Explore two captivating stories from the early modern Low Countries, focused on survival in unfamiliar and hostile worlds. Once overlooked, these narratives—an autobiography of a middle-class woman seeking acceptance and 17^thcentury reports of human experiments on uninhabited islands—offer unique insights into knowledge production, gender norms, emotions, and encounters with the non-human.

Featuring:

Lieke van Deinsen, Queen Wilhelmina Visiting Professor, Columbia University, and Assistant Research Professor of Dutch Literature, KU Leuven

Djoeke van Netten, Associate Professor of Early Modern History, University of Amsterdam

This event is cosponsored by the Studies of the Dutch-Speaking World, the Department of Germanic Languages, and the European Institute, Columbia University