Was Erasmus successful?

When do we call someone successful? And was Erasmus successful? What did he actually accomplish for himself or for us? According to Erasmus himself, he had a difficult life. It started at his birth (circa 1467) as the child of two unmarried parents. That bothered him a lot, although his parents not only cared very…

The Erasmus House

An Erasmus pilgrim like me must, of course, visit the Erasmus House in Brussels, where Erasmus himself stayed in 1521. Besides being a museum, it is also the starting point of all kinds of educational programs around Erasmus and his time. But what does the Erasmus House say about Erasmus in the 21st century? At…

Erasmus University Rotterdam

“Hey, you went to the Gymnaisum Erasmianum. You must know something about Erasmus”. The first two students I speak to on campus at Woudestein about Erasmus immediately delegate my question to a fellow student who is just approaching on his bike. On the other campus, Hoboken where the medical school is located, two conversations begin…