Death; outdated? – Café Glasnost

The third edition of Café Glasnost takes place on Thursday evening, May 17. This time, we will be discussing an inevitable subject that we sometimes prefer to look away from: death. We will shed light on this topic in various ways: from philosophical, medical, psychological, and anthropological perspectives.

In the Groningen dialect, dying is called “Out of timeHow do we deal with this ‘to come out of timeto cope in our modern society? What does it do to you when you know you don't have long to live? How can you deal with a great loss? And how important are rituals in this? Why are we so afraid of death? And how realistic and desirable is our drive for immortality?

Big questions with no straightforward answer, but we are happy to draw on the knowledge and experience of our guests. We sit down with:

• Sander de Hosson – pulmonologist
• Jos de Keijser – Professor of Psychology, specialized in complex grief
• Christoph Jedan – Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Ethics
• Menno de Bree – philosopher

Poetic and musical accompaniment by:

• Kasper Peters
• Sonja Schulte
• Eva Waterbolk
• Durk van der Meer

The presentation is hosted by Anne Jan Toonstra and Jelte Posthumus.

In short: a packed program!

Café Glasnost is open to the public and takes place in Brouwerij MartinusThe entire program is recorded and broadcast the following Monday on OOG radio. The conversations will also appear online on the Glasnost website. www.glasnostici.nl.

Come visit!

Walk-in: from 7:00 PM
Time: 20:00 – 21:30
Free admission.

You are kindly requested to be present no later than 19:50 on the top floor of Brouwerij Martinus at Kostersgang 32-34 in Groningen.