Ther programme of research seminars in the Department of Germanic Studies in Sheffield is as follows: Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 4pm. Daniel Williams (University of Sheffield) The perception of Dutch vowels by non-native listeners (This seminar is jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies) Thursday, 25 November 2010, 4pm Joost Zwagerman (Dutch author) Joost Zwagerman will talk about and read form his work. (This seminar is jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies) Monday, 29 November 2010, 4pm. Elisa Müller-Adams (University of Sheffield) A German View of mid-19th Century London (This seminar is jointly organised by the Centre for Gender Studies in Europe) Wednesday 8 December 2010, 4pm Elystan Griffith (University of Birmingham) Kleist and Violence (This seminar is jointly organised by the Centre for 19th-Century Studies) The programme can be also be viewed (and will be kept uptodat) at http://www.shef.ac.uk/german/research/res-seminars.html. Roel -- Dr Roel Vismans Senior Lecturer in Dutch Head of Germanic Studies School of Modern Languages & Linguistics University of Sheffield Jessop West 1 Upper Hanover Street Sheffield, S3 7RA tel: + 44 114 222 4919 (direct line) + 44 114 222 4396 (school office) fax: + 44 114 222 2888 email: [log in to unmask] http://www.shef.ac.uk/german/staff/roelvismans Centre for Dutch Studies http://dutchcentre.group.shef.ac.uk/ Centre for Comparative Linguistic Research http://www.shef.ac.uk/linguistics/index.html