The Netherlands, 1951
Yvonne van Rooy
administrator
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, 1956
Emily D. Bilski
curator, specializing in modern and contemporary art
The Netherlands, 1970
Kirsten Walgreen
former vice president, Nexus Institute
United States, 1944
William Wheatley
TV producer
United Kingdom, 1951
Nicholas Kenyon
music expert
Greece, 1958
Robert Kagan
political commentator
United States, 1959
Daniel Goldhagen
controversial political theorist
United States
Candace Allen
Hollywood screenwriter
France, 1948
Pascal Bruckner
philosopher, writer and critic of Western culture
The Netherlands, 1937
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst
progressive liberal politician
Russia, 1959 - 2015
Svetlana Boym
writer, literary scholar and media artist
France, 1932
Alain Besançon
historian, Russian expert
The Netherlands, 1956
Jan Peter Balkenende
former Prime Minister
United States, 1959 - 2011
Ronald Asmus
diplomat and political analyst
The Netherlands, 1958
Ab Klink
Christian Democratic politican
United States, 1957
Peter Cole
poet, specialist in medieval Hebrew literature
France, 1943
Bruno Monsaingeon
concert violinist and documentary filmmaker
Germany, 1965
Markus Stenz
conductor
The Netherlands, 1954
Menno Meyjes
screenwriter and director in Hollywood
United States, 1943
Hendrik Hertzberg
American political journalist
Belgium, 1950
Antoine Compagnon
literary scholar
United Kingdom, 1955
Iwona Blazwick
directeur van de Whitechapel Art Gallery in Londen
United States, 1954
Lawrence Summers
economist, former Harvard president and Secretary of the Treasury
The Netherlands, 1957
Ronald Plasterk
politician, scientist