Douwe Fokkema#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 190 |
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| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
Douwe Fokkema passed away August 23, 2011.
Positions Held
- 1995 - 1996 Chair of the Board of the Netherlands Graduate School for Literary Studies
- 1990 - 2004 Chair of the research program 'Dutch Culture in a European Context' of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
- 1987 - 1994 Director of the Research Institute for History and Culture, Utrecht University
- 1981 - 1996 Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature, Utrecht University
- 1971 - 1981 Associate Professor, Utrecht University
- 1965 PhD, Leiden University
Fields of Scholarship
- General cultural studies
- Modern Chinese literature and culture
- General literary studies and literary history
- Creative writing
Honours and Awards
- 2001 Sarton medal, University of Ghent, Belgium
- Honorary Professor at Sichuan University, Chengdu (1998), Yunnan University, Kunming 2003; Shenzhen University 2005; Shandong University, Jinan 2000; Beijing Normal University 2001
- 1995 Honorary Doctor's degree, the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, 1995
- 1989 Member of the Academia Europaea
- Royal honors: Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau, 1968, Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau, 2006
