prof. dr. W.J. (Wout) van Bekkum

1988, 06/30 Ph.D. Humanities (Medieval Hebrew Poetry)

1988-2000 Lecturer Hebrew language and literature

1995-2010 Member Royal Academy Commission on the History of Dutch Jewry

1990-2001 Lecturer Medieval and Modern Judaism, Faculty of Divinity

1996-2001 Professor of Modern Judaism, University of Amsterdam

1998-2002 Treasurer / Member of the Executive Committee, European Association of Jewish Studies, Oxford, UK

2000-2011 Professor of Semitic Languages and Cultures

2011-2020 renamed: Professor of Middle Eastern Studies

2003- Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam

2013-2022 Chair Stichting J. Gondafonds, KNAW

2013- Chair Stichting Maatschappij tot Nut der Israëlieten in Nederland