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.

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The Netherlands, 1950

Heikelien Verrijn Stuart

journalist, law scholar, writer
C.O.-Jellema

The Netherlands, 1936 - 2003

C.O. Jellema

poet and essayist
Michael_Walzer

United States, 1935

Michael Walzer

political scientist and philosopher
Imre_Kertesz

Hungary, 1929 - 2016

Imre Kertész

writer, Nobel Prize winner
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Italy, 1939

Claudio Magris

writer and expert on Mitteleuropa
Leopardi

Italy, 1798 - 1837

Giacomo Leopardi

writer and poet
Boris-Groys

Russia, 1947

Boris Groys

pioneer in the thought on postmodern and socialist art
Christina_Campo

Italy, 1923 - 1977

Cristina Campo

poet, essayist, translator
Clare-Cavanagh.-Painting-by-Katarzyna-Wolodkiewicz

United States, 1956

Clare Cavanagh

scholar of Slavic literature
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Italy, 1941 – 2021

Roberto Calasso

writer and publisher at Adelphi
Theo_van_de_Klundert

The Netherlands, 1936

Theo van de Klundert

economist
Benjamin_R._Barber

United States, 1939 - 2017

Benjamin Barber

political scientist
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Germany, 1920 - 2015

Richard von Weizsäcker

former German President
Karl_Popper

Austria, 1902 - 1994

Karl Popper

prominent twentieth-century philosopher of science
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United States, 1938 - 1993

John Condry

developmental psychologist
Thibaud_-Paul

France, 1933

Paul Thibaud

philosopher and journalist
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France, 1949

Alain Finkielkraut

philosopher, cultural pessimist
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Poland, 1945

Eva Hoffman

writer and professor of creative writing
Gyorgy_Konrad

Hungary, 1933-2019

György Konrád

writer and essayist
Ignatieff_-Robert-Goddyn

Canada, 1947

Michael Ignatieff

politician, intellectual and moral philosopher
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Indonesia, 1940

Jan van der Dussen

philosopher
Louis_Dupre

Belgium, 1926

Louis Dupré

Catholic philosopher