The Association for Low Countries Studies (ALCS) promotes the scholarly study of the language, culture, history and society of the Low Countries.
As a subject organisation, the ALCS also represent the interests of Low Countries studies in the UK and Ireland.
The current Chair and Director of the ALCS are Associate Professor Christine Sas (UCL) and Dr Filip De Ceuster (University of Sheffield).
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ALCS Prize Winners 2024
Essay Prize: Rebecca Nelsey
This year's ALCS Essay Prize was awarded to Rebecca Nelsey (University of Sheffield) for their essay: “We See What We Did There”: The Successes and Shortcomings of the Acknowledgement of Wrongdoing in Rutte’s Apology for the Role of the Dutch State in the History of Slavery.
UG Dissertation Prize: Charlotte Armett
The winner of the 2024 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize is Charlotte Armett (University of Sheffield) for “Don’t screw it up!” Translating Dutch Kleinkunst Songs Het is over and Het is begonnen.
Keynote Speakers announced for the 15th ALCS Conference - University of Sheffield, 7-9 July 2024
Dr Wannes Dupont
University of Edinburgh
Wannes Dupont is Lecturer in History of Sexuality at the University of Edinburgh. He was Assistant Professor of History at Yale-NUS College in Singapore after postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and for the Flemish Research Foundation at the University of Antwerp. His work, publications, and teaching primarily concern the European, and global sexual pasts, queer history, reproductive politics, and the intersections of biopolitics and religion.
Dr Marrigje Paijmans
University of Amsterdam
Marrigje Paijmans is Assistant Professor in Dutch Literature at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the early modern literary roots of anti-colonialism and aims to bring marginalised voices to the fore, creating a more balanced understanding of the Dutch colonial past. For her work on seventeenth-century literature from postcolonial and ecocritical perspectives, she received the KNAW Early Career Award 2022.
Correcting & (re)Collecting Text, Story, Languages, Time
15th ALCS Biennial Conference 7-9 July 2024
For the 15th ALCS conference we would like to explore the theme of questioning the UN/KNOWN in the broadest sense in a Low Countries and comparative context. We take a particular interest in interdisciplinary approaches and papers that explore collaborations between Dutch Studies scholars, translators, authors and practitioners.
We invite individual 20-minute papers or themed 1.5-hour panels. We welcome contributions from emerging scholars and creative practitioners. Please send your proposal in the form of a 250 words abstract by 15 March.
Our confirmed keynote speakers are Dr Marrigje Paijmans (University of Amsterdam) and Dr Wannes Dupont (University of Edinburgh)
ALCS Grant Report:
Dr Davide Martino - University of Bern
Davide Martino received a first grant from the ALCS to carry out archival research in Amsterdam and a second grant to go and present a paper on early modern machine books and hydraulic technologies at the Scientiae Conference in Prague. He reports on his experience. Read the full report here.
