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This course will provide students with a broad introduction to Dutch or Neerlandophone Studies. Students will become familiar with the various locations where Dutch is used either as an official language, or for historical and heritage reasons, and the linguistic, historical and cultural exchanges associated with the diaspora of the language. The course will be devoted to different disciplinary aspects to Dutch Studies - such as history; literature; art; linguistics; film, cultural and translation studies. For each, key periods and topics will be highlighted, while critically engaging with the concept of a (national) canon, challenging dominant narratives in their respective disciplines, and discussing alternatives.

Students will also gain a working knowledge of standard works of reference, collections and databases to conduct independent research.

Students will acquire a thorough foundation in Dutch Studies, preparing them for more advanced exploration in Term 2 and subsequent years. Students from all departments are welcome to join this module. Knowledge of Dutch is not a requirement.

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Provisional bibliography:

Besamusca, Emmeline, Verheul, Jaap (eds) (2014). Discovering the Dutch. Amsterdam: AUP.

Fenoulhet, Jane, Gilbert, Lesley (eds) (2016). Narratives of Low Countries History and Culture: Reframing the Past. London: ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûPress.

Smakman, Dick (2006). Standard Dutch in the Netherlands. Utrecht: LOT.

Willemijn's, Roland (2013). Dutch, Biography of a Language. Oxford: OUP.

Segers, Mathieu, and Andy Brown (2020). The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Sniderman, Paul M., and Louk Hagendoorn (2007). When Ways of Life Collide: Multiculturalism and Its Discontents in the Netherlands. Princeton University Press.Ìý

Hermans, Theo (ed) (2009).Ìý A Literary History of the Low Countries. Rochester: Boydell & Brewer.

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