Lecture: We Are Stardust

Lecture: We Are Stardust
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Dear Reader,
On Friday evening, February 12, 2027, from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Dr. Margot Brouwer (who/whose) will give a lecture titled:




We Are Stardust


The lecture will take place at Het Groene Huis in Amersfoort and is organized by Sterrenwacht Midden-Nederland.


About the lecture:
As an astronomer, is it still possible to believe in God, and if so, how? Dr. Margot Brouwer grew up in a religious family but was confronted at the university with a completely different worldview: an empty, merciless universe in which there seems to be no place for God. In her debut book, *We Are Stardust*, Margot takes the reader on a journey through her lifelong struggle with existential questions. What am I doing here on Earth? Who or what am I? Does my life have meaning? And what happens to me when I eventually die? Fortunately, Margot isn’t the first person to have thought deeply about these questions. Four centuries ago, the philosopher Benedictus de Spinoza, the spiritual father of the Enlightenment, already elaborated on how we can find connection, meaning, and even happiness in our unity with an infinite Universe that he dared to call “God.” Especially in our time, this triangular relationship between science, philosophy, and the search for meaning can broaden our perspective from the madness of everyday life to the unfathomable depths of space and time—and ultimately to who we truly are.


About the speaker:
Dr. Margot Brouwer has been grappling with questions about life, the universe, and everything since childhood. She studied physics and astronomy at the University of Amsterdam, earned her Ph.D. from Leiden University on the topic of dark matter and alternative gravity, and worked as an astronomy researcher at the Universities of Amsterdam and Groningen. Now Margot writes about the intersection of science, philosophy, and the search for meaning, creates podcasts, and gives regular lectures. For more information, see: www.margotbrouwer.nl.



Practical information:


Location: Het Groene Huis in Amersfoort.
Address: Schothorsterlaan 21, 3822 NA Amersfoort.
Date: Friday, February 12, 2027.
Time: 8:00 p.m. (doors open at 7:30 p.m.) through 10:00 p.m.
Admission: €7.50 – Free for members!
Register via Eventbrite Link




https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/sterrenstof-zijn-wij-tickets-1998171724417?aff=tva





Best regards,
Belal Shadid
On behalf of the P&O Working Group
Sterrenwacht Midden-Nederland