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Dr. Herman De Vries

Professor, Dutch and German | Frederik Meijer Chair in Dutch Language and Culture

Education

  • BA Calvin College 1988 (German)
  • MA University of Cincinnati 1990 (German)
  • PhD University of Cincinnati 1996 (Germanic Languages and Literatures)
    • (Dissertation: Nicolaus Selnecker's Psalter Commentary (1565): A Documentary Study on Psalm Versification)

Academic Interests

  • Early-modern German literature
  • German Enlightenment
  • Current trends in the Dutch language

Professional Services

Books, journals, and newsletters edited

  • EUROTECH Newsletter (UConn) vols. 1 (1996) & 2 (1997) 16 pp.
  • Assistant Editor, Focus on Literatur: a journal for German-language literature 2.1 (1995) 124 pp.
  • Assistant Editor, Focus on Literatur 1.2 (1994) 122 pp.
  • Editor, Focus on Literatur 1.1 (1994) 110 pp.
  • Editorial assistant, Lessing Yearbook 25 (1993) 306 pp.

Professional Associations

  • Professor De Vries teaches Dutch, German, and German literature Romanticism, 18th-20th century.
  • President of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies (AANS) 2021-present