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Subject:        [ANZMapS] Reading Dutch for Historical Research
Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:08:41 +0000
From:   Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>




Call for Applications

Reading Dutch for Historical Research

An intensive residential course at South Durras, 18 June to 5 July 2012

Applications are invited for a limited number of places in an intensive
residential course ‘Reading Dutch for Historical Research’, to be held
at South Durras (near Batemans Bay), NSW, from Monday 18 June to
Thursday 5 July 2012.

The course is intended for those needing a working knowledge of written
Dutch for professional purposes, including the study of Asian history.

The course is open to academics, professionals and current and intending
postgraduate students.

Participants in the course will receive instruction in reading Dutch
historical texts, especially from the period 1850-1950. There will be
some attention to correct pronunciation, but no formal teaching of
conversational Dutch. Completing participants should be able to read
complex academic and bureaucratic Dutch texts with the aid of a dictionary.

No prior knowledge of Dutch will be assumed, but it is expected that
most participants will have had prior experience in learning another
language and will be familiar with the need for private study to
supplement classroom work.

The instructor for the course will be Dr Bruce Donaldson, formerly of
the University of Melbourne, author of the standard text Colloquial Dutch.

Funding for the course will be provided by the Australia-Netherlands
Research Collaboration http://www.aust-neth.net/, enabling the cost of
participation to be set at *$500 ($200 for students).*

The course fee WILL cover:

instruction

accommodation for 17 nights at South Durras

breakfasts and most lunches

some materials

transfer to & from Canberra at the beginning & end of the course (some
participants may prefer to drive their own car to South Durras)

The course fee will NOT cover:

travel to Canberra

evening meals

personal expenditure, including travel insurance and 8 excursions

The running of the course and the proposed fees depend on sufficient
interest.

To apply for a place in the course, please email your name, contact
details, enrolment or employment status, and a brief statement of your
reasons for wishing to undertake the course to:

Ms Helen McMartin, [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Administrator of the Australia-Netherlands Research Collaboration

Deadline: 31 January 2012

Places in the course will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis

We hope to be able to make a firm offer of places in early February 2012



http://www.aust-neth.net/_documents/Dutch_course_Call_for_Applications.pdf