Background
Berendse, Gerrit-Jan was born on April 30, 1959 in Soesterberg, Netherlands. Son of Martinus Berendse and Jacoba Holtman.
Berendse, Gerrit-Jan was born on April 30, 1959 in Soesterberg, Netherlands. Son of Martinus Berendse and Jacoba Holtman.
Dr, University of Utrecht, of Goettingen and of Frankfurt, Main, Netherlands, Germany, 1979—1990.
Translator of literature works Public House Nota Bene Utrecht, 1984—1989. Research assistant University of Brabant, Tilburg, 1985—1986. Assistant professor University of Utrecht, 1989—1991.
Daad research fellow Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, 1991—1992. Postdoc fellow Research Institute for History and Culture, University of Utrecht, 1992—1994. Lecturer, senior lecturer, german department University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1994—2002.
Professor School of European Studies, Cardiff University, England, since 2002. President of goethe society Goethe Society Christchurch, 1994—1997.
Married Sabine Bunge-Hoernigk, September 29, 1964. Children: Tim, Felix.