The Netherlands, 1950
Ernst Hirsch Ballin
law professor and Christian democrat
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.
Lebanon, 1957-2025
Pierre Audi
former director of the Dutch Opera
United States, 1953
Heather Watts
dancer and muse of Balanchine
Iraq, 1971
Zainab Al-Suwaij
promotes women's rights in Iraq
The Netherlands, 1967
Yoeri Albrecht
journalist and director of De Balie
Serbia, 1948-2023
David Albahari
writer and translator
France, 1936
Philippe de Montebello
former director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
South Africa, 1929
Lewis Wolpert
biologist, humanist, rationalist
France, 1802 - 1885
Victor Hugo
writer
Canada, 1943
Margaret MacMillan
historian, international relations expert
Sweden, 1973
Nick Bostrom
philosopher and transhumanist
Turkey, 1950
Seyla Benhabib
philosopher of cosmopolitanism
Germany, 1932
Alexander Goehr
composer
Singapore, 1948
Kishore Mahbubani
influential Asian thinker and China watcher
Morocco, 1953
Dominique de Villepin
French statesman and former Prime Minister
Germany, 1939
Volker Schlöndorff
filmmaker and director
Ireland, 1955
Colm Tóibín
writer
The Netherlands, 1964
Carl Niekerk
Germanic scholar, specialized in German-Jewish literature and music.
United States, 1930
Russell Sherman
pianist
United Kingdom, 1964
Katie Mitchell
theatre director
Germany, 1943
Hartmut Haenchen
conductor
Spain, 1932
Nuria Schoenberg Nono
daughter of Arnold Schönberg, widow of Luigi Nono
Hungary, 1978
Eszter Salgó
lecturer international relations
Israel, 1987
Yoel Gamzou
conductor and founder of the International Mahler Orchestra; completed Mahler’s Tenth