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 aspects of South African theatre and performance.
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Biography
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, where she played a dynamic role in building intercultural bridges while researching and lecturing comparative literature in a global context. She retired in 2008.
Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance
Her influence on South African theatre research is mainly to be discerned in her contextualization of the theatre and performance in the African context.
Some of her most significant publications in this regard have been:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineke_Schipper
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