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prof. dr. W.J. (Wout) van Bekkum

Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
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1988, 06/30 Doctorate 

1988-2000 Lecturer Hebrew language and literature

1995-2010 Member Royal Academy Commission on the History of Dutch Jewry

1990-2001 Lecturer Medieval and Modern Judaism, Faculty of Divinity

1996-2001 Professor of Modern Judaism, University of Amsterdam

1998-2002 Treasurer / Member of the Executive Committee, EAJS, Oxford

2000-2011 Professor of Semitic Languages and Cultures

2011-2020 renamed: Professor of Middle Eastern Studies

2003-now Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam

2013-2022 Chair Stichting J. Gondafonds, KNAW

2013-now Chair Stichting Maatschappij tot Nut der Israëlieten in Nederland

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