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9th Biennial Conference in Sheffield

The 9th Biennial Conference has taken place on 3-5 April 2012 at the University of Sheffield. Please visit the conference website for the full programme.

Dutch Crossing

Dutch Crossing is a multi-disciplinary scholarly journal, devoted to all aspects of Low Countries studies, and with effect from 1997 has become the journal of the Association for Low Countries Studies.

Its areas of specialization are Dutch language and literature, history and art history, and the social sciences.

Dutch Crossing has received an honorable mention in the Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement. Read The Low Countries Blog.

About Dutch Crossing

Grants and Prizes

One of the core activities of the ALCS is to encourage research.

The ALCS awards research grants for which all ALCS members are welcome to apply, and it awards prizes for the best essays written by undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Student Days

Student days are organised every other year for the benefit of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The last Student Days took place at UCL on 10 and 11 November 2010. The next Student Days will take place in Nottingham, 2013.

About us

What are Low Countries studies? What does the ALCS want? What does the ALCS do? How does the ALCS fund its activities? How can I become a member?

Membership

Become a member and subscribe to Dutch Crossing by going to the ALCS Membership page. You can pay online.

Become a member or renew your membership

Conferences

In order to promote the scholarly study of the language, culture, history and society of the Low Countries, the ALCS organises biennial and international conferences.

The 8th Biennial Conference was held from 6 to 7 January 2010 at University College Dublin.

The next Biennial Conference will take place around Easter 2012 in Sheffield.