Ons Erfdeel launches new website

The Flemish-Dutch cultural institution Ons Erfdeel vzw has launched a new websites for the English speaking world: the-low-countries.com . Ons Erfdeel aims to provide even more context on culture from the Low Countries.

Ons Erfdeel says:

At Ons Erfdeel vzw we’ve been telling stories about Flanders and the Netherlands in three languages for years, with sharp-witted pens representing trustworthy voices. Those stories deserve a bigger, broader, younger audience. That’s why on 1 April we’re launching as many as three websites, in English, French and Dutch. Websites with a unified style but offering different content.

As you have been accustomed to from us for many years, on this platform too you will be able to read in-depth articles on art, language, literature, history and society in the Low Countries. For this purpose we are appealing to established names and young talent, from the Dutch-speaking region and far beyond. They supply the cultural context, in contemplative stories, columns and interviews, but also in photo reports, podcasts and videos.

To name just a few of our new columnists:

• Peter Vandermeersch (soon to be former Editor in Chief of NRC)

• Gaston Durnez (icon of Flemish journalism)

• Hind Fraihi (Research Journalist)

• Thomas Heerma van Voss (Author)

• Fieke Van der Gucht (Linguist)

The ALCS says:

We congratulate Ons Erfdeel with this fantastic initiative. We are looking forward to working together to raise the international profile of Dutch studies. And we’d like to add that one of the contributors will be our own Anna Geurts.