Wim van Anrooij, born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 1957. Ph.D. from Leiden University. Assistant Professor of Medieval Dutch Literature at Leiden University.
Fellow (1 September 1995 – 30 June 1996)
During my NIAS stay I succeeded in (nearly) finishing a book, which will be published in 1997: Helden van weleer. De traditie van de Negen Besten in de Nederlanden (ca. 1300-1700), [Heroes of the Past. The Tradition of the Nine Worthies in the Low Countries (c. 1300-1700)].
I also edited a book (written by five specialists in the field), to be published in 1996 or 1997, on the late-fifteenth-century panel paintings on the Counts of Holland in the townhall in Haarlem, De Haarlemse gravenportretten. Hollandse geschiedenis in woord en beeld. I revised two of my own chapters and I wrote a third one during my NIAS year. I revised and completed an article on the thirteenth-century romance on Troy by Segher Diengotgaf, “Het wapenteken van Hector in Seghers ‘Trojeroman’” and I wrote an article on the negative role of the Frisians in a Middle Dutch Arthurian romance, “Friezen in de Lancelot compilatie, vijanden van koning Artur”. During the year I gave four lectures on different subjects in Amsterdam, Haarlem and Düsseldorf.