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Johan Koppenol (1965) studied Dutch Language and Literature at Leiden University. He started as a PhD student at the same university, half way through his appointment he was asked to become university teacher at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen for two years. He then returned to Leiden to finish his PhD in 1998 (cum laude). He was university teacher and the University of Amsterdam and then joined Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he became full professor of Older Dutch Literature in 2000. In the years 2002-2007 he also had a chair at the University of Amsterdam. He is also teaching a course at AUC.
