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Student during theatre production: postcards form Oostende

Postcards from Oostende

Second year students in Dutch Studies put together a bilingual theatre performance set in the Belgian seaside town. 'Postcards from Oostende' offered a snapshot of six British students taking a Dutch language course on the Flemish coast.

26 July 2019
Student winner of Dutch Embassy Prize 2019

Let's celebrate success

This is the time of year to celebrate hard work and great achievements. Let's talk prizes.

19 July 2019
Students with books in library

Go browsing

Our University Library has an extensive collection of Dutch and Flemish books, but how do you find the right one for the right topic? Our finalists Jade Metalfe and Matthew Prestage go browsing.

14 July 2019
University logo in stone.

"What shall I call you?" Address researchers come to Sheffield

From 5 to 7 June 2019 the University is hosting the fifth such conference of the International Network of Address Research (INAR), an informal network of scholars researching and writing about address in the world’s languages. Prof. Roel Vismans, an expert in the field of Dutch address forms, is one of the conference organisers.

4 June 2019
Student visit British Library

Successful SURE Application Megan Strutt: Suriname (re)Collections

Megan Strutt, BA German with Dutch, was awarded a SURE Network Project scheme grant for her Dutch research project SURINAME, (RE)COLLECTIONS.

5 May 2019
Exterior of Jessop West.

Activism Now and Then: Climate, Protest and May 68

Extinction Rebellion, Yellow Vests, school children on strike: we live in a time of protest and activism. Environmental issues in particular prompt diverse groups into political action. Is the current activist activity similar or different from the protest movements of the 1960s?

2 May 2019
Postcards from Oostende

Theatre: Postcards from Oostende

In Postcards from Oostende, six British language students gather in what the advertising brochures like to call ‘the ‘Queen of Beach Resorts’….

23 March 2019
presentation Don't mention the i-word

Don't Mention the I-word

Dutch at Sheffield reaches beyond the institution, the city and beyond Yorkshire. We are proud to announce our London Literary Evening: 'Don't mention the I-word".

5 March 2019
Nina's Garden.

Rozsypne. The (Virtual) Reality of a Forgotten War

Rozsypne is a village in a war zone. Since 2014 the villagers are caught up in a violent conflict between the Ukrainian government and a separatist movement backed by Russia. 2019 marks the 5th anniversary of this largely forgotten war. It is also the place where Flight MH17 on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down. The eyes of the world found Rozsypne as the backdrop of an aviation disaster.

12 February 2019
group of students with a pick Dutch poster

In praise of our Erasmus Language Coaches

The contribution of our Erasmus languages coaches to the everyday running and the positive atmosphere of the Dutch Section cannot be overstated.

12 December 2018