Annually, since May 2012, ANS-Awards are presented to students following degree courses in Dutch Studies at UK Universities. Members of Faculties are required to submit an essay on a relevant Dutch or UK topic. These were reviewed by a panel of Judges appointed from within the Anglo-Netherlands Society under the Chairmanship of Paul Dimond. For the future it is intended that the ANS-Awards will continue annually – provided they serve their purpose, both for the Anglo-Netherlands Society and for the participating Universities.
The 2022 winners :
at The University of Sheffield two prizes were awarded, one to a ‘classic’ essay, by Poppy Mainwaring, the other to a podcast by a team second of second year students in Dutch Studies, with Beth Speakman, Emma Halliburton, Natalia Rowe and Alice Willet ;
at UCL (University College London), fourth year student Lucille Crumpton analysed a ‘memory site’ which commemorates the only anti-pogrom protest during WWII.
Lucille Crumpton‘s essay analysing “Dutch 1950s Memory Culture through its Monuments: the Case of Andriessen’s Dokwerker”.
Poppy Mainwaring‘s essay “From Fortuyn to Wilders: The Far-Right of the Tolerant Netherlands”.
Beth Speakman, Emma Halliburton, Natalia Rowe and Alice Willet submitted the Award-winning podcast with the title “Remembering the Past: Visual Representations of Dutch Colonialism” .
The 2021 winners :
at The University of Sheffield two prizes were awarded, one to a ‘classic’ essay, by Rebecca Nelsey, the other to a podcast by a team of second year students in Dutch Studies;
at UCL Anna Mihlic analised Michele Hutchison’s translation of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s novel ‘De avond is ongemak’.
Anna Mihlic‘s essay, “Analysing Michele Hutchison’s translation of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s novel ‘De avond is ongemak’ ”
The Award-winning Essay at the University of Sheffield, by Rebecca Nelsey, examines the question : “Zwarte Piet : Racism or An Innocent Tradition?”
Daniel Corcoran, Catherine Newell and Liam Stoddard , the Award winning team from The University of Sheffield, submitted a podcast with the title “A Modern Childhood – Rosie and Moussa“ written by Michael De Cock, with illustrations by Judith Vanistendael, a Dutch children’s book which tells the story of two children living in an imposing tower block in a vast, sprawling city, who grapple with the challenges that the city environment places on their childhood. There was a longer introduction by Henriette Louwerse.
The 2020 winners are a podcast team of four second year students in Dutch Studies at The University of Sheffield, and Magdalena Mania from UCL (University College London). The PDFs of the latter essay can de viewed by clicking the download link.
Hanna Aalen, Ana Krech, Robert Pierce and Marta Siwakowska, the Award winning team from The University of Sheffield, submitted a podcast with the title “Leuke Literatuur Round Up : focusing on Stimmy of het oerwoud in de stad“ : a children’s book by Daan Remmerts de Vries and Philip Hopman, in which a boy is bored of the city, dreams of the jungle, and tries to get lost in the city’s park.
Magdalena Mania, Award winner at UCL (University College London), submitted an essay on: “De burger gaat naar het gevecht kijken”, “The Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery and Dutch memory of the Second World War”. The essay was published in the Autumn & Winter Newsletter.
The 2019 winners are Robert Heaney from The University of Sheffield and Lucelle Pardoe from UCL (University College London).
Robert Heaney, Award winner, The University of Sheffield, submitted an essay on: “The multicultural narratives of Britain and the Netherlands as reflected in various levels of contemporary society.” The essay was published in the Summer Newsletter.
Lucelle Pardoe, Award winner at UCL (University College London), submitted an essay on: “Doodgewoon: Translating Age-Appropriate Material in Dutch Children’s Literature“. The essay was published in the Autumn Newsletter.
The 2018 winners are Megan Bracewell from the University of Sheffield and Selena Geerts from UCL (University College London).
Megan Bracewell, Award winner, The University of Sheffield, submitted an essay on : “Hella Haasse’s Oeroeg: A story of white innocence or white privilege”. The essay was published in the Summer Newsletter.
Selena Geerts, Award Winner at UCL (University College London), discussed “Wormen en engelen” by Maarten van der Graaff as a coming-of-age novel.
The 2017 winner is Jodie May from The University of Sheffield; due to circumstances there were no Essays from UCL (University College London).
Jodie May, Award winner, The University of Sheffield, submitted an essay on : “How the Dutch language became standardised”. The Essay was published in the Autumn Newsletter.
The 2016 winners are Lydia Jones from the University of Sheffield and Robin Jacobs from UCL (University College London).
Lydia Jones, Award winner, The University of Sheffield, submitted an essay on : ” ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in Political Discourse. A Comparison Between the Manifestos of the PVV and UKIP” .
Robin Jacobs, Award winner at UCL (University College London), wrote on “What does late 16th and early 17th Century Dutch literature concerning beached whales reveal about the early-modern Netherlandish mindset?” .
The 2015 winners are Cian Hurley from The University of Sheffield and Kristoffer Wright from UCL (University College London).
Cian Hurley, Award winner, The University of Sheffield, submitted an essay entitled :
“Does the response to Geert Wilders’ political and media provocations over the past ten years show a development, with consideration of the political and social theories of nationalism and multiculturalism? “.
Kristoffer Wright, Award winner at UCL (University College London), wrote on “Carry van Bruggen as an experimental writer of both short stories and novels“.
The 2014 winners are Imogen Benton from The University of Sheffield, and Brendan Forry from University College London.
Imogen Benton, Award winner at The University of Sheffield, wrote “‘Het multiculturele drama’. Did Scheffer’s intervention create an opening for the rise of Geert Wilders?”.
Brendan Forry, Award winner at UCL (University College London), wrote on “Economic, political, social and cultural importance of Zuiderzee Works as contemporary Dutch
spatial and geographical development”.
The 2013 winners are Asja Novak from University College London, and Orla Randles from The University of Sheffield.
Asja Novak, Award winner at UCL (University College London), wrote “A Critical Appreciation of Leon de Winter’s Short Story De Machine”.
Orla Randles, Award winner at Sheffield University, wrote on “Refocussing the lens of Orientalism”.
The 2012 winners are Joel Baker from Sheffield University and David Blackler from University College London. The essay of one other entrant was considered to merit an award as being “Highly Commended”.
Joel Baker, Award winner at Sheffield University, wrote on : “Friendship, Politics and Belonging to a Colonised Home in Hella Haasse’s Oeroeg”.
David Blackler, Award winner at UCL (University College London), opened his essay with a quote from Schlesinger : “The cult of ethnicity exaggerates differences, intensifies resentments and antagonisms, drives even deeper the awful wedges between races and nationalities.” (Schlesinger, 1998)
Albertha Bloemhoff, also of UCL, received an Honourable Mention for : “Cees Nooteboom as an international writer”.
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