Frits van Oostrom#
Photo: Peter Boer
| Membership Number: | 2397 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2006 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.fritsvanoostrom.nl |
Present and Previous Positions
- Chairman national Regieorgaan Humanities (2009-…)
- President Royal Dutch Academy of Science (2005- 2008)
- Chairman Committee Development Dutch Canon (Sept. 2005- July 2007)
- University professor, Utrecht (2002-…)
- Dean and vice-dean Faculty of Arts, Leiden (1998-2000)
- Visiting Professor Erasmus chair Harvard University (1999)
- Professor Dutch literature up until the Romantic Movement, Leiden (1982-2001)
- Study Dutch Literature (1971-1976, cum laude) en promotion (1981, cum laude), Utrecht
Fields of Scholarship
- history of Dutch literature from the beginning to 1300
- history of Dutch medieval literature from 1300 to 1400
- sequel to Stemmen op schrift
Honours and Awards
- Prince Bernhard Fund Award for research (1982)
- Wijnaendts Francken award for cultural history (1988)
- Spinoza award NWO (1995)
- AKO-literature award 1996 for Maerlants wereld
