Frits van Oostrom
Frits van Oostrom | |
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Alma mater | University Utrecht |
Awards | (1982) Spinoza Prize (1995) AKO Literature Prize (1996) (1999) (2000) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University Utrecht Harvard University |
Frits van Oostrom (born, May 15, 1953), born in Utrecht, Netherlands, is University Professor for the Humanities at the Utrecht University. In 1999 he was a visiting Professor at Harvard for the Erasmus Chair. From September 2004 to June 2005, he was a fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). He was awarded the Spinozapremie in 1995.[1] In May, 2005 he became President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) for a three-year period. He had been member of the same institution since 1994.[2]
In the later years Van Oostrom was given the task to assemble a Dutch Canon, meaning: what everyone should know of the Netherlands and its history.
References[]
- ^ "NWO Spinoza Prize 1995". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "Frits van Oostrom". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.
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