ANNOUNCES:
CALL FOR PAPERS
18th Biennial International Conference on Netherlandic Studies
Conference Theme: Imagining the Low Lands
June 3-4, 2016 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Featuring:
Keynote speaker: Ton Broos
Carillon speaker: D.M. (Diederik) Oostdijk
Carillonneurs: Tiffany Ng and Sipkje Pesnichak
Workshop for Dutch Language Instructors: Peter Schoenaerts
Conference Date & Location
June 3-4 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Conference Theme
This conference focuses on images of Netherlandic culture, with image is broadly defined as any representation of the culture through language, literature, art or creative expression. Special encouragement is given to paper proposals in the following areas:
Topics of general sessions might include: History: Early-Modern, 19th– & 20th-Century Literature, 16th-Century Art & Literature, Colonialism, Early-Modern Literature, 20th-Century History, Early-Modern Art History, 17th-Century Art, Afrikaans, Linguistics, 20th-Century Film, 19th– & 20th-Century Literature, and Local Dutch-American History.
You are invited to submit an abstract of a paper from your own field, as seen through the prism of the conference theme, Imagining the Low Lands. Paper proposals on other topics or themes are also most welcome – an ICNS tradition. Select papers may be included in a conference publication to follow. Graduate students are especially encouraged to participate.
Please submit abstracts of 250 words, (accompanied by curriculum vitae) to toebosch@umich.edu with “ICNS Abstract” in the subject line by December 15, 2015. Acceptance notification will be given by February 1, 2016.
Registration
Information pertaining to registration, lodgings and other logistics will be available in January 2016.
AANS membership is required in order to attend the conference (the fees are $90 for standard membership, which includes electronic Dutch Crossings subscription; $50.00 for full-time graduate students; $50.00 for emeriti/retired).
Conference Coordinator:
Dr. Annemarie Toebosch, Senior Lecturer in Dutch, Dutch and Flemish Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.