Wouter Jacobus Hanegraaff (born 10 April 1961) is professor of the History of Hermetic Philosophy and related currents at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[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.