Het nieuwe China
Over politiek, cultuur en economie
Datum: November 2005
Het zijn spannende tijden voor China en de wereld. De Chinese economie groeit als kool en de handel floreert als nooit tevoren. Het Westen weet er nog niet goed raad mee. Wat staat de wereld te wachten?
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Swimming with Sharks
How Big Pharma threatens Academic Freedom
Arthur Shafer
Opponent: Lou de Leij
Date: Wednesday 27 april 2011
Over the past three decades, as governments have retreated from funding biomedical research, the pharmaceutical industry has stepped in to fill the vacuum. Corporate funding of university science has resulted in a profound loss of research integrity.
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3x Film about Extreme Control
Rabbit Proof Fence
Directed by Phillip Noyce, Australia 2002, 94 min
Date: Tuesday 15 November 2011
Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to re-education camps, ‘to save them from themselves’.
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3x Film about Extreme Control
Jesus Camp
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, USA 2006, 84 min
Language English | Subtitles Dutch
Date: Wednesday 23 November 2011
In a summer camp for evangelical Christian kids, ‘God’s Army’ is trained to take back America for Christ.
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3x Film about Extreme Control
Gattaca
Directed by Andrew Niccol, USA 1997, 106 min
Language English | Subtitles Dutch
Date: Wednesday 30 November 2011
In the not-too-distant future genetic engineering of humans is common and your DNA determines the social class you belong to.
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Winners & Losers
Winners and losers: an evolutionary perspective
Lee Dugatkin
Date: Monday 4 February 2013
Audio recording lecture Lee Dugatkin
‘Winners will be winners’ and ‘losers will be losers’. But why did this evolve and how does it affect the group?
Humor Doesn't Travel?
Jewish comedy: Zelig
Introduction by Stefan van der Poel
Directed by Woody Allen, 1983, 79 min.
Date: Thursday 14 March 2013
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him.
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Humor Doesn't Travel?
English comedy: The Meaning of Life
Introduction by Elena Gualtieri
Directed by Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam, 1983, 107 min.
Date: Thursday 25 April 2013
Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python-team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth.
Humor Doesn't Travel?
French comedy: Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis
Introduction by Jeanette den Toonder
Directed by Dany Boon, 2008, 106 min.
Date: Thursday 16 May 2013
A man from the beautiful South of France has to move to the far North. He expects to find a dreadful cold place full of strange rednecks speaking an incomprehensible dialect. But the reality turns out to be different than the prejudice.
CANCELLED
Victoria Brescoll | Co-speaker Jolande Sap
Date: Due to personal circumstances this lecture has been cancelled and will be scheduled to a later date.
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Organized in collaboration with the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen
Women face different challenges than men in the quest for leadership roles and their ability to hold onto these positions. Even nowadays, gender stereotypes still get in the way. How can woman overcome these challenges to gain and exercise power in leadership positions?
