United States, 1957
Peter Cole
poet, specialist in medieval Hebrew literature
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.
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
Iran, 1955
Azar Nafisi
literary scholar and a newly American citizen
Lithuania, 1954
Liubava Moreva
cultural philosopher
United States, 1954
Bill Joy
co-founder and former chief scientist of Sun Microsystems
United Kingdom, 1941
Richard Dawkins
biologist and atheist
The Netherlands, 1939
Ruud Lubbers
statesman, former prime minister
United States, 1953
Michael J. Sandel
political philosopher and Socratic educator
The Netherlands, 1920 - 2011
Jacques Janssen
graphic designer
Egypt, 1944
Ismail Serageldin
director of the Library of Alexandria
Argentina, 1942
Daniel Barenboim
pianist and conductor
Italy, 1946
Sonia Gandhi
leader of the Indian Congress Party
United States, 1948
Sherry Turkle
sociologist and social media expert
Iraq, 1972
Karim Wasfi
director of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom, 1967
David Modell
maker of documentary films on social issues
India, 1967
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
political theorist and commentator
United States, 1953
Yossi Klein Halevi
former Jewish extremist