Belgium, 1954
Dirk de Schutter
philosopher
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.
Slovakia, 1924 - 2006
Rudolf Vrba
escaped from Auschwitz
Hungary, 1925 - 2016
George Klein
oncologist and humanist
The Netherlands, 1932
Annette J. Verhoeven-Kooij
musicologist
The Netherlands, 1950
Willem Otterspeer
biographer, historian of science
United States, 1959
Philip Shields
philosopher
France, 1955
Claude Habib
writer, specialist in 18th century literature
United States, 1960
Jonathan Rauch
opinion maker, journalist
Germany, 1928-2018
Hermann von der Dunk
historian, specialized in contemporary history
The Netherlands, 1942
Jattie Enklaar
German literature expert
Belgium, 1966
Toon van Houdt
classical scholar
France, 1949
Pierre Manent
political philosopher in the French liberal tradition
France, 1929 - 2020
George Steiner
cultural philosopher
France, 1924 - 2010
Claude Lefort
anti-totalitarian socialist philosopher
Germany, 1927 - 2004
Albert Friedlander
rabbi
The Netherlands, 1918 - 1995
Ruth Wolf
writer and translator
Hungary, 1921 - 2010
Thomas Molnar
Catholic thinker
United States, 1956
Michael Steinberg
researcher of German Jewish cultural history and music
Belgium, 1946 - 2019
Gilbert Hottois
philosopher
Belgium, 1946
Arnold Burms
philosopher
The Netherlands
Maria Brouwer
economist
The Netherlands, 1952
Hans van der Ploeg
psychiatrist
Belgium, 1929 - 2004
Herman Servotte
priest and English scholar
Germany, 1930 - 2012
Rena Fuks-Mansfeld
Professor in Jewish History