France, 1951
Luc Ferry
philosopher, former French Minister of Education
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.
Belgium, 1943
Chantal Mouffe
political theorist
The Netherlands, 1946
Anna Tilroe
art critic
United States, 1959
John Seabrook
journalist
Hungary, 1948
Frank Furedi
sociologist
United States, 1939
Ferdinand Mount
conservative writer and columnist
United Kingdom, 1940
Robin Blackburn
socialist historian
United States, 1941 - 2013
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Catholic political philosopher
Iran, 1956
Ramin Jahanbegloo
philosopher
United Kingdom, 1949
Theodore Dalrymple
psychiatrist and cultural critic
United States, 1952
Francis Fukuyama
political theorist
United States, 1925 - 2011
Samuel Menashe
poet
Germany, 1924 - 2007
Michael Hamburger
poet, translator Celan and Goethe
The Netherlands, 1933
Hans Ulrich Jessurun d’Oliveira
jurist and literature scholar
The Netherlands, 1933
Godfried van Benthem van der Bergh
international relations experts
The Netherlands, 1916 - 2008
Max Nord
journalist and writer
The Netherlands, 1928 - 2012
Diederik Kraaijpoel
artist and writer
Germany, 1930 - 2007
Otto von der Gablentz
German diplomat
The Netherlands, 1924 - 2011
Max van der Stoel
politician
Italy, 1929
Sergio Romano
historian, journalist and diplomat
The Netherlands, 1925 - 2006
Harry G.M. Prick
biographer and literary historian
South Africa, 1925 - 2016
Laurence Lerner
poet and writer
The Netherlands, 1927 - 2015
Nico Frijda
psychologist
The Netherlands, 1934 - 2020
Arnold Heertje
economist and columnist