Erasmus University Rotterdam / Studium Generale

Studium Generale Podcast

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Studium Generale is part of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and organises scientific, social and cultural programmes throughout the year. The programme consist of lectures, debates, a monthly talk show, a monthly Open Stage Night, movie nights, cultural and scientific events and a wide range of workshops, courses and performances. And now also a podcast.

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Episodes

Book Club #2: 1984 and the surveillance society by Vivien Butot 02.06.2020 36:54

It is almost impossible to discuss 1984 without making a connection to the present day, in which surveillance is widely used - for example by means of mobile phones, surveillance cameras and the ‘bonuskaart’ at the Albert Heijn supermarket. Is Big Brother watching us? And who is Big Brother in today's society? Vivien Butot is doing his PhD research at Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Scien...

Book Club #1: Introduction to The Plague by prof.dr. Ruud Welten 07.04.2020 40:35

73 years after it first saw light, The Plague by Albert Camus hits the bestseller lists. Why is this book a must-read? Could existentialism help us to relate to the current situation? What themes in the book need a closer look to enjoy it even more? To get you started, prof.dr. Ruud Welten recorded a literary-philosophical introduction to this Nobel Prize winner and the book that is more urgent th...