Anton van Hooff | |
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![]() Van Hooff at Utrecht Freethinkers in the Pub, March 2015. | |
Born | Antonius Jacobus Leonardus van Hooff 6 October 1943 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen |
Thesis | Pax romana: een studie van het Romeinse imperialisme (1971) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Radboud University Nijmegen |
Main interests | Classical antiquity |
Antonius Jacobus Leonardus (Anton) van Hooff (born 1943) is a Dutch historian of antiquity, author and a former docent. [1] From 2009 until 2015, he chaired the freethinkers association De Vrije Gedachte. [2] [3]
In 1971, Van Hooff graduated with the dissertation Pax romana: een studie van het Romeinse imperialisme ("Pax Romana: a Study of Roman Imperialism"). Until 2008, Van Hooff was docent in ancient history at the Radboud University Nijmegen. [4] He specialises in classical antiquity, and regularly publishes in various newspapers and magazines. He wrote several books, including Nero & Seneca, [1] Athene ("Athens") and Marcus Aurelius. [4]
Van Hooff is an atheist, [5] a republican [1] [6] and a member of the Republican Society. [7] On 3 December 2014, Van Hooff held the first ever Hans van den Bergh Lecture of the New Republican Society in De Balie. [8]
Anton van Hooff | |
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![]() Van Hooff at Utrecht Freethinkers in the Pub, March 2015. | |
Born | Antonius Jacobus Leonardus van Hooff 6 October 1943 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen |
Thesis | Pax romana: een studie van het Romeinse imperialisme (1971) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Radboud University Nijmegen |
Main interests | Classical antiquity |
Antonius Jacobus Leonardus (Anton) van Hooff (born 1943) is a Dutch historian of antiquity, author and a former docent. [1] From 2009 until 2015, he chaired the freethinkers association De Vrije Gedachte. [2] [3]
In 1971, Van Hooff graduated with the dissertation Pax romana: een studie van het Romeinse imperialisme ("Pax Romana: a Study of Roman Imperialism"). Until 2008, Van Hooff was docent in ancient history at the Radboud University Nijmegen. [4] He specialises in classical antiquity, and regularly publishes in various newspapers and magazines. He wrote several books, including Nero & Seneca, [1] Athene ("Athens") and Marcus Aurelius. [4]
Van Hooff is an atheist, [5] a republican [1] [6] and a member of the Republican Society. [7] On 3 December 2014, Van Hooff held the first ever Hans van den Bergh Lecture of the New Republican Society in De Balie. [8]