Prof. Dr. Henk te Velde is Professor of Dutch History at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

He has a wide range of research interests including the history of political eloquence and debate; political culture and legitimacy; and national identity.

Recent publications include ‘Honour and reason: competing ideals of debating in nineteenth-century Europe, Parliaments, Estates and Representation 44:1 (2024) 21-33 and Civic continuities in an age of revolutionary change: Europe and the Americas, c.1750-1850. Palgrave Studies in Political History (Cham: Palgrave MacMillan 2023) edited with Judith Pollmann.

He is co-editor of the Palgrave Studies in Political History.