Beatrice de Graaf

De Graaf studied History and German at the University of Utrecht and the University of Bonn. In December 2004 she obtained her PhD with a dissertation on the relationship between the GDR, the peace movement and the Dutch churches. In 2005 she received the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Prize.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175247/https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/schools/law/about/departments/eip/maxvanderstoel/awardwinners/ Award winners Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award], Tilburg University. Geraadpleegd op 28 March 2015 After her PhD, De Graaf worked in Utrecht as a university lecturer. In 2007 she transferred to Leiden University, where she co-founded the Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism (CTC), attached to The Hague campus. In 2012, she was appointed professor of 'Conflict and security in historical perspective' at the CTC. In February 2014 she returned to Utrecht University, where she holds the chair entitled 'History of International Relations & Global Governance'.[http://pers.uu.nl/beatrice-de-graaf-wordt-hoogleraar-bij-de-universiteit-utrecht Beatrice de Graaf wordt hoogleraar bij de Universiteit Utrecht], persbericht Universiteit Utrecht, 5 December 2013

As a historian, De Graaf puts security and counterterrorism in a historical context and aims to not only target an international-scientific audience but also contribute to a deeper understanding of these phenomena with her public books. Her book Against Terror. How Europe became safe after Napoleon (2018), was nominated for the Libris History Prize.Libris [https://libris.nl/non-fictie/libris-geschiedenis-prijs/archief/2019/longlist, Longlist Libris geschiedenis prijs 2019] (Retrieved 16 September 2022) Her 2021 book Radical Redemption: What Terrorists Believe was nominated for the Prize for the Most Important Book of the Year in the Netherlands, and for the Trouw and Nederlands Dagblad Best Theology Book in 2021/22.Hollak, Rosan, [https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/05/10/vijftien-titels-op-longlist-van-eerste-editie-prijs-voor-het-belangrijkste-boek-a4123915 Vijftien titels op longlist van eerste editie prijs voor het belangrijkste boek]. NRC. 20 May 2022. (Retrieved 16 September 2022)

De Graaf's overarching research theme is the history of security and (counter)terrorism since the nineteenth century. Between 2009 and 2013 she conducted research in this area with a grant funded by the Dutch Research Council for the project Enemies of the State,[http://www.nwo.nl/onderzoek-en-resultaten/onderzoeksprojecten/84/2300151284.html Enemies of the State. The making of the National Security State in the Western world, 1945-2001], website NWO. Geraadpleegd op 28 March 2015 and as a Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). In 2014 she received an ERC Consolidator Grant for the Securing Europe: Fighting its Enemies Project, for which she and a team of historians conducted research into the development of European security regimes between 1815 and 1914.[http://press.uu.nl/erc-consolidator-grant-for-historical-research-on-european-security-policy Prestigious European grant for Beatrice de Graaf], persbericht Universiteit Utrecht, 9 December 2013 She also carries out various research activities into terrorism and security in the twenty-first century, such as on the social effects of lawsuits against terrorists.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133333/http://www.nias.knaw.nl/theme-groups/former-theme-groups/terrorists-on-trial-the-court-room-as-a-stage-in-the-struggle-for-publicity-public-support-and-legitimacy/ Terrorists on Trial. The Court Room as a Stage in the Struggle for Publicity, Public Support and Legitimacy], website NIAS-KNAW. Geraadpleegd op 28 March 2015 In Terrorists on Trial, and several other publications, she shows how the 'pre-emptive turn' has also made its appearance in law, and how terrorism trials have increasingly become the subject of risk justice.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133333/http://www.nias.knaw.nl/theme-groups/former-theme-groups/terrorists-on-trial-the-court-room-as-a-stage-in-the-struggle-for-publicity-public-support-and-legitimacy/ Terrorists on Trial. The Court Room as a Stage in the Struggle for Publicity, Public Support and Legitimacy], website NIAS-KNAW. Geraadpleegd op 28 maart 2015.

With her research team, de Graaf maps how societies and governments deal with war, conflict and crisis, and how they shape their security culture - as a result of threat, interest and security practices - around it.Security History Network, https://securityhistorynetwork.com/ She is also part of the Adapt Academy. In the ADAPT Academy, researchers from Utrecht University, Leiden University, Radboud University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Twente work together, with the aim of building more knowledge and expertise on the adaptive capacity of societies in times of crisis.Ellen Giebels, Beatrice de Graaf, Kees van den Bos & Paul van Lange [https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/03/11/acht-wetenschappelijke-lessen-voor-oorlogsonderhandelaars-a4100518 Acht wetenschappelijke lessen voor oorlogsonderhandelaars]. NRC Handelsblad, 11 March 2022 (Accessed 22 June 2024).

De Graaf also specialises in German history and the history of German-Dutch relations (following in the footsteps of her PhD supervisors Friso Wielenga and Duco Hellema). In 2018 she discovered evidence in Berlin's archives that pointed to Queen Wilhelmina's involvement in the preparations for Emperor William II's arrival in the Netherlands, in November 1918.[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2018/11/09/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2018/11/09/wilhelmina-regelde-komst-onkel-willy-a2754731 Wilhelmina regelde komst Onkel Willy]. NRC (9th of November 2018).

Since 2019 De Graaf is a distinguished professor at the Utrecht University.University Utrecht: [https://www.uu.nl/en/news/beatrice-de-graaf-appointed-faculty-professor-of-humanities Beatrice de Graaf appointed faculty professor of Humanities] (Retrieved 14 September 2022). Her book Tegen terreur was translated to English in 2020 by the Cambridge University Press as Fighting Terror after Napoleon. Historian Michael Rowe, from King's College London, reviewed her book and wrote: "This well-written, engaging book combines an international-relations and systems perspective with historical methods and approaches."Rowe, Michael. "Review of Fighting Terror after Napoleon: How Europe Became Secure after 1815", by Beatrice de Graaf. Journal of Interdisciplinary History 52, no. 3 (2022): 442-444. On 12 December 2024, De Graaf gave the annual Huizinga Lecture, which was named We Are the Times: History in Times of Crisis.{{cite web |title=Beatrice de Graaf to deliver the 53rd Huizinga Lecture |url=https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/10/beatrice-de-graaf-to-deliver-the-53rd-huizinga-lecture |website=Universiteit Leiden |access-date=17 January 2025 |date=1 October 2024}}

De Graaf was a Visiting Fellow at St Catherine's College and the History Faculty of the University of Cambridge in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/beatrice-de-graaf |title=Beatrice de Graaf |language=en |work=The Guardian |date= |access-date=30 January 2024}} In that year she was also Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://www.bnnvara.nl/dewerelddraaitdoor/artikelen/terugkijken-college-dwdd-university-beatrice-de-graaf-over-terrorisme |title=Terugkijken: college Terrorisme door Beatrice de Graaf |language=nl |publisher=BNNVARA |date= 11 March 2016 |access-date=30 January 2024}} She was also a fellow at the Programme on Extremism/ISIS Files project, George Washington University. Together with Ahmet S. Yahla she wrote a report for this project about the Shurta police of the Islamic State.{{cite web|url=https://isisfiles.gwu.edu/concern/reports/4t64gn166 |title=Policing as Rebel Governance: The Islamic State Police |date=April 2021 |publisher=The ISIS Files |access-date= 30 January 2024 }}{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2377557-is-papieren-geven-inkijkje-in-kalifaat-afslachting-hing-steeds-boven-de-markt |title=IS-papieren geven inkijkje in kalifaat: 'Afslachting hing steeds boven de markt' |publisher=NOS |date= 20 April 2020 |access-date= 30 January 2024 }} Another Fellowship De Graaf hold is at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) of the University of Bonn.{{cite web|url=https://www.cassis.uni-bonn.de/en/about-us/employee-business-cards/beatrice-de-graaf |title=Beatrice de Graaf |publisher=CASSIS |access-date= 30 January 2024 }}

In 2017, de Graaf was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.{{cite web|url=https://www.knaw.nl/leden/graaf |url-access=subscription |title=Beatrice de Graaf |language=nl |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |access-date=2 December 2023}} She is also a member of the Academia Europaea, having been elected in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/de_Graaf_Beatrice_Albertha |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307040434/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/de_Graaf_Beatrice_Albertha |title=Beatrice Albertha de Graaf |publisher=Academia Europaea |date= |archive-date=7 March 2023}} She is the editor of Terrorism and Political Violence, as well as the Journal of Modern European History.

De Graaf was a member of {{ill|De Jonge Akademie|nl}} of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences,[https://www.knaw.nl/nl/profiles/11255 Leden van De Jonge Akademie] the European Council on Foreign Relations,[http://www.ecfr.eu/about/council Overzicht raadsleden ECFR] and various advisory committees in the field of national and international security. She was a member of the Joustra Committee on inter-country adoption and the Muller Committee on the revision of the Security Regions Act. As a terrorism expert and security historian, she regularly comments on current affairs in the media. On behalf of Terrorism and Political ViolenceUniversity Utrecht: [https://www.uu.nl/en/research/institutions-for-open-societies/security-in-open-societies-sos/podcast-series-terrorism-and-political-violence Podcast series: Terrorism and Political Violence ]. (Retrieved 16 September 2022) and the Security History Network,Security History Network: [https://securityhistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ Podcasts] (Retrieved 16 September 2022) she runs a podcast and is a recurring guest on the Ongelooflijke PodcastNPO Radio 1: [https://www.nporadio1.nl/podcasts/de-ongelooflijke-podcast De Ongelooflijke Podcast] (Retrieved 16 September 2022) and on the Napoleonic Wars PodcastApple Podcasts: [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-napoleonicist/id1503208643 The Napoleonicist] (Retrieved 16 September 2022) a podcast about the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. De Graaf is also a member of the advisory board of the Society and Security Foundation (SMV).SMV: [https://maatschappijenveiligheid.nl/over-ons/ Over ons] (Retrieved 16 September 2022) She is also a trustee for the Napoleonic & Revolutionary War Graves Charity.{{Cite web |title=Meet The Team {{!}} Napoleonic & Revolutionary War Graves Charity |url=https://www.nrwgc.com/meet-the-team |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=Education |language=en}}

From November 2004 to June 2013, De Graaf was chairman of the {{ill|Association of Christian Historians|nl|Vereniging van Christen-Historici}}. In 1998 she became editor of Transparant (nl), the quarterly magazine of the VCH.[http://www.digibron.nl/search/detail/012dc73f66afb19476e779cd/historicus-met-christelijke-scoop Historicus met christelijke scoop], Reformatorisch Dagblad, 15 November 2004 She is a member of the Christian Union and was fifth on the candidate list for that party for the election to the Senate in 2015.[http://www.christenunie.nl/k/nl/n88/news/view/665578/454173/christenunie-presenteert-kandidatenlijst-eerste-kamer.html Kandidatenlijst ChristenUnie Eerste Kamer 2015]. Geraadpleegd op 28 March 2015

De Graaf is committed to increasing investment in research and science, and to increasing the impact of science in state and society. On 23 January 2015, Beatrice de Graaf was appointed chair of the National Science Agenda together with Alexander Rinnooy Kan.[http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/nieuws/2015/01/23/beatrice-de-graaf-en-alexander-rinnooy-kan-voorzitters-nationale-wetenschapsagenda.html Beatrice de Graaf en Alexander Rinnooy Kan voorzitters Nationale Wetenschapsagenda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501230624/http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/nieuws/2015/01/23/beatrice-de-graaf-en-alexander-rinnooy-kan-voorzitters-nationale-wetenschapsagenda.html |date=2015-05-01 }}, press release Rijksoverheid.nl, 23rd of January 2015. De Graaf has been writing a column for the NRC since 2018.[https://web.archive.org/web/20190105042909/https://www.nporadio1.nl/de-taalstaat/onderwerpen/438783-de-taalstaatmeester-van-het-jaar-2017-beatrice-de-graaf De Taalstaat], NPO Radio 1, 30th of December 2017 In 2022, together with KNAW colleagues, she published the guide 'Science with the windows open'.[https://www.knaw.nl/publicaties/wetenschap-met-de-ramen-wijd-open Wetenschap met de ramen wijd open]. KNAW (2022). In 2022 she was asked to write the essay for the Dutch history month.Maand van de Geschiedenis: [https://www.maandvandegeschiedenis.nl/page/23838/beatrice-de-graaf-schrijft-essay-maand-van-de-geschiedenis-2022 Beatrice de Graaf schrijft essay Maand van de Geschiedenis 2022] (Retrieved 16 September 2022)

• 2005: Max van der Stoel human rights prize
• 2011: Lecturer Prize, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van WetenschappenUniversity Utrecht: [https://www.uu.nl/staff/badegraaf/Prizes Beatrice de Graaf - Prizes]. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
• 2011: Excellent Female Researcher Prize, Landelijk Netwerk Vrouwelijke Hoogleraren
• 2012: Evaluating Counterterrorism Performance (2011, monograph) included in the global top 150 books on terrorism (Perspectives on Terrorism)
• 2016: UU Publiprijs, Prize for best presentation and public education in the mediaDUB UU: [https://dub.uu.nl/nl/nieuws/beatrice-de-graaf-wint-uu-publiprijs-2015 Beatrice de Graaf wint UU Publiprijs 2015]. (5 January 2016). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
• 2017: Language State Master.[https://www.nporadio1.nl/de-taalstaat/onderwerpen/438783-de-taalstaatmeester-van-het-jaar-2017-beatrice-de-graaf De Taalstaat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105042909/https://www.nporadio1.nl/de-taalstaat/onderwerpen/438783-de-taalstaatmeester-van-het-jaar-2017-beatrice-de-graaf |date=2019-01-05 }}, NPO Radio 1, 30 December 2017
• 2018: Stevin Prize (2.5 million euros) awarded by the NWO.Van Amerom, Marloes, NEMO Kennislink: [https://www.nemokennislink.nl/publicaties/beatrice-de-graaf-wint-kersverse-stevinpremie/ Beatrice de Graaf wint kersverse Stevinpremie] (15 June 2018). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
• 2018: {{ill|Opzij Top 100|nl}} - most influential woman in the Netherlands in the Education and Science category.{{cite web|title=Opzij: Ilse Warringa invloedrijkste vrouw in cultuur|url=https://www.parool.nl/kunst-en-media/opzij-ilse-warringa-invloedrijkste-vrouw-in-cultuur~a4612863/|publisher=Het Parool|date=11 December 2018|access-date=6 January 2018}}
• 2022: {{ill|Comeniusprijs|nl}}, awarded in recognition of her historical insight and contribution to solving societal problems.[https://comeniusmuseum.nl/actueel/persbericht-comeniusprijs-2022 Persbericht Comeniusprijs 2022 - Comeniusprijs 2022 naar Beatrice de Graaf, Comenius Oeuvreprijs naar Ko Colijn - Comeniuslezing door Burgemeester Ahmed Aboutaleb]. Het Comenius Museum (8th of February 2022)
• 2022: Arenberg Prize for European History for Fighting Terror after Napoleon: How Europe Became Secure after 1815.University Utrecht: [https://www.uu.nl/nieuws/beatrice-de-graaf-wint-arenbergprijs-voor-europese-geschiedenis Beatrice de Graaf wins Arenberg Prize for European History] (28 July 2022). Retrieved 16 September 2022.

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• {{cite book |last=de Graaf |first=B.A. |author-link= |date=2022 |title=Crisis! |url= |location=Amsterdam |publisher=Prometheus |page= |isbn=9789044650655}}
• {{cite book |last=de Graaf |first=B.A. |author-link= |date=2021 |title=Radicale verlossing. Wat terroristen geloven |url= |location=Amsterdam |publisher=Prometheus |page= |isbn=9789044646573}}
• de Graaf, B. A., & Yayla, A. (2021). [https://isisfiles.gwu.edu/report/4t64gn166 Policing as Rebel Governance. The Islamic State Police]. (The ISIS Files). Program on Extremism.
• de Graaf, B. A. (2021). [https://ageofrevolutions.com/2021/01/15/red-white-and-blood-white-terror-and-great-fear-1789-2021/ Red, White, and Blood: White Terror and Great Fear, 1789-2021]. In: Age of Revolutions.
• {{cite book |last=de Graaf |first=B.A. |author-link= |date=2020 |title=Fighting Terror after Napoleon. How Europe became Secure after 1815 |url= |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page= |isbn=9781108842068}}
• {{cite book |last1=de Graaf |first1=B.A. |last2=de Haan |first2=I. |last3= Vick |first3= B. |date=2019 |title=Securing Europe after Napoleon: 1815 and the new European security culture |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University press |isbn=9781108428224}}0
• {{cite book |last=de Graaf |first=B.A. |author-link= |date=2018 |title=Tegen de terreur: Hoe Europa veilig werd na Napoleon |url= |location=Amsterdam |publisher=Prometheus |page= |isbn=9789035144583}}
• {{cite journal |last1=de Graaf |first1=B.A. |last2=Zwierlein |first2=C. |title=Historicizing Security. Entering the Conspiracy Dispositive |journal=Historical Social Research |date=2013 |volume=38 |issue=1 |page=46-64}}

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• [https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/de_Graaf_Beatrice_Albertha Profile of de Graaf on Academia Europea]
• [http://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/BAdeGraaf Profile of de Graaf on Universiteit Utrecht]
• [https://research.fid-benelux.de/index.php/Graaf,_Prof._Dr._Beatrice_de Beatrice de Graaf] in het [https://research.fid-benelux.de/index.php/Startseite FID Benelux-Forschungsverzeichnis]
• The Conversation: [https://theconversation.com/profiles/beatrice-de-graaf-1229866 Beatrice de Graaf]
• {{cite web|title=Beatrice de Graaf - Was 9/11 a turning point in history?|date=September 8, 2021|publisher=StudiumGeneraleUU|website=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssWeTGCcURY}}
• {{cite web|title=Historian Beatrice de Graaf on Putin, Ukraine and Europe's reaction to the war|date=November 8, 2022|publisher=StudiumGeneraleUU|website=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3CnLMUZXPI}}
• {{cite web|title=A Quest For The Third Rome: Understanding Putin's Apocalyptical Radicalization {{!}} Hoover Institution|date=February 9, 2023|publisher=Hoover Institution|website=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQUfJ-WO1_0}} (lecture by Beatrice de Graaf on February 7, 2023, at Stanford University)

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