Anton van Hooff

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]

Anton van Hooff
Van Hooff at Utrecht Freethinkers in the Pub, March 2015.
Born
Antonius Jacobus Leonardus van Hooff

(1943-10-06)6 October 1943
The Hague
Academic background
Alma materRadboud University Nijmegen
ThesisPax romana: een studie van het Romeinse imperialisme (1971)
Academic work
InstitutionsRadboud University Nijmegen
Main interestsClassical antiquity

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]

Books
  • Zelfdoding in de antieke wereld (1990)/From Autothanasia to Suicide. Self-killing in Classical Antiquity (1990)
  • De vonk van Spartacus: het voortleven van een antieke rebel (1993)
  • Nero & Seneca. De despoot en de denker (2010)
  • Athene. Het leven van de eerste democratie (2011)
  • Marcus Aurelius. De keizer-filosoof (2012)
  • Klassiek. Geschiedenis van de Grieks-Romeinse wereld (2013)
  • Keizers van het Colosseum. Vespasianus, Titus en Domitianus (2014)
  • Sterven in stijl. Leven met de dood in de klassieke oudheid (2015)
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References
  1. Hans Oranje (17 April 2010). "Het onzalige duo Nero en Seneca". Trouw. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. van Hoof, Anton (May 2013). "Openingstoespraak van de voorzitter". De Vrijdenker. 44 (4): 3.
  3. Kruithof, Dik (May 2015). "Afscheid van Voorzitter Anton van Hooff op jaarvergadering De Vrije Gedachte". De Vrijdenker. 46 (4): 3.
  4. Willfred van de Poll (21 November 2012). "Van eeuwige kroonprins tot modelkeizer". Trouw. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  5. Wilfred van de Poll (20 June 2013). "Humanisten? Softer dan ooit". Trouw. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. Anton van Hooff (13 March 1997). "De Republikeinse Vereniging". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  7. "Dr. A.J.L. (Anton) van Hooff". Montesquieu Instituut. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  8. Anton van Hooff (15 December 2014). "1e Hans van den Bergh lezing door classicus Anton van Hooff in de Balie te Amsterdam". YouTube. New Republican Society. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
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