Symposium

Art of Translation, a one-day event organized by the Literary
Translation working group at Berkeley and featuring language and
literature specialists from various UCB departments and beyond
academia in conversation on the art of translation.
Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Location: UCB Faculty Club, Heyns Room
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

News

Friday, April 25th
Lecture on the UCB Campus, organized by the Dutch Studies Program in
cooperation with the Center for African Studies.
Room: Wheeler 210
Time: 2-5pm
Title: "The Rebels' Hour - A Post-Colonial Encounter with Congo."
Abstract: Belgian writer Lieve Joris is considered one of the most prominent
contemporary travel writers in the tradition of Ryszard Kapuscinski or
V.S. Naipaul. In her lecture, Lieve Joris will focus on contemporary Congo
on the basis of three of her works: 'Back to the Congo' (1987) about the
journey to the country where her great-uncle had been a missionary, 'Dance
of the Leopard' (2001), about the rise to power of former rebel leader
Kabila and 'The Rebels' Hour' (2006), the story of Assani, a young cowherd
who becomes a fearsome rebel leader.

Films:

You are invited to the Dutch Studies Film Program at UC Berkeley.
The following films will be shown:

March 7, Dwinelle 205 (6.00-8.50pm): Film "Max Havelaar" (1976), directed
by Fons Rademakers, based on the novel of Multatuli, Dutch and Bahasa
spoken with English subtitles.

March 31, Dwinelle 205 (6.00-8.25pm): Film "The Spiral Road", directed by
Robert Mulligan, based on the novel by Jan de Hartog, English spoken.

May 2, Dwinelle 205 (6.00-7.45pm): Film "Oeroeg", directed by Hans
Hylkema, based on the novel by Hella Haasse, Dutch and Bahasa spoken, with
English subtitles.

LECTURES:

The Netherland-America Foundation and Dutch Studies at UC Berkeley
Present:

How to Read a Rembrandt by Amy Golahny

Friday April 11th
2-4 PM
Location: 51 Hildebrand, UCB Campus, Berkeley

:How to Read a Rembrandt:
Amy Golahny's presentation will focus on the ways in which Rembrandt may
have intended his paintings to be understood, that is, "read", by the
viewer, for a layered meaning. In his mythologies, Old and New Testament
subjects, and histories, Rembrandt often depended on several literary and
visual sources. These sources are a mix of the well known and uncommon,
and
reveal how Rembrandt invented his imagery.

Amy Golahny is an expert on Rembrandt, and has also published on
Rembrandt's associates Pieter Lastman and Jan Lievens. Her recent publications include
Rembrandt's Reading (Amsterdam 2003), a collection of essays on Dutch art
in memory of John Michael Montias (2006, with Mia Mochizuki and Lisa
Vergara), a special issue of the journal Dutch Crossing on Rembrandt Reception
(2001), and the recent issue of Oud Holland in homage to Julius S. Held (2007).
She is professor of art history at Lycoming College, and earned her doctorate
from Columbia University. Her scholarly research has been funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities, the CASVA (National Gallery of Art),
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Her publications have been funded
by the Prins Bernhard Cultuural Fonds and Historians of Netherlandish Art
Grant.

"Omega Minor": Lecture by Paul Verhaeghen

12/7/2007
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

205 Dwinelle Hall

"Omega Minor". Lecture by Paul Verhaeghen, Flemish author and professor of cognitive psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. This lecture is a cooperation between the Dutch Studies Program and the Foundation of Flemish Literature (VFL). Paul Verhaeghen will present the English translation (Dalkey Archive Press) of his successful novel "Omega Minor" (2004), winner of the Borderwijk Award for Prose and the Triennial Culture Award for Prose from the Flemish Government. In his lecture, he will focus on the holocaust.

For more information: http://books.dalkeyarchive.com/book/each_book/392