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Our Erasmus Languages Coaches
The Dutch Section at Sheffield receives many Dutch and Belgian students from our Erasmus partner universities: from Groningen, Utrecht, Nijmegen in the Netherlands to Gent and KU-Leuven (campus Brussels) in Belgium. Here is why we love them.
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Hidden Cats: Final Year Dutch students read Bart Moeyaert
Involving literary texts, including poetry, is a deliberate strategy of our Dutch language tutors. At Sheffield we believe that Dutch language should always be studied in its cultural context. It makes language study more relevant, more real and above all, more fun.
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Anna Geurts Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Anna Geurts has been appointed as a Honorary Research Felklow in Dutch Studies at the School of Languages and Cultures.
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Guest Author Johan Fretz
Dutch author and comedian Johan Fretz visited Sheffield to present his latest novel 'Onder de Paramariboom'. He worked with Sheffield students of Dutch on a translation of the first two chapters.
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Invitation for A Royal Meeting
It is not every day that you receive a royal invitation. Yet that is exaclty what happened to Dr. Henriette Louwerse in Ocotber 2018
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ANS Essay Prize 2018
The 2018 edition of the Anglo-Netherlands Society (ANS) Essay Prize saw not one, but two Second Year students walking away with a handsome cheque: Megan Bracewell and Hannah Walker.
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Dutch at Sheffield: Looking Back on Semester Two
Reaching the end of another successful semester in Dutch Studies at Sheffield it is time for a quick look back. On fresh blood, language assistants and end of year drinks.
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Sheffield Students publish their literary translation
The citybooks.eu Translation Project is becoming an annual event in the world of Dutch Studies in the UK. Students from the University of Sheffield, Nottingham and UCL translate a new literary text for the European digital literature project citybooks.eu. For the 8th edition we enlisted the expertise of literary translator Laura Watkinson and, of course, our Writer in Residence and author of the text, Maarten van der Graaff.
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Year Abroad: 'My languages have really taken off'
A Third Year Abroad is a big thing in many respects. As she is about to return to the UK, Aisling Redmond (BA French with Dutch) looks back on her year in the Netherlands.
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Internship at Netherlands Embassy
Two of our recent graduates, Lucy Mitchell and Cian Hurley, are spending a week at the Netherlands Embassy in London to get a taste of working in diplomatic circles.
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ANS Essay Prize 2017
This year's Anglo-Netherlands Society (ANS) Essay Prize was awarded to Jodie May for her essay 'How the Dutch Language Became Standardized'.
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Sheffield Students translate (with) Carmien Michels
Author, poet and European Champion Slam Poetry visited Sheffield in March 2017 to offer work shops in Slam poetry, to perform her own work but, above all, to work with our students on an English translation of a fresh literary text: 'Not long now'.