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Does it help us collaborate?

    Thursday 22 May 2025 from 18:00 to 21:30

Sociologist and theologian Anne Birgitta Pessi (University of Helsinki) and Emmanuel Van Lierde (Curando, Tertio) on the applicability of compassion in various spheres of life.

Practical

  • When: 22 May 2025
  • Programme:
    • 18:00 - 20:00: Visit to the exhibition ‘Compassion’
    • 20:00: Welcome by UCSIA and introduction by MAS
    • 20:15: Lecture by Anne Birgitta Pessi (Professor of Church and Social Studies, University of Helsinki)
    • 20:55: Response by Emmanuel Van Lierde (Staff member of Study Service Curando & former editor-in-chief of Tertio)
    • 21:15: Q&A
  • Language: English

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About the exhibition

COMPASSION

The many faces of compassion
    Friday 31 January 2025 until Sunday 31 August 2025 from 10:00 to 17:00

Feeling or showing compassion is typically human and has many sides. The expo shows how we portray this in different times, cultures and worldviews. And also, what its abrasive sides are.

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