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Dutch is Beautiful: Fifty Years of Dutch and Flemish Studies at the University of Michigan
Ton Broos, Annemarie Toebosch and Karla Vandersypen
Open Access
"Dutch is Beautiful" tells the story of the fifty years of Dutch and Flemish Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. It is an account of the efforts to promote Dutch and Flemish culture and language, as well as a description of how the teaching of Dutch language, literature, history and culture can be a tool to look at a world of diverse identities. It also offers a comprehensive overview of the beginnings of a successful program that included Dutch writers-in-residence, visiting Netherlands professors, cultural and educational events, arts, music, films, conferences and publications. Several alumni of the program look back at their college years with appreciation. Articles and essays on history, Anne Frank, and conversations on colonialism discuss critical and educational views on Dutch and Flemish Studies in past, present and future, when diversity, equity and inclusion are important goals and objectives, and public scholarship and academic activism will be a larger part of the curriculum. This book will inform, entertain, stimulate and impress everyone who is interested in the culture of the Low Countries. The title says it all!
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Published: 2019
Publisher: Maize Books
- 978-1-60785-585-9 (open access)
- 978-1-60785-517-0 (paperback)
- 978-1-60785-518-7 (ebook)