Professor Asdrubal Baptista mesmerized the audience gathered for his public lecture Power and Politics: Timeless Lessons from Shakespeare on Tuesday evening April 24th in the Aula of the University of Aruba. Read more
“There is no spring moving man’s heart that Shakespeare was not capable of enlightening for us. His historical, political plays are a masterful achievement for the entire dissection of what Politics & Power are”.
– Isaiah Berlin
Students from different disciplines will present the – preliminary – findings of the research they conducted in the past months.
Traditional media such as the press and broadcasting are losing ground to internet and social media. In many countries digital media already attract most of the attention and advertising revenue, especially among young generations. Digital platforms increasingly determine our news and our views, with a great impact on ourselves and our societies. On the one hand there is more information available than ever before, but at the same time there is more fake news and other anomalies that undermine the social trust on which journalism and media rely in order to fulfil their service to society.
Esta charla ofrecerá una visión general de la violencia contra la mujer como un flagelo mundial que ningún país ha logrado combatir. Detallará sus múltiples impactos, incluidos los costos sociales y económicos, y la prevalencia, mientras lo posiciona como un fenómeno que actualmente es responsable de más muertes que los conflictos armados.