Nexus Institute. Understanding Through Context

The Nexus Institute looks at the European cultural heritage in a social, philosophical and artistic context. The Institute is renowned for the quality with which it offers insight into contemporary issues and seeks to give shape to an informed debate. Nexus aims at erudition coupled with tolerance; it is opposed all forms of narrowmindedness such as sectarianism and chauvinism; it seeks neither the misery of knowing nothing nor the arrogance of knowing all. The Nexus Institute’s mission is to act as a leading international centre for intellectual reflection and to inspire the Western cultural and philosophical debate. Founded in 1994 by Rob Riemen, the Institute is widely acknowledged for the quality with which it offers insight into contemporary issues through its conferences, lectures and publications and seeks to give shape to an informed dialogue between decision-makers and the world of ideas.

The main platforms for demonstrating the Nexus Institute’s high-level intellectual capacity,for communicating ideas to the public, for raising new issues, and for launching debates are:

– the annual Nexus Lectures,
– the Seminars and European intellectual debate ‘Europe: A Beautiful Idea?’
– the annual Nexus Conferences,
- regular masterclasses and/or seminars
– the publications of the Nexus Library and Journal Nexus (in Dutch!).

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Friends of the Nexus Institute

If you endorse the position described above and agree with us that the existence of a Nexus Institute is essential in today’s society, we would invite you to become a Friend of the Nexus Institute (minimum donation € 250 per annum; not tax-deductible). We should be delighted to welcome you as a Friend, which will automatically entitle you to free entrance to the annual Nexus Lecture as well as the Nexus Conference, and more!. For further information, please contact Kirsten Walgreen at +31 (0)13 466 3450 or at walgreen@nexus-instituut.nl.

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