China, 1972
Jinghui Wang
literary scholar
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.
The Netherlands, 1951
Leo Samama
apple enthusiast
United States, 1968
Roger Berkowitz
academic director, Hannah Arendt Center
Algeria, 1943
Jacques Attali
economist and intellectual
China, 1975
Saiyin Sun
Sinologist
United States, 1960
James Rubin
journalist and foreign affairs specialist
The Netherlands, 1990
Sywert van Lienden
political activist
The Netherlands, 1946
Johan Simons
acclaimed theatre director
China
Rexa Han
pianist
Israel
Tamar Halperin
pianist and harpsichordist
United States, 1943
Paul Wolfowitz
diplomat and intellectual
United States, 1953
James Steinberg
policy advisor and essayist
Ukraine, 1949
Lilia Shevtsova
political analyst and Russia specialist
Lebanon, 1961
Hassan Mneimneh
public intellectual and Middle East specialist
Japan, 1957
Masafumi Ishii
ambassador to Japan at NATO and policy advisor in foreign affairs
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