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