On​ ​Friday,​ ​June​ ​5,​ ​and​ ​Saturday,​ ​June​ ​6,​ ​2020,​ ​the​ ​biennial​ ​Interdisciplinary​ ​Conference​ ​for​ ​Netherlandic Studies​ ​will​ ​take​ ​place​ ​in​ ​Berkeley,​ ​California.​

The conference​ ​focuses on the wide scope of Dutch Studies, across all fields (art, history, literature, linguistics, etc.) and across the globe. ​You are invited to submit paper proposals in the following areas:

• Dutch literature and its international circulation;
• Dutch/Flemish art;
• Dutch linguistics;
• (Art) History of the Low Countries and colonial regions.

Topics​ ​of​ ​general​ ​sessions​ ​might​ ​include:​ ​History:​ ​Early-Modern,​ ​19^th​-​ ​&​ ​20​^th​-Century​ ​Literature, 16​^th​-Century​ ​Art​ ​&​ ​Literature,​ ​Colonialism,​ ​Early-Modern​ ​Literature,​ ​20​^th-Century​ ​History,​ ​Early-Modern Art​ ​History,​ ​17^th-Century​ ​Art,​ ​Afrikaans,​ ​Linguistics,​ ​20​^th-Century​ ​Film,​ ​19​^th​-​ ​&​ ​20​^th-Century​ ​Literature, and​ ​Local​ ​Dutch-American​ ​History.

Select​ ​papers​ ​may​ ​be​ ​included​ ​in​ ​a​ ​conference​ ​publication​ ​to​ ​follow. Graduate​ ​students​ ​are​ ​especially​ ​encouraged​ ​to​ ​participate.​ ​​Four​ ​travel​ ​grants​ ​of​ ​€500​ ​each​ ​will​ ​be awarded​ ​to​ ​graduate​ ​students​ ​who​ ​present​ ​a​ ​paper.

Featuring

Keynote​ ​speaker:​ ​​Jan de Vries, Professor of Late Modern Europe at the UC Berkeley Department of History. We honor Professor De Vries for his groundbreaking scholarship in Dutch history and lifelong support to Dutch Studies. Introduction: Em. Queen Beatrix Professor Johan Snapper.

Workshop​ ​for​ ​Dutch​ ​Language​ ​Instructors (by invitation only) on Thursday June 4, 2020 at 10am: “Teaching Language & Culture with Film in a Multiliteracies Framework” by Mark Kaiser, Associate Director of the Berkeley Language Center.

Workshop Early​ ​Modern​ ​Dutch​ ​Handwriting​ ​and​ ​Archival​ ​Research​ (open to all) ​on Thursday June 4, 2020 at 3pm by​ ​​Jesse​ ​Sadler.

Campus Tours with highlights of the Berkeley campus, including a Library Tour by Steve Mendoza, Selector, Curatorial Assistant & Reference Specialist for the Dutch collection.

Conference Date & Location

June​ ​5 & 6, 2020,​ ​at​ ​the University of California, Berkeley (opening reception & registration June 4 at 5pm).

Submission and Registration

For​ ​consideration,​ ​please​ ​submit​ ​an abstract of​ ​250​ ​words and a one page bio​ ​to eham@indiana.edu​ ​with​ ​“ICNS​ ​Abstract”​ ​in​ ​the​ ​subject​ ​line​ ​by​ ​November​ ​1,​ ​2019.​ Late submissions are allowed until December 1, 2019. ​Acceptance notifications​ ​will​ ​be​ ​given​ ​by​ ​December​ ​15,​ ​2019.

Registration​ ​begins​ ​on​ ​1​ ​January 2020.

Logistics/hotel​ ​information​ ​will​ ​be​ ​available​ ​at​ ​the​ ​AANS​ ​website​ ​by​ ​October,​ ​2019.​ ​Cost​ ​for​ ​the​ ​conference​ ​will​ ​be​ ​$150 ​for​ ​general​ ​registration​ ,​ ​$75 for​ ​student​ ​registration, and $100 for emeriti/retired. AANS​ membership​ is​ required​ in​ order​ to​ attend​ the​ conference.

​The AANS membership fees​ are $90 for​ standard membership, which includes a Dutch Crossings​ subscription, $50 for full-time graduate students, and $50 for emeriti/retired.

Conference​ ​Coordinators: Jeroen Dewulf,​ ​Queen Beatrix Professor in Dutch Studies,​ ​Thomas Shannon, Professor of Germanic Linguistics and Dutch Studies, and Esmée van der Hoeven, Lecturer of Dutch, at the Department of German & Dutch Studies of the University of California, Berkeley.