Recent lectures (selected)
2024
26 April 2024, Keynote, ‘Another Prince of Orange? Emperor William II, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and the End of the First World War’, Transnationalizing German Monarchies, 1848-1918, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.
22 April 2024, Keynote, Koningsdaglezing Ministerie van Defensie, The Hague
22 March 2024, Keynote, 'The Elephant in the Room. The Birth of a New International Hierarchy After 1815 and its Long Afterlive', Pathways from disorder to order: where history meets theory, European University Institute, Florence.
15 March 2024, Keynote, ‘Religion as moderation. Radical redemption as a new approach’, Resentment as the Affective Foundations of Radicalization, Münster University, Münster.
7 March 2024, Keynote (Dutch) , 'Polarisatie en de dramadriehoek: een historisch perspectief', Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, The Hague.
6 March 2024, Keynote (Dutch),'Anarchie! Onze wankele wereldorde in historisch perspectief', Heeft de liberale democratie een toekomst? with Laura Jaspers. Studium Generale, Utrecht University, Utrecht.
23 February 2024, Keynote, 'Hotbed Brussels: The Failings of the European Security Culture, 1815-1830', Conference of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
17 February 2024, Keynote, ‘Putin's War. History as Weapon’, University & City of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
15 February 2024, Keynote, 'Radical Redemption: What Extremists Believe. A social-psychological/historical approach', Workshop of the Handa Centre for Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews.
08 February 2024, Discussant, 'Night on Earth: A History of International Humanitarianism in the Near-East, 1918-1930', Security History Network, Utrecht.
History Theater Lecture: Putins War: History as a weapon (with Niels Drost)
- 23-01-2024, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
- 19-02-2024, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
- 27-02-2024, Goudse Schouwburg, Gouda
- 04-03-2024, Oude Luxor Theater, Rotterdam
- 14-05-2024, Chassé Theater, Breda
- 11-06-2024, Theater de Spiegel, Zwolle
- 20-09-2024, DeLaMar, Amsterdam
- 28-09-2024, Parktheater, Eindhoven
2023
18 December 2023, Lecture, 'SHN Film Night: Napoleon', Security History Network, Utrecht.
14 December 2023, Lecture, ‘Studying security in history: how to do it & what it yields’, Convegno internazionale di studi, Pisa University.
7 December 2023, Keynote, 'Radical redemption', University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
6 December 2023, Keynote, ‘What Sort of Peace? Echoes from a Warring Continent’, Annual History Adress Dinner, University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
27 October 2023, Keynote, 'Polarisatie: toen en nu', Symposium Polarisering & Verbinding, Nederlands Studiecentrum voor Criminaliteit en Rechtshandhaving, Amsterdam.
19 October 2023, Keynote, ‘Global power shifts and the future strategic landscape’, International Security Forum, Bonn
07 October 2023, Panel discussion, ‘Weerbare democratie, vroeger en nu’, Geschiedenis Festival – Historisch Nieuwsblad, Haarlem.
06-10-2023, Moderator, Symposium “’De politieke restauratie’. Nieuwe perspectieven op het vroege Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (1813-1848)", KNHG, Amsterdam.
22 June 2023, Guest Lecture, ‘We don’t want to be treated as Javanese!’ Rethinking the 1830 revolutions from a trans-imperial perspective, Conference: Winning the Peace? Managing the Empire: Napoleonic Governance and the Integration of Europe, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena.
19 June 2023, Moderator, 'Do democracies need a Revolution?', Security History Network & KNAW, Amsterdam.
15 May 2023, Keynote, ‘How Europe’s collective security system absorbed the revolutions of 1848’, Symposium: Westphalia’s Enduring Legacy after 375 years: Can 1648 Tell Us How to Broker Peace in 2023?, Zentrum für Niederlande-studien, Utrecht University, NGIZ, Fonds VIGU, Stadt Münster, Münster.
11 May 2023, Chair, Roundtable conversation: ‘Reparations: lessons from the past, challenges for the future’, the Trust Fund for Victims/International Criminal Court and Lorena De Vita’s Alfred Landecker Foundation research project Holocaust Diplomacy: the Global Politics of Memory and Forgetting, Utrecht.
08 May 2023, Chair of the Jury, ‘Uitreiking Libris Literatuur Prijs’, Libris, Amsterdam.
22 April 2023, Participant in discussion, ‘Alles wie immer? Wehrhaft gegen den Autoritarismus (Podiumsdiskussion)‘, Taz Lab 2023, taz, Berlin.
21 March 2023, Guest Lecture, ‘The Birth of a New Security Architecture for Europe, 1815 and 2022’, Symposium on ‘A New European Security Architecture’, Arenberg Foundation, Brussels.
21 March 2023, Workshop and Moderator, ‘Security Workshop. Exploring perspectives on security’, Security Workshop, Security in Open Societies, Contesting Governance Platform, Utrecht.
18 March 2023, Keynote, “Kerk en complot: eschatologie of profetisch populisme? Een historisch perspectief op ondergangsdenken”, Beladen verleden: Over de omgang met zwarte bladzijden in de kerkgeschiedenis, HDC Centre for Religious History & Vereniging van Christen-Historici, Gouda.
16 February 2023, Guest Lecture, ‘Oost versus West: percepties van “de Ander” in het Europa van de 21e eeuw’, SPUI 25, Goethe-Institut Niederlände, Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam, Genootschap Nederland Duitsland, Amsterdam.
07 February 2023, Guest Lecture, 'A Quest For The Third Rome: Understanding Putin’s Apocalyptical Radicalization', The Hoover Institution and Stanford’s Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies, Stanford University.
2022
10 December, Lecture, ‘De Crisiskloof. Veiligheid, crisisbeheersing en de rol van de overheid vanuit historisch perspectief', Brielle Lezing, Brielle.
29 October 2022, Keynote, 'Crisis in Europe: Crisis!', Nacht van de Geschiedenis, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
18 October 2022, Keynote, '‘L’Homme de l’Europe’ Revisited: The Duke of Wellington and the Fight against Terror in post-Napoleonic Europe', 33rd annual Wellington Lecture with Beatrice de Graaf, University of Southampton, Southampton.
08 October 2022, Keynote, ‘Crisis in Europe: Crisis!’, Nacht van de Utrechtse Geschiedenis, Hamburgerstraat, Utrecht.
History Theater Lecture: 'First aid for accidents' (in Dutch).
- 12-09-2022, Niewspoort, Den Haag
- 13-09-2022, Theater de Veste, Delft
- 16-09-2022, Theatrer Odeon, Zwolle
- 29-09-2022, Stadsschouwburg, Haarlem
- 04-10-2022, Koningklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
- 11-10-2022, Tivolivredenburg, Utrecht
- 17-10-2022, Oude Luxor, Rotterdam
- 03-11-2022, Goede Schouwburg, Gouda
- 22-03-2023, Theater aan het Vrijthod, Maastricht
- 24-04-2023, Stadsschouwburg e/d Vereeniging, Nijmegen
- 17-05-2023, ITA, Amsterdam
- 30-05-2023, Parktheater, Eindhoven
- 11-10-2023, De Lindenberg, Nijmegen
24 September 2022, Applied History Conferentie, Hoe kun je helpen als historicus als de crisis uitbreekt? Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht, Academiegebouw, Utrecht.
14 September 2022, Moderator, Facing Radicalization and Extremism in Times of Societal Unrest, Platform Security in Open Societies, Universiteit Utrecht, Academiegebouw, Utrecht.
1 July 2022, Online workshop, Aberdeen & Bonn Global Conversation with Beatrice de Graaf on the Psychology of Religion and Radicalization
24 June 2022, Performance, Nieuwspoort/Haags College, met Arend-Jan Boekestijn en Rob de Wijk, Den Haag.
7 June 2022, Commentary, Public lecture by Isaac Nakhimovsky, ‘The Most Liberal of All Ideas: The Political Thought of the Holy Alliance’, Commentary by Beatrice de Graaf, Utrecht/Amsterdam Seminar Global Intellectual History, Amsterdam
24 May 2022, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘Russian Expansion: the long shadow of imperial trauma’s’, Von der Dunk Lecture, Utrechtse Historische Studentenkring (UHSK), Academy Hall, Utrecht
20 May 2022, Panel, ‘Security Cultures’, 8th Transnational Rhine Conference: Cultural Industries along the Rhine - Nationalism versus Internationalism, Eltville am Rhein
19 May 2022, Roundtable, ‘2022 Online Spring Seminar in Global History & International Law’, The Search for the Lasting Peace in Europe and Beyond, organized by Sciences Po/Harvard University, Zurich/online. With Stella Ghervas and Miloš Vec.
18 May 2022, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘Radical Redemption w/ Prof. Beatrice de Graaf’, Total Devotion Zoom seminar, University of Southern Denmark. With Dr Laura Feldt
12 May 2022, Keynote/performance lecture (Dutch), ‘Staat van veiligheid: van veiligheidsdilemma tot veiligheidsgevoel’, Euregionale Veiligheidsconferentie Grensoverschrijdende Samenwerking, Euregio Rijn-Waal en Nordrhein-Westfalen/provincie Gelderland/Veiligheidsregio Noordoost Gelderland (VNOG)/ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid/Gemeente Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn
6 May 2022, Panel, ‘The past of Europe’s future’, State of the Union 2022: A Europe fit for the next generation? European University Institute, Florence. With Glenda Sluga and Shalini Randeria
26 April 2022, Keynote/performance lecture (Dutch), ‘Poetin en de apocalypse – Religie in de Internationale Betrekkingen aan de hand van de Russische casus’, Academie voor Internationale Betrekkingen, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, online/Den Haag
25 April 2022, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘Interdisciplinary cooperation: A Rapid Response Team, how to do it?’, Kick-In, Institutions for Open Societies, Utrecht University, Utrecht
14 April 2022, Keynote/performance lecture (Dutch), ‘Religie en terrorisme: een explosieve combinatie’, Navigators – Studentenvereniging, Utrecht
7 April 2022, Opening lecture, Conference ‘”Towards a Brave New World” Rebuilding Europe after Napoleon’, International Virtual Conference, Utrecht University and Louisiana State University in Shreveport
1 April 2022, Workshop, 'Das lange Leiden der Befreiung. "Sortie de guerre", am Beispiel Puttens', Befreiung als gemeinsame europäische Erfahrung? Deutsch-niederländisches Kolloquium zur Wahrnehmung des Kriegsendes 1945. Veranstaltet vom Liberation Route NRW e. V. in Kooperation mit dem Vrijheidsmuseum in Groesbeek und dem Liberation Route Germany e. V.(i.G.)
31 March 2022, Keynote/performance lecture (Dutch), ‘Wat Terroristen Geloven’, UU Alumni Thema-diner, Den Haag
31 March 2022, Guest lecture (Dutch), ‘Wat drijft Poetin. De oorlog in Oekraïne in historische context’, Scholengemeenschap De Passie (5 vwo-klassen), Utrecht
30 March 2022, Roundtable, ‘Introduction: Towards a New Concert of Europe?’, Europe, Diphttps://www.depassiescholen.nl/utrecht/actueel/nieuws/gastles-door-beatrice-de-graaflomacy and International Relations, UU/Faculty of Humanities & Italian Embassy
11 March 2022, Seminar, ‘The historian and his/her impact: some roles to consider’. Applied History seminar, Research School Political History (OPG)
24 February 2022, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘How contagious were the Capitol Hill riots in Europe’, at the Conference ‘Review and perspectives of the prevention of radicalization in Europe’, Institut du Monde Arabe Paris, Secrétariat general du Comité interministériel de prevention de la délinquance et de la radicalisation/Gouvernement de France
18 February 2022, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘The terror-security nexus and the geopolitical challenges that matter’, Ben Feringa Lecture: Consulate General of the Netherlands in San Francisco/VSNU
1 February 2022, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘Security as experiment. Fighting terror, transforming imperialism after Napoleon’, Modern European History Seminar (convenors prof.dr. Chris Clark and others), Cambridge University/Trinity Hall
19 January 2022, Keynote/performance lecture, 'Inspiration Session: Learning From A Master of Public Science – A Conversation with professor Beatrice de Graaf', Netherlands Institute for Governance, Program: Making Science on Politics and Governance Matter: Strategies for ‘Bridging the Gap’ Between Knowledge and Policy
2021
16 December 2021, Keynote/performance lecture, 'Religious Radicalization: Social Appraisals and Finding Radical Redemption In Extreme Beliefs', Interdisciplinary Workshop, Extreme Beliefs: Mapping the Terrain, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
3 December 2021, Keynote/performance lecture, 'Veerkracht. Wegen uit de crisis', Congres Werkgroep De Moderne Tijd, Doelenzaal, Amsterdam.
20 November 2021, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘After Napoleon: How the Allied Council Tried to Secure Europe after 1815’, History Symposium, Heritage Days.
17 November 2021, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘De overheid als machine: van hoopvol visioen tot dystopische waarschuwing’, Spaarnelezing, de Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Grote of St.-Bavokerk Haarlem.
21 September 2021, Panel & presentation, ‘Ruptures in History: How Catastrophes Shape Contemporary Experience and Historical Study’, Applied History Online Workshop 2021.
8 September 2021, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘9/11 as a global turning point’, Studium Generale, Utrecht.
16 July 2021, Lecture, 'Radical Redemption. What Terrorists Believe – A Historical-psychological Perspective', Universität Marburg.
22 June 2021, Seminar, The Alfred Landecker Programme seminar 'Fighting terror: securisation and the protection of minorities', Blavatnik School of Government/University of Oxford.
7 June 2021, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘Radicalisering in coronatijd’ with Prof. dr. Kees van den Bos en Rogier Donk, Studium Generale/SOS Hub, Utrecht.
1 June 2021, Keynote/performance lecture, Fighting Terror: Securitisation and the protection of minorities, Alfred Landecker seminar series, Oxford University/Blavatnik School of Government.
10 May 2021, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘De terugkeer van rechts-extremisme’ with Prof. dr. Sarah de Lange and Nikki Sterkenburg, Studium Generale/SOS Hub, Utrecht.
28 April 2021, book launch, ‘Radicale Verlossing. Wat terroristen geloven’, joint event with Prometheus/UU/Broese Boekverkopers, Utrecht
21 April 2021, Panel & presentation, ‘Policing as Rebel Governance: The Islamic State Police' with Ahmet S. Yayla and Devorah Margolin, George Washington University/The ISIS Files Project.
7 April 2021, Keynote, ‘Truth, fake news and conspiracies’. Jacobidebat. With Sir Richard Evans, ViaJacobi Utrecht.
29 March 2021, Keynote/performance lecture, ‘IS en de staat van het jihadisme’ with Najib Tuzani and Yola Wanders, Studium Generale/SOS Hub, Utrecht.
2020
7 December 2020, lecture 'Beatrice de Graaf en Johan Schot. In gesprek over moderne geschiedenis en toekomst van Europa'. With Johan Schot, at TivoliVredenburg Utrecht.
3 July 2020, Keynote-lecture ‘Sortie de Guerre: Towards a New European Security Culture after 1815’, 3 July 2020, at the Conference ‘Waging War and Making Peace. European ways of inciting and containing armed conflict 1648/2020’. 11th Annual Symposium of the Research Network on the History of the Idea of Europe, 24 June – 3 July 2020. Organized by: Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Venice Foundation for Research on Peace; Institute for the Study of Ideas of Europe, University of East Anglia (Venice, online conference due to Covid-19 regulations)
5 February 2020, Keynote ‘Het einde van het k/Kwaad. En de kunst die spanning uit te houden’. Jacobidebat ‘Goed of Kwaad. Deugt de mens? With Rutger Bregman, Jacobikerk Utrecht.
21 January 2020, Keynote, ‘A great transformation? A new perspective on the post 1815 European security culture’, Forschungskolloquium. Frankreich-Zentrum, Vortrag in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Forschungskolloquium zur Europäischen Geschichte am Lehrstuhl für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte Westeuropas (Prof. Dr. Jörn Leonhard), Freiburg University.
2019
29 November 2019, Day Chair & Lecture, ‘Sortie de guerre na 1918. Hoe een oorlog te beëindigen (en hoe niet)’, Annual Congress of the KNHG/Royal Netherlands Historical Association, ‘De Vredesconferentie van Parijs (1919): Hoe verder na Versailles?’, Maartenskerk Doorn.
26 November 2019, Keynote, Paushuizelezing, ‘Utrecht als theater van de angst? Terrorismebestrijding in virale tijden’, Utrecht Province, Paushuize Utrecht.
15 November 2019, Opening Lecture, Conference ‘Soldiers in Peacemaking, 1815-1918-1945’ (15-16 November), Organisation: Le Service historique de la Défense/le Centre de recherche des écoles de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan (CREC Saint-Cyr)/Utrecht University/l’UMR Sirice (Sorbonne-Identités, relations internationales et civilisations de l’Europe)/Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr/Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie (NIMH)/Labex EHNE (Écrire une histoire nouvelle de l’Europe), Chateau de Vincennes, Paris.
12 October 2019, Keynote, ‘Utrecht in tijden van terreur, 1813-heden’, Nacht van de Geschiedenis, UU/gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht City Hall.
2 October 2019, Panelist, NCTV Symposium ‘Een dreigingsinschatting op niveau’, NCTV, Caballero Fabriek, The Hague.
18 September 2019, Presentation, with Scott Douglas, ‘Evaluatie aanpak radicalisering Arnhem’, College B&W (Mayor and Aldermen)/Arnhem Municipal Council, Arnhem.
13 September 2019, Lecture, ‘Revisiting the Peace Treaties of 1815’, War and Peace in the Age of Napoleon, Conference, King's College, London.
7 July 2019, Lecture, ‘Consigning 1848 to history. Some reflections’, Workshop Politics and Society in Europe after 1848, DAAD/Research Hub for German Studies/Cambridge University, Pembroke College, Cambridge.
28 June 2019, Keynote, ‘Het einde van de Eerste Wereldoorlog en het kruis van de geschiedenis’, Symposium Verdrag van Versailles 100 jaar, Museum Huis Doorn, Maartenskerk Doorn.
9 May 2019, Introduction, ‘Cultures of Security’, ERC SECURE final conference “Cultures of Security in the Nineteenth Century. Transimperial Perspectives”, Utrecht University.
25 April 2019, Keynote, ‘Hoe Europa’s veiligheidsketen aaneen werd gesmeed. Het verhaal van de Wellingtonbarrière, 1815-1830’, Colloquium Wellingtonbarrière, Simon Stevin V.V.C. and the Stichting Menno van Coehoorn, Citadel Namen, Belgium.
11 April 2019, Presentation, Hearing and Round-table conference on the Dutch Approach to Radicalization, Committee of Justice and Security, Dutch House of Representatives/Parliament, The Hague.
27 March 2019, Lecture, ‘Wat zijn terroristen en hoe gevaarlijk zijn ze?’, Lecture within the Program ‘Meet the Professor', Regenboogschool Utrecht, groep 6/7, Utrecht.
19 March 2019, 11e Vossiuslezing, ‘Het verlangen naar radicale verlossing. Een nieuwe kijk op terrorisme en radicalisering’, Vossius Gymnasium, Amsterdam.
27 February 2019, Booklaunch/Keynote, ‘Securing Europe after Napoleon. 1815 and the New European Security’, Maison Francaise/the European Institute/the Studies of the Dutch-Speaking World, Columbia University, New York.
11 February 2019, Keynote, ‘Het verlangen naar radicale verlossing. Een nieuwe kijk op radicalisering en terrorisme’, Kennis- en expertsessie, ‘Preventie van radicalisering, extremisme en terrorisme’, organized by the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW), the Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV), the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), The Hague.
17 January 2019, Keynote, Book launch ‘Kaisertage’, Organisation: Generalverwaltung des vormals regierenden Preussischen Königshauses, Parlamentarischer Klub/Reichstag, Berlin.
2018
8 November 2018, Evening Lecture, ‘Vorstin op vredespad. Wilhelm II en Wilhelmina en het einde van de Eerste Wereldoorlog’, German Ambassy, The Hague.
28 September 2018, Panel Chair and Introduction, ‘Whose Security? Concepts and Pratices of Security in an Emerging Global Society’, 52. Deutscher Historikertag “Gespaltene Gesellschaften”, Münster, Germany.
28 May 2018, Annual Academy Lecture KNAW, ‘De onvoltooide onttovering van de wereld – en de blijvende bekoring van de wetenschap’, KNAW Akademiedag, KNAW/Amsterdam.
16 May 2018, Personal Presentation for the German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, ‘Radikalisierung & Polarisierung in den Niederlanden und Amsterdam. Eine kurze Übersicht’, Working Session with the Mayor of Amsterdam, Jozias van Aartsen, Amsterdam Tower, Amsterdam.
23 April 2018, Participant and paper presentation, Hearing/Round-table conference, Geïntegreerde Buitenland- en Veiligheidsstrategie 2018-2022, Dutch Committee of Foreign Affairs, Tweede Kamer/House of Representatives, Dutch Parliament, The Hague.