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What a wonderful week it was! The ALCS Summer School at the University of Sheffield, 7-9 July 2024
As part of their 75 Years of Dutch celebrations, the University of Sheffield hosted this year's ALCS Summer School Twenty-four students from all over the UK, five language tutors, four guests and many excursions all packed into an exciting week of hard work on this year's theme: rivieren!
Many thanks to our teachers for their energy, to our special guests Paulien Cornelisse, Chris Bajema a.k.a man met de microfoon, Claudia de Breij & Jonathan Reeder for their time and enthousiasm, and to University of Sheffield, the Taalunie, the Netherlands Embassy and Flanders House for their generous support!
Keynote Speakers announced for the 15th ALCS Conference - University of Sheffield, 7-9 July 2024
Dr Wannes DupontÂ
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.Â
For the third time the ALCS and the Nederlandse Taalunie organise a Dutch Summer School! This edition's theme is Rivieren and takes place at the University of Sheffield.
Whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced learner, join us for a week of language classes, cultural excursions and Low Countries related workshops!
Places are limited. We welcome all learners of Dutch living in the UK and Ireland. Priority will be given to applicants who are currently enrolled or plan on enrolling in a Dutch language program at a UK institution. A limited number of bursaries are available.
-- Applications have now closed --
Steden van de Toekomst!Â
ALCS Zomercursus 2023
From 25 June until 1 July the University of Edinburgh was home to the ALCS Nederlandse Zomercursus. The theme of this year's edition was Steden van de toekomst. Learners of Dutch from all over the UK took part in our Dutch language classes, culture workshops and other activities. The ALCS Zomercursus was generously sponsored by the Nederlandse Taalunie, Flanders House and the Dutch Embassy.
Postgraduate Symposium
Beyond Dutch: Multilingualism in the Neerlandophone World
Postgraduate Symposium
Beyond Dutch: Multilingualism in the Neerlandophone World, 15 June 2023
Our ALCS Postgraduate Symposium 2023 offered interdisciplinary talks that took attendees “Beyond Dutch” by exploring instances and impacts of multilingualism in the Neerlandophone world. Researchers at varied stages in their careers met around a round table in London’s Institute of Languages, Cultures, and Societies to discuss topics in music, literature, history, translation, and media, with examples spanning several centuries of cultural production. Each talk was followed by lively discussion from the group, with many links drawn between each of the talks throughout the day. The whole was certainly greater than the sum its parts.
The keynote was delivered by Dr. Arnoud Arps to an enraptured audience, entitled “The past is not a fleeting moment: Border crossing memories of the Dutch East Indies in Dutch and Indonesian popular culture”. Finally, our spirited conversations continued well into the evening at a merry colloquium supper to mark the occasion with new friends and colleagues.
