Lustrum Debate and Lectures
There could be no Lustrum week without debate. Leiden University will initiate a new tradition in 2010: the Freedom Lecture. There will also be a lecture dedicated to the Lustrum theme, and this year’s Cleveringa meetings will relate to ‘Reason and Emotion’.
- Lustrum conference ‘Book or Booze’
- The Freedom Lecture by Salman Rushdie
- Lustrum lecture "Emotion and Rationality in Science"
- Cleveringa meetings on the Lustrum theme of Reason and Emotion
Lustrum conference ‘Book or Booze’
The local chamber of student associations (PKvV) and the Leiden Debating Union have joined forces in organising an impressive Lustrum conference and debate for Leiden’s students and (future) policy-makers. Both supporters and opponents will debate the proposition affirming the relevance of classic Dutch student associations in the increasingly international academic community and the many changes this community is undergoing.
These experienced debate organisers will be sure to spark off some fireworks!
Tuesday 15 June, 1.30 pm, Academy Building.
The Freedom Lecture by Salman Rushdie
In co-operation with the city of Leiden and the LUMC, Leiden University intends to start a new tradition in the Lustrum week: The Leiden Freedom Lecture. Freedom is a central subject in so many circles, from social, ideological and philosophical perspectives, and each groups has its own interpretation of freedom.
Salman Rushdie, a leading world figure will speak in Leiden about this wide-ranging subject.
Friday 18 June, 3 pm, Peters Church. Read more about the Freedom Lecture.
Lustrum lecture "Emotion and Rationality in Science"
Dr James W. McAllister, from the Institute of Philosophy, will speak at the beginning of the Lustrum week about emotion and reason in science.
Location: KOG (Lorentz room), Steenschuur 25
Monday 14 June, 20.00
Registration: Rosalien van der Poel (e-mail)
Cleveringa meetings on the Lustrum theme of Reason and Emotion
Every year the Leiden University Fund organises the so-called Cleveringa meetings on or around November 26. These meetings commemorate the legacy of Professor Cleveringa, exemplary advocate of praesidium libertatis. During WWII he spoke out against the dismissal of his Jewish colleague Professor E.M. Meijers. This event, that played such an important part in the history of the University, is remembered every year. Both in the Netherlands and in foreign countries throughout the world, Leiden’s scholars deliver lectures on the theme of freedom. In 2010 there will be lectures at 38 locations around the world!