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Edition 2012
28 August - 2 September
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As a follow-up to the host country programme 'Open landscape – Open book', which was successfully completed in September 2011, the Dutch Foundation for Literature is again organizing a series of literature events on the occasion of the Beijing International Book Fair 2012 (BIBF). Various Dutch-language and Chinese authors and moderators will be taking part in the programme, which will be held from 28 August to 2 September in book shops and arts centers throughout Beijing. At the BIBF, attention will also be paid to Dutch-language literature. At a joint stand, the Dutch Foundation for Literature and the Flemish Foundation for Literature will be presenting new Dutch and Flemish titles to Chinese publishers. The stand also offers space to Dutch and Flemish publishers.
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去年九月荷兰是北京国际图书博览会上的主宾国，以“开阔的风景，开阔的图书”为主题的主宾国活动相当成功。作为后续，今年荷兰文学基金会仍将亮相北京图博会，并借此机会举办一系列文学活动。
中国、荷兰的作家、主持人将参与到这一系列活动中，活动将于2012年8月28至9月2日在北京的大小书店、艺术中心举行。图博会期间，基金会将把目光汇聚于用荷兰语创作的文学作品。本次荷兰文学基金会将与比利时弗拉芒文学基金会一起参展，向中国出版商展示最新的荷兰及弗拉芒作品。荷兰、比利时的出版社在图博会上也会有自己的展台。
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Programme 活动安排
- Lecture by Matthijs van Boxsel on The Encyclopedia of Stupidity, The Bookworm (28 August, 7.30 pm)
2012年8月28日，晚7：30
点，北京老书虫：马蒂斯·范博克赛尔有关《愚蠢百科全书》的讲座。www.beijingbookworm.com
- 'Giant Leaps' series of lectures and discussions in UCCA, with Floris Cohen, Matthijs van Boxsel and Stella Braam (29 – 31 August, 7 pm)
2012年8月29-31日，晚7：00点
北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心，"人类一大步"系列座谈，参与者弗洛里斯·科恩、马蒂斯·范博克赛尔和斯特拉·布拉姆。www.ucca.org.cn
- Lecture and discussion on the works of Harry Mulisch by Professor Marita Mathijsen, Beijing National Museum of Modern Literature (31 August, 3 pm) . By invitation only.
2012年8月31日，下午3：00点
中国现代文学馆，由玛丽塔·马泰森教授主讲的有关哈里·穆里施的讲座与座谈会。参加方式，应邀出席。www.wxg.org.cn
- Bookshop event with Stella Braam, Xidan Book Building (1 September, 2.30 pm)
2012年9月1日，下午2：30点
西单图书大厦，斯特拉·布拉姆作品中文版签售活动。www.bjbb.com
- Lecture by Floris Cohen, Center of Science and Society, Center for History and Philosophy of Science, Chengze Garden, Beijing University (1 September, 2.30 pm)
2012年9月1日，下午2：30点
北京大学科学与社会研究中心，科学史与科学哲学研究中心，承泽园，弗洛里斯·科恩讲座
- Workshops by Wouter van Reek, BIBF (29 - 31 August, afternoon).
2012年8月29-31日，下午
北京图书博览会展厅。由瓦沃特儿·凡·雷克主持的工作坊。童书作者与插画家瓦沃特儿·凡·雷克将带领中国小朋友走入其作品世界。作者将在小朋友面前，一边叙述一边绘制插图，循序渐进地完成一本图书。北京一所小学的学生将应邀参加工作坊活动。此项活动将与荷兰使馆合作举办。www.bibf.net
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Giant Leaps (for Mankind?)
From 29 - 31 August, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing will be the location of several thought-provoking lectures and debates as the Center opens its doors to 'Giant Leaps (for Mankind?)': a series of literature events in which Dutch and Chinese writers, historians and journalists meet one another and enter into discussions about the essence of knowledge and scientific progress, addressing issues such as the importance of stupidity for our civilization, the emergence of modern science, and what happens when cognitive functions break down.
Language: English with Chinese translation
Ticketing& Participation Free
人类一大步？
今年8月29至8月31号，当北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心向“人类一大步”敞开大门时，一系列发人深思的演讲和辩论也会届时与观众们见面。在这些文学活动中，中国与荷兰的作者、历史学家、记者将一一见面，共同讨论以下话题：知识和科学进步的本质、愚蠢对人类文明的重要性、现代科学的出现以及认知能力瓦解后会发生何种现象。
语言: 英文配中文翻译
票务及参与方式: 免费
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Giant Leap 1 - The importance of being stupid
29 August 2012 - 7.00 pm – UCCA, Le Café
According to literary historian Matthijs van Boxsel, no one is intelligent enough to understand his or her own stupidity. In The encyclopedia of stupidity he shows how stupidity manifests itself in all areas, in everyone, at all times: stupidity is the foundation of our civilization.
Van Boxsel takes stupidity seriously, as did Robert Musil, unlike Gustave Flaubert, who used satire and irony as weapons against stupidity. Van Boxsel puts forward the provocative premise that stupidity is a condition for intelligence, that blunders stimulate progress, that failure is the basis for success. Van Boxsel will give a lecture and discuss the subject of stupidity with the Chinese pataphysicians Zhang Chi and A Jian.
“一大步”之一——愚蠢的重要性
2012年8月29日，晚7：00；地点：Le Café （咖啡屋）
文学历史学家马蒂斯·范博克赛尔，世界上没有一个聪明人能真正认识到自己的愚蠢。他在《痴愚百科全书》中向读者揭示了愚蠢是如何每时每刻、在每个领域、每个人身上"展现"自己的：愚蠢是人类文明的基础。
和罗伯特·穆斯尔一样，范伯克斯尔认真对待愚蠢，但古斯塔夫·福楼拜却把嘲讽当作武器，抵制愚蠢。范伯克斯尔提出了具有创见的假设：愚蠢是智慧的一个先决条件，错误会促进进步，失败是成功的基础。在本次讲座里，范博克赛尔将介绍痴愚这一课题，并与中国啪嗒学家张弛等人展开讨论。
Who is Matthijs van Boxsel?
Literary historian Matthijs van Boxsel (b. 1957) has been studying the topic of stupidity since 1980. In 1999 he published The Encyclopedia of Stupidity, which was nominated for the prestigious Generale Bank Prize for Literature. In 2001 the sequel Morosophy appeared, studying the 100 stupidest Dutch theories of the 20th century. This was followed in 2006 by a volume on stupidity as an art of living: Expertology or the Art of Stupidity. Van Boxsel is now working on The Topography of Stupidity, in which he gathers all the cities and regions that are proverbially known for stupidity. The Encyclopedia of Stupidity has already been translated into 17 languages, and has recently been published in China by Shanghai Literature and Arts Publishing.
文学历史学家马蒂斯·范博克赛尔（出生于1957年）从1980年就开始研究与"愚蠢"相关的话题。1999年他的作品《愚蠢百科全书》出版，并被享有声誉的"兴业银行文学奖"提名。2001年结尾部分 Morosophy完稿问世，在这一部分作者研究了一百个二十世纪荷兰最愚蠢的理论。作为后续，2006年范伯克斯尔又完成了一部把愚蠢视为一种生活的艺术的作品，名为《是专家还是愚蠢的艺术》。现在范伯克斯尔正忙于创作《愚蠢地形学》，在这本书中，他集齐了以愚蠢著称的城市和地区。之前提到的《 痴愚百科全书》已经被译成17种语言，中文译本近期已由上海文艺出版社出版发行: http://book.douban.com/subject/11443317/。 |
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Giant Leap 2 - How modern science came to the world
30 August 2012 - 7.00 pm – UCCA, Le Café
Why did modern science originate in Europe, and why was there no Chinese Newton or Arab Galileo? Thinking about the natural world reached great heights in the civilizations of ancient Greece, China, and medieval Islam, but eventually decline set in. Floris Cohen argues that historians should try to explain why stagnation did not occur in seventeenth-century Europe rather than asking why it did in the earlier civilizations. A discussion on the emergence and progress of science with historian Floris Cohen and writer and critic Kang Kai.
“一大步”之二——科学如何现身于世
2012年8月30日，晚7：00；地点：Le Café （咖啡屋）
现代科学为何源于欧洲？为什么在中国没有牛顿、伽利略？古希腊、中国及中世纪的伊斯兰地区都曾达到过人类文明的高峰，但最终还是逐渐落寞。弗洛里斯·科恩认为历史学家应该试图解释为什么这种停滞和落寞并没有出现在十七世纪的欧洲，而不是把目光聚焦于为何早期文明的发展最终停止脚步这个问题上。弗洛里斯·科恩将与作家、评论家康慨就科学如何产生与发展问题展开讨论。
Who is Floris Cohen?
Floris Cohen is professor of the comparative history of science at the University of Utrecht. He is regarded the world over as one of the foremost authorities on the emergence of modern science in seventeenth-century Europe. He is the author of How Modern Science Came Into the World, which won him the 2008 Eureka Prize for the best science book aimed at a broad readership. A Chinese edition of How Modern Science Came Into the World has recently been published by Hunan Science and Technology Press.
弗洛里斯·科恩是荷兰乌特勒支大学比较历史科学的教授，世界范围内，他是"现代科学十七世纪出现在欧洲"这一研究最具权威的学者之一。他著有《近代科学是如何产生的》一书，凭借此书，2008年科函获得了"尤利卡"奖的最佳大众科学图书奖。中文译本近期由湖南科学技术出版社出版发行: http://book.douban.com/subject/10554016/
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Giant Leap 3 - When the mind breaks down
31 August 2012 - 7.00 pm – UCCA, Le Café
What does it mean to realize that you are slowly losing grip on yourself and on reality? And how does society react? In 2003 Stella Braam’s father, former psychologist René van der Neer, was told he had Alzheimer’s disease. His daughter spent the next two years with him, documenting his life with all its ups and downs in a much talked about book: I have Alzheimer's. ‘A diagnosis of dementia is a license to deprive a person of all his civil rights', according to Van der Neer. The book made waves in Dutch society, earning its author the title of 'Alzheimer activist'. Stella Braam will discuss her book and speak about the situation of Alzheimer patients in the Netherlands and China with writer Bi Shumin.
“一大步”之三——当意识瓦解时
2012年8月31日，晚7：00；地点：Le Café （咖啡屋）
渐渐失去对自己及对事实的掌控到底意为着什么？社会是如何看待精神退化这个问题的？著名研究记者丝特拉·布拉曼的父亲雷内·范德尼尔是一位心理学家，2003年医生宣布他得了老年痴呆症，丝特拉从此深入父亲的精神世界，连续两年近距离观察体验父亲的生活，记录下一段独一无二、引发探讨的经历，也就是《我有老年痴呆症》这部作品。正如书中所说的那样：“老朽是一枚剥夺公民权力的印章。” 这部作品在荷兰引起轰动，“老年痴呆症活动分子”还发起了运动。关于这部作品及老年痴呆症患者在中国及荷兰的境况，丝特拉将与作家毕淑敏展开讨论。
Who is Stella Braam?
Stella Braam (1962) is a well-known journalist who reports on current affairs, both social and political. As an undercover journalist she reported on her experiences in low-wage jobs and investigated the illegal activities of the extreme right Turkish organization Grey Wolves. The publication of the latter book resulted in death threats forcing the author to go into hiding for several weeks. In Among Idiots and Lowlifes, Braam researched the seamy side of Dutch society, claiming that ‘to know the scene, you have to be part of it’. In 2005 she published I have Alzheimer’s, which was recently translated into Chinese (Flower City Publishing House).
丝特拉·布拉曼（出生于1962年）是一位研究记者，还是一位创作过多部具有争议作品的作家。她把秘密记者的亲身经历写成报告，如与受过低等教育的人一起工作的经历，调查土耳其极右组织"灰狼"的经历等等。在作品出版后，她甚至被以死威胁，过了几个星期躲藏的生活。在《疯子与大众》这本书中，布拉曼亲临荷兰最底层地区人民的生活，用她的话来说："想要认识这个小世界，就必须融入其中，成为其中一员。" 2005年，她的作品《我有老年痴呆症》问世，中文译本近期由广州花城出版社出版发行。
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Workshops by Wouter van Reek
29 - 31 August 2012 - afternoon – BIBF
Children's books and illustrator Wouter van Reek will transport Chinese school children off to the world of his books - narrate stories, draw the leading character in those stories, and slowly create a book before the eyes of the children. Primary schools from Beijing have been invited to participate in the workshop. In cooperation with the Dutch Embassy.
“一大步”之三——当意识瓦解时
2012年8月29-31日，下午
北京图书博览会展厅。由瓦沃特儿·凡·雷克主持的工作坊。童书作者与插画家瓦沃特儿·凡·雷克将带领中国小朋友走入其作品世界。作者将在小朋友面前，一边叙述一边绘制插图，循序渐进地完成一本图书。北京一所小学的学生将应邀参加工作坊活动。此项活动将与荷兰使馆合作举办。
Who is Wouter van Reek?
Wouter van Reek (b. 1960) studied audiovisual design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. From 1990 to 2006 he made several animated TV series with freehand computer animation. As you can see in the Coppernickel (Keepvogel in Dutch, one of his best known characters) series, he writes the text, animates and does the voice-over himself. Since 1994 he creates one short animation film each year for the Dutch version of “Sesame Street”. From 2005 Coppernickel has also become a series for picture books. They have now been translated into six languages. Keepvogel en Kijkvogel in het spoor van Mondriaan (Coppernickel Goes Mondrian) won the Golden Apple at the 2011 Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, Slovakia.
凡雷克出身于一个艺术家庭。他的父亲是漫画家、姐姐是插图画家。凡雷克1984 年毕业于阿姆斯特丹的里特弗尔特艺术学院，他也绘制动画片，有时是为电视节目《芝麻街》绘画。他的图书旨在启发孩子动脑筋。
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