Latest news

Apr

14 April 2018 - From 14 April onwards, everyone can participate in a new online course about the Frisian language: Frisian MOOC.

Jan

26 January 2018 – It all starts this weekend: the official opening of Leeuwarden-Fryslân European Capital of Culture. What are we going to do in 2018?...

Dec

18 December 2017 - Mercator Research Centre published its 50th Regional Dossier — on the Romansh language in Switzerland.

Jul

24 July 2017 - In 2018, we will organize the first Conference on Frisian Humanities, as a successor of the Philologists' Conference.

Jul

6 July 2017 - The website dictionaryportal.eu, in which dictionaries in a variety of European languages can be found, is now available in Frisian.

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Events

Apr

Four days of linguistics, literature and history on the first Frisian humanities conference, from April 23-26, 2018, in Leeuwarden.

May

PhD ceremony of Mirjam Günther on 14 May, 14:30 hrs in the Martini Church in Franeker.

Jun

On 21 June, as many people as possible will take part in the Grut Frysk Diktee (Great Frisian Dictation) in the open air.

Jun

ICLaVE|10 (Leeuwarden, 26-28 June 2019) is an important forum for research in the area of language variation in Europe. We now invite panel proposals....

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What we do

The Fryske Akademy focuses on scientific research into the Frisian language, multilingualism and regional history. We publish books, develop language tools, and organize symposiums, lectures and conferences.

The Fryske Akademy was founded in 1938 and is affiliated with the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) since 1990.