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Studium Generale TU Delft

Open up your mind with events on science, culture and society. Check out our events online!

Nederlands: Studium Generale TU Delft is in het leven geroepen om de algemene kennis van studenten, medewerkers en anderen te verbreden door middel van vrij toegankelijke programma’s op het gebied van cultuur, techniek, maatschappij en wetenschap. ENGLISH: Studium Generale of the University of Technology of Delft is dedicated to exposing students, staff and other members of the community to free events promoting culture, technology, social concerns, and science.

01/06/2026

Geopolitics Lunch Lecture with Frans Osinga

📅 Thursday 4 June 2026 | 12:45-13:30* 📍 Orange Room, TU Delft Library 🎟️ Register in the link in bio!

Is the world stage a farce?

What’s the first word that comes to mind when you think of geopolitics today? Complex? Fast-moving? Confusing? Unprecedented? Polycrisis? Dumpster fire?
Conflicts today aren’t confined to simple country lines. Actors on the global stage seem to wander into war zones without rhyme or reason. But there are patterns – historical, cultural, political, personal, economic – behind all these movements.

We’ve invited Frans Osinga, professor in War Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, to help you understand what is actually happening and how it fits into these long-standing patterns. And, just as importantly, what you can do as a student and how you can play a role in a meaningful way that aligns with your own values.

Lunch is included!

*Note: the lecture is from 12:45pm till 1:30pm (aka the lunch break), but will continue with an open Q&A till 2:00pm.

30/05/2026

Geopolitics Lunch Lecture with Frans Osinga

📅 Thursday June 2026 | 12:45-13:30* 📍 Orange Room, TU Delft Library 🎟️ Register in the link in bio!

Is the world stage a farce?

What’s the first word that comes to mind when you think of geopolitics today? Complex? Fast-moving? Confusing? Unprecedented? Polycrisis? Dumpster fire?
Conflicts today aren’t confined to simple country lines. Actors on the global stage seem to wander into war zones without rhyme or reason. But there are patterns – historical, cultural, political, personal, economic – behind all these movements.

We’ve invited Frans Osinga, professor in War Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, to help you understand what is actually happening and how it fits into these long-standing patterns. And, just as importantly, what you can do as a student and how you can play a role in a meaningful way that aligns with your own values.

In this session, student questions and input are at the forefront. So come prepared – this is your opportunity to sharpen your perspective.

Lunch is included!

*Note: the lecture is from 12:45pm till 1:30pm (aka the lunch break), but will continue with an open Q&A till 2:00pm.  

29/05/2026

AI Research Workshop: Designing Disconnect

📅 Wednesday 3 June 2026 | 12:45-14:30 📍 The Nook, TU Delft Library 🎟️ Register in the link in bio!

Can AI help us make sense of what (dis-)connection looks like?
Do you think research can be playful, deep, creative, and exploratory at once? In this session, you will use AI-generated images to explore loneliness, connection, and the hidden emotions behind everyday scenes. The workshop will be hosted by Jenna Pfeifer, PhD candidate at the cognitive robotics lab (Mechanical Engineering). And afterwards, we’ll connect over drinks. You will:
Learn about current research on loneliness and its cognitive mechanisms. Play with AI prompting to create vivid visuals in real time. Meet other students and find out what connection means to them. Find out who’s more biased – you or AI!

Lunch is included after the workshop.

28/05/2026

Think & Drink | AI - from Study Buddy to Soulmate

📅 Tuesday 2 June 2026 | 16:00-18:00 📍 Orange Room, TU Delft Library 🎟️ Register in the link in bio!

Can people really form connections with machines, or are we simply responding to systems that have learned how to sound caring?

As AI becomes more present in our emotional and social lives, this Think & Drink explores what it might mean to feel understood, supported, or attached to something that is not human. Through perspectives from philosophy, psychology, engineering, and lived experience, we will ask what kinds of relationships with AI are possible, who might be most affected, and what consequences these new forms of connection could have.

Rather than treating emotional AI as either a promise or a threat, the evening opens up a broader conversation: if machines can become part of our inner lives, how should we understand the connections people form with them?

Participants:
Jenna Pfeifer is a PhD candidate in the departments of Biomechanical Engineering and Cognitive Robotics at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Bianca Sutcliffe is a PhD candidate at the department of Cognitive Robotics researching the human-like connection humans are forming with AI-enabled chatbots.
Dennis Biesma is a Dutch writer and freelance IT consultant based in Amsterdam.

14/05/2026

20-05-2026 | 18:00 - 20:00
The Nook, TU Delft Library*
Register in the link in bio!

Sketch, Write & Zine it up

In every story, there is a character. In life, you already are one, shaped by what you carry, what you resist, and what you fight for.
What happens when our separate voices meet to shape a single body?
This time, we will build a character together. Piece by piece, hand by hand, your voice shapes the table. You will sketch, write, and find the poetry within the skin of a shared cause, folding your words into a zine that is yours to keep.

What is a zine? It is a small, handmade publication, traditionally created by folding and cutting a single sheet of paper, that serves as a personal space for sketches, stories, and poetry.

*These sessions take place at the TU Delft Library’s Nook. Enter the Library’s Main Hall and look to your right. Head to the right-hand corner of the open area, with the wooden blocks. That’s the Nook!

12/05/2026

What if the best conversations happen on a rooftop?

In the new article, Marieke Sjerps reflects on why rooftops are such special places for thinking, creating, and meeting others. That idea inspired our Rooftop Sessions: evenings filled with art, music, philosophy, conversation, and unexpected encounters high above the city.

This May, we’re turning rooftops around Delft into spaces to slow down, see things differently, and spend time together outside the usual lecture halls and classrooms. Maybe Nietzsche really would have loved it there.

Curious? Keep an eye on our upcoming Rooftop Sessions in May — more events are coming soon. ✨

08/05/2026

Why does focusing feel harder than ever? 📱🧠

From doomscrolling and constant notifications to multitasking during movies or feeling your phone vibrate when it didn’t — our attention is constantly being pulled in different directions.

At the next Critical Mass, “Why Is It So Hard to Focus These Days?”, we explore what digital life is doing to our concentration, how attention works in the brain, and how people navigate distraction in everyday life.

Join us on 11 May, 19:00–21:00 at Theatercafé, Theater de Veste, for an evening with neuroscientist Surya Gayet and cabaret artist, singer, and presenter Femke Vernij, who recently toured with “Alle dagen heel divers” — a cabaret show about her experiences with ADHD.

Read more and reserve your spot via the links in bio at tudelft.nl/sg 📖✨

06/05/2026

“Doesn’t everybody have a bit of ADHD?” 🧠

In conversations about shrinking attention spans and digital distraction, many people recognize this feeling. But ADHD is far more complex than simply getting distracted easily, and reducing it to that can misrepresent a real diagnosis.

That’s why Studium Generale originally chose the provocative title “Do We All Have ADHD?” for the next Critical Mass event: not to equate distraction with ADHD, but to spark a conversation about how difficult it has become to focus in a world shaped by constant digital stimulation.

After receiving criticism about the title, the event was renamed to “Why Is It So Hard to Focus These Days?” while keeping the conversation itself at the center.

How do you deal with modern distractions? Doomscrolling, phantom notifications, multitasking during movies, mindfulness apps… we want to hear it all. 📱

Read the full article in the link in bio and join us at Critical Mass next Monday, May 11, to explore what hijacks our attention — and how we can reclaim it in the digital age together with a neuroscientist explaining how attention works in the brain, a comedian sharing personal experiences with ADHD, and open group conversations.

Let’s learn from each other and maybe leave realizing it’s okay to be a little distracted in a world designed to compete for our attention.
 11-05-2026
Theater De Veste, Delft
Tickets required € 7,50 (student) / € 15,00 (regular) via theaterdeveste.nl

04/05/2026

What does a song wake up in you?

Bring a lyric that’s been following you. We’ll find out what it’s been trying to say — and write the poem that gives it back.

No poetry background needed. Alice will guide you through every step. All you need to bring is yourself and the song that’s been living in you. Paper, stamps, and ink provided.

Get ready to create.

When: 6 May 2026, 18:00-20:00
Where: The Nook, TU Delft Library

Visuals by Alice Biolchini.

17/04/2026

11-05-2026
Theater De Veste, Delft
Tickets required € 7,50 (student) / € 15,00 (regular)

How to reclaim your attention in the digital age?

How many times a day are you distracted?

How many times a minute?   Your attention span is over-demanded in the digital age. Constant messages, light and sound from screens drain the tank. In a world where attention spans are getting shorter, and distractions are everywhere, can we control our own focus? Tonight, we will explore what hijacks our attention and what we can do to (re)train our focus muscles.  Get some context in a short interactive talk by neuropsychologist Surya Gayet, then dive straight into discussions with your fellow audience members while getting bombarded with distractions for all your senses. 
Together we’ll discuss what, if anything, our attention is really worth.

We start our evening with pizza. Walk in, have a slice and get to know your fellow audience members in an informal setting. At 19:30 we will kick off the programme.  

Adres

Prometheusplein 1, TU Delft Library, Room 1. 60
Delft
2628ZC

Openingstijden

Maandag	10:00 - 16:00
Dinsdag	10:00 - 16:00
Woensdag	10:00 - 16:00
Donderdag	10:00 - 16:00

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+31152785235

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https://sg.tudelft.nl/

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