Iran, 1955
Azar Nafisi
literary scholar and a newly American citizen
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.
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
The Netherlands, 1950
Ernst Hirsch Ballin
law professor and Christian democrat
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