Henk te Velde is professor of Dutch History at Leiden University. He focuses on Dutch (and Western European) history from the late 18th century to the present, in particular political history and its spillover into contemporary politics. His books cover the history of liberalism and nationalism, political leadership and political traditions, and international comparative parliamentary eloquence. Topics include political culture, rhetoric, debate and eloquence, constitutional and structural political issues, parliamentary politics and political leadership. In early 2025, he will be completing a book on political eloquence and debate culture in the Netherlands from 1800 onwards. He regularly lectures on populism, citizenship angry citizens in historical perspective. Drawing on his expertise on the royal family, he is involved in research on the House of Orange and colonial history.

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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.