Tuesday 23 November, from 09.30 – 14.00.
You can register for the event here.
For more information, please see here.
SG lecture: Comeback – Hoe welkom is de wolf?, on 14 October
This lecture (in Dutch), held by Tijs Goldschmidt, writer and evolution biologist, is about the ecological, anthropological, and cultural-historical implications of the recent return of the wolf to the Netherlands.
When: Thursday 14 October, 20.00
Where: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6 and online
Attendance is free, but please register here to attend the event live.
Study Saturday, on Saturday 16 October
Library full and nowhere to go? Is your room feeling tiny and you need to get out? Good news: FASoS will be open on Saturday 16 October from 9.00 – 19.00 for a Study Saturday.
All tutorial rooms in GG76 (the building with the white/ orange stripes) will be open. This includes all study rooms and the computer suite.
Webinar: Comparative Law and the Covid-19 Pandemic, on 26 October
The IALS Webinar on Comparative Law and the Covid-19 Pandemic will take place on Tuesday 26 October from 15.00 – 18.00.
You can register for the webinar here.
MYA x Lumière film: Midnight Traveler, on 1 November
In partnership with Lumière Cinema, the Maastricht Young Academy (MYA) is planning a series of 3 films in the 2021-22 season, focusing on themes that connect emerging research at Maastricht University with our community.
The first of this series on the theme of migration will be Midnight Traveler on Monday 1 November at 19.30.
Tickets are €5, and include 2 drinks to help continue the conversation, sponsored by the MYA.
