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The American Association for Netherlandic Studies (AANS) announces CALL FOR PAPERS

15th Biennial Inter-disciplinary Conference for Netherlandic Studies (ICNS)

“CROSSING BOUNDARIES AND TRANSFORMING IDENTITIES: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN NETHERLANDIC STUDIES”

June 17-19, 2010 at UCLA

Featuring:

• Keynote speaker, the Netherlands: Dr. Inger Leemans, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen (history)
• Keynote speaker, Belgium: Dr. Dirk Geeraerts, University of Leuven (linguistics)
• Dutch Language Workshop for Instructors: Dr. Alice van Kalsbeek, Universiteit van Amsterdam

CONFERENCE DATE AND LOCATION:

• June 17-19, 2010 at the University of California, Los Angeles (Royce Hall)
• Deadline for 250-word proposals: Jan. 15, 2010

CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP:

• Nederlandse Taalunie, Den Haag, The Netherlands
• The Netherland-America Foundation, Inc., New York
• Consulate General of Belgium, Los Angeles, the Honorable Geert Criel
• UCLA International Institute