The Subprogramme offers a wide range of research fields for doctoral students who wish to study various periods and phenomena of the more narrowly understood literature in Dutch as well as Dutch culture in a broader sense. This naturally includes the investigation of the Dutch culture and literature of Flanders and Suriname. Candidates may also choose from a variety of approaches: within the Subprogramme, research is conducted in literary history, literary theory, cultural studies, Dutch-Hungarian relations, and comparative investigation of Dutch and Hungarian literature and culture.
Prioritising the internationalisation of the research and training within the Doctoral Section, the Subprogramme encourages and supports study trips abroad, even to the point of suggesting dual supervision in the case of some research projects. The framework for this is provided by the Erasmus+ and CEEPUS agreements between the Department of Dutch Studies, University of Debrecen, and 13 different universities, agreements that enable student mobility as well as instructor mobility. Our partner institutions University of Amsterdam (UvA and VU), Leiden University, Groningen University, University of Leuven, University of Antwerp, University of Wien, University of Belgrade, University of Ljubljana.
The framework of international relations is reinforced by Acta Neerlandica, the peer-reviewed journal of the Department of Dutch Studies, and by the professors acting on its advisory board.
The students of our Subprogramme are offered the chance to present the results of their research in the international conferences organised by the Research Group in Hungarian-Dutch Relations (set up within the Department of Dutch Studies) and to publish these results in Acta Neerlandica.