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Ton Broos, Director, Dutch and Flemish Studies
(Doctor of Letters, Amsterdam-Nijmegen)
Office: 3418 MLB
Tel: 734-764-5370
Email: tonbroos@umich.edu
Dr. Broos has published extensively on Dutch literature with emphasis on the 18th century and literature's connection with art history. He teaches Dutch language and literature on all levels, plus other special courses such as: "Anne Frank in Past and Present." He has served on the board of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies and the selection committee for the Dutch Summer Course in The Netherlands, and he is a national examiner of Dutch for the National Association of Self-Instructional Language programs. He is editor of the series Occasional Papers in Dutch and Flemish Studies at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His own recent publications include entries in:
- Dutch Art from 1415 to 1990: an Encyclopedia
(New York, 1997).
- The Dictionary of Art
(London, 1996).
as well as the following books and articles:
- De Boekenplank van Anne Frank. Neerlandistiek de Grenzen Voorbij. Handelingen Vijftiende Colloquium Neerlandicum. Woubrugge, 2004, p. 71-83.
- Travelers and Travel Liars in 18th Century Dutch Literature Publications of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies # 14: History in Dutch Studies, Lanham, New York, London, University Press of America, 2003, p. 29-39.
- "Anne Frank's Literary Connections" in The Low Countries, arts and society in Flanders and the Netherlands (2000), pp. 177-189. (Download the Anne Frank pdf file 69 KB -- requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- "Two Dutch opinions in the early 18th Century " in Vantage Points (Lanham, University Press of America, 1996).
- "Desert Island Dutch", in The Low Countries, arts and society in Flanders and the Netherlands (1994).
- Onze pen zal tot penseel verstrekken: drie schrijvers van kunstlevens in de achttiende eeuw, Neerlandica extra muros
(1994).
- Robinson Crusoe in the Old and New Worlds
(The Hague, 1992).
- Tussen Zwart en Ultramarijn. De levens van schilders beschreven door Jacob Campo Weyerman (Amsterdam/Atlanta, Rodopi, 1990).
