Canada, 1943
Margaret MacMillan
historian, international relations expert
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.
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 composer
Italy, 1944
Paolo Flores d’Arcais
philosopher and writer
Hungary, 1951
Iván Fischer
conductor Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Netherlands, 1943
Anton van Hooff
expert on Antiquity
Italy, 1866 - 1952
Benedetto Croce
philosopher and antifascist
The Netherlands, 1952
Oek de Jong
Dutch writer
Italy, 1909 - 2004
Norberto Bobbio
philosopher of law, political writer, anti-fascist
Italy, 1875 - 1944
Giovanni Gentile
self-declared 'philosopher of fascism'
Germany, 1979
Ariadne von Schirach
journalist, sociologist, psychologist
Spain, 1864 - 1936
Miguel de Unamuno
Spanish writer and philosopher