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.

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
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The Netherlands, 1946

Emile Brugman

founder of Atlas Publishers

Italy, 1935

Fabio F. Rizi

expert on Benedetto Croce

United States, 1977

Max Blumenthal

journalist
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The Netherlands, 1946 – 2023

Meindert Fennema

political theorist, Wilders biographer

The Netherlands, 1955

Paul Frissen

public administration expert

The Netherlands, 1959

Rob Hartmans

historian, journalist and writer

The Netherlands, 1938

H.C. ten Berge

writer, poet, translator; winner of the P.C. Hooft Prize

The Netherlands, 1944

Barber van de Pol

translator and writer

Mexico, 1952

Adolfo Castañón

Mexican writer, translator and critic

The Netherlands, 1964

Johannette Zomer

soprano

The Netherlands, 1935

Hans Croiset

actor, director and writer

United States, 1966

Andrew Winer

writer and artist

The Netherlands, 1939

Lisette Lewin

Dutch journalist and writer

The Netherlands, 1952

Jos van Veldhoven

conductor

The Netherlands, 1944

Ton Koopman

conductor, harpsichordist and musicologist