Departmental News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/news/rss Website of the Dutch Department at University College London Ulrich Tiedau 2010-06-09T11:26:16Z Free tickets now available for Live Poetry Event with Ester Naomi Perquin (30 May) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/Ticket_Release_Perquin_Live_Poetry Tickets are now available for the FREE Live Poetry Event with award-winning Dutch poet Ester Naomi Perquin , organised by the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at UCL, in partnership with  Poet in the City . UCL Dutch Department Stefanie T W Van Gemert 2013-05-10T16:50:56Z Reference cultures in Europe – Major European research grant awarded http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/reference_cultures How did the large and cultural powerful countries Britain, France, and Germany influence public debates in smaller countries like the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg? UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2013-04-29T09:29:56Z Live Poetry Event with Prize-winning Dutch Poet Ester Naomi Perquin (30 May) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/20130530_EsterNaomiPerquin_Event The School of European Languages, Culture and Society at UCL, in Partnership with  Poet in the City , is delighted to present an important new series celebrating the very best of contemporary European poetry.  The Contemporary European Poets series  brings to London celebrated poets from Hungary, Holland, France, Germany, the Faroe Islands and Italy, for showcase events at Europe House. Events will include live readings by the poets, with all poems read both in the original language and in brand new specially commissioned English translations. On 30 May Ester Naomi Perquin will take part in a FREE event on Dutch poetry at Europe House.  UCL Dutch Department Stefanie T W Van Gemert 2013-04-23T04:22:26Z Amsterdam's Culture – Reflections from the Red Light District (8 May 2013) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/Reflections_from_Amsterdams_Red_Light_District UCL SELCS/Dutch Research Seminar – all welcome! UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2013-04-16T11:44:14Z What is experimental fiction? Masterclass with Lars Bernaerts (Brussels) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/what_is_experimental_fiction What is experimental fiction? Concepts, Metaphors and the Case of the Postwar Neo-Avant-Garde in the Low Countries UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2013-04-10T11:56:43Z Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies 37.1 (March 2013) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/DTC_March_2013 A new year always provides an occasion for looking back and taking stock as well as for making plans for the future. After the first four annual volumes with Maney we can summarise that the 11 issues published between 2009 and 2012 (out of which three were guest-edited special issues) consisted of 58 journal articles by 60 contributors from 14 different countries, not including book reviews and editorial columns. The country ranking list, perhaps unsurprisingly, is headed by the Netherlands with 15 contributors, followed by the United States with 10, the United Kingdom with 8 and Belgium with 6 authors. On a higher level it can be said that just short of half of all contributions (28) came from the Anglophone world (apart from the US and UK, from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa), a third from inside the Low Countries (21), and the rest from other European countries like Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Israel (9). This reflects very well Dutch Crossing’s special focus on contacts and exchanges between the Anglophone and Dutch-speaking worlds through the centuries while also including other aspects of Low Countries Studies. In addition there were 15 book reviews, mainly from the UK, US and the Netherlands. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-06-04T19:04:38Z Certificate of Dutch as a Foreign Language (CNaVT) examinations 2013 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/copy2_of_cnavt The UCL Department of Dutch is organising the  Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal  (CNaVT) exams in April–May 2013. The CNaVT is the official, international exam of Dutch as a Foreign Language by the  Nederlandse Taalunie  (Dutch Language Union, the Dutch-Flemish-Surinamese equivalent to the British Council). UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-03-07T12:53:10Z New Group for Alumni of the UCL Dutch department on Linked-In http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/LinkedIn Did you study Dutch at UCL, recently or ages ago? We invite all alumni of the department to stay in touch by joining this group , free of any obligation. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2013-02-23T09:27:01Z What is experimental fiction? Lars Bernaerts visiting scholar 2013 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/Lars_Bernaerts Lars Bernaerts , Professor for Literary Theory at the Free University of Brussels, will be a visiting scholar at the UCL Department of Dutch in term II and III. His research focuses on experimental fiction and methods of textual analysis (classical and postclassical narratology, speech-act theory). His research project at UCL will focus on the Dutch and Flemish Neo-Avant-Garde of the 1960s and 1970s. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2013-01-25T22:45:20Z Talks on Dutch Art and Diversity at the Wallace Collection http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/Wallace_Day_Seventeenth_Century_Talks Stefanie van Gemert , PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and Teaching Assistant at the Dutch department, will be teaching three half-an-hour sessions at the Wallace Collection on Saturday, 12 January (11am, 1pm and 3pm). Her talks will be on 'Dutch Golden Age Art and Diversity', with a specific focus on the history of the Dutch East India Company and its influence on material and cultural wealth in the Dutch Republic. Stefanie's talks are part of the Wallace Collection's ' Day in the Seventeenth Century ', the final event of the HLF-sponsored community project ' Treasures from the East '. This project celebrated the refurbishment  of the Wallace Collection's renowned East Galleries with Dutch art. The events on Saturday are free (suggested donation £2) and promise to be entertaining for all age groups. There will be baroque music and dress performances; you can paint your own Delft Blue tiles and there are plenty of talks on Dutch art. Just walk in on the day and admire the newly-transformed East Galleries. The Wallace Collection is one of the national museums, close to UCL (just off Oxford Street: Bond Street tube). The museum is free and has an outstanding collection of Dutch old master paintings by, for example, Rembrandt, Frans Hals and Pieter de Hooch. UCL Dutch Department Stefanie T W Van Gemert 2013-01-08T22:16:36Z Dutch-themed exhibition ‘Journeys East’ in UCL Main Library now open http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/201212_JourneysEast_Exhibit_Library Stefanie van Gemert , PhD candidate and Teaching Assistant in the department, curated an exhibition (with accompanying digital display) for UCL Special Collections . The exhibition Journeys East is now on view in the Main Library until Feb 2013, on the landing between the newly reopened Flaxman Gallery and the Donaldson Reading Room. UCL Dutch Department Stefanie T W Van Gemert 2012-12-14T14:21:33Z Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies 36.3 (November 2012) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/DTC_November_2012 It gives us pleasure to be able to report that Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies , after having been included in the ISI Thomson-Reuters Web of Science , arguably the most important set of citation indexes and bibliographic databases, for two years now, in July 2012 has had its first ‘ Impact factor ’ calculated.  For those who are less familiar with, or skeptical about, ‘bibliometrical’ indicators, the impact factor of a journal in any given year is the average number of citations received per paper published in that journal during the two preceding years, and generally considered to be one of the most important metrics in research assessment. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-06-04T19:04:38Z High Impact Literature from the Low Countries Tour 14–19 January 2013 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/lowcountrieshighimpact 6 top writers from the Low Countries on tour to  6 cities for 6 nights of readings & debates to showcase the best high impact literature from Flanders & the Netherlands in English translation w ith a final gala gathering in London of authors from both the UK & the Low Countries UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-11-22T09:28:06Z Certificate of Dutch as a Foreign Language examinations 2013 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/copy_of_cnavt UCL Dutch is a recognised Examinations Centre for the Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal , the official, international exam of Dutch as a Foreign Language by the Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union, the Dutch-Flemish-Surinamese equivalent to the British Council). UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-03-07T12:53:10Z Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/wolffson The Wolfson Foundation seeks to support excellence. Drawing on its history of support for higher education and interest in the humanities, the Foundation is offering 3 postgraduate research awards in the humanities. These will be for 3 areas in history, literature and languages. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-10-05T17:07:15Z London Low Countries History – Research Seminar Series 2012/13 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/low_countries_seminars_2012-13 The Low Countries history research seminars meet on Friday afternoons in the Institute of Historical Research at 5:15 pm. Please note: due to ongoing refurbishment work at the IHR, seminars this year we will meet in alternative locations (SH Court = Senate House, Court Room, located in the South Block on the 1st floor; ST B2 = Stewart House, adjacent to Senate House, at 32 Russell Square, room 2 in the basement). UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-09-16T11:05:18Z Poetry & Translation: Leonard Nolens and Paul Vincent (26 Sep 2012) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/Nolens The Poetry Cafe 22 Betterton Street London WC2H 9BX Wednesday 26 September at 7.30 pm Tickets at the door: £5 UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-09-19T13:29:59Z Dutch-English Literary Translation Workshop (10–13 September 2012) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/workshop The Dutch Department at UCL recently hosted an extremely successful four-day intensive workshop focusing on literary translation from Dutch into English. It enabled undergraduate and graduate students as well as recent Dutch studies alumni from four British universities to work together with an acclaimed Flemish writer and three distinguished professional translators, while meeting also first-hand with a literary editor and a representative from the British Centre for Literary Translation . UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-09-22T07:57:33Z Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies 36.2 (July 2012) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/DTC_July_2012 Regular readers will have noticed gradual changes in the editorial board of Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies over the past couple of issues. Partly necessitated by generational change we have started to restructure the board to give additional weight to the global aspects of Dutch Studies as reflected in Dutch Crossing and the manifold exchanges between the Dutch-speaking and Anglo-phone worlds in particular. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-06-04T19:04:38Z Public engagement workshop programme at the Wallace Collection http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/wallace_collection UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-07-13T14:14:19Z Speak to the Future - in Dutch :) New website launched http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/speaktothefuture New website launched for the campaign for languages UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-07-13T08:16:15Z ISI Web of Knowledge Impact Factor for Dutch Crossing http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/Dutch_Crossing_Impact_Factor We are delighted to announce that Dutch Crossing has received its first Impact Factor in ISI’s Social Sciences Citation Index  (SSCI). The results have just been released. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-06-29T10:52:24Z Bite-Sized Lunchtime Lecture on Dutch Football in the early 20th century http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/bitesized Nick Piercey will be taking part in a UCL BiteSized lecture (2 speakers, 15 minutes each) on Dutch Football in the early 20th Century. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-05-30T14:38:17Z Postgraduate bursary MA Language, Culture, History (Dutch Studies pathway) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/MA_Dutch_bursary UCL Dutch aims to reward academic excellence among new students of its postgraduate programme by offering a study expense bursary for new students starting the MA in Dutch Studies in September 2012. The bursary covers up to £600 towards study expenses like books, research travel and other research related expenses. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-05-15T05:21:57Z Jacques Presser (1899–1970) between history and literature, 25 May 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/presser When Jacques Presser’s Ondergang (1965, in English: Ashes in the Wind : The Destruction of Dutch Jewry , 1968) first appeared, twenty years after the end of World War II, the book hit Dutch society like a bomb. What people knew in general but had forgotten, passed over in silence or repressed during two decades, was here described in every gruesome detail: the systematic humiliation, isolation, despoliation, and extermination of Dutch Jewry. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-05-11T08:09:30Z Certificate of Dutch as a Foreign Language examination centre http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/cnavt UCL Dutch has been recognised as an Examinations Centre for the Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal , the official, international exam of Dutch as a Foreign Language by the Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union, the Dutch-Flemish-Surinamese equivalent to the British Council). UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-03-07T12:53:10Z Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies 36.1 (March 2012) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/DTC_March_2012 After two special issues on new approaches in Netherlandic art history, for which we would like to thank Christine P. Sellin from the American Association for Netherlandic Studies (AANS) heartily for her meticulous guest-editing, this first issue of Dutch Crossing in 2012 is a ‘regular’ issue without an over-coupling theme. This is not to say that no connections could be made between the individual contributions, quite on the contrary. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-06-04T19:04:38Z Double Dutch! A free Festival in Hyde Park (28 Feb 2012) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/double_dutch A FREE FESTIVAL at: Serpentine Bar and Kitchen from 9-5pm and at the Kensington Gore Hotel from 5pm until late. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-02-24T15:10:36Z Anglo-Netherlands Society Annual Awards for students of Dutch http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/anglo_netherlands_prize The Anglo-Netherlands Society has created these awards to recognize and reward outstanding work in the field of Dutch Studies at UK universities. The Society promotes the social, artistic, literary, educational, scientific and other non-political interests common to the UK and the Netherlands. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-10-18T09:45:53Z Impact in modern languages workshop at the IGRS (3 Feb 2012) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/Impact In the light of the important new element in REF2014 that is Impact, in the shape of the impact  statement and impact case studies, the  Institute for Germanic and Romance Studies  (IGRS) is proposing a regular series of workshops for colleagues in Modern Languages to come together to discuss their ideas and strategies. All colleagues in Modern Languages are welcome to attend these events, and we would also appreciate further offers, from throughout the UK, of talks/case studies to discuss at future workshops.On this occasion we welcome the following, who will speak for 15 minutes in this order, followed by discussion: UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-02-02T11:52:28Z 2011 ACLS Early Careers Researcher Essay Prize for Dirk Schoenaers http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/alcs-prize2011 Dirk Schoenaers , Research Associate at UCL French , has won the 2011 Prize in the early career researcher category with an article on ‘The Middle Dutch Translation of Froissart’s Chronicle ( c. 1450): Historiography in the Vernacular and the Ruling Elite of Holland’ . UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-02-02T11:03:29Z Podium discussion with Abdelkader Benali and Hisham Matar (26 Jan) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/Time A panel discussion with Abdelkader Benali (Netherlands) and Hisham Matar (Libya) chaired by Jo Glanville (Index on Censorship) UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-01-07T06:10:10Z Twitter hangout on 11 January: All about Dutch literature  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/twitter_event Got a question on Dutch literature or just curious to know? On the 11th January members of the Dutch department will be holding an hour live hang out from 2–3pm on Twitter. Just follow  Litro magazine ( #litromagazine ) on Twitter and get your questions answered and your curiosity satisfied. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-01-06T16:38:37Z Excellent employment prospects for graduates with Dutch http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/employment_prospects_with_dutch The excellent employment prospects of graduates with Dutch and intercultural skills, as taught by the department (see  Careers with Dutch ) have been corroborated by the recent report on “ Labour Market Intelligence on Languages and Intercultural Skills in Higher Education ” by Sean Mulkerne & Anne Marie Graham (May 2011), commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the University Council for Modern Languages (UCML). UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-12-13T09:25:26Z Knowledge Transfer and Enterprise Champion for 2012 (OA/OER) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/ktc2012 Ulrich Tiedau has been appointed a UCL Knowledge Transfer and Enterprise Champion for 2012. This part-time appointment was made by the Office of the Vice-Provost (Enterprise) and is financed by the Higher Education Innovation Fund.  UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2012-01-31T13:59:57Z Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies 35.3 (November 2011) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/DTC_November_2011 The November 2011 issue of Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies focuses on Crossing Boundaries and Transforming Identities: New Perspectives in Netherlandic Studies . Guest-edited by Christine Petra Sellin from the California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA, it comprises of select art history papers from the fifteenth biennial Interdisciplinary Conference on Netherlandic Studies,  held at UCLA in Los Angeles in June 2010. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-06-04T19:04:38Z Ulrich Tiedau elected as UCML area studies representative http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/UCML Ulrich Tiedau  (UCL Dutch) has been elected to the Executive committee of the University Council for Modern Languages (UCML), as representative for Area Studies . UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-12-11T09:18:01Z Susan Stein's Play on Etty Hillesum at UCL on 21 November 2011, 6.30pm http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/etty_hillesum_play Etty is a touring one-woman theatrical play based on the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum, adapted and performed by Susan Stein. Directed by Austin Pendleton. Using only Etty Hillesum’s words, Susan Stein’s adaptation brings us to 1943 when Etty, a young Jewish woman, is about to be deported out of Holland. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-11-02T14:57:20Z London Low Countries History – Research Seminar Series 2011/12 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/low_countries_seminars_2011-12 The Low Countries history research seminars meet on Friday afternoons in the Institute of Historical Research at 5 pm. Please note: due to refurbishment work at the IHR, seminars this year we will meet in alternative locations (SH = Senate House: room 104 (Torrington Room), in the South Block on the 1st floor; ST = Stewart House, adjacent to Senate House, at 32 Russell Square, on the 2nd floor). UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-09-16T11:05:18Z Dutch/Flemish Society (UCL Union) – activities and events 2011/12 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/dutch_flemish_society The UCL Dutch and Flemish Society welcomes everyone! Do you have a Dutch or Flemish background? Are you studying Dutch? Or are you just interested in Dutch and Flemish culture? UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-10-18T10:12:22Z Abdelkader Benali will be Dutch Writer in Residence at UCL 2011/12 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/Abdelkader_benali Abdelkader Benali, one of the Netherlands’ leading writers will be Dutch Writer in Residence 2011/12. The Writer in Residence, supported by the  Nederlands Letterenfonds , will engage with students and staff in the department and actively contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-09-22T15:48:33Z Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies 35.2 (July 2011) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/DTC_July_2011 The June 2011 issue of Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies focuses on Crossing Boundaries and Transforming Identities: New Perspectives in Netherlandic Studies . Guest-edited by Christine Petra Sellin from the California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA, it comprises of select art history papers from the fifteenth biennial Interdisciplinary Conference on Netherlandic Studies,  held at UCLA in Los Angeles in June 2010. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-06-04T19:04:38Z Visit the department and get a taste of Dutch on the UCL Open Day (30/06/11) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/openday2011 Visit us on the UCL Open Day on 30 June 2011. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-07-01T09:25:03Z Dutch Crossing and the European Reference Index for the Humanities http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/erih The revised lists of the European Science Foundation’s  European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) have been published and Dutch Crossing : Journal of Low Countries Studies , edited at the UCL Dutch department, has made the leap into the highest category INT1 "International publications with high visibility and influence among researchers in the various research domains in different countries, regularly cited all over the world." on the list for history. Lists for art history and other subjects will be published later this year. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-05-23T22:38:04Z Sports and Leisure history seminar: Football in Rotterdam (23 May 2011) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/dutch_sports_history Nicholas Piercey , finishing PhD student at UCL Dutch, will give a lecture in the Institute for Historical Research's Sports and Leisure History Seminar series on: Football Club Membership in Rotterdam in 1914: Walking through the Historic City in Search of the Individual 23 May 2011, 5.15pm in the IHR Pollard Room. Missed it? You can listen to the podcast .  UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-05-23T15:55:28Z Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies 35.1 (March 2011) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/dtc_march_2011 When four centuries and three decades ago the Low Countries formally declared their independence from the Habsburg monarchy, there can be little doubt about the central role played by William of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1533–1584), in the English-speaking world sometimes better known as William the Silent. His Apology (1580) paved the way for the following Act of Abjuration (1581), declaring the forfeiture of Philip II’s right to rule over the Low Countries. Similar to William’s leadership in the rebellion his and subsequently his sons Maurice’s and Frederick Henry’s, role for the forming of the Dutch nation is uncontested and visible not only in the honorary title pater patriae (‘Father of the Fatherland’) bestowed on William by his compatriots during his lifetime, but also commemorated in the national anthem of the Netherlands, the Wilhelmus , to the present day. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-03-01T06:00:00Z Online beginners and advanced Dutch language courses starting in March http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/short_courses_dutch_march2011 UCL Dutch, as part of the VirtualDutch initiative, a collaboration of UCL and the universities of Sheffield, Cambridge and Nottingham, offers tutor-supported Dutch language courses that are entirely taught over the internet. UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-02-12T01:10:05Z Painless Introduction to Open Educational Resources (8 Feb 2011) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/painless_intro_oer In this workshop in the  Painless Introduction  series,  Simon Mahony  and  Ulrich Tiedau  will discuss the promise, potential and challenges presented by new initiatives in the construction and delivery of open educational resources (OER).  UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-02-08T22:03:33Z Dutch Research Seminar: Football in two Dutch cities 1910–20, 9 Feb 2011 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/research_seminar_football Nicholas Piercey , completing research student in the Department of Dutch, will give a talk about Football in two Dutch Cities, 1910-1920: A personal history of a PhD. Nick’s research aims to provide a representation of the culture surrounding football in the two cities during this time, incorporating studies of the media, concepts of football-morality, town planning, education and sporting development and the individual. He will be presenting some of the main findings of his research and reflecting on the process of researching and writing up a doctoral thesis. All welcome, including students contemplating PhD research. Wednesday 9 February at 4pm in room 111, Foster Court UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-01-26T19:00:00Z Dutch Research Seminar: Translating Political Novels, 26 Jan 2011 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/dutch_news/research_seminar_multatuli Professor Reinier Salverda , Director of the Fryske Akademy, KNAW (Frisian Academy, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science) will speak on Choosing one’s words when translating a political novel. Research Seminar Series, UCL Dutch, 2010/11, term II UCL Dutch Department Ulrich Tiedau 2011-01-21T10:06:43Z