Prof. dr. Liesbeth van de Grift

Researcher
International and Political History
Professor
Humanities
+31 30 253 8455
l.vandegrift@uu.nl

Activities

2024

Political representation in the Anthropocene: A History of Environmental Politics (Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna)van de Grift, L. (Speaker)
18 Nov 2024
Keynote The Politics of Expertisevan de Grift, L. (Speaker)
21 Jun 2024
, Gewina Woudschoten Conference
Klimaatpolitiek: van idealen naar actie (Studium Generale Utrecht)van de Grift, L. (Speaker)
21 Mar 2024
Consumers and products in a social history of Europe (Workshop Products and the Contemporary History of Europe at LMU/CAS Munich)van de Grift, L. (Speaker)
20 Feb 2024
, Products and the Contemporary History of Europe
International Environmental Humanities Network Eventvan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
1 Feb 20242 Feb 2024

2023

Member PhD examination committee Lisette van Beek (UU)van de Grift, L. (Member of committee)
15 Dec 2023
Een historische blik op milieuproblemenvan de Grift, L. (Speaker)
21 Nov 2023
, Symposium 50 jaar Milieu en Recht
Consumption and the social history of European societiesvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
13 Jul 2023
, Too big to ignore? European integration in the history of the present since the 1970s (LMU Munich)
Sessie Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat: Klimaatgedrag en sociale normvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2023
Lecture Connecting Past, Present and (Sustainable)Futuresvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
3 Jul 2023
, Summer School Futuring Sustainability
Member of PhD examination committee Rolf de Wintervan de Grift, L. (Member of committee)
30 Jun 2023
Sessie Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat: Klimaatgedrag en sociale (niet-)fossiele normvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
27 Jun 2023
Workshop 3: The EP and Origins of New Policy Areasvan de Grift, L. (Presenter)
22 Jun 2023
Workshop 2: The EP and Origins of New Policy Areasvan de Grift, L. (Presenter)
20 Apr 2023
Diesrede: Terug naar de toekomst. Een historische blik op de klimaatcrisisvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
27 Mar 2023
, Dies Natalis UU
Een beter milieu begint bij... geschiedenis?van de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
17 Mar 2023
, Nationaal Geschiedenis onderwijscongres VGN-Kleio 'Klimaat in de klas'
Member of PhD examination committee Guus Wiemanvan de Grift, L. (Member of committee)
10 Mar 2023
Framing/discourse in the Environmental Humanitiesvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
3 Mar 2023
, KNAW Expert Meeting Environmental Humanities
Gezondheidsraad werkconferentie Monitoring van humane blootstelling aan chemische stoffenvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
23 Jan 2023
Workshop 1: The EP and Origins of New Policy Areasvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
11 Jan 2023
Consumption and the Social History of European Societiesvan de Grift, L. (Speaker)
2023
, Too big to ignore? European integratnion in the history of the present since the 1970s

2022

ESEH 2022 paper: Coming to terms with sustainable consumption: Greenpeace International and Consumers International, 1970s to 1990svan de Grift, L. (Speaker)
5 Jul 2022
, European Society for Environmental History Conference 2022
ESEH 2022 panel: Sustainable consumption: tracing its historical roots and evolutionvan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
5 Jul 2022
Summer school Flemish-Dutch Research School of Political History: Bringing politics back in environmental studiesvan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
27 Jun 20221 Jul 2022
Roundtable The state of the art in political history: legacies, challenges and opportunitiesvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
23 Jun 2022
, APH Conference Political History Today: Exploring New Themes
International History, the Environment and the Politics of Representationvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
19 May 2022
, ‘We All Live on One Planet?’ Global Environmental Protection, Politics, and Justice in the Twentieth Century
Why History Matters: Continuity and Change in Interest Representationvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
17 Feb 2022
Rhine Pollution and Multilevel Governance, 1950s to 1970svan de Grift, L. (Presenter)
4 Feb 2022
, Beyond Missed Opportunities: The History of Sustainability

2021

Keynote: Reconfiguring Rural Spaces, Remaking Rural Communitiesvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
28 Oct 2021
Towards a Social History of European Integrationvan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
18 Oct 202119 Oct 2021
Member of PhD committee Anne van Veenvan de Grift, L. (Member of committee)
20 Sept 2021
Member of PhD committee A.J. van Galen Lastvan de Grift, L. (Member of committee)
20 Jul 2021
‘The largest open sewer in Europe’: The Rhine as a successful example of transnational cooperationvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
9 Jul 2021
, European Society for Environmental History Roundtable
Small Firms, Politics and Credits in the Netherlands, 1900-1980van de Grift, L. (Member of committee)
29 Jun 2021
A Europe of Consumers: Consumer Activism and Political Representation in the 1970svan de Grift, L. (Presenter)
24 Jun 2021
, Council of European Studies Conference
The Democratic Legitimacy of Environmental Governancevan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
22 Jun 2021
, Why History and Politics Matter in Times of Environmental Crisis
KNAW expert meeting Environmental Humanitiesvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
11 Jun 2021
Wetenschapsdialogen: Nederland na de crisis (thema: bestuurlijke veerkracht)van de Grift, L. (Participant)
13 Apr 2021
The Money Makers. The Institutionalisation of Alternative Currencies in North-West Europevan de Grift, L. (Member of committee)
1 Apr 2021
Innere Kolonisation und die Neuordnung ländlicher Verhältnisse am Beispiel des niederländischen Zuiderzee-Projektsvan de Grift, L. (Speaker)
11 Mar 2021
, Ökonomie und Moral. Normativität und Wirtschaftshandeln im langen 20. Jahrhundert
The Environment in History and Its Relevance for Todayvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
19 Feb 2021
, History and the Environment
RIWA in haar oprichtingsfase, 1951-1960van de Grift, L. (Advisor)
2021 → …
NWO SSH Synergy 2021: Expertise in the midst of upheavalvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
2021
, NWO SSH Synergy 2021
De toekomst van politiek in het Antropoceenvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
2021
, Oud-katholieke parochie Utrecht Lezingenreeks De toekomst van...

2020

The Contested Consumer: An Interdisciplinary Workshop on Consumer Activism and Consumer Governancevan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
8 Sept 20209 Sept 2020
Author workshop De Gruyter handbook Managing the Land: Rural and Agricultural Actors in Twentieth-Century Europevan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
15 Jul 202016 Jul 2020
Expert meeting Climate Justice: African Perspectivesvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
29 Jun 2020
Member of PhD examination committeevan de Grift, L. (Member of committee)
6 Feb 2020
Anniversary symposium of MilieuChemToxvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
23 Jan 2020
Constructing a European Consumer-Citizen, 1970s to 1990svan de Grift, L. (Presenter)
17 Jan 2020
, Konsumgeschichte, Konsumentengeschichte, Konsumpolitik seit den 1970er Jahren
Strategic Theme Pathways to Sustainability (External organisation)van de Grift, L. (Member)
2020 → …

2019

Member PhD examination committeevan de Grift, L. (Member of committee)
18 Nov 2019
Managing the Land: Agricultural and Rural Actors in Twentieth Century Europe IIvan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
11 Oct 201912 Oct 2019
Reclaiming the Land in Twentieth-Century Europevan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
1 Oct 2019
, Managing the Land: Agricultural and Rural Actors in Twentieth Century Europe II
Member PhD examination committteevan de Grift, L. (Member of committee)
20 Sept 2019
De zichtbare handvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
29 Aug 2019
European Society for Environmental History 2019van de Grift, L. (Participant)
21 Aug 2019
European Society for Environmental History 2019van de Grift, L. (Participant)
21 Aug 2019
Mondiale vraagstukken en de staat van democratievan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
23 May 2019
, Maatschappelijke Adviesraad Instituties voor Open Samenlevingen (IOS)
De stormvloed van 1916 en de doorbraak in het Zuiderzeeprojectvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
23 May 2019
, KNAW Workshop Vijf eeuwen rampen en risico's
Cultures of Security in the Nineteenth Century. Transimperial Perspectivesvan de Grift, L. (Chair)
10 May 2019
Keynote 'The Environment and Changing Ideas of Democracy'van de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
9 May 2019
, Graduate Conference Utrecht University
Organisation of workshop Managing the Land: Agricultural and Rural Actors in Twentieth Century Europevan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
11 Apr 201912 Apr 2019
To stay in academia or not - and how to survivevan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
2019
, PhD Activating Career Event (PhACE)
Co-supervisor of PhD candidatevan de Grift, L. (Supervisor)
2019 → …

2018

Talk about comparative history at the annual opening of the Graduate School of Political Historyvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
20 Sept 2018
, Annual opening of the Graduate School of Political History
Contemporary International History: Current Perspectives, Future Directionsvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
10 Sept 201811 Sept 2018
UHSK symposium Milieu en historici (met Utrecht Young Academy)van de Grift, L. (Participant)
6 Sept 2018
New Perspectives on Consumer Policy and Consumers over Timevan de Grift, L. (Participant)
29 Jun 2018
Mind the Gap. De rol van burgers in de Europese integratiegeschiedenis - Symposium 100 jaar geschiedenis aan de VUvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
15 Jun 2018
, De toestand van het verleden. Visies op de historicus van morgen
Op nieuw land een nieuwe samenleving. Interne kolonisatie in Nederland en Europa in het Interbellumvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
1 Jun 2018
Book presentation Laboratory of Socialist Development by Artemy Kalinovsky - Spui25 Amsterdamvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
29 May 2018
Europe and the United States: From Marshall Aid to Donald Trumpvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
25 Apr 2018
Vivien A. Schmidtvan de Grift, L. (Host)
16 Apr 201820 Apr 2018
European Social Science and History Conferencevan de Grift, L. (Participant)
4 Apr 20187 Apr 2018
De Gruyter Handbook Projectvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
28 Mar 2018
Lecture UHSK Ouderdagvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
23 Mar 2018
, Ouderdag UHSK
Keynote lecture UHSK Research Paradevan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
23 Feb 2018
, UHSK Research Parade on research-led teaching

2017

Workshop Polesien als Interventionslandschaft. van de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
23 Nov 2017
Workshop Practising Democracy: Arenas, Processes and Ruptures of Political Participation in Western Europe during the 19th and 20th Centuries (Archiv für Sozialgeschichte). Paper Representing European Society: The Economic and Social Committee and the Rise of New Representative Claims in the European Political Arena in the 1970svan de Grift, L. (Participant)
9 Nov 201710 Nov 2017
Social Protests and the History of European Integration (Modern History Seminar at University of Oxford)van de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
2 Nov 2017
Paper: Entering the European political arena, adapting to Europe: Greenpeace International, 1987-1993 (co-authors: Hans Rodenburg and Guus Wieman)van de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
19 Oct 2017
, Conference Environment and European Public Sphere - DHI Paris
Keynote on European democratic legitimacy crises (European People's Party Women)van de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
29 Sept 20171 Oct 2017
Securing the World. Global Perspectives on Security History in the Long Nineteenth Century (commentator)van de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
26 Sept 2017
, Securing the World. Global Perspectives on Security History in the Long Nineteenth Century (commentator)
Government by Expertise: Technocrats and Technocracy in Western Europe, 1918-1973 (NIOD-UvA)van de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
3 Sept 20175 Sept 2017
, Government by Expertise: Technocrats and Technocracy in Western Europe, 1918-1973 (NIOD-UvA)
Post-Prefixes in the Humanities and Social Sciences (commentator)van de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
31 Aug 2017
, Post-Prefixes in the Humanities and Social Sciences (commentator)
Historicidagen Utrechtvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
24 Aug 2017
European Society for Environmental History Conferencevan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
29 Jun 2017
Debat Maatschappelijke Impact Centre for the Humanitiesvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
1 Jun 2017
European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesolevan de Grift, L. (Visiting researcher)
Apr 2017May 2017
Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europevan de Grift, L. (Participant)
18 Mar 2017
State of the Art in the History of Politicsvan de Grift, L. (Member of programme committee)
2017

2016

Tegenlicht Meetup Utrecht: Eurotopia over Ulrike Guerot en de Europese Republiekvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
12 Dec 2016
Johan de Wittberaadvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
19 Apr 2016
European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC)van de Grift, L. (Participant)
2 Apr 2016
European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC)van de Grift, L. (Organiser)
2 Apr 2016
, European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC)
Mercy Corps International Development Organization (External organisation)van de Grift, L. (Member)
2016
Jacobs University (External organisation)van de Grift, L. (Member)
2016
European Society for Environmental History (External organisation)van de Grift, L. (Chair)
2016 → …

2015

EURHO Rural History Conference 2015van de Grift, L. (Organiser)
8 Sept 2015
EURHO Rural History Conference 2015van de Grift, L. (Participant)
8 Sept 2015
European Society for Environmental History (External organisation)van de Grift, L. (Chair)
2015 → …

2014

(Re)constructing communities in Europe, 1918-1968. A venture into the discursive practices of community buildingvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
18 Dec 2014
Age of Delirium: The Collapse of the Soviet Unionvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
21 Sept 2014
World Congress of Environmental Historyvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
11 Jul 2014
Governing the Rural in Interwar Europevan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
7 May 20149 May 2014
Governing the Rural in Interwar Europevan de Grift, L. (Participant)
7 May 2014
The Voice of Naturevan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
23 Apr 201424 Apr 2014
Voordracht Nederlands-Duitse samenwerkingvan de Grift, L. (Invited speaker)
10 Apr 2014
, Conferentie Gemeente Nijmegen
Oberseminar Neueste Geschichte und Zeitgeschichte, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münchenvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
29 Jan 2014
Journal for the History of Environment and Society (Journal)van de Grift, L. (Editorial board member)
2014 → …

2013

Wahlnaacht 2013 - Debatavond over Duitse verkiezingenvan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
22 Sept 2013
EURHO Rural History Conference 2013van de Grift, L. (Participant)
19 Aug 2013
Workshop Social Planning in Late Colonial and Postcolonial Societiesvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
30 May 2013
International Conference Crisis and Mobilization since 1789van de Grift, L. (Participant)
22 Feb 2013
Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis (Journal)van de Grift, L. (Editorial board member)
2013 → …

2012

SHSS Lecture Series Jacobs University Bremenvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
24 Oct 2012
European Social Science History Conferencevan de Grift, L. (Organiser)
13 Apr 2012

2011

Society for the History of Technologyvan de Grift, L. (Participant)
4 Nov 2011

2007

Nieuwste Tijd (Journal)van de Grift, L. (Editor)
2007