Joost Augusteijn (born 24 July 1960, in Amsterdam)[ J. Augusteijn, 1960 - at the UvA Album Academicum] is a Dutch historian and lecturer. He was formerly a lecturer in Modern Irish History at Trinity College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast. He currently is an Associate professor of European History at Leiden University.[ Faculty page at Leiden University]
Augusteijn earned his PhD at the University of Amsterdam on the history of the Irish Republican Army.[ He has written many books including 'Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary' and 'The Irish Revolution'.][ Patrick Pearse:proto-fascist eccentric or mainstream European thinker? at historyireland.com]