Japan, 1957
Masafumi Ishii
ambassador to Japan at NATO and policy advisor in foreign affairs
Speakers and authors
The journal Nexus was founded in 1991, the Nexus Institute three years later. Since then, a large number of international thinkers, artists, scholars and politicians have published in Nexus or taken part in one of the Institute’s activities. Below you find an overview of all our authors and speakers.
United States, 1944
William Fallon
American four-star admiral
Germany, 1946
Dan Diner
historian of the twentieth century
Germany, 1989
Arjen Gerretsen
trainee
Poland, 1930
Sigmund Rolat
patron of the arts and Holocaust survivor
United States, 1967
Joshua Bell
world-acclaimed violinist and conductor
The Netherlands
Ineke de Vries
former president of the Humanistisch Verbond
Poland, 1933
Louis Begley
writer, lawyer
The Netherlands, 1927 - 2015
Toon Riemen
union leader
France, 1932 - 2013
André Schiffrin
publisher
United Kingdom, 1945
Simon Schama
historian
United States, 1943 - 2022
Todd Gitlin
sociologist, cultural critic and former activits
The Netherlands, 1929 – 2021
Bernard Haitink
conductor
United States, 1940
Frido Mann
psychologist, writer, grandson of Thomas Mann
United Kingdom, 1936
Peter Mayer
publisher
Spain, 1942
Jordi Savall
Baroque musician
India, 1970
Siddhartha Mukherjee
oncologist
Rhodesia, 1949
A.C. Grayling
philosopher and founder of the New College of the Humanities
Australia, 1963
Julian Savulescu
bio-ethicist
United Kingdom, 1942
Martin Rees
astrophysicist
Germany, 1954
Julian Nida-Rümelin
philosopher
Canada, 1943
Patricia Churchland
philosopher
France, 1936
Jean-Pierre Changeux
neurobiologist
Portugal, 1939
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
film director