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.

Karl_Enenkel

Austria, 1959

Karl Enenkel

classical scholar
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Germany, 1960

Jean-Marc Piret

philosopher of law
A.C._Zijderveld

Indonesia, 1937 – 2022

A.C. Zijderveld

cultural sociologist
Johan_Polak

The Netherlands, 1928 - 1992

Johan Polak

publisher, classical scholar, essayist, book collector
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The Netherlands, 1947

Jaap Goedegebuure

Dutch scholar and literary critic
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Greece, 1930

Constantin Floros

musicologist and Mahler expert
Ton-Naaijkens—Nadine-Ancher

The Netherlands, 1953

Ton Naaijkens

Germanist and translator
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United States, 1931

Arthur Mitzman

historian
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The Netherlands, 1923 - 2013

Joseph Lescrauwaet

Roman Catholic cleric
Mechoulan_-Henry

France, 1932

Henry Méchoulan

Enlightenment scholar
Antoine_Bodar

The Netherlands, 1944

Antoine Bodar

Catholic priest
Joseph Roth

Oekraïne, 1894 - 1939

Joseph Roth

Romancier
Rob Riemen

The Netherlands, 1962

Rob Riemen

founder and president of the Nexus Institute
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Croatia, 1949 – 2023

Dubravka Ugrešić

writer and essayist