AANS Conferences
16th Biennial International Conference on Netherlandic Studies (ICNS)
Conference Theme: Artistic Responses to Watershed Eras
June 7-9, 2012 at Calvin College
Featuring:
Keynote speaker, the Netherlands: Rudolf Dekker
Keynote speaker, Belgium: Till-Holger Borchert
Workshop for Dutch Language Instructors: Alice van Kalsbeek
Early Modern Dutch Handwriting and Archival Research Workshop: Jesse Sadler, Paul Sellin, and Christine Sellin
Conference Date & Location
June 7-9, 2012 at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan (Prince Conference Center)
Conference Theme
Culture critics largely agree that the death of Harry Mulisch (2010) has closed the chapter of a literary era largely dominated by the World War II generation. Taking inspiration from this notion of epochal shifts, this conference aims to explore the ways that art and history respond to such turning points of human culture. Conference participants are invited to address, in specific ways, the overarching question of how Netherlandic (or Afrikaner) visual, linguistic, and/or literary culture have responded to major moments of transition.
Registration
Registration begins February 1, 2012. Logistics/hotel information will be available at www.calvin.edu/scs by January 15, 2012. Cost for the conference will be $135 for general registration and $100 for student registration.
AANS membership is required in order to attend the conference (the fees are $40 for standard membership; $25.00 for full-time graduate students; $25.00 for emeriti/retired).
Conference Coordinators:
Herman De Vries, Professor of Germanic Languages, Calvin College
Henry Luttikhuizen, Professor of Art, Calvin College
This conference has received funding through a generous grant from the Netherland-America Foundation and the Nederlanse Taalunie