From forecasts of disastrous climate change to prophecies of evil AI superintelligences and the impending perils of genome editing: our species is increasingly concerned with the prospects of its own extinction. Less and less does the end of humanity’s future on this planet seem an area of lurid fantasy or remote speculation. 

On Tuesday 11 June renowned historian Thomas Moynihan (Cambridge University) will give a public talk on how we came to care for our extinction at all. When did our obsession about the end start? And what does tracing back this history teach us about our current predicament?

He will be joined by Dutch ‘apocalypsopher’ Lisa Doeland, who claims that the extinction of humanity is not just imminent, but that it has already started, and that there is little point in denying that.

Practical information

• Order a ticket via the link below
• At the entrance of the Henket pavilion your ticket will be scanned
• The Henket pavilion is located in the southern wing of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, adjacent to the Museum Garden. The entrance can be found on the side of the Museum, located on the Melkkoppad. The entrance can be recognized by a large Rotterdam Architecture Month sign.

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