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Reviews on theme Philosophy
Women At the Doctor’s Office: the Gender Gap in Healthcare | Lecture and conversation with internal medicine physician Saskia Middeldorp and gender historian Marloes Hülsken
Treatments do not always align well with the needs of women, and conditions affecting women are often researched less than those affecting men. Women’s complaints are dismissed as complaining or seen as to be expected. How did this come about?
Chatbot Cabaret: Does AI Have a Sense of Humor? | Thursday Talk with AI Researcher Iris Hendrickx and Dutch Literature Scholar Ivo Nieuwenhuis
Have you ever laughed out loud with a chatbot? Humor is often regarded as a human trait. However, the rise of artificial intelligence raises questions. Can humor be outsourced to AI? And if so, is that something we should actually want?
The Growing Role of War and Defense in Society | Lecture and conversation with Anthropologist Tine Molendijk and Political Scientist Wolfgang Wagner
What role should defense play in society? What ethical questions are involved? The armed forces are working to expand their size and visibility and to strengthen their connection with society. What does that mean?
Home. When Do You Feel at Home Somewhere? | Film & Conversation with Philosopher Hasan Erkan
What makes you feel at home somewhere? Is it the place, the people, or is it you? Maja, the main character in Home, is six years old when she moves with her parents from Yugoslavia to Denmark in 1991, hoping for a better life.
Rivers Are Running Dry. What Now? | Current Affairs Lecture with Spatial Planning Expert Sander Meijerink and Climate Scientist Heleen de Coninck
The Conversation of The (Thurs)Day: Never before have water levels in Dutch rivers been as low as they were this summer. Is this the new normal? Why is there so little sense of urgency about it?
Radboud Reflects Book Club on The Stoic Guide to Happiness by Massimo Pigliucci
Read The Stoic Guide to Happiness by philosopher Massimo Pigliucci and join the conversation about how we can achieve happiness.
Crump About Trump | Radboud Reflects @DeKaaij
With Trump, a lot can happen in just a few days, let alone a few months! But with historian and U.S. expert Laurien Crump, you are guaranteed the most up-to-date analyses of whatever the American president has come up with this time.
Space Journey from De Kaaij | Radboud Reflects @DeKaaij with physicist Béatrice Bonga
What is a black hole? Can you see one when you look into space? From De Kaaij you don’t just see the Waal flowing by you also have a clear view of the infinite sky. Discover how black holes work and how we know what we know about them.
What’s in the Sand? | Radboud @Vierdaagse with a short lecture and mini research activity by ecologists Mieke Brinkman and Maarten Postuma
Sand is sand and the Waal beach is the Waal beach. Or not? Because what exactly is moving between those tiny grains beneath your feet, things you can’t see with the bare eye?
Mindful into the Vierdaagse | Radboud @Vierdaagse with a short lecture and meditation by mindfulness researchers Anne Speckens and Marieke Brok
How do you make it through the Vierdaagsefeesten without stress? Crowds of people, fries with mayo on your trousers, a sudden downpour. A disaster for some but you remain completely zen.
Music and Politics | Radboud @Vierdaagse with a short lecture by music sociologist Valerie Knöpker
What could be more fun than going to the Vierdaagsefeesten together? A city full of music that connects and brings people together. Or does it? Because music can also lead to exclusion and polarization, because it touches our emotions so deeply.
The Pope on AI: Magnifica Humanitas | Podcast with religious studies scholar Heleen Murre-van den Berg and AI expert Pim Haselager
DUTCH - Listen to this podcast in which religious studies scholar Heleen Murre-van den Berg and AI expert Pim Haselager continue the conversation about the meaning of the encyclical about AI.