Professor Paul Werth and Text World Theory – drs. L. E. Kemp
Paul Werth (1942–1995) was Professor of English Linguistics from 1986 until his death. Of his many contributions to linguistics, one of his …
Embodying phonetics: The Story of Arthur the Rat – Dr. L. van Buuren
The university teacher of English phonetics should lay out all the vocal patterns learned by one representative speaker of English and teach …
Women and the English Novel: from Burney to Eliot , and from Chopin to Winterson.
From the early eighties until the end of the last century, this course was offered to ‘doctoraal’ students, on alternate years, by …
Professor Olga Fischer Continues the Tradition
Professor Olga Fischer (b. 1951) was appointed Professor of Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam in 1999. She studied English in Amsterdam …
Dr. Bouwe Postmus Returns to the University
Several former English Department students have found their way back to the university over the years. One is Bouwe Postmus (b. 1945). …
The Harting Programme Scholarship
Pieter Harting (1892-1970) was professor of English Language and Literature from 1937 to 1962. The Harting Programme is part of his …