Lectures and debates
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07May2015
Read moreBooks that will save your life: an English literary festival 2015
20:00 - 21:30 | Event
Seven speakers talk about that one book that has changed their lives and still inspires them now. In this evening celebrating literature you might be persuaded to start devouring their books as well…This 2015 edition ...
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19May2015
Read moreTourism and the Academy
17:00 - 18:30 | Event
Many people visit historical sites and museums, or, for that matter, read a book, only during their holidays. In particular, we are currently witnessing a rise in organized group travel with the aim of experiencing ...
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19May2015
Read moreAn inside look at visual journalism at The New York Times
20:00 - 21:30 | Event
Journalism is developing quickly, not only when it comes to text and stories, but also, and perhaps even more so, when we look at presentation. In our digital age, online technologies provide unprecedented ...
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21May2015
Read moreJudicial systems around the world: the reputation of judges
20:00 - 21:30 | Event
Why do judicial systems vary around the world? Traditionally, theories trying to explain this draw heavily on history, tradition and culture. American professor of Law Nuno Garoupa puts forth a new approach, drawing ...
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21May2015
Read moreSpinoza Lecture: Ideology and Morality
20:15 - 22:00 | Lecture
Sally Haslanger will hold the Spinoza Chair of the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities in the second term of the academic year 2014-2015 and will be delivering the accompanying two Spinoza Lectures ...
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22May2015
Read moreSpace! A Useless Category for Historical Analysis?
17:00 - 18:30 | Event
How do material environments affect our daily lives? Why do scholars fail to see the significance of the materiality of our daily surroundings? In this lecture Leif Jerram explores the significance of understanding ...
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28May2015
Read moreThe realism of Roman sculpture
17:00 - 18:30 | Event
Roman sculpture is famous for its realism, which contrasts with the idealism of the Greeks. Nigel Spivey, a Senior Lecturer in Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, will explain why the Romans ...
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03June2015
Read moreThe beginning of China's ethnicity challenge-Wertheim Lecture
16:00 - 17:00 | Lecture
China is quietly changing its ethnicity policy. The current Regional Nationality Autonomy paradigm is criticized for risking consolidating ethnic groups into nations, and an assimilationist approach is increasingly ...
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03June2015
Read moreBad Neighbourhoods: Europe’s crisis and the challenges of its peripheries
20:00 - 21:30 | Event
Europe is confronted with a dual crisis: an internal and an external one. The internal crisis of the European project is mainly related to that of the euro and more generally to the divisive effects of the economic ...