the program

Canadian Association for the Advancement of Netherlandic Studies (CAANS)
Association canadienne pour l’avancement des études néerlandaises (ACAEN)
Annual meeting / Colloque annuel
University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa
30-31 May, 2015 / 30 - 31 mai 2015
Program / Programme
Saturday, 30 May, 2015 / Samedi, 30 mai 2015
Room / Salle Desmarais DMS 10161
9: 00 – 9:30: Opening remarks / Ouverture du colloque
9:30 – 10:30: Literary excursions / Excursions littéraires
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Julio Monteiro (University of Brasília): Surinamese Literature Today: an Overview
Ton Broos (University of Michigan): Dutch Uncle Hermanus van den Burg and his 18th Century
Moral Maxims
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee break / Pause café
11:00 – 11:30: Historical perspectives / Points de vue historiques
 Robert Tiegs (Louisiana State University): Repairing the Damage: the Political Fallout of
Military Inundations during the Dutch Revolt
11:30 – 13:00: Lunch
13:00 – 14:00: Contemporary art / Oeuvres contemporaires
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John O. Buffinga (Memorial University): Alex van Warmerdam’s Borgman (2013) as a Study of
Visual Contrasts
Michiel Horn (York University): Maarten ‘t Hart’s Het psalmenoproer
14:00 – 14:30: Coffee break / Pause café
14:30 – 15:00: Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies / Revue canadienne d’études
néerlandaises
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Inge Genee (University of Lethbridge): “We delight in incongruities”: Some Thoughts on the
Past, Present and Future of our Journal
15:00 – 16:00: Meeting of the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies / Réunion
du comité de lecture de la Revue canadienne d’études néerlandaises
18:00: Conference dinner / Dîner de la conférence
Empire Grill (47 Clarence St.)
http://www.empireottawa.com/
(613) 241 1343
Sunday, 31 May, 2015 / Dimanche, 31 mai 2015
Room / Salle Desmarais DMS 10161
9:30 – 10:00: Coffee / Café
10:00 – 11:30: Keynote Speaker / Conférencier invité
Geert van Istendael: De Nederlandse taal: vooral niet opruimen
11:30 – 12:30 : Lunch
12:30 – 14:00: Minorities in the Netherlands / Les minorités aux Pays-Bas
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Cory Collins (Memorial University): The Immigration and Integration Divide on the Dutch Left
Linda Feldman (University of Windsor): From Apostate to Heretic: The Enlightenment of Ayaan
Hirsi Ali
Mary Eggermont-Molenaar: Cleveringa in Canada
14:00 – 14:30:
Concluding remarks / Clôture du colloque
Coffee break / Pause café
14:30 – 15:30: Annual meeting of CAANS / Réunion annuelle de l’ACAEN