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Wouter Jacobus Hanegraaff (born 10 April 1961) is professor of the History of Hermetic Philosophy and related currents at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1][2] He served as the first president of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) from 2005 to 2013.[2]
Wouter Hanegraaff
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Born | Wouter Jacobus Hanegraaff (1961-04-10) 10 April 1961 (age 63)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Education | University of Utrecht |
Occupation | Historian |
Employer | University of Amsterdam |
Hanegraaff was raised as the son of a theologian.[3][better source needed] He originally studied classical guitar at the Municipal Conservatory at Zwolle from 1982 to 1987, and cultural history at the University of Utrecht from 1986 to 1990.[citation needed]
From 1992 to 1996 he was a Research Fellow at the department for the Study of Religions at the University of Utrecht.[citation needed] From 1996 to 1999 Hanegraaff held a postdoctoral fellowship from the Dutch Association for Scientific Research (NWO), during which time he spent a period working in Paris.[citation needed]
In 1999 he became professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam.[2][better source needed] From 2002 to 2006 he has been president of the Dutch Society for the Study of Religion, and, from 2005 to 2013, president of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism. In 2006 he was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences,[4][better source needed] and he is now an honorary member of the ESSWE.