Rob Riemen (1962) is Founder, President & CEO of the Nexus Institute, Founder & Editor of Nexus, an journal of essays for cultural philosophy, is a writer and cultural philosopher. The Nexus Institute is a leading international centre for intellectual reflection that aims to inspire the Western cultural and philosophical debate.

In 1991 the Dutch journal Nexus is launched, in cooperation with Rob Riemen’s dear friend Johan Polak, who magnanimously shares his valuable experience in publishing. To both, the relevance of a new magazine is obvious: Nexus is to serve the European culture, the European ideal of civilization. The Nexus magazine appears three times a year and is published in Dutch. The mostly thematically connected essays are written both by famous and by upcoming international authors. Or as Rob Riemen puts it in his essay 'Nexus' Genesis' (Nexus 50, 2008)

"A journal with this era in mind but not of this time; societally relevant but not political; with space for the religious and philosophical questions but not a journal of religion or philosophy; its quality intellectual, but accessible."

Alongside Nexus as a platform for the written word, Rob Riemen widens the possibilities when in 1994 he establishes the Nexus Institute - together with his wife Kirsten Walgreen - to make way for the spoken word.
The Nexus Institute looks at the European cultural heritage in a social, philosophical, and artistic context. The Institute is widely acknowledged for the quality with which it offers insight into contemporary issues through its conferences, lectures and masterclasses.

For more information, we kindly refer you to the items on Nexus Institute and www.nexus-instituut.nl (in English).

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