The Legacy of the Twentieth Century | Nexus Institute

Conference

Part I. The Politics of Amnesia -

21 May 1996
10.00 – 20.00
Tilburg University

The Legacy of the Twentieth Century

The Legacy of the Twentieth Century

Why is knowledge of the European cultural heritage important? Where can we find such knowledge? How is it preserved, and how is it disseminated? What will change in the coming decades?

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Keynote lecture by Michael Ignatieff

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Nexus Conference 1996, debate I, II and III

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Final lecture by Peter Sellars

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PROGRAM

10.00 Welcome by G. van Veldhoven

10.05 Introduction by Rob Riemen

10.15 Keynote lecture by Michael Ignatieff

11.30 Debate: Culture and Politics

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Debate: The Influence of Media and Technology

16.00 Debate: Secularization, Tradition and the Role of the Humanities in the Age of Technology

17.30 Dinner

Speakers

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Hungary, 1952

László F. Földényi

brilliant essayist and main contributor to our journal Nexus

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Poland, 1945

Eva Hoffman

writer and professor of creative writing

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Canada, 1947

Michael Ignatieff

politician, intellectual and moral philosopher

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United States, 1941

Allan Janik

at home in Wittgenstein’s Vienna

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Hungary, 1933-2019

György Konrád

writer and essayist

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Israel, 1939

Avishai Margalit

Israeli philosopher and author The Ethics of Memory

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Germany, 1945

Rüdiger Safranski

writes about German Romanticism

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United States, 1957

Peter Sellars

theatre director

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The Netherlands, 1928 - 2017

Coen Stork

diplomat, former Dutch ambassador to Romania

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France, 1933

Paul Thibaud

philosopher and journalist

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The Netherlands, 1952 - 2014

Willem Witteveen

legal scholar and Senator

Austria, 1941 - 2022

Erhard Busek

former Vice-Chancellor of Austria

Belgium, 1944

Derrick de Kerckhove

studies culture and technology

Serbia, 1950 - 2011

Dragan Klaić

dramaturgist and cultural entrepreneur

Czech Republic, 1928 - 2020

Antonín Liehm

journalist, film critic and film historian

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Belgium, 1937

Maurice Weyembergh

philosopher

The Netherlands, 1947

Frank Wiering

VPRO executive