During the “Beyond Borders” Researchers’ Night on Friday September 26th 2008, visitors will learn more about research and its influence on the daily lives of individuals and society as a whole.
Beyond Borders will be a day and evening with new science, provocative ideas, great
music, and above all interesting people and new things to discover.
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The 8th edition of the Manus van Alles multicultural festival will take place on Sunday 22 June from 10.30am till 7.00 pm in the Wittevrouwenveld district of Maastricht.
The festival will feature various music and dance performances - 24 groups and 230 artists from 20 different countries divided over three podiums - a street fair, children […]
Art about Dutch identity. The Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven has commissioned 37 artists to think about multicultural society in the Netherlands. The result is an exhibition aimed at stimulating the imagination, entitled Be(com)ing Dutch.
The title can be read in two ways - it is both about being Dutch and becoming Dutch. Dutch identity - […]
Maastricht University is hosting the world’s first conference devoted to the personal relationships that will develop between humans and robots in the coming decades. The conference will take place on June 12th and 13th 2008.
The conference was inspired by the worldwide publicity that surrounded a PhD awarded by the university last October, for a thesis […]
The Council of the European Union invites you to visit its Justus Lipsius building at 175 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, 1048 Brussels, on Saturday 7 June from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. The theme of this year’s Open Day is intercultural dialogue.
Throughout the day, visitors will be able to take a guided tour of the […]
Global Culture Festival
Saturday 07 June, 16h00-24h00 • Markt • Admission free
On Saturday the 7th of June, Maastricht turns again into a world city of music. We are organising a party on the Market Square, starring three top acts which will perform at the famous Tilburg Mundial Festival, followed by a swinging and energetic Balkan […]
On Saturday, 31 May Maastricht School of Management (MSM) welcomes potential students to its campus in Maastricht. MSM will introduce its “Master of Science in Management in International Business” program as well as its MBA, Executive MBAs and Global Distance MBA.
Visitors can meet with MSM staff, students and alumni and obtain detailed information on […]
Announcement from Lions Club Maastricht Mondial:
In response to the results of our “customer satisfaction survey” for the 2007 May Fair, we have decided to do things a little differently this year and have put together a package to ensure plenty of action for the young and not-so-young, but also plenty of opportunities to “mix & […]
ComProsers, an online forum for writers and musicians, will present the results of its inaugural congwriting contest on Sunday, May 18 at AINSI, one of Maastricht’s newest major cultural centres.
The project is headed by Maastricht University masters student Amrit Dhir and is aimed at “encouraging collaboration between aspiring writers and musicians”. Those interested […]
On May 20 at 8 pm, a public debate will take place on China’s strategy in international relations and trade vis-à-vis the European Union and Africa.
With Prof. David Zweig, Director of the Center on China’s Transnational Relations at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Yang Guang, Director-general of the Institute of West-Asian […]
The new interdisciplinary theatre collective Het Geluid presents its new performance
L’INTRUS Fremkörper #2
Dates: 14 (opening night), 15 and 16 May on the new Maastricht Toneelstad Festival
Location: Theater aan het vrijthof
Time: 21:00
Reservations: 043 -350 55 55
Ticket: 10 euro
EXTRA: ON THE 16th of MAY HET GELUID THROWS A PARTY in TAKE FIVE DAS FREMKöRPER FEST WITH […]
The annual Ardennes Trilogy opens this coming Sunday in Maastricht, Netherlands, with the Amstel Gold Race. A total of three classic races in the Dutch-Belgian hills will be held within one week. The ProTour race in South Limburg will be followed on Wednesday by the Fleche Wallonne (April 23) with its feared final climb on […]
Alessandra Siviero about her art:
“I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and graduated in journalism and marketing. But my passion for art was stronger and led me to travel to many countries, including the USA where I lived for a few years. I am happy to see that my work has been well received […]
Internet and press freedom: Absolute freedom or digital dictatorship?
Prominent Internet scholar Jonathan Zittrain will discuss ongoing threats to press freedom on 3 May at the European Journalism Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
His speech is part of a Dutch press freedom day, which will be marked from 13.30 until 16.00 at the Centre Céramique.
Zittman, […]
On April 22 at 7.30 pm, a public debate will take place on the issue of agricultural production for fuel or for food under the title ‘Food or fuel: a global European dilemma’. With Maria Rodrigues, Brazilian Ambassador to the European Communities, Rudy Rabbinge, Professor Sustainable Development & Food security, Wageningen University, and Robert Vierhout, […]
A training course by the European Journalism Centre
Maastricht, 21-25 April 2008
The diet of news consumers has changed. Readers have cast their eyes from broadsheets, turning instead online. Content providers are therefore integrating video coverage into their daily offerings.
Too many times, though, a newsroom’s multimedia strategy consists of tossing hand-held cameras or mobile phones to reporters […]
For storytelling it is hard to imagine a more beautiful environment than a castle where you, inside and outside, during the day and at dusk, can enjoy a romantic story, a creepy story, a thrilling story, a funny story ….
Since twelve years now the Landcommanderij Alden Biesen is the scenery for an international storytelling […]
venue: Grand Hotel l’Empereur, Maastricht (opp. Railway station)
date :Tues. 15 April 2008. [8-10 p.m., with a break around 9p.m.]
“Ightham Mote: Upstairs & Downstairs”
Ightham Mote (near Sevenoaks in the County of Kent) was originally a 14th century fortified manor house, owned by Sir Thomas Cawne. Built in 1340, the square platform encased by a wide moat […]
On Monday April 7 at 7.30 pm, Maastricht Debates in cooperation with COS Limburg and Lumière Cinema organises a Film Forum which combines a movie with discussion.
The first issue is on conflicts in Africa featuring the documentary film ‘Another African Story’ by award winning filmmaker Emanuele Piano.
The discussion will be with David Ambrosetti, […]
The Maastricht University UN Students Association is hosting the 2008 European Model United Nations (EUROMUN) taking place from 17-20 April. More than 400 delegates from 35 countries have registered to attend the event.
More information: EUROMUN
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While Tefaf is exposing the great masters of fine art, a major cultural event – Tijdens Tefaf - will take place in the town theatre ‘Theater aan het Vrijthof’.
The world masters of jazz are performing in Maastricht on 14-16 March. Every artist who performs on the main stage of Jazz Maastricht Masters belongs to the […]
The current commotion about Geert Wilders’ movie has raised a lot of questions about the nature of Islam and the Qur’an. This conference hopes to bring a fresh Islamic perspective to the issues currently being raised by politicians and journalists.
Program: Lecture “The Qur’an - Truth Lies or Forgery”, Lecture “De-Mystifying Islam” and a Panel […]
29 May 2008: African Leadership Convention in Maastricht, the Netherlands
The first African Leadership Convention in the Netherlands will be organized at the Maastricht School of Management.
30 May 2008: Leadership Golf Cup 2008 in cooperation with KLM Club Africa
On the 30th of May 2008 the 2nd annual golf tournament will be organized at […]
The Speaker:
Christian Wolmar is a writer and broadcaster specialising in transport. He has spent nearly all his working life as a journalist and lately he was at The Independent. Although he mainly concentrates on transport matters, he covers other social policy issues, notably housing and local government. He has written two books on the London […]
RUSSIA AND THE EU
On March 11 at 7.30 pm, a public debate will take place on trade and political relations between Russia and the EU under the title ‘Strategic partners or competing neighbours’. With Hiddo Houben, Member of Cabinet responsible for Bilateral and Regional Trade Strategy of the European Commission, researcher Marietta Koenig, and […]
On 5 March 2008, Maastricht University is organising a Master’s Meeting where you can gather information about all the master’s programmes we offer. During the different sessions, in-depth information will be provided by teaching and research staff as well as current students. You will also have the opportunity to visit the information market where you […]
Date: Wednesday 5 March, 8 pm
Location: Aula Minderbroedersberg 4-6
Entrance: € 5,- / Students free
One consequence of mass higher education, the greater ease of travel, and the increasing accessibility of the new media is that Middle Easterners (Arab states, Iran, and Turkey) get in contact with (Western) democracy and argue over its meaning.
Democracy is […]
Date: Tuesday 26 February 2008, 8 pm
Location: Aula Minderbroedersberg 4-6
What is the position of China in the human rights discussion? In June of last year, the United Nations in Geneva established a new Human Rights Council, in which China is participating and the US is not! Due to the fight against terror, the traditional […]
The Alliance Française in Maastricht is going to hold a festival devoted to French culture on May 1 in Maastricht. The ‘muguet’ is the Lily of the valley and is given to friends on May 1 and should bring good luck for the rest of the year. The festival will start in the upper foyer […]
Magnificent works by the finest artists of every era from classical antiquity to the 21st century will go on show when TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) is held in the Dutch city of Maastricht from March 7 through March 16, 2008. Paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, furniture, illuminated manuscripts, textiles, porcelain, glass, silver and jewelry […]
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For the past few years Brazilian samba bands have become an increasingly popular feature of our Maastricht carnival and can no longer be dissociated from it. But what exactly are samba bands? Where do they come from? And how did they reach our city? To learn more about this phenomenon Marleen Vara speaks with three members of Passatempo, her favourite samba band in Maastricht. [continued…]
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