Events Tilburg University
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18:00 - 22:00
Start up Dinner - Asset | Strategy & Logistics
The goal of the Start-up Dinner is to inform and inspire students that are interested in entrepreneurship and/or already have (plans for) their own start-up. With the help of engaging entrepreneurs, we aim to inspire students and to let them learn from our selected and experienced speakers.
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09:00 - 18:00
Tax Treaty Case Law Around the Globe 2024
Each year the Fiscal Institute Tilburg organizes, in joint venture with the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, the International Conference Tax Treaty Case Law Around the Globe.
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13:30 - 18:00
Tilburg University Challenge: Grand Finale
Attend the Grand Finale of the Tilburg University Challenge! The Tilburg University Challenge is a competition for entrepreneurial thinkers who aspire to make a real impact on society. The participants are introduced to successful entrepreneurs and leading international companies that help them on the road from idea to demo to global market. Furthermore, Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands will be one of the speakers during the Grand Finale!
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15:00 - 16:15
First Lecture by Anna Huvos
What would you share with your audience for one of your first public lectures? That's the question we posed to PhD candidate Anna Huvos. Her topic of choice: the relationship between students and lecturers.
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10:45 - 11:45
TILEC Seminar: Johannes Johnen (UCLouvain) | “Regulation in Economies with Limited Consumer Protection” (joint work with with Paul Heidhues and Botond Koszegi)
10:45-11:45 hrs
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12:00 - 13:30
Lecture Dr. Olivera Simic “Facebook as a space for re-socialization of war criminals”
On Wednesday May 15, Dr. Olivera Simic will give a guest lecture from 12:00 to 13:30 in CubeZ 216. Her lecture will be on the topic “Facebook as a space for re-socialization of war criminals”.
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12:15 - 16:30
Promotion Case Days
For the past two years, the TUC has been organizing the TUC Case Days, where students tackle business cases at various unique locations.
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14:00 - 15:30
PhD Defense V.F. Stienen MSc
Analytics for humanitarian networks in uncertain and data-scarce environments
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16:30 - 18:00
PhD Defense drs. M.J. Sinninghe Damsté
Questions in Luke 1:5–2:52. Their Function in the Communication between the Text-Internal Author and the Text-Internal Reader
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09:00 - 17:00
'Bike to work day', May 16, 2024
Thursday, May 16th, is the national 'Bike to Work Day'. Take your bike to work on this day, enjoy your bike ride, and receive a small appreciation when you arrive with your bike at the campus (staff) bicycle storage.
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09:00 - 18:00
Strava Challenge – The Last Sprint before summer
On May 16 it is the national 'Bike to Work Day', an opportunity to opt for some extra exercise. We will start this day with a new Strava Challenge: 'The Last Sprint before Summer'.
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09:00 - 13:15
Kickoff seminar: A legal history of the global commons
Our research project seeks to put together the story of how modern international law reached across the so-called “global commons”, or areas beyond sovereign territorial jurisdiction. In practice, this means places like the high seas, the deep seabed, Antarctica and the outer space.
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09:00 - 14:30
A legal history of the global commons
The story of how modern international law reached across the so-called "global commons", or areas beyond sovereign territorial jurisdiction: the high seas, the deep seabed, Antarctica and the outer space.
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10:00 - 12:00
Study Information Day Theology study programs
Come and find out what it is like to study Theology in Utrecht,
meet a teacher and student, follow a trial lecture and ask all your questions!
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15:30 - 17:00
Walk-in session 'Refreshing career conversations: get tips from career experts'
Refreshing career conversations: get tips from career experts in this welcoming walk-in session
You can drop in to:
- get career advice, tips and coaching from experts in the field
- enjoy drinks, snacks and a social chat
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16:00 - 02:00
Night University 2024
Come join us this Thursday at the ultimate campus and science festival of Tilburg University! This year's theme: Facts & Fables. It will be an evening filled with lectures, workshops, and guided tours. But you can also mingle, dance, and soak up the atmosphere. Check out the full program now and compose your perfect evening!
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16:00 - 20:00
Night University Junior 2024
Bring your (grand)children to Night University! There are fun activities for youngsters aged 9-14 to introduce them to science and the university. Junior-lectures, workshops and demonstrations.
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16:30 - 18:00
E. du Perronlezing by Ellen Deckwitz
Poet, writer, columnist and podcaster Ellen Deckwitz will deliver the E. du Perron Lecture 2024. Among other things, she will be inspired by the theme of Night University: Facts and Fables. Afterwards, the E. du Perron Prize 2022/23 will be awarded to Niña Weijers. Time: 16.30-18.00 | Location: MKZ1, Marga Klompé | Category: Night Talk | Language: Dutch
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17:30 - 21:00
Holland in the Valley - Alumni Event
Join the Alumni Get Together in the Bay Area. Meet Alumni of Tilburg University and alumni of other Dutch universities that call the Bay Area home. Reconnect on Thursday evening, 16 May 2024 at the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in San Francisco during the Holland in the Valley Alumni Event.
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10:00 - 11:30
PhD Defense W.L. Numans MSc
Doing the right things right. An insider's perspective on vulnerability
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense N.J.M. Hendrix MA
Artificial Intelligence for Computer Aided Diagnosis of Scaphoid Fractures and Associated Instability on Conventional Radiography
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15:30 - 18:30
Tour and Beer tasting La Trappe
There is a subtle fragrance of hops, yeast, and malt at the Abbey of Our Lady of Koningshoeven in Berkel-Enschot. This is the place where the famous Trappist beer has been brewed since 1884. Join us for a tour of the beautiful grounds of this traditional brewery and enjoy the taste of its lovely Trappist beer!
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16:15 - 17:15
Valedictory address Prof. J.M. Barendrecht
Title: People-centered Justice ... What works? A social contract to resolve conflicts
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10:30 - 12:00
Outdoor Escape in Oisterwijk
Escape rooms are often dark places, but we are organizing some as active outside activities: you will be thinking, doing games, and cracking puzzles in the sunshine in the middle of a forest. You won’t need a lot of knowledge about nature, but you do need to work together. Remember to enjoy the scenery! And to keep track of time!
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15:00 - 16:30
PhD Defense Constanza Martinez Ventura
Essays on Liquidity Provision in Wholesale Markets and on Financial Fragility
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10:45 - 11:45
Club IO: Florian Schütt
10:45-11:45 hrs
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14:00 - 15:30
Invited lecture: Legal-Theological Justifications of the Slave Trade in the 16th Century
Join an enlightening session at the next I-HILT invited lecture! We are thrilled to host Dr. Anne-Charlotte Martineau, who will deliver a lecture on "Legal-Theological Justifications of the Slave Trade: From Francisco de Vitoria to Luis de Molina (16th Century)".
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11:00 - 12:00
Workgroup Meeting "Ageing Network Tilburg University (ANTU)"
We are a multidisciplinary group of researchers who are building a network for ageing research at Tilburg University. We meet once a month and share recent research findings and ideas.
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10:00 - 11:30
PhD Defense L.J.M. Chateau
Anxious Aesthetics: Memes and Alienation in Digital Capitalism
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense Z. Puha
Active Learning for Treatment Effects
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14:00 - 14:00
Asparagus excursion
You can’t miss them in the month May: asparagus! And it’s that time of the year again. Have you always wanted to know more about this ‘white gold’? Then sign up quickly for this walking and tasting excursion! Interesting, instructive, and very tasty.
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12:00 - 13:00
Get to know Vredelust during the Spring Walk
It's spring again! Time to get outside. On Tuesday, May 28, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. A walk will be organized as part of the Health & Lifestyle program, guided by city biologist Gert Brunink with English translations from Andrew Cartwright.
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16:45 - 17:30
SG Music: Duo Bottasso
The brothers Nicolò (violin, viola, trumpet) and Simone Bottasso (diatonic accordion) play adventurous and surprising world music, with their own compositions and interpretations of Italian folk songs.
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10:45 - 11:45
TILEC Seminar: Alexandre De Streel (Universite De Namur)
10:45-11:45 hrs
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13:00 - 14:00
Black Christianity and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Why did Black Americans embrace the religion of the very same people responsible for the enslavement of their ancestors? A lecture on Afro-Atlantic Catholics by Berkeley professor Jeroen Dewulf. (SG certificate*)
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14:30 - 16:30
Walk workshop: learn how to hold effective meetings outdoors
During this walkshop you will learn how to have effective meetings combined with exercise and being outdoors. After the theoretical part, there will be a practical part on the Workwalk trail.
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10:00 - 15:30
Governing the Giant: Workshop on Energy and Finance in the Era of Digitalization
Governing the Giant: Workshop on Energy and Finance in the Era of Digitalization
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10:00 - 11:30
PhD Defense Ben Ipenburg
Een knecht der knechten sy hy syne broederen'. Christelijk geloof en slavernij in het Nederlandse Atlantische koloniale rijk van de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense Kartik Chawla
Guarding the Digital Cookie Jar: An Interdisciplinary Study of Automated Privacy Preference Negotiation, Monitoring, and Enforcement
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14:30 - 17:00
Theater performance for researchers: ‘Science Communication: Rewarded!’
Researchers are increasingly expected to engage with the public and seek collaboration beyond the academic realm. Do you also want to communicate about your research but lack time or inspiration? Are you curious about how science communication can become an integral part of your work as a researcher? Then come to the theater performance 'Science Communication: Rewarded!' on Friday, May 31st in the Blackbox on our campus.
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16:15 - 17:15
Inaugural address Prof. J. Raab
Title: Organizing in an age of complexity: Reflections on when and how (not) to use organizational networks
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19:30 - 22:00
Beach volleyball company competition 2024
Put on your workout clothes, gather your team, and join the 2024 company beach volleyball competition! Beach Tilburg is organizing 3 evenings where you can play with your team for one or more evenings. The competition will take place on Friday, May 31st, June 14th, and July 5th from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM. The teams that will participate on all three evenings can compete for the championship. You can sign up to play through the Health & Lifestyle Program.
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09:15 - 17:00
AI & Law
The multi-disciplinary executive program AI & Law offers you a broad spectrum on the legal, regulatory and ethical issues that arise with the development and use of Artificial Intelligence.
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10:00 - 11:30
PhD Defense S.A.L. van de Wetering MSc
Beyond promise or problem. How state and citizens interact in participatory governance for urban marginality
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13:30 - 17:30
MasterMinds Symposium | 4 June 2024
We would like to invite you to the MasterMinds Symposium taking place on June 4, 2024, at the MindLabs building in Tilburg.
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense Koen Peters
Operationalizing analytics to improve food security
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20:00 - 21:45
De Tafel van Martinus
De Tafel van Martinus is the talk show about current scientific research at Tilburg University. Bring a friend and meet other curious people in the relaxed atmosphere of the Studiozaal of the Schouwburg. (Dutch)
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08:00 - 23:59
Application Annual PhD research workshop & Early-Stage Researcher Symposium
Join this three-day event where PhD students and earlystage researchers (i.e. up to 4 years after the PhD) from the ENGAGE.EU partner universities come together, for stimulating intellectual exchanges and personal development and to benefit from the expertise embedded in the ENGAGE.EU network. The program will take place from June 5th to 7th, 2024. Don't miss this opportunity and apply for this special event!
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10:00 - 17:00
Symposium 'Religion and Climate Change in the Netherlands' (in Dutch)
We cordially invite you to the symposium 'Religion and Climate Change in the Netherlands' (in Dutch), taking place on June 7, 2024.
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16:00 - 17:30
Rowing Clinic on June 7 and 14, 2024
The sun on your face, the birds by the waterside, rowing through the water.
The Health & Lifestyle Program organizes a rowing clinic. The rowing clinic will take place on Friday, June 7, 2024, from 16:00 to 17:30h. Tilburg University employees can participate for free. -
08:30 - 20:00
Day trip Farm amusement park Irrland (Germany)
Irrland is an enormous attraction park (300,000 m2) for primary-school age children. This family park is just across the border from Venray. You will not find any rollercoasters here but there are giant slides, a bamboo maze, a petting zoo, bouncy castles, decommissioned airplanes to climb on, go-karts … and a lot more! Will you join us for a fun day out?
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13:00 - 14:30
TILT Seminar: Janneke van Oirschot (Health Action International) and Hannah van Kolfschooten (University of Amsterdam)
Navigating the Impact of the AI Act on Patient Rights: A Focus on AI in Elderly Care
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10:45 - 11:45
TILEC Seminar: Filippo Lancieri (ETH Zurich)
10:45-11:45 hrs
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10:00 - 11:30
PhD Defense Joyce Kox
Navigating Crises in Family Businesses: Unraveling the Role of the Family
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense K.G.A. Doreleijers MA
Styling the Local: Hyperdialectisms and the Enregisterment of the Gender Suffix in the 'New' Dialect of North Brabant
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16:15 - 17:15
Inaugural address Prof. J. Diamant
Title: The evolution of money: on ownership of money in financial networks
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16:30 - 18:00
PhD Defense Hazal Sezer
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives in Labor
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14:00 - 16:30
Motivation is key! − TSHD Educational Event 2024
TSHD’s Educational Afternoon 2024 will take place on Tuesday, June 18 from 14:00-17:30 in the Dante Building.
The theme of this year's keynote is: what defines student motivation and how can we use that in education. Motivation of both students and teachers also plays a role in the sessions following the keynote. -
17:00 - 20:00
IQONIC BBQ
The annual IQONIC BBQ at the Faculty Club of Tilburg University. A moment to thank our partners, (student) entrepreneurs and associations.
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13:30 - 23:00
Symposium: Human Rights Reactions to Economic Laws
June 19, 2024
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19:30 - 22:00
Science Café XL met Kim Putters: de toekomst van de economie
How do we want to live, do business and work in the Netherlands in 2040? How do we ensure that everyone can participate, including the next generations? SER-chairman Kim Putters explains how we can achieve Broad Prosperity. (Dutch)
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12:30 - 19:30
Brabant Tour (bike tour)
It's that time again, the annual Brabanttoer is about to start! And this year it will be driven for the 50th time. We invite all PV members to participate! Register now for this sporty and fun bike ride together with colleagues. The bike ride will be traditionally concluded with a BBQ.
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14:00 - 20:00
Alumni Day Economic Psychology & Work and Organizational Psychology
On June 21st, the Department of Social Psychology is organizing the Alumni Day for the first time; an event where our future and current alumni of Work and Organizational Psychology and Economic Psychology come together.
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16:15 - 17:15
Inaugural address Prof. G.G. Schoonman
Title: Valuable digitalization in healthcare
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16:00 - 20:00
Startups for Society - The Connection
On Monday, June 24, 2024, the third edition of Startups for Society - The Connection will take place, the startup event of Brabant!
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16:30 - 18:00
PhD Defense Andy Espinoza Pereda
Blessing and Cursing in Malachi: A Reader-Oriented Approach
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense L. Shen MSc
Causal Inference with Observational Clinical Data: Opportunities and Challenges
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense Drs. P.W. Breek
Affective Exchanges and Online Placemaking: The Shifting Dynamics of Neighborhoods in the Digital Era
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15:00 - 15:30
Annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Medieval Theology (IGTM)
In 2024, it is 800 years ago that Francis of Assisi started to write his Canticle of the Creatures, which includes the famous lines on “Sister Death.”
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16:30 - 18:00
PhD Defense R.J.A. Steegh
Adaptiveness in Action: Exploring the Processes and Outcomes of the Agile Way of Working
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13:00 - 14:15
Lunch meeting “Diamonds are a scientist’s best friend” - on the future on Diamond Open Access publishing and how you can contribute
Diamond Open Access journals represent community-driven, academic-led, and academic-owned publishing initiatives, perceived as the potential future of the scholarly publishing process, aligning with Plan S. However, their prevalence remains limited at present. This event aims to explore the trajectory of Diamond Open Access and provide practical guidance on contributing to this significant transition within the academic realm.
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17:00 - 20:00
Final Activity 60 Years: BBQ and Best Teacher Elections
Festive BBQ and Best Teacher Elections
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10:00 - 11:30
PhD Defense drs. R. van Keulen
Spelen met de waarheid. Literatuurhistorisch leren redeneren met een digitale game over De donkere kamer van Damokles
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense L. Muskens MSc
Novel risk factors for perinatal maternal mental health problems
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14:15 - 16:00
Willem Witteveen Symposium
On July 17, 2014, flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. One of the victims was TIlburg University professor and Dutch Senate member Willem Witteveen, who was traveling with his wife and daughter.
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10:00 - 11:30
PhD Defense Hennie Coetzee
Onshore unconventional natural gas in South Africa: regulating the water-energy-food nexus
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense Michel Bronzwaer
'Enkel het Evangelie'
Chiara Lubich: leven, werken, spiritualiteit -
16:15 - 17:15
Inaugural address Prof. M. Šafář Postma
Title: t.b.a.
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10:00 - 15:30
Prof. Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin: Methods of Legal Science
The current state and new perspectives in times of complex, cross-border connections.
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15:00 - 17:30
Opening Academic Year 2024-2025
On Monday September 2 we will kick off the new academic year together.
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17:00 - 20:00
Beach volleyball tournament for employees
Want to keep the summer feeling after summer vacation? You can do so by participating in the Health & Lifestyle program beach volleyball tournament for Tilburg University employees.
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16:15 - 17:15
Valedictory address Prof. E.P.N.M. Borgman
Title: t.b.a.
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10:00 - 17:00
Call for Applications: International Summer School on Business & Human Rights Practice
Tilburg Law School, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg co-host an international summer school on business and human rights practice in Nuremberg in September 2024 (on-site only).
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16:15 - 17:15
Valedictory address Prof. T.E. Nijman
Title: t.b.a.
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16:00 - 17:30
PhD Defense Renata Kenda
Multiteam Membership and Individual Performance: Balancing Benefits and Drawbacks
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense Quita Muis
“Who are those people?” Causes and Consequences of Polarization in the Schooled Society
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08:30 - 17:00
Tilburg Ten Miles 2024
On September 28 and 29, it's that time again! The Ten Miles walking tour on September 28 and the business run on September 29. This year too, the Health & Lifestyle Program makes it possible for Tilburg University employees to participate in this festive run.
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04:00 - 22:30
City trip Copenhagen
The employee association will be taking you on a four-day city trip to Copenhagen this year! This interesting and vibrant capital of Denmark has many exciting attractions, a great mix of medieval streets and ultramodern architecture, countless photo hotspots, and a great number of art and other museums. Who wants to go?
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10:00 - 11:30
PhD Defense Robin van den Kieboom
Let’s Care Together: Burden trajectories of informal caregivers for people with dementia
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10:00 - 11:30
PhD Defense N. de Waal MSc
Little Minds, Big Feelings: Early childhood social-emotional development and its associations with parental bonding and trait mindfulness in the first 1,000 days
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16:15 - 17:15
Inaugural address Prof. M. van Woerkom
Title: t.b.a.
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To be announced
Bachelor's Open day
Find out everything about studying in Tilburg in the Netherlands during the Bachelor's Open day on November 2. Check out our offer of international Bachelor's programs and talk to students, teachers and study advisors.
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16:15 - 17:15
Dual Inaugural address Prof. K. Putters and Prof. O. Raspe
Title: t.b.a.
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16:15 - 17:15
Inaugural address Prof. G.H. Klüth RA
Title: t.b.a.
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15:00 - 17:00
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024
Each year in the third week of November, the Global Entrepreneurship Week takes place. A week filled with inspiring events focussing on (social) entrepreneurship.
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To be announced
Master's Open day
Are you interested in doing a Master's program? Do you want to specialize or are you looking for a Master that broadens your possibilities? Join us at the Master's Open day on November 16 to find out which (pre-)Master's program suits you best. Learn all about our (pre-)Master’s programs and tracks, and ask teachers, students, and education coordinators your questions.
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08:45 - 17:00
Student for a day Bachelor's programs
Do you have a specific study program in mind or are you still considering various options? Join one or more of our Student for a day event(s) from November 20 until 28. Together with our students you can attend a variety of mini-lectures and discover whether the study program suits you.
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16:00 - 18:30
Dies Natalis '97
On Thursday November 21 we will celebrate the Dies Natalis of our university.
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16:15 - 17:15
Inaugural address Prof. O. Salah
Title: t.b.a.
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16:15 - 17:15
Inaugural address Prof. P. Paiement
Title: t.b.a.
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09:00 - 09:00
International Executive Education Faculty Bridge Program
Following two very successful editions of this program, TIAS is now organizing the third and even further enhanced Faculty Bridge Program for (junior) faculty by (senior) faculty
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16:15 - 17:15
Valedictory address Prof. H.K. Lindahl
Title: t.b.a.
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16:15 - 17:15
Valedictory address Prof. Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld
Title: t.b.a.
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16:15 - 17:15
Valedictory address Prof. I.J.F.A. van Vijfeijken
Title: t.b.a.
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09:00 - 17:00
International Conference June 19-20, 2025 Leiden University Wijnhaven Campus, The Hague
Grotian law and modernity at the dawn of a new age 400 years of De jure belli ac pacis 1625-2025 - Call for papers