Want to find new ways to think about matters of importance in society? Read here the reviews, watch the video of listen to the podcasts of the latest Radboud Reflects lectures. Learn, enjoy and think further.
High Sensitivity: Brain, Mental Health and Society | Lecture and conversation with psychologist Corina Greven and neuroscientist Judith Homberg
What happens in the brain of a highly sensitive person? How does high sensitivity affect mental health? And if there’s an increase, what does that say about our society?
Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz: Developments in the War on Iran | Current Affairs lecture with political scientist Nora Stel and American Studies scholar Peter van der Heiden
What is the nature of the relationship between the United States and Israel, and who has which interests in this increasingly complex war? What is Lebanon’s role in all of this?
Ilja Leonard Pfeiffer on Democracy. Where Did It Go Wrong? | Conversation with author Ilja Leonard Pfeiffer and students of Radboud University
In his new book Absolute Democracy, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer examines the mechanisms shaping our time. Where did things go wrong? And what might the path toward a better future look like?
Course | Hannah Arendt: Politics and the Individual
COURSE IN DUTCH - Five-part course with philosopher Tim Miechels on the life and work of Hannah Arendt.
Imagine! How Dystopian and Utopian Stories Shape Our Future | Film and conversation with scholar of religion Seth Bledsoe and scholar of culture Christopher Cusack
Can utopian movies help us to imagine alternative futures, or do we overestimate how much our imagination can shape our future?
Mold, Plant, Animal: Hidden Worlds Revealed | Lecture and conversation with ecologist Dina in ’t Zandt and artist Theun Karelse
How do technology and art help us better understand the complexity of nature and escape the limits of our human perspective?
AI and The End of Copyright | Lecture and conversation with scholar of law Roma Leuyerink and cultural scientist Vincent Meelberg
Who owns a piece of culture generated by AI? Is using data without permission to train AI models a form of theft? Or is our idea of ownership simply outdated?
Who Was Philosopher and Sociologist Jürgen Habermas? | Lecture and conversation with social philosopher Vivienne Matthies-Boon and political philosopher Bert van den Brink
Who was the German philosopher, sociologist, and public intellectual Jürgen Habermas? Why was Habermas one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century? And why is his work still so important today?
Parkinson’s Disease, Art, and the Future of Healthcare | Lecture and conversation with neurologist Bas Bloem and art advisor Esther Vossen
What can Parkinson’s teach us about how health works?
Why One Person Sees Discrimination and Another Doesn’t | Lecture and conversation with sociologist Niels Spierings, alderman Cilia Daemen and philosopher Hasan Erkan
Why does one person interpret a remark as a factual statement, while someone else sees it as a clear form of discrimination?
Michael Pollan: What is Consciousness? | Reading and conversation with journalist Michael Pollan, cognitive philosopher Marc Slors and neuroscientist Jolien Francken
In his new book, the renowned journalist and bestselling author Michael Pollan examines the question of how the elusive phenomenon of consciousness can be investigated in a scientifically rigorous manner.
Anna Terruwe and Identity | Lecture and conversation with historian Marit Monteiro, psychologists Lara Vreeswijk, Leentje Vervoort and mindfulness researcher Jelle Lubbers
Who was Anna Terruwe, and how does her theory relate to the ways in which scholars today think about identity?