Jeroen Dewulf

Jeroen Dewulf holds the Queen Beatrix Professorship in Dutch Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, within the Department of German. He is also a Professor at Berkeley’s Folklore Program and serves as Faculty Academic Director of Berkeley Study Abroad.

• Director of Center for Portuguese Studies
• Director of Austrian Studies Program
• Director of BENELUX Program at UC Berkeley
• Chair of UCEAP Faculty Directors group
• Member, UC Berkeley International Activities Coordination

Education: PhD in German Literature (University of Bern, Switzerland), MA in Portuguese Studies (University of Porto, Portugal), BA in Germanic Philology (University of Ghent, Belgium).

Research Interests: Focus on Dutch and Portuguese colonial/postcolonial history, literature, and culture; transatlantic slave trade; Black cultural and religious traditions in the Americas; German literature with emphasis on Swiss authors. Publications span Atlantic Studies, African diaspora, and Lusophone/Dutch connections.

Scientific Awards:

• Hellman Family Faculty Fund (2010)
• Robert O. Collins Award in African Studies (2012)
• John Gilmary Shea Prize (2023)

He has served as visiting professor at LMU Munich, University of São Paulo, and UCL London. Affiliated with UC Berkeley’s Center for African Studies and Center for Latin American Studies, as well as University of Lisbon’s Center of History.