Reflections on Dutch and Flemish Cultures

Many Lenses -- From Suriname to New Amsterdam


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This episode of Many Lenses examines another three artefacts with a specific relation to Dutch colonial history. Host Ahmed is joined by two special guests, Theo and Rachel, both experts in the world of Dutch colonialism. They each brought along their own artefact to present and they will look through a different lens to each other’s artefacts. 

  • Alexander de Lavaux, Map of Suriname (1737)
  • View of Sommelsdijk Surgery in Suriname (1827)
  • Dutch Tobacco box (18 century) 
  • Ahmed Naas, Theo Taylor & Rachel Whitfield recorded this episodes from their own homes.

    Part of the L2 Dutch Project Module: Remembering the Past; Imagining the Future
    University of Sheffield: Dutch

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    Reflections on Dutch and Flemish CulturesBy Dutch and Flemish at Sheffield