Luuk van Middelaar

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Luuk van Middelaar
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Born (1973-05-09) 9 May 1973 (age 51)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
OccupationWriter
Language Dutch
NationalityDutch

Luuk Johannes van Middelaar (born 9 May 1973 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch historian and political philosopher. From December 2009 to 2014 he was a member of the cabinet of Herman Van Rompuy, the first full-time President of the European Council. [1] Van Middelaar is best known for his book The Passage to Europe (originally published in 2009 and widely translated).

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Van Middelaar studied history and philosophy at the University of Groningen and the Centre Raymond Aron of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociale in Paris. In 1999 his master's thesis (doctoraalscriptie in Dutch) was published as Politicide and awarded the Prix de Paris[ further explanation needed ] and the Prize for Liberty (Nova Civitas). He became for a time an adviser and speechwriter to Frits Bolkestein (2002-2004) and Jozias van Aartsen (2004-2006). In 2009 he received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam with a cum laude distinction. In 2012 he was awarded the European Book Prize [2] and the Prix Louis Martin [3] for The Passage to Europe and Socrates Prize in 2010 for the best philosophy book written in Dutch. [4] [5]

Since early 2015 he has had a weekly political column in NRC Handelsblad, taking up again a position he held from 2008 to 2009. [6] In 2015 he was appointed Professor of the Foundations and Practice of the European Union and Its Institutions at Leiden University in the Netherlands. [7] [8] He also holds a chair in European Values at the French-speaking Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. [9] Since 2018 he has been a member of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs. [10]

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Books written by van Middelaar

Books co-edited by van Middelaar

Selected articles

Van Middelaar writes for various European journals and newspapers [21] including Le Débat , [22] Le Monde. [23]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Columnist Van Middelaar gaat naar kabinet van Van Rompuy', NRC Handelsblad, 23 December 2009 (news article in Dutch)
  2. ↑ "Le passage à l'Europe. Histoire d'un commencement | Prix du livre européen" (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Prix Louis Marin". Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (in French). 20 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Socratesbeker". Filosofie.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  5. ↑ The Passage to Europe, published by Yale University Press.
  6. ↑ van Middelaar columbs at the NRC Handelsblad, NRC Handelsblad, in Dutch
  7. ↑ "Luuk van Middelaar". Leiden University. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Leiden University, Luuk van Middelaar benoemd tot Hoogleraar Grondslagen en praktijk van de Europese Unie en haar instellingen, July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Chair in European Values | UCLouvain". uclouvain.be. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Luuk van Middelaar — Biography". luukvanmiddelaar.eu. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Historische Uitgeverij - Luuk van Middelaar, De passage naar Europa". www.historischeuitgeverij.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "Le passage à l'Europe - Bibliothèque des Idées - Gallimard". www.gallimard.fr. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  13. ↑ Updated since the previous publication as a translation.
  14. ↑ "Vom Kontinent zur Union: Gegenwart und Geschichte des vereinten Europa von Luuk van Middelaar - Suhrkamp Insel Bücher Buchdetail". www.suhrkamp.de. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  15. ↑ "Historische Uitgeverij - Luuk van Middelaar, De nieuwe politiek van Europa". www.historischeuitgeverij.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "Quand l'Europe improvise - Le Débat - Gallimard". www.gallimard.fr. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  17. ↑ "Detail - AgendaPublishing". www.agendapub.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  18. ↑ "Historische Uitgeverij - Luuk van Middelaar, Een Europees pandemonium". www.historischeuitgeverij.nl. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  19. ↑ Detail - AgendaPublishing . Retrieved 29 December 2021.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  20. ↑ "After the storm - Lannoo". Uitgeverij Lannoo (in Dutch). 9 November 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  21. ↑ "Luuk van Middelaar". luukvanmiddelaar.eu. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  22. ↑ "Le débat » Auteurs » Luuk van Middelaar" (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  23. ↑ "" Il faut que l'Europe achève ce qui est resté incomplet "" (in French). 4 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

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