Germany, 1944
Bernhard Schlink
writer and law professor
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 Kingdom, 1955
Simon Rattle
conductor
United Kingdom, 1948
Ian McEwan
writer
United States, 1931 - 2007
Richard Rorty
pragmatist philosopher
Romania, 1954
Mircea Mihaies
cultural scholar
Cameroon, 1960
Achille Mbembe
eminent African intellectual and research professor
United States, 1952
Peggy Boyers
poet
France, 1929 - 2005
Nathalie Babel
collected and published the oeuvre of her father, Isaac Babel
United States, 1940
John Vinocur
journalist
United States
Charles Kupchan
international relations expert
Hungary, 1929 - 2019
Ágnes Heller
political philosopher
United States, 1958
Mark Danner
journalist, specialized in international relations
South Africa, 1951
Joseph Weiler
European law specialist
Latvia, 1937
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
former President of Latvia
Víctor Pérez Díaz
sociologist
Israel, 1945
Gabriel Motzkin
interdisciplinary academic
Paul Keegan
poetry editor
1930 – 2021
Andreas Landshoff
Czech Republic
Katya Krausova
film and TV producer
United States, 1952
Gary Smith
director American Academy, Berlin
Netherlands, 1968
Mabel van Oranje
peace and human rights advocate
United Kingdom, 1957
Richard Bellamy
political scientist
Austria, 1956
Klaus Wölfer
Austrian ambassador
The Netherlands, 1949 - 2014
Willem van Hasselt
philosopher, policy maker in international relations