Is a transnational approach a crucial new development within Dutch Studies? Prof. Marc van Oostendorp (of Neerlandistiek.nl fame) definitely thinks so. Here he discusses this international turn in connection with the exemplary CODL-project, which has mapped and studied the international circulation of Dutch Literature. ...
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After an impressive career spanning more than three decades, Jane Fenoulhet will retire as professor of Dutch at UCL at the end of the summer. On Wednesday 7 June her achievements were celebrated during her retirement reception in the presence of colleagues, former students and representatives of the many organisations Jane has worked with in the past. With Prof. Fenoulhet's retirement we are losing a giant of Dutch Studies in the UK: Professor of Dutch; Dean of the Arts Faculty and Humanities at UCL; member of the Council for Dutch Language and Literature; Vice-chair of the International Society for Dutch Studies; writer of books, chapters and articles on literature, translation and language acquisition; inspiring colleague and teacher to many many students. When Jane Fenoulhet and prof. Mary Fulbrook reminisced about what it was like to be a young, female academic in the Seventies and Eighties it became clear that Jane was a trailblazer too. The ALCS wants to thank prof. Fenoulhet for her unmatched dedication to Dutch Studies at UCL, in the UK and far beyond and we wish her rest and inspiration in her retirement. ...
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