Prof.dr. W.L.H. (Helma) van Lierop-Debrauwer

Position:
  • Extraordinary professor
Expertise:
  • Dutch language and culture
  • Juvenile and children’s literature


Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 2111
E-Mail: h.van.lierop@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department: Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Moderne Nederlandse L&C
Office Address: Witte Singel-complex
P.N. van Eyckhof 1
2311 BV Leiden
Room number 2.04c


Research

Apart from a few dissertations at the beginning of this century, very little academic attention has been paid to literature for young people and children. Only since the seventies has the study of literature for children and young people been put on the academic map, but the position assigned to this field of research by universities is still inconsequential. I have always found this limited interest surprising, but at the same time it has been my source of inspiration. In my teaching and research, I would like to demonstrate that this lack of interest bears no relation to the object of its study. Children’s books are literature, and they can be studied in the same way as adult literature. By, for example, relating it to adult literature I am attempting to release youth literature from its isolated position.

Publications

Lierop-Debrauwer, W.L.H. van (1999). Arno Bohlmeijer. In NN, NN (Ed.), Lexicon Jeugdliteratuur. (pp. 1-5). NN: NN.

Lierop-Debrauwer, W.L.H. van (1999). een kleurrijk leven zwart op wit. [Bespreking van: Diekman, M., Schrijversprentenboek over Miep Diekman. Uitg.: Lett. Museum/Leopold, Den Haag (1998)]. In: Literatuur zonder leeftijd, 13,  pp. 120-124.

Lierop-Debrauwer, W.L.H. van (2000). Karlijn Stoffels. Lexicon Jeugdliteratuur,  1-5.

Lierop-Debrauwer, W.L.H. van (2000). Seksualiteit in jeugdboeken. Lexicon Jeugdliteratuur,  1-7.

Lierop-Debrauwer, W.L.H. van (2000). Zorgen dat de kinderen van lezen gaan houden. Het beleid van Zwijsen. Literatuur zonder leeftijd, 14(52),  pp. 190-194.

Last Modified: 20-10-2010