Mineke Schipper
Mineke Schipper (1938-) is a Dutch an author and scholar known for her work on comparative literature mythologies and intercultural studies, including publications on South African theatre and performance.
Mineke Schipper She received her PhD in Amsterdam in 1973, writing the first thesis in the Netherlands on African literature) and dedicated herself to developing the field of intercultural literary studies. In 1988, she became the first Professor of Intercultural Literary Studies in the Netherlands, at the Free University of Amsterdam. In 1993, she moved to Leiden University,[4] where she played a dynamic role in building intercultural bridges in researching and lecturing comparative literature in a global context.
Born Wilhelmina Janneke Josepha de Leeuw on 6 December 1938 in Polsbroek, Netherlands, she studied studied French and Philosophy at Amsterdam Free University and Literary Theory, followed by Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Utrecht. She started her career teaching French and African Literature at the Université Libre du Congo (between 1964 and 1972), immersing herself in the field of intercultural literary studies. In 1988, she joined the Free University of Amsterdam as the first Professor of Intercultural Literary Studies in the Netherlands.
In 1993, she moved to Leiden University,
