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, 1928 - 2017

Coen Stork

diplomat, former Dutch ambassador to Romania
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Belgium, 1943

Paul Claes

writer and classical scholar
Christine_D_Haen

Belgium, 1923 - 2009

Christine D’haen

Flemish poet
Marcel_Poorthuis

The Netherlands, 1955

Marcel Poorthuis

theologian
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The Netherlands, 1951

Gilles J. Dorleijn

Professor of Dutch Literature
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The Netherlands, 1961

Joost van der Vleuten

Dutch literature expert
Paardt_-Rudi-van-der

The Netherlands, 1943

Rudi van der Paardt

classical scholar and literary theorist
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Saudi Arabia, 1933

Talal Asad

anthropologist
C._Reedijk

The Netherlands, 1921 - 2000

C. Reedijk

learned librarian
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Austria, 1936 - 2008

G.A. von Winter

librarian
Frans_Boenders

Belgium, 1942

Frans Boenders

art philosopher
Bas_van_Stokkum

The Netherlands, 1953

Bas van Stokkom

sociologist
Henk_Harbers

The Netherlands, 1948

Henk Harbers

German literature scholar
Vahanian

France, 1927 - 2012

Gabriel Vahanian

theologian
Rudolf_Vrba

Slovakia, 1924 - 2006

Rudolf Vrba

escaped from Auschwitz
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Hungary, 1925 - 2016

George Klein

oncologist and humanist
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The Netherlands, 1932

Annette J. Verhoeven-Kooij

musicologist
Willem_Otterspeer

The Netherlands, 1950

Willem Otterspeer

biographer, historian of science
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United States, 1959

Philip Shields

philosopher
Claude_Habib

France, 1955

Claude Habib

writer, specialist in 18th century literature
Jonathan_Rauch

United States, 1960

Jonathan Rauch

opinion maker, journalist
H.W._von_der_Dunk

Germany, 1928-2018

Hermann von der Dunk

historian, specialized in contemporary history