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.

Morocco, 1970

Laila Lalami

Moroccan American writer

Italy, 1976

Nicola Lecca

young Italian writer

France, 1970

Nathalie Alonso Casale

filmmaker

Spain, 1969

David Trueba

writer and filmmaker

The Netherlands, 1972

Eric de Vroedt

socially engaged theatre director

United States, 1913 - 1966

Delmore Schwartz

poet

United States, 1948

Sidney Blumenthal

journalist, advisor to Hilary and Bill Clinton

United States, 1947

Jonathan Taplin

music and film producer

United States, 1942

Jack Miles

won the Pulitzer Prize for 'God. A Biography'

The Netherlands, 1946

Hans Abbing

economist and artist

Bosnia, 1976

Šejla Kamerić

video artist and photographer

The Netherlands, 1971

Arnon Grunberg

Dutch writer

United Kingdom, 1956

Paul Gilroy

sociologist who writes on race, discrimination and culture

France, 1932 - 2020

Marc Fumaroli

cultural historian, specialized in rhetoric

United States, 1965

Darrin McMahon

historiographer of happiness

United States, 1879 - 1970

Joseph Wood Krutch

natural philosopher, drama critic

United Kingdom, 1932

Alastair Hannay

Kierkegaard biographer

United Kingdom, 1879 - 1970

E.M. Forster

author of 'Howards End' and 'A Passage to India'

Slovakia, 1882 - 196

Leo Kestenberg

pianist and musical educator

The Netherlands, 1975

Mischa Spel

music journalist