Thierry Baudet

Thierry Baudet (LL.M., PhD), read Law and History at the University of Amsterdam, where he focused on political and philosophical subjects. He received his PhD from Leiden University in 2012.

Baudet has been teaching Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy for over seven years at Leiden Law School, the University of Amsterdam and the Academia Vitae in Deventer. He has published two edited volumes on political philosophy (in Dutch): Conservatieve Vooruitgang ('Conservative Progress') and Revolutionair Verval ('Revolutionary Decline'). He is also a columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad and a regular commentator on radio and tv.

In June of this year, Thierry Baudet published his first English book, entitled The Significance of Borders (Boston and Leiden, 2012). It appeared in Dutch as De Aanval op de Natiestaat (Amsterdam, 2012). In September he will publish a new book (in Dutch), which will be entitled: 'Pro Europe therefore against the EU. The alternative to Brussels'.