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The University benefits from an ideal location, just a five-minute walk from the brand-new multimodal train station and the city center, with its shops and entertainment.It also fosters international mobility through Erasmus study stays, internships abroad and an openness to knowledge, techniques, cultures and languages from elsewhere.

The University of Namur is a recognized player in continuing education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Generally offered in schedules adapted to adults engaged in professional life, continuing education programs enable you to continue training, specialize, boost or redirect your career. In addition, the Salle des Pros supports teaching professionals in changing their teaching practices.

Complementing our continuing education offering, the Salle de pros was inaugurated in May 2023. Located on rue Godefroid, it brings together 4 specialized continuing education centers: CeDES (center for economic and social didactics), CEDOCEF (center for studies and documentation in the teaching of French), CEFOPEF (center for continuing education in science and mathematics) and CEFOSCIM (training center for teachers and trainers). It offers a forum for exchange at the crossroads of research and the field, as well as training, resources and teaching tools. Coaching is also available on request. A cycle of themed conferences is organized each year.

A language and culture can't just be learned, they have to be experienced! To bring the English language and culture even more to life, the English Unit offers you a range of activities, some more recurrent and structural, others more according to the opportunities that arise - exhibitions, films in their original version or even plays organized in Namur, Brussels, Ghent, Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve...

Dutch, more than just the language of Kevin, Bart or Marina The Dutch is not only the language spoken in northern Belgium and Brussels... It's also the official language of almost 18 million people in the Netherlands, Suriname and even the West Indies. Often misunderstood and unloved, this language is the bearer of a culture as rich as it is varied. Knowledge of Dutch outside Dutch-speaking regions offers real economic, cultural and diplomatic added value. It is the multiplicity and dynamism of the Dutch language and culture of yesterday and today that are at the heart of our training. Teaching Research Activities Contact Faculty of Philosophy and Letters - Dutch Unit Elisabeth Leijnse +32 (0)81 72 41 77 elisabeth.leijnse@unamur.be Faculty of Philosophy and Letters - Dutch Unit Laurence Mettewie +32 (0)81 72 41 70 laurence.mettewie@unamur.be

The student's annual program (PAE) is a coherent set of teaching units (UE) for which the student registers for the year, validated by the jury. When registering for the first time, your PAE is made up of 60 bachelor credits (block 1).

Sharing a passion and crossing borders Because nothing beats authentic contact and practice, the Dutch Unit pulls out all the stops to immerse its students in a Dutch-speaking linguistic and cultural bath! In addition to the interactive courses, and the small-group exercises that closely accompany them, the Unit team integrates many immersion teaching projects into its teaching, including didactic trips, E-tandem exchanges with Dutch students, meetings with authors and directors, films, plays or opera, and many others to.. discover, taste and fully savor the language, culture and literature. To give you an initial idea of course content, take a look at the first-year course descriptions... Mastery of the Dutch language (1st and 2nd quarters) Dutch Linguistics (1st and 2nd quarters) History of Dutch Literature and Civilization (1st quadrennium) Analysis of Dutch-language literary texts I (2nd quadrimester) Erasmus Research Activities

Linguistics Research in Dutch linguistics revolves around a common theme: languages and multilingualism in the Belgian community context and is broken down into several topics: the context and outcomes of bilingual education (CLIL or immersion) cf. ARC project "Assessing CLIL: linguistic, congnitive and socio-educational factors" (Laurence Mettewie and Luk Van Mensel); the impact on language acquisition of socio-affective factors (attitudes, motivation, emotions) and contact situations in the school environment (Laurence Mettewieand Ilias Vierendeels) ; the multilingual needs of Brussels companies and the resulting costs (Laurence Mettewie and Luk Van Mensel); language dynamics within multilingual families (Luk Van Mensel); the language landscape as revealing the relationships between linguistic communities (Laurence Mettewie and Luk Van Mensel) ; the discourse around multilingualism and language policies in Belgium (Ilias Vierendeels); teacher support in differentiating modern language courses (Laurence Mettewie and Caroline Depuis). Read more Literature The Dutch Unit's literary research focuses on the period 1860-1940. Preferred topics are: Early feminism in novels, letters and diaries (Elisabeth Leijnse and Myriam Carlier); The theory of biography (Elisabeth Leijnse); Maurice Maeterlinck: a biography written in Dutch is in preparation (Elisabeth Leijnse) ; The biography of Dutch feminists Cécile and Elsa de Jong van Beek en Donk, the book Cécile en Elsa, strijdbare freules (Amsterdam 2015) has been awarded in the Netherlands the Biografieprijs 2016 and Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2016 (Elisabeth Leijnse) ;Jewish literature in the Netherlands; birth of anti-Semitism in France and the Netherlands (Elisabeth Leijnse). Dissertation/doctorate in Dutch literature or linguistics Students who, after their course at UNamur, would like to prepare a dissertation or doctoral thesis around one of the themes mentioned above and with Elisabeth Leijnse and/or Laurence Mettewie as (co-)promoter are asked to get in touch with them by e-mail.For further information about research in the fields of languages and humanities, and more generally at UNamur, visit the research institute NaLTT. UNamur research portal Teaching Erasmus Activities Research at the University of Namur Research All the information you need about research (institutes, themes, projects, publications, services for researchers, etc.). ADRE The Research Administration (ADRE) is at the disposal of researchers and partners in terms of funding, sound management and valorization of research projects. Services for researchers Learn more about all the services reserved for researchers at the University of Namur, from Masters to qualified researchers.

Discover, taste, savor the Dutch language, culture and literature through our didactic activities and trips.