Lecture by Luc Renders, P.P. Rubens Professor, Dutch Studies, UC Berkeley, and Professor, Languages Department, Hasselt University, Belgium. Friday, 28 October, 652 Barrows, 12-1pm What is it about the Democratic Republic of Congo that continues to fascinate of American authors? … Continue reading
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The Netherlands America University League of California Presents: Maarten Van Ginderachter Associate Professor in History at University of Antwerp, Belgium Peter Paul Rubens Chair at U.C. Berkeley In all societies with highly developed economies, labor and socialist political parties have … Continue reading
Lecture by Nicole Saffold Maskiell Nov. 15, Dwinelle 160, 3.30-5pm Sometime after arriving on the island of Curaçao, a small group of adults and children from New Netherland was lost. The misfortune was discovered by the Director General’s wife, Judith, … Continue reading
KEYNOTE LECTURE BY DUTCH AUTHOR ADRIAAN VAN DIS AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL CONNECTIONS IN DUTCH LITERATURE (SEPT. 15-17, 2011, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY) Squeezed Between Rice and Potato: Personal reflections on a Dutch (post) colonial youth … Continue reading
2011 Dutch Studies Conference – Colonial and Post-Colonial Connections in Dutch Literature For a Photo Gallery of the conference, please go to: http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc387/DutchLitConference/ Dutch literature is more than just literature about a tiny piece of land at the estuary of … Continue reading
Lecture and panel discussion by Liam Gouw about her new book “Only a Girl” Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Silvia Tiwon and Dr. Inez Hollander Sunday April 17, 2011, 3:00 P.M. Bancroft Hotel on 2860 Bancroft Ave Information: … Continue reading
On March 14, 2011 Marijke Huisman gave a lecture on: Women in the Dutch Golden Age In the heat of current debates on the flaws of multiculturalism gender equality is often stressed as a key value in both the history … Continue reading
April 6, 2011 5.30-6.30pm, 201 Moses Hall The crisis of the Belgian State: Is there a future for Belgium? There is, at least, a past! 1. Berkeley 1983, conclusion of my P. P. Rubens talk: ‘That is why Belgium will … Continue reading
Hilde Coffé is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University (Department of Sociology). Her main research interests include the radical right, political attitudes and participation, voting behavior, political parties, and citizenship. She will present the following lecture: Tuesday, November 23: 5-6pm … Continue reading
The following was presented in a lecture by Yra van Dijk, Professor in Dutch Studies at Amsterdam University: The Holocaust in the Work of Young Jewish Authors in the Netherlands Young Jewish authors, and young Dutch Jews in general, find … Continue reading