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post to announce two events with Raoul de Jong and Ida Does. on 5 May la Biblioteka 6pm and 6 may 4pm Diamond Lt8

Voices that Still Speak: Redefining Postcolonial Narratives

Our research project 'Beyond the National Narrative' is reaching its grand finale, and Sheffield is set to host two pivotal events on 5 and 6 May, 2026. Please join us for 'Voices that Still Speak' with Raoul de Jong and Ida Does.

Dr Truus De Wilde standing in front of a screen clearly talking to a group. The slide reads: generalist approach
Dr Truus De Wilde (Freie Universitaet Berlin)

Focus on Linguistics with Visiting Scholar Dr Truus De Wilde

Dr Truus De Wilde (Freie Universität Berlin), a sociolinguist and expert in language variation, language ideology, and language attitudes, delivered specialist sessions and a public reading as part of our Focus on Linguistics week in Dutch Studies.

Group of about 12 students smiling and the translator
Translators of the project with literary translator Shimanto Reza

Students publish translation of award-winning author Safae el Khannoussi

In December 2025 students of Dutch translated a text by visiting author Safae el Khannoussi. Mentored by professional translator Shimanto Reza, they discovered that literary translation is as much an art of interpretation as it is of language.
three young women posing for the camera in a shopping street in Groningen

Year Abroad in the Netherlands: The World became my Oyster!

Hoi iedereen! I’m Lily, and I have just finished the first half of my Year Abroad in the city of Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. Groningen is one of the best cities ever… not that I’m biased at all ;)
Bikes in the Netherlands.

Anglo-Netherlands Society Essay Prize 2018

Since 2012, the Anglo-Netherlands Society (ANS) organises an annual prize for the best essay written by a Second Year student of Dutch at a UK university. This year, the ANS panel of independent readers awarded the first prize to Megan Bracewell for

A group of students in Jessop West.

Dutch at Sheffield: Looking Back on Semester Two

Look back on all of the top news from semester two in the Dutch department.

Group Translation.

Digging or Graves?

In November 2017 author Maarten van der Graaff visited the UK as the Dutch Language Union Writer in Residence. His tour included London, Nottingham and Sheffield where he worked with 4th Year students of Dutch on the English translation of his citybooks.eu text ‘DOLOR: Official Punk in Karlsruhe’. Professional translator Laura Watkinson was on hand to offer expert advice.

A city in Holland.

Third Year Abroad: 'My languages have really taken off"

Aisling Redmond (BA French with Dutch) looks back on her Third Year abroad in the Netherlands.
Netherlands Embassy, London from Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication

Networking Opportunites from Studying Dutch

During a hot week in June 2017, recent graduate Lucy Mitchell spent a week working at the Dutch Embassy in London. This is how she describes her experience.