Stan Reiner Van Zon

Experience

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  Kerken Kijken Utrecht

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2014

  Tour Guide

  As part of a broad, yearly, government project with several dozen participating churches, I welcomed visitors to Utrecht's historic churches during the summer tourist season. My duty was to provide information on my assigned church's history as well as the government initiative Kerken Kijken itself, and providing private tours on demand.

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  Kasteel Amerongen

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2015

  Tour Guide

  As an official guide of the historic Castle Amerongen, I provide tours of up to one hour showing visitors the ins-and-outs of the castle. During every tour, my job is to both entertain, educate, and to excite people about the past and present of the castle.In addition I have helped the staff in various logistical and administrative functions whenever necessary. In particular, I did a three-month internship in 2015 where I researched and developed a new tour focused on the history of animals at castles such as Amerongen from ancient times till today. For this internship I had to both independently research historical sources and creatively connect these to the castle's existing collection. During this internship I also copy-edited and voiced the Castle's new English Audio Tour. Show less

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  Freelance

  Oct 2015 - Jul 2019

  Freelance Translator and Copy Editor

  Translated and copy edited texts or books for both academic and non-academic clients.

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  Utrecht University

  Dec 2015 - now

  PHD Candidate

  As a PhD candidate I engage in independent research under the supervision of Em. prof. dr. Ton Hoenselaars and Dr. Lieke Stelling. My research topic is the Anglophone scholarly discourse on non-Anglo-American Shakespeare (i.e. Shakespeare produced outside of Britain and the United States) in the period 1970s-2010s. For this research I combined broad overviews of a wide variety of scholarly material considering non-Anglo-American Shakespeares with concrete case studies to reveal the connections between structural issues and specific problems in the way these Shakespeares have been considered and understood. My dissertation argues for the continuing presence of a bias towards Anglo-American perspectives in Anglophone Shakespeare scholarship in spite of the recent globalization of the field and its greater appreciation for so-called alternative Shakespeares. Show less

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  Domkerk Utrecht

  Jan 2016 - now

  Tour Guide

  As an official guide I am part of a team of guides who patrol the Dom Church, the iconic historic cathedral situated in the heart of Utrecht. My duty is to welcome visitors, answer questions both practical and historical, and provide private tours on demand.

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  Radboud University

  Sept 2018 - Apr 2019

  University Teacher

  Taught the course British Literature and Culture of the 17th Century, this included all aspects of the course from preparing lessons to writing exam questions and grading essays.