NWO has awarded Agnes Andeweg’s Alfa Meerwaarde project ‘De Vliegende Hollander: van (inter)nationaal symbool tot lokale held’ (The Flying Dutchman: from (inter)national symbol to local hero’). In cooperation with the city of Terneuzen (which profiles itself as ‘city of the Flying Dutchman’), and Dr Manuel Stoffers (History), Andeweg will write a publication, supported by a webpage, about the cultural-historical dimensions of the Flying Dutchman.
The publication will show how the theme of the Flying Dutchman has spread around the world, how its meanings vary through time, what the Flying Dutchman can tell us about images and stereotypes of Dutchness, and how the legend is shaped in contemporary Terneuzen.