Politics
Kishore Mahbubani
Letter to Mr. S. Rajaratnam
Kishore Mahbubani writes a letter to his teacher, the Singaporean statesman S. Rajaratnam.
Treasury
Welcome to our digital Treasury. Here we publish some of the best essays from our Dutch journal Nexus in English, reviews of recent books and videos of our events.
Religion, Society
Paradise Lost: The Knowledge of Good and Evil
Literature, Religion
Keynote Marilynne Robinson – Nexus Conference 2018
Welcome Rob Riemen – Nexus Conference 2018
Politics, Religion, Society
Beyond Good and Evil: Paradise Regained?
Politics
Colm Tóibín
Between Laughter and Despair
Colm Tóibín on Europe, the powerlessness of the European institutions and what it means to be European.
Culture
Ágnes Heller
The Human Soul in All Its Moods
Heller on what great works she would have her students read, see and listen to in her ideal school curriculum.
History
Adam Zamoyski
A Letter to My Teacher
Zamoyski writes to his history teacher, who awakened in him ‘a fascination with objects which could help one penetrate the past.’
Politics
Nelofer Pazira
Of Gods and Men
‘Any future revolution in the Arab-Muslim world must be humanist in nature.’
Politics
The World of Freedom
Culture, Politics
Keynote Bernard-Henri Lévy – Nexus Conference 2017
Nexus Lecture 2018 Q&A Margaret Atwood
Nexus Lecture Atwood 2018 introduction Rob Riemen
Nexus Lecture 2018 Margaret Atwood
Religion, Society
What Are We Doing Here?
Robinson submerges us in her intellectual as well as everyday world, which we finally leave far more knowledgeable and sensitive
Culture, Politics
The Politics of Protest: Social Transformations in the ’60s
Culture, Politics
A New Dawn: Culture and Counterculture in the ’50s and ’60s
Welcome Rob Riemen – Nexus Symposium 2018
Politics
The World of Power
Welcome Rob Riemen – Nexus Conference 2017
Music
Musical intermezzo Aeham Ahmad
Culture, Politics
Keynote lecture Ágnes Heller
Welcome Rob Riemen – Nexus Conference 2016
Culture, Politics, Society