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, 1943

Edwin Rutten

actor and singer

The Netherlands, 1979

Lenneke Ruiten

soprano

The Netherlands, 1974

Marleen Rensen

cultural scholar

The Netherlands, 1961

Bert Meerstadt

Netherlands Railways director

Belgium, 1944

Sigiswald Kuijken

baroque violinist

The Netherlands, 1960

Miranda van Kralingen

opera singer

Belgium, 1955

Hilde Keteleer

writer and translator

Germany, 1927

Inge Jens

editor of Thomas Mann's diaries and letters

The Netherlands, 1947

Robert Holl

bass-baritone

The Netherlands, 1958

Piet Gerbrandy

classicist and poet

The Netherlands, 1942

Rudi Fuchs

former museum director

The Netherlands, 1946

Adriaan van Dis

writer, TV presenter

The Netherlands, 1961

Carine Crutzen

actress

The Netherlands, 1950

Huub Beurskens

writer and poet

Czech Republic, 1932

Jana Beranová

writer, poet, translator

Spain, 1944

Félix de Azúa

writer and philosopher

Morocco, 1937

Alain Badiou

marxist philosopher

The Netherlands, 1978

Kirsten Verdel

political scientist, politician and writer

France, 1976

Lila Azam Zanganeh

author A Tale for Lovers and Other Madmen

Belgium, 1953

Guy Verhofstadt

former Belgian Prime Minister and Member of European Parliament

Germany, 1931 - 2015

Fritz J. Raddatz

literary critic