Germany, 1938
Jan Assmann
egyptologist
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.
Greece, 1946
Alexander Nehamas
combines philosophy and literary studies
Jordan, 1966
Ghazi bin Muhammad
prince and Professor of Philosophy
Poland, 1927 - 2009
Leszek Kolakowski
Polish thinker and historian of ideas
Uruquay, 1958
Moshe Halbertal
professor of Jewish thought
Russia, 1874 - 1948
Nikolai Berdjajev
Marxist cultural and religious philosopher
Germany, 1937
Karsten Harries
philosopher who writes on aesthetics
Switzerland, 1934
Hans Saner
philosopher
The Netherlands, 1944
Jacq Vogelaar
writer and literary critic
Turkey, 1955
Thomas Harrison
Professor of Italian Literature
Italy, 1887 - 1910
Carlo Michelstaedter
poet, painter, philosopher
Hungary, 1885 - 1971
György Lukács
Marxist literary critic and philosopher
Poland, 1945 - 2021
Adam Zagajewski
poet and essayist
The Netherlands, 1929 - 2008
Kees Fens
literary critic and writer
The Netherlands, 1914 - 2001
Marius Flothuis
composer and musicologist
Germany, 1945
Nike Wagner
great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner
United Kingdom, 1965
Lydia Goehr
art philosopher
Germany, 1937
Friedrich Dieckmann
German art scholar
United Kingdom, 1929 - 2003
Bernard Williams
moral philosopher
United Kingdom, 1944 - 2020
Roger Scruton
conservative philosopher and art expert
Czech Republic, 1931-2025
Ivan Klíma
Czech writer; his works were blacklisted under the communist regime
Italy, 1304 - 1374
Francesco Petrarca
poet, humanist
The Netherlands, 1934 - 2005
Frans van Dooren
translator
France, 1954
Sylvie Germain
writer