{{Short description|Dutch professor}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Herman Pleij | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Herman Pleij (2017).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Herman Pleij (2017) | birth_name = <!-- Use only if different from full/othernames --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|02|24}}<ref>[http://albumacademicum.uva.nl/id/id002421 Prof. dr. H. Pleij, 1943 -] at the UvA ''Album Academicum'' website.</ref> | birth_place = Hilversum, The Netherlands | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | region = | period = | occupation = | title = | boards = <!-- Board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation --> | known_for = | spouse = | children = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | era = | language = | discipline = Dutch Literature | sub_discipline = Medieval and Renaissance | movement = <!-- Should match the idiologial movement or denomination (for religious), "school" of thought etc. (e.g. "Anglican", "Postmodernist", "Socialist" or "Green" etc. --> | religion = <!-- Religion should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | denomination = <!-- Religious denomination should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | education = | alma_mater = University of Amsterdam | thesis_title = Het Gilde van de Blauwe Schuit: Literatuur, volksfeest en burgermoraal in de late middeleeuwen (Guild of the Blue Barge : Literature, festival and civic morality in the late Middle Ages) | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 1979 | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = <!--Only those with WP articles--> | main_interests = | workplaces = <!--full-time positions only, not student positions--> | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influences = <!--Must be referenced from a third party source--> | influenced = <!--Must be referenced from a third party source--> | awards = <!--Notable national level awards only--> | website = http://cf.hum.uva.nl/nhl/Pagina%20Pleij.htm | footnotes = }}

'''Herman Pleij''' (born 1943) is a professor emeritus of Medieval Dutch literature at the University of Amsterdam. He was appointed professor in 1981 and taught until February 2008.<ref>[http://www.rtvnh.nl/nieuws/23802/hoogleraar-pleij-met-emeritaat# Hoogleraar Pleij met emeritaat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402235536/http://www.rtvnh.nl/nieuws/23802/hoogleraar-pleij-met-emeritaat |date=2016-04-02 }}, NH Nieuws, 21 February 2008 (in Dutch). Accessed 23 March 2016.</ref>

== Career == In 1979 he completed his thesis on De Blauwe Schuit, among other ancient carnival texts.{{Clarify|reason=|date=June 2020}} In 1981 he became a professor at the University of Amsterdam. From 1992 to 1994 he was dean of the Faculty of Arts. He retired on February 29, 2008. Since then he has published many works on cultural history, such as the issue of national identity. His interest in the social debate on any available subject is reflected in his frequent participation in talk shows on Dutch television.<ref>[https://www.tzum.info/2015/10/nieuws-herman-pleij-recyclet-grap-maar-verandert-brugge-in-edam/ Nieuws: Herman Pleij recyclet grap maar verandert Brugge in Edam], Tzum, 6 October 2015 (in Dutch).</ref><ref>[https://www.gids.tv/video/164412/herman-pleij-over-liefde-genot-en-seks-in-de-middeleeuwen DWDD gemist? Herman Pleij springt op tafel en vertelt over liefde en seks in de middeleeuwen], Gids.TV, 20 January 2020. (in Dutch)</ref>

== Honors ==

* 2000: Honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Brussels * 2008: Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion

==Works==

*''Het Gilde van de Blauwe Schuit. Literatuur, volksfeest en burgermoraal in de late middeleeuwen'' (dissertation, Gemeentelijke Universiteit Amsterdam, 1979) *''Van schelmen en schavuiten. Laatmiddeleeuwse vagebondteksten'' (compiled by Herman Pleij, 1985) *''De sneeuwpoppen van 1511. Literatuur en stadscultuur tussen middeleeuwen en moderne tijd'' (1988) *''Op belofte van profijt; stadscultuur en burgermoraal in de Nederlandse letterkunde van de middeleeuwen'' (ed., 1991) *''Zandgrond'' (1994) - novel *''Dromen van Cocagne. Middeleeuwse fantasieën over het volmaakte leven'' (1997) *''Hollands welbehage''n (1998) *''Tegen de barbarij; tien stukken over de Nederlandse beschaving'' (1999) *''Dreaming of Cockaigne: Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life''. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. *''Van karmijn, purper en blauw; over kleuren van de Middeleeuwen en daarna'' (2002) *''De Herontdekking van Nederland: over vaderlandse mentaliteiten en rituelen'' (2003) *''Colors Demonic and Divine: Shades of Meaning in the Middle Ages and After''. Translated by Diane Webb. New York, Columbia University Press, 2004. *''Erasmus en het poldermodel'' (2005), {{ISBN|9035127374}} *''De eeuw van de zotheid; Plaatsen van herinnering,'' deel I (2007) *''Het gevleugelde woord. Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur,'' deel II: van 1400 tot 1560 (2007) *''Anna Bijns, van Antwerpen'' (2011) *''Moet kunnen. Op zoek naar een Nederlandse identiteit.'' (2014) * ''Botte Hollanders'' (2015) - anthology of ''Moet kunnen. Op zoek naar een Nederlandse identiteit'' * ''Geluk!? Van Hemelse Gave tot Hebbeding'' (2017) * ''Zucht naar identiteit'' (2018) * ''Oefeningen in genot. Liefde en lust in de late Middeleeuwen'' (2020) * ''Met een scheef oog. Tijdsbeelden aan de hand van mijzelf'' (2022)

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