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Masters of the Universe! TheNexusInstitute 2024-03-19 | Wynton Marsalis on quality leadership and the need for change.Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2023, ‘Calling Dr. Jazz: the Case for Integrity’ by Wynton Marsalis. Watch the full lecture on our site: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalisJoin our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Spirituality in jazz TheNexusInstitute 2024-03-19 | Wynton Marsalis on the diversity of beliefs in the world of jazz.Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2023, ‘Calling Dr. Jazz: the Case for Integrity’ by Wynton Marsalis. Watch the full lecture on our site: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalisJoin our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
The politics of swing TheNexusInstitute 2024-03-19 | Wynton Marsalis on the mechanics of the rhythm section in jazz.Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2023, ‘Calling Dr. Jazz: the Case for Integrity’ by Wynton Marsalis. Watch the full lecture on our site: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalisJoin our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
The faces of jazz TheNexusInstitute 2024-03-19 | Wynton Marsalis on the multidimensional nature of jazz.Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2023, ‘Calling Dr. Jazz: the Case for Integrity’ by Wynton Marsalis. Watch the full lecture on our site: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalisJoin our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
How we can heal democracy with jazz TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-30 | Wynton Marsalis on American education, stereotypes andsocial cliches, and the unlimited potential of democratic possibilities.Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2023, ‘Calling Dr. Jazz: the Case for Integrity’ by Wynton Marsalis. Watch the full lecture on our site: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalisJoin our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Leadership and kings in jazz TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-30 | Wynton Marsalis on what he learned from listening to his father about the importance of rhythm sections, servant leadership and kings in jazz.Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2023, ‘Calling Dr. Jazz: the Case for Integrity’ by Wynton Marsalis. Watch the full lecture on our site: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalisJoin our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Are we all just a bag of particles? TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-28 | Leon Wieseltier and Brian Greene discuss transcendence, science and materialism. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalis.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2023, ‘Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
The return of Mussolini TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-28 | Antonio Scurati, Leon Wieseltier and Humberto Beck discuss fascism, populism and modernity. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalis.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2023, ‘Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Can everything be art? TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-28 | Laurence des Cars and Stephen Farthing discuss beauty and kitsch. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalis.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2023, ‘Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Culture and barbarism in Western civilization TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-28 | László Nemes, Leon Wieseltier, Brian Greene and Antonio Scurati discuss good and evil in the history of Western civilization. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalis.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2023, ‘Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Why I’m not a pessimist TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-28 | Béla Tarr and Georges Didi-Huberman discuss The Turin Horse. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalis.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2023, ‘Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Culture wars and freedom of speech TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-28 | Katherine Fleming, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Lisa Appignanesi, Emilie Gordenker and Béla Tarr discuss freedom of expression in culture, education and society. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalis.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2023, ‘Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Art as a source for hope TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-28 | Lisa Appignanesi, Andrei Tarkovsky, Robbert Dijkgraaf and Tomáš Halík discuss tradition, spirituality and the transformative power of art. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalis.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2023, ‘Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
The meaning of saying Kaddish TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-28 | Leon Wieseltier discusses the meaning of the Kaddish in László Nemes’s Son of Saul. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalis.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2023, ‘Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Does the Western art industry despise singularity? TheNexusInstitute 2023-11-28 | László Nemes and Valentina Vapaux discuss art in the age of social media. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-wynton-marsalis.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2023, ‘Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
A message from Marsalis: Nexus Lecture 12 November 2023 TheNexusInstitute 2023-10-30 | Join Wynton Marsalis on Sunday 12 November for the Nexus Lecture 2023, ‘Calling Dr. Jazz: the Case for Integrity’, in Rotterdam or online.Go to www.nexus-instituut.nl/en/ #WyntonMarsalis #Jazz #Democracy #Nexus #NexusInstitute #NexusInstituut
Against meritocracy: finding new roots of self-respect TheNexusInstitute 2023-09-29 | Nobel Prize laureate Angus Deaton on ‘What’s the Matter With Capitalism’. Excerpt from the Q&A following the Nexus Lecture 2022. Watch the full lecture on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/whats-the-matter-with-capitalism.
Is it too late to save capitalism? TheNexusInstitute 2023-09-29 | Nobel Prize laureate Angus Deaton on ‘What’s the Matter With Capitalism’. Excerpt from the Q&A following the Nexus Lecture 2022. Watch the full lecture on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/whats-the-matter-with-capitalism.
Is American democracy rigged? The threat of corporate lobbying TheNexusInstitute 2023-09-29 | Nobel Prize laureate Angus Deaton on ‘What’s the Matter With Capitalism’. Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2022. Watch the full lecture on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/whats-the-matter-with-capitalism.
Deaths of despair: how capitalism stopped working for Americans without a college degree TheNexusInstitute 2023-09-29 | Nobel Prize laureate Angus Deaton on ‘What’s the Matter With Capitalism’. Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2022. Watch the full lecture on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/whats-the-matter-with-capitalism.
How to defend capitalism? Making a case for liberalism and globalization TheNexusInstitute 2023-09-29 | Nobel Prize laureate Angus Deaton on ‘What’s the Matter With Capitalism’. Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2022. Watch the full lecture on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/whats-the-matter-with-capitalism.
President Macron. In dreams begin responsibilities TheNexusInstitute 2023-09-19 | President Emmanuel Macron on the future of Europe. Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2023. Watch the full lecture on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/honorary-nexus-lecture-president-macron
Why Spinoza’s concept of sovereignty is essential for Europe: Macron on the pandemic and the war TheNexusInstitute 2023-09-19 | President Emmanuel Macron on the future of Europe. Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2023. Watch the full lecture on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/honorary-nexus-lecture-president-macron
Culture, history and values as glue for Europe: Q&A with Emmanuel Macron TheNexusInstitute 2023-09-19 | President Emmanuel Macron on the future of Europe. Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2023. Watch the full lecture and Q&A on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/honorary-nexus-lecture-president-macron
‘What literary character do you identify with?’ President Macron answers... TheNexusInstitute 2023-09-19 | President Emmanuel Macron on the future of Europe. Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2023. Watch the full lecture and Q&A on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/honorary-nexus-lecture-president-macron
The moral obligation to carry the flag. Rob Riemen introduces President Macron TheNexusInstitute 2023-09-19 | Introduction to President Emmanuel Macron’s Nexus Lecture 2023, ‘The Future of Europe’. Watch the full lecture and Q&A on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/honorary-nexus-lecture-president-macron
Meet the speakers of the Nexus Conference 2023 TheNexusInstitute 2023-05-30 | Meet Katherine Fleming, Emilie Gordenker, Andrey Tarkovsky, Lisa Appignanesi, Tomáš Halík, Stephen Farthing, Valentina Vapaux and Humberto Beck. Go to our site for the full lineup and programme.Saturday 17 June, Nexus Conference 2023, ‘Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization’, Amsterdam & online. Tickets and live stream: nexus-institute.comhttps://nexus-instituut.nl#NexusInstitute #NexusInstituut #Nexus #Nietzsche #VanGogh #Art #Politics #Future
What’s wrong with academia and woke culture? TheNexusInstitute 2023-02-23 | Sean Wilentz, Zena Hitz and Leon Wieseltier discuss education, overpoliticization and the search for truth. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-war-and-the-future.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2022, ‘The War And the Future’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Who is to blame for the crisis of democracy in the United States? TheNexusInstitute 2023-02-22 | Sean Wilentz, Zena Hitz, Leon Wieseltier and Nicolas Baverez discuss democracy, liberalism and the roots of polarization in the US. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-war-and-the-future.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2022, ‘The War And the Future’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Is the West moralizing? TheNexusInstitute 2023-02-21 | Lea Ypi, Leon Wieseltier, Donatella Di Cesare and Sean Wilentz discuss Western moralization, historical emergencies and negotiating your way out of war. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-war-and-the-future. Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2022, ‘The War And the Future’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Ukraine and the ideal of pacifism TheNexusInstitute 2023-02-20 | Donatella Di Cesare, Oksana Forostyna, Leon Wieseltier and Nicolas Baverez discuss pacifism or the moral obligation to defend. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-war-and-the-future. Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2022, ‘The War And the Future’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Does every society get the leadership it deserves? TheNexusInstitute 2023-02-17 | William Fallon, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Radek Sikorski and Ray Monk discuss ‘the right leadership’. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-war-and-the-future.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2022, ‘The War And the Future’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
The human being as an animal TheNexusInstitute 2023-02-16 | Laszlo Krasznahorkai, William Fallon and Ray Monk discuss the animal nature of humankind. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-war-and-the-future.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2022, ‘The War And the Future’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
A new Cuban Missile Crisis: will Russia use nuclear weapons? TheNexusInstitute 2023-02-15 | Kishore Mahbubani, Ray Monk, William Fallon and Radek Sikorski discuss the probability of nuclear escalation. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-war-and-the-future.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2022, ‘The War And the Future’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Putin’s personality and instrumentalizing the Russian soul TheNexusInstitute 2023-02-14 | Mary Beth Long, Jean-Marie Guéhenno and William Fallon discuss their experiences with Vladimir Putin. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-war-and-the-future.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2022, ‘The War And the Future’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Europe, Russia and China: colonialism, universalism or pluralism? TheNexusInstitute 2023-02-13 | Radek Sikorski, Bruno Maçães, Jean-Marie Guéhenno and Kishore Mahbubani discuss European imperialism, the current world order and how to live with your more powerful neighbour. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-war-and-the-future.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2022, ‘The War And the Future’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Did we learn anything from two World Wars? TheNexusInstitute 2023-02-13 | Jean-Marie Guéhenno, William Fallon and Radek Sikorski discuss Russia, NATO, war and history after the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Check out the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-war-and-the-future.Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2022, ‘The War And the Future’ in Amsterdam.Join our membership: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membershipVisit our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en
Antony Blinken confronts Alexander Dugin at the Nexus Conference TheNexusInstitute 2022-08-24 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confronts Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin with his ideas at the Nexus Conference 'The Last Revolution' in 2017 (Dutch subtitles). Check out the entire debate here: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-last-revolution
Just war or just a war? TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-10 | Leon Wieseltier and Anand Patwardhan discuss the morality of war. Check out the entire debate on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope.
Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye – People have the power TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-09 | Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye at the Nexus Conference 2021 in Amsterdam. Check out their full performance on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope.
What Spinoza would say TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-09 | Leon Wieseltier on subjectivity, reason and Spinoza. Check out the video of the entire conference on our website: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope.
How can art and religion be a force of hope? TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-09 | Patti Smith and Antonio Spadaro on the transformative power of art and religion. Check out the videos of the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope.
What is the hope of future generations? TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-09 | Colombe Cahen-Salvador, Nadia Harhash, Robert Cooper and Jeff Flake. Check out the videos of the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope.
Should America be the world’s police? TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-09 | Anand Patwardhan on ideology, war and American intervention. Check out the videos of the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope
Education and the spirit of democracy TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-09 | Patrick Deneen, Mary Trump, Haris Vlavianos, Wole Soyinka and Robert Skidelsky. Check out the videos of the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope
Why is fascism popular again? TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-09 | Giuseppe Conte, Mary Trump and Haris Vlavianos. Check out the videos of the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope
Is democracy progress? TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-09 | Haris Vlavianos, Kehinde Andrews and Wole Soyinka. Check out the videos of the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope
What to do with dictatorships? TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-09 | Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Robert Skidelsky, Haris Vlavianos, Kehinde Andrews and Wole Soyinka. Check out the videos of the entire debate: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope
The process of democracy in Belarus TheNexusInstitute 2021-12-09 | Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in conversation with Rob Riemen. Check out the videos of the entire conversation: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-revolution-of-hope
Reynaldo Hahns A Chloris by Maria & Nathalia Milstein - A musical gift to Dita Kraus TheNexusInstitute 2021-04-06 | Maria & Nathalia Milstein play A Chloris by Reynaldo Hahn. Check out the videos of the entire event: nexus-institute.com/activity/age-anxiety Join our membership and get access: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/membership/membership
