Thierry Baudet

Thierry Baudet

Thierry Henri Philippe Baudet (born 28 January 1983 in Heemstede) is a right-wing Dutch journalist and publicist.

Known for his academic euroscepticism, Thierry Baudet is one of the most outspoken advocates for a return to nation states in the Netherlands; these views were prominently expressed in his book, "The Significance of Borders. Why Representative Government and the Rule of Law require Nation States" (Boston 2012). He is the founder of Forum voor Democratie that was one of the three organisations that set up the the Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, 2016. Baudet and the other involved orgs voted no. ^[1]

Baudet maintains that his conservative political convictions have been largely influenced by two events in his first year as an history undergraduate in Amsterdam: the attacks of 9/11 and the assassination of Pim Fortuyn.

Baudet features regularly in both print and visual media in Europe. As a journalist he has had a permanent column in NRC Handelsblad, and is published in Le Monde, PressEurope and European Ideas. Recently he has been active as a commentator in Studio PowNed on the Dutch public television.

As an academic teacher and researcher Baudet focuses on questions of law, history and political philosophy through a multidisciplinary approach.

He calls himself the most important intellectual of the Netherlands.^[2][3]

Education

• 1989–1995: Haarlemse Montessori School
• 1995–2001: Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem
• 2001–2006: BA in History, University of Amsterdam
• 2002–2006: LL.M. in Dutch Law, University of Amsterdam
• 2007–2012: PhD, Faculty of Law, Leiden University

Career

• 2004–2006: Teaching assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam
• 2007–2012: Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Leiden University
• 2008: Visiting researcher, University of Oxford
• 2010–2011: Visiting professor, Political Theory, Academia Vitae, Deventer
• 2011–2012: Columnist, NRC Handelsblad
• 2012–present: Visiting Fellow, Istituto Olandese, Rome, Italy
• 2013–present: Post-doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Humanities, Tilburg University

Bibliography

• 2010: Conservatieve Vooruitgang. De grootste denkers van de 20ste eeuw. Ed. with Michiel Visser (Prometheus/Bert Bakker).
• 2011: Revolutionair Verval. En de conservatieve vooruitgang in de 18de en 19de eeuw. Ed. with Michiel Visser (Prometheus/Bert Bakker).
• 2012: Pro Europa dus tegen de EU (Pro Europe therefore against the EU) (Elsevier)
• 2012: The Significance of Borders. Why representative government and the rule of law require nation-states (Brill Academic Publishers).
• 2012: De aanval op de natiestaat (Prometheus/Bert Bakker).
• 2013: Oikofobie. De angst voor het eigene (Oikophobia. The fear of home) (Prometheus/Bert Bakker).

References

1. "Ze delen weinig, behalve een diepe afkeer van Europa" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016. dutch original “De belangrijkste vertegenwoordigers van de andere groep – bovenal een ‘nee’ – zijn het Burgercomité EU en Forum voor Democratie van opiniemaker Thierry Baudet.”
   English translation: The most important representatives of the other group , above all a no are the Civil Committee EU and the Forum for Democracy of opinion maker Thierry Baudet”
2. Thijs Niemantsverdriet (March 7, 2016). "Ze delen weinig, behalve een diepe afkeer van Europa" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved March 20, 2016. dutch original “Hij noemt zichzelf zonder terughoudendheid „de belangrijkste intellectueel van Nederland”. “
   English translation: He calls himself without reticence the most important intellectual of the Netherlands.
3. Joyce Roodnat (March 17, 2016). "Pure woede en onversneden lust" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved March 20, 2016. dutch original “Thierry Baudet, de man die zichzelf de belangrijkste Nederlandse intellectueel noemt, “
   English translation: “Thierry Baudet, the man who calls himself the most important Dutch intellectual”