In the media: Brexit and Northern Ireland
The Programme Chair of the BA International Studies and Historian Joost Augusteijn has been consulted by various Dutch and Belgian media lately to shed his expert light on the matter of the Irish border and the Brexit negotiations. Feel like a deep dive into this subject? Find the links to radio shows like VPRO’s “OVT”, BNR nieuwsradio’s “Internationaal” and VRT’s “De ochtend”.
Links to online archives
VPRO, “OVT”, Sunday 21 October, about the Irish border and Brexit (in Dutch) Link
VPRO, “OVT”, Sunday 18 November, about the relation between England and Europe (in Dutch) Link
BNR nieuwsradio, “Internationaal”, Wednesday 14 November, about the treaty between the UK, the EU and Northern Ireland (in Dutch) Link
VRT, “De Ochtend”, Friday 16 November, about the treaty between the UK and the EU (from 1.11.10 -1.21.20, in Dutch) Link
About Joost Augusteijn
Joost Augusteijn (1960) is a historian and lecturer. He currently is an Associate Professor of European History at Leiden University.
He studied history at the University of Amsterdam where he also obtained his PhD (1994) on the history of the Irish Republican Army. He subsequently worked as Lecturer in Modern Irish History at Trinity College, Dublin (1994-5) and Queen's University, Belfast (1995-2000). In 2000 he was appointed Assistant Professor in European History at Leiden University, since 2014 he has been Associate Professor. During his time at Leiden he spent a semester as visiting Associate Professor at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (2004), and a year as a fellow-in-residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (2010-2011).
He has written many books including 'Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary' and 'The Irish Revolution'.
Find Joost Augusteijn’s profile on the the Leiden University website here.
