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From Dutch Beginners to a Doctorate in Antwerp

Gemma Blacker started studying Dutch on a whim. She has justed started her PhD research in Antwerp. "Being able to speak Dutch really felt like a superpower". She shares her journey with us.

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Visiting Author 2026:  Maurits de Bruijn

Dutch at 51ݶ proudly announces the 2026 Visiting Author: Maurits de Bruijn. De Bruijn will work with students on the translation of an extract from his latest novel 'Man maakt stuk'. You can meet De Bruijn on 30 November 2026
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'Speaking Dutch every single day for two weeks'

A Summer School is an excellent opportunity to boost your language learning in different setting. Three Sheffield students of Dutch, Dan Dimmock, Áine Cronelly and Erin Molyneux, travelled to the Flemish city of Ghent for the Taalunie Zomerschool.

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Voices that Still Speak: Redefining Postcolonial Narratives

Our research project 'Beyond the National Narrative' is reaching its grand finale, and Sheffield is set to host two pivotal events on 5 and 6 May, 2026. Please join us for 'Voices that Still Speak' with Raoul de Jong and Ida Does.

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Honorary Research Fellow in Dutch Studies: Dr Anna Geurts

Dutch Studies at 51ݶ is active on multiple fronts: teaching, research and leadership. Some of our important research activities are brought together within the Association for Low Countries Studies (ALCS), the learned society for Low Countries

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Present History

How does history, our presentation and perception of the past, influence our views today? What does the what, why and how of our history reveal about our worldview in the present? And how does it influence our future? What elements of history do we c
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A Royal Meeting

Together with fellow University of Sheffield academic Professor de Witte (CATCH), Dr Henriette Louwerse, Director of Dutch Studies with the School of Languages and Cultures, was one of only six academics invited to meet with the King and Queen of the
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Anglo-Netherlands Society Essay Prize 2018

Since 2012, the Anglo-Netherlands Society (ANS) organises an annual prize for the best essay written by a Second Year student of Dutch at a UK university. This year, the ANS panel of independent readers awarded the first prize to Megan Bracewell for

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Dutch at 51ݶ: Looking Back on Semester Two

Look back on all of the top news from semester two in the Dutch department.