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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United Kingdom, 1957

Ray Monk

Wittgenstein- and Oppenheimer-biographer en philosopher
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Portugal, 1974

Bruno Maçães

geopolitical thinker
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USA, 1963

Mary Beth Long

former CIA-spy and US Assistant Secretary of Defense
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Hungary, 1954

László Krasznahorkai

prizewinning author and screenwrtier
Lorraine Daston

United Kingdom, 1951

Lorraine Daston

historian of science
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United States, 1946

Patti Smith

American cultural icon and singer
Kaye, Lenny

United States, 1946

Lenny Kaye

guitarist, composer and writer
Nadia Harhash

Palestine, 1971

Nadia Harhash

Palestinian lawyer and human rights activist
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India, 1950

Anand Patwardhan

Indian artist-activist and revolutionary spirit
Colombe Cahen-Salvador

France, 1994

Colombe Cahen-Salvador

political activist, co-founder of Volt and co-founder of Atlas
Antonio Spadaro

Italy, 1966

Antonio Spadaro, S.J.

Catholic priest and Jesuit
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United States, 1962

Jeff Flake

A high ranked Republican politician and critic of Trump
Haris Vlavianos

Italy, 1975

Haris Vlavianós

Greek European humanist
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United States, 1964

Patrick J. Deneen

internationally renowned American political thinker
Mary Trump

United States, 1965

Mary L. Trump

niece and author of ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Man’
Kehinde Andrews

United Kingdom, 1983

Kehinde Andrews

anti-racist activist and most influential spokesman for Black Lives Matter in the UK
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Egypt, 1962

Baroness Minouche Shafik

top economist and one of the most influential financial thinkers
Giuseppe Conte

Italy, 1964

Giuseppe Conte

former Prime Minister of Italy and president of the Italian Five Star Movement
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

Belarus, 1982

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

Belarusian opposition leader
Ivo van Hove

Belgium, 1958

Ivo van Hove

General Director of International Theatre Amsterdam
Richard

United Kingdom, 1950

Richard Frackowiak

top expert neuroscience