The Amsterdam Centre for Political Thought (ACPT) was founded in 2015 by Thijs Bogers (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Annelien De Dijn (University of Amsterdam). The first editions of the Jos de Beus Lecture Series, initiated by Thijs Bogers, were organised under the auspices of the ACPT.
Funding for events of the ACPT has been generously provided by the B&P Academy of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the Vrije Universiteit, the John Stuart Mill College of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam of the University of Amsterdam and by ACCESS EUROPE.