Jerzy Koch

Professor ordinarius

Department of Dutch and South African Studies

Office: Collegium Novum, room 104A
Phone: (0-61) 829 3557
e-mail: jkoch@ifa.amu.edu.pl
Duty hours: link

Degrees

  • M.A. in Dutch/Flemish and German, Wrocław, 1982
  • Ph.D. in Dutch/Flemish literature, Leuven (Belgium), 1991
  • D.Litt. in Afrikaans literature, Wrocław, 2002
  • Full professor (the title of professor) October 10, 2005
  • Professor Ordinarius, March 2012

Research interests

  • Dutch and Flemish literature of the19th and 20th century
  • Afrikaans literature
  • (Post) Colonial literature (South Africa, Suriname, the Caribbean)
  • Culture of the Low Countries and South Africa

Teaching experience

  • Dutch and Flemish literature
  • Afrikaans literature
  • Dutch/Flemish language
  • Afrikaans language
  • History, geography, ethnology of the Netherlands and Belgium
  • History, geography, ethnology of South Africa
  • Praxis of literary translations into Polish

Other professional experience

  • Head of the Department of Dutch/Flemish Modern Literature and Afrikaans, University of Wrocław
  • Research Fellow of the University of the Free State, South Africa (since 2001)
  • Member of the Board of Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging (South Africa)
  • Member of Overlegplatform Poolse Neerlandistiek

Professional organizations

  • Internationale Vereniging voor Neerlandistiek (IVN, International Association of Dutch Studies)
  • Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden (The Dutch Literature Society in Leiden)
  • Comenius Vereniging voor Neerlandistiek in Centraal-Europa ("Comenius" Association of Neerlandists of Central Europe)
  • Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich (Association of Polish Writers)
  • Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns – The South African Academy for Science and Arts, South Africa
  • Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging (ALV, Afrikaans Literary Society) South Africa
  • Internationale Vereinigung für Germanistik

Editorial

  • Editor – Werkwinkel. Journal of Low Countries and South African Studies (ISSN 1896-3307)
  • Editor – Werkwinkel Library/Biblioteka (Biblioteka Niderlandzka i Południowoafrykańska) (ISBN 978-83-928167-0-6 ; ISSN 1896-3307)
  • vol. I – Urszula Topolska, Od literatury gastarbeiterów do literatury niderlandzkiej (1993-2003). Debiuty pisarzy niderlandzkojęzycznych o podwójnych korzeniach kulturowych w perspektywie historycznoliterackiej, Zakład Studiów Niderlandzkich i Południowoafrykańskich IFA UAM: Poznań 2009, 244 pp.
  • vol. II – Jerzy Koch, Ewa Dynarowicz (eds), Van koloniale naar wereldliteratuur? Vakgroep Nederlandse en Zuid-Afrikaanse Studies, Instituut voor Engel;se Filologie, Adam Mickiewicz Universiteit, Poznań 2009, 183 pp.
  • Co-Editor – Neerlandica Wratislaviensia (ISSN: 0860-0716)
  • Member of International Advisory Board – LitNet Akademies (ISSN 1995-5928; South Africa)
  • Member of International Advisory Board – Ensovoort (ISSN 0257-2036; South Africa)

Scholarships

  • Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, 1988
  • Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, 1991-92
  • NIAS, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Wassenaar, Holland, 1993-94
  • NIAS, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Wassenaar, Holland, 2007-08

Visiting lecturer

  • Palacky-University, Olomouc, 1997-99
  • University of Debrecen, 1999-2002
  • University of Vienna, 2003
  • University of Debrecen, 2004
  • University of Debrecen, 2004
  • University of Debrecen, 2005
  • University of Debrecen, 2006

Guest lectures

  • Catholic University Leuven, 1988, 1991
  • Universite Catholique de Louvain, 1991
  • Universiteit van die Oranje-Vrystaat, Bloemfontein (South Africa), 1992, 1996
  • NIAS Lecture Series, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciencies - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciencies (Holland), Wassenaar, 1993
  • University of Pretoria, 1996
  • Universiteit van Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1996, 2001, 2002
  • Universiteit van Vrystaat (South Africa), 2001
  • Universiteit van Suid-Afrika (South Africa), 2001

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • IVN-Colloquium Neerlandicum, Gand, 1988
  • "Pięć wieków kontaktów między Polską i Holandią" (Five Centuries of Contacts between Poland and the Netherlands), Warszawa, 1989
  • Regionaal Colloquium Neerlandicum, Budapest (Hungary), 1990
  • Internasionale Neerlandistikkongres (International Congress of Neerlandists), Potchefstroom (South Africa), 1992
  • Vyfde Hoofkongres van die Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging (Fifth General Congress of the Afrikaans Associations of Literature), Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1992
  • Regionaal Colloquium Neerlandicum, Wrocław, 1993
  • IVN-congress, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1994
  • Tweejaarlijks Colloquium, Olomuc (Czek Republic), 1995
  • III Symposium der Deutsch-Niederländischen Gesellschaft (Third Conference of German-Dutch Society), Frankfurt/Oder (Germany), 1995
  • IVN-Colloquium Neerlandicum, Leiden (The Netherlands), 1997
  • Internationale Tagung Gender-Forschung (International Congress of Gender Studies), Karpacz (Poland), 1998
  • Regionaal Colloquium Neerlandicum, Bratislava (Slovakia), 1999
  • IVN-Colloquium Neerlandicum, Leuven (Belgium), 2000
  • EWAfrEM - Eerste Workshop Afrikaans Extra Muros, Leipzig, 2000
  • 170 lat niderlandystyski na Śląsku, Wrocław (Poland), 2000
  • Colloquium Neerlandicum, Debrecen (Hungary), 2001
  • The International Scientific Conference. The Portrait - The Nude - The Still Life: in the ordinary Life, in the Culture/the Language and the Art/the Literature, Warsaw (Poland), 2001
  • "Eendag was daar 'n oorlog" ["once upon a time there was a war"] - Conference on the Anglo-Boer War in fiction, Pretoria (South Africa), 2002
  • IVN-Colloquium Neerlandicum, Groningen, 2003
  • Poland and South Africa Project - Two Rhetorical Models for Participatory Citizenship in Post-Totalitarian Cultures, Cape Town, 2004
  • Egodokumente - Conference of Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging (ALV) and Suider-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Neerlandistiek (ALV), Potchefstroom, 2004
  • Regionaal Colloquium Neerlandicum Midden-Europa - Culturele identiteit in het Nieuwe Europa, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa, 3-6 czerwca 2004
  • Tożsamość: globalna, europejska, narodowa, lokalna cz. II, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Akademia Artes Liberales OBTA - Warszawa, 6-15 grudnia 2004
  • Regionaal Colloquium Neerlandicum Midden-Europa – Culturele identiteit in het Nieuwe Europa, University of Warsaw, 3-6 June 2004
  • Kongres van die Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging (ALV) & die Suider-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Neerlandistiek, Potchefstroom, 22-25 September 2004
  • Poland and South Africa: Two Rhetorical Models for Participatory Citizenship in Post-Totalitarian Cultures, University of Cape Town, 27-29 September 2004
  • Tożsamość: globalna, europejska, narodowa, lokalna cz. II, Akademia „Artes Liberales” OBTA, University of Warsaw, 6-15 December 2004
  • XI. Kongress der Internationalen Vereinigung für Germanistik (IVG), Paris, L'Universite Paris Sorbonne, 26.VIII-3.IX.2005
  • N.P. van Wyk Louw, Stellenbosch, Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 9-11 June 2006
  • Conference of the South African Academy for Science and Arts (Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, South Africa), University of the Free State, Bloemfontien, 23-24 June 2006
  • Colloquium Neerlandicum, Internationale Vereniging voor Neerlandistiek) Gand, 22-27 August 2006
  • Conference of ALV, Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, Stellenbosch (South Africa), Stellenbosch, Universiteit van Stellenbosch 11-13 September 2006
  • „Recepcja literatur obcych na łamach XX-wiecznych czasopism literackich i społeczno-kulturalnych” Szczecin, University of Szczecin, 17-19 October 2006
  • „Czyja Afryka? Wokół ‘W pustyni i w puszczy’ Henryka Sienkiewicza”, Instytut Badań Interdyscyplinarnych „Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, 2008
  • Dialog międzykulturowy w (o) literaturze polskiej II. Międzynarodowe seminarium; University of Szczecin, Szczecin-Pobierowo, 2009
  • Internationaal Colloquium Neerlandicum, Budapest, 2009
  • Komisja Niderlandzka, Instytut Badań Interdyscyplinarnych „Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, 2009
  • Zeventiende Colloqium Neerlandicum. Utrecht, 2009 (plenary talk together with Paweł Zajas)
  • Referee and member of the program committee, Neerlandistische ontmoetingen - Trefpunt Olomouc. Palacký University Olomouc, March 2010
  • Konferencja Instytutu Studiów Iberyjskich i Iberoamerykańskich UW, Katedry Języków i Kultur Afryki UW oraz Polskiego Towarzystwa Afrykanistycznego "Literatury afrykańskie na przełomie XX i XXI wieku", Warszawa, maj 2010
  • XII. Kongress der Internationalen Vereinigung für Germanistik (IVG), Warsaw, University of Warsaw, 30.VII-7.VIII.2010
  • Conference of ALV, Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, Port Elizabeth (South Africa), Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 27-29 September 2010
  • Derde Cross-over Congres, Balans en perspectief van de interdisciplinariteit in de letterkundige neerlandistiek, Universiteit Leiden, 2011
  • Literatuursymposium "Midden-Europa & de Nederlanden", Brussels, Belgium, 25-26 February 2011
  • Regionaal Colloquium Neerlandicum, Belgrade, Serbia, May 2011
  • 7de Kongres van die Suider-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Neerlandistiek (SAVN), Intertaal en Interteks, Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland, Bellville (South Africa), 2011

Honours

  • Second prize in the Multatuli-Competition, Amsterdam, 1991
  • M. Nijhoff-Award for Translations from Dutch Literature, Amsterdam, 1995
  • Minister of National Education Award for outstanding research results, 2004
  • Minister of National Education Award for outstanding research results, 2005
  • ANV-Visser-Neerlandiaprijs, 2008
  • Nagroda Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych Królestwa Holandii za propagowanie kultury niderlandzkiej w Polsce – 2009 – http://www.spacetotakeplace.nl/nl
  • Order Oficerski Leopolda I (Leopoldsorde), 2010

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