Vol. 23, No. 4 “De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius” December 2007 Events June 5: Pre-conference workshop participate in the Institute's for teachers of Dutch; opening e-Discussion Group, where topics Until January 6, 2008. “The Age reception. that are broadly related to New of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in June 6–7: ICNS Program Netherland can be addressed among the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” The conference will be held on the its participants. An extensive th The Met celebrates the 400 campus of the University of North software update has recently been birthday of Rembrandt van Rijn by Carolina at Chapel Hill. All completed. This new program has mounting an exhibit of the finest conference sessions, including the many features that significantly collection of Dutch art outside of workshop, will be held at the new enhance the facility's usefulness for Europe, including 20 works by Center for Global Education sharing information, the most Rembrandt himself. The 228 Dutch (www.gi.unc. edu), conveniently important of which is notification of masterpieces are displayed together located across the street from the postings. As before, registrants may for the first time and coincide with Carolina Inn (www.carolinainn. post questions, information, or the publication of the first catalogue com) where a block of rooms has replies to queries, which can now of the Met’s Dutch collection. For been reserved for ICNS participants be posted in one of several, broadly more information go to: www.met at a reduced rate. To register, book defined forum categories. An e-mail museum.org. For a New York a room, or see program, on-line, go will be sent automatically to the Times review and guide to the to: www.unc.edu/aans. person who made the entry exhibit go to: www.nytimes.com; whenever new information appears then, in the search box type: News in the category where the original “finding your way around the entry was made. When a topic is rembrandts.”[ NB: access to the Kees-Jan Waterman, co-winner of broached, e-mail messages will NYTimes and its archives is once the 2007 Hendricks Manuscript automatically inform its originator again free of charge.] Award, wishes to dedicate his of new of new postings on that topic *** award to the late Gunter Michelson, and all those who have for sharing his impressive subsequently entered the discussion. June 5–7, 2008. The American knowledge of Mohawk and other Individual registrants may Association for Netherlandic Iroquoian languages, terms, and determine their own frequency of Studies [AANS], in cooperation names. notification. with the Center for European The original version of the Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, is *** th e-Discussion Group has been pleased to announce the 14 Register for the E-Discussion closed. 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