A black-and-white picture of Sophie Reinders smiling at the camera. Een zwart-witfoto van Sophie Reinders die naar de camera lacht.

Sophie Reinders (NLD)

Sophie Reinders (NLD) is a literary scholar and former university lecturer, currently working as programme manager at the Dutch Network of Women Professors (LNVH). She studied Dutch Language and Literature at the University of Amsterdam and obtained her PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen in 2017 with the dissertation De mug en de kaars. Vriendenboekjes van adellijke vrouwen, 1575-1640. After completing her PhD, Reinders worked as a lecturer in early modern literature and history at Utrecht University, until joining LNVH in 2022.

How you might know Sophie

  • The book Zwerfgoed. Doeboeck ter leering ende Vermaeck (2021), co-authored with cabaret performer Katinka Polderman, featuring material from the special collections of Radboud University Library.
  • Recipient of the Gerrit Komrij Prize for this book.
  • Awarded the Keetje Hodshon Dissertation Prize for her Waar je Sophie van kunt kennen
  • PhD research.
A black-and-white picture of Sophie Reinders smiling at the camera. Een zwart-witfoto van Sophie Reinders die naar de camera lacht.