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About Dutch Studies
DUTCH STUDIES AT UCLA is the largest program in the U.S that lays emphasis on both history and literature. Focused on
the Netherlands and its global context, we teach courses on Dutch and Indonesian history, art, literature, and language
and literature. We even branch out into Belgian history and Afrikaans.
Our distinguished faculty include such renowned professors as Margaret
C. Jacob, Robert Kirsner, David Kunzle, Debora Silverman, Geoffrey
Robinson, Sanjay Subrahmanyam and, for the next few years, Wijnand
Mijnhardt, from the University of Utrecht.
UCLA has a scholarly exchange with the University of Utrecht. Each year faculty from both institutions visit for a
quarter, and graduate students can move freely between the two campuses. In addition, Utrecht offers intensive language
instruction each summer to UCLA graduate students — a remarkable donation of resources. Wijnand Mijnhardt directs the
program from the Utrecht side.
Areas of Study
SEMINARS ARE OFFERED in a wide range of topics: the Dutch Republic
in the 17th and 18th centuries; its contribution to the Radical
Enlightenment; Vincent van Gogh and James Ensor; Dutch engravings
of the early modern period; Dutch imperialism, modern and early
modern; the Belgian response to its African colonies; southeast
Asia as seen by itself and by European trading companies; Indonesia
after independence; and of course Dutch language instruction, Dutch
literature (both in translation and in the original), and Dutch
linguistics. Dutch poets and writers visit, and each year at the
endowed Van Tilburg Lecture the University of Utrecht faculty provide
lectures on a wide range of topics: immigration and the question
of Dutch identity, Rembrandt, and 20th century poetry, to name but
the first three of the annual lectures held on the third Thursday
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