Welcome to CAANS 2026

Welcome to the CAANS 2026 Congress website.

The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Netherlandic Studies (CAANS) / Association canadienne pour l’avancement des études néerlandaises (ACAEN) will be held on Thursday 11 June and Friday 12 June 2026 at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario. The meeting will be hybrid allowing for in person and online participation.

CAANS 2026 is organized in partnership with the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, the University of Windsor, and the Taalunie.

The main theme of our two-day gathering in June 2026 is The Netherlandic world: past, present, and future. We especially invite scholars to reflect on the place of the Netherlandic world, and of its language, literature, and culture, in today's quickly changing global landscape.

For more information about our society please visit the CAANS/ACAEN homepage, as well as the following article published a few years ago in The Low Countries.

The CAANS 2026 Congress website, including a full programme of speakers, will be online in Spring 2026. Please visit us again then.

For the Second Call for Papers please see:

Call for Papers in Dutch

Call for Papers in English

Call for Papers in French

For the First Call for Papers please see:

Call for Papers in Dutch

Call for Papers in English

Call for Papers in French

We look forward to seeing you in June 2026 in person at the University of Windsor or online.