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8th Biennial Conference Programme
23 September 2009 The 8 th ALCS Biennial Conference addresses issues in the effective mediation of linguistic, literary, artistic and scientific cultural assets from the Dutch language area, past and present. Read more...

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.

Newsletter

A final edition of the ALCS Newsletter will come out in the course of 2009.

The last issue of the Newsletter is volume 7, number 1, September 2007.

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 Day was held in February 2008 at the University of Nottingham.

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 2009

You can now renew your membership to ALCS and your subscription to Dutch Crossing.

To renew your membership to ALCS and your subscription to Dutch Crossing go to the ALCS Membership page.

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 will be held from 6 to 7 January 2010 at University College Dublin.

Databases

The ALCS gathers information on the provision of Low Countries studies in higher education insitutions in Great Britain and Ireland.

We also hold a database of our members' specialisations and areas of interest particular to Low Countries Studies.

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  • New Books Published by Holland Park Press
    1 November 2009 | Publication: Holland Park Press, a new Anglo Dutch publishing company, has just published a translation of Eline Vere and literature about the Bosnian conflict.
  • 8th Biennial Conference Programme
    23 September 2009 | ALCS: The 8 th ALCS Biennial Conference addresses issues in the effective mediation of linguistic, literary, artistic and scientific cultural assets from the Dutch language area, past and present.
  • A Germanic Sandwich 2010
    22 September 2009 | Call for Papers: A Germanic Sandwich 2010 will be the third in a series of conferences in which Dutch is compared with its closest Germanic neighbours, English and German.
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