The Low Countries. Jaargang 22

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Institution

This twenty-second yearbook is published by the Flemish-Netherlands Institution ‘Ons Erfdeel vzw’, with the support of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (The Hague), the Flemish Authorities (Brussels) and the Provinces of West and East Flanders.

The Institution ‘Ons Erfdeel vzw’ also publishes the Dutch-language periodical Ons Erfdeel and the French-language periodical Septentrion. Arts, lettres et culture de Flandre et des Pays-Bas, the bilingual yearbook De Franse Nederlanden - Les Pays-Bas Français and a series of books in several languages covering various aspects of the culture of the Low Countries.

The Board of Directors of ‘Ons Erfdeel vzw’

President:

Herman Balthazar

Managing Director:

Luc Devoldere

Directors:

Bert De Graeve

Hilde Laga

Mark Leysen

Marita Mathijsen

Frits van Oostrom

Danny De Raymaeker

Paul Schnabel

Adriaan van der Staay

Ludo Verhoeven

Honorary President:

Philip Houben

Address of the Editorial Board and the Administration

‘Ons Erfdeel vzw’, Murissonstraat 260, 8930 Rekkem, Flanders, Belgium

T +32 56 41 12 01, F +32 56 41 47 07

www.onserfdeel.be, www.onserfdeel.nl

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VAT BE 0410.723.635

Philip Vanwalleghem Head of Administration

Adinda Houttekier Administrative Secretary

Aims

With The Low Countries, a yearbook founded by Jozef Deleu (Chief Editor from 1993 until 2002), the editors and publisher aim to present to the world the culture and society of the Dutch-speaking area which embraces both the Netherlands and Flanders, the northern part of Belgium.

The articles in this yearbook survey the living, contemporary culture of the Low Countries as well as their cultural heritage. In its words and pictures The Low Countries provides information about literature and the arts, but also about broad social and historical developments in Flanders and the Netherlands.

The culture of Flanders and the Netherlands is not an isolated phenomenon; its development over the centuries has been one of continuous interaction with the outside world. In consequence the yearbook also pays due attention to the centuries-old continuing cultural interplay between the Low Countries and the world beyond their borders.

By drawing attention to the diversity, vitality and international dimension of the culture of Flanders and the Netherlands, The Low Countries hopes to contribute to a lively dialogue between different cultures.

ISSN 0779-5815

ISBN 978-90-79705-177

Statutory deposit no. D/2014/3006/1

NUR 612

Copyright © 2014 ‘Ons Erfdeel vzw’ and SABAM Belgium 2014

Printed by Die Keure, Bruges, Flanders, Belgium

Design by Henk Linskens (Die Keure)

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