Anna Croiset van der Kop was the first Dutch slavicist. In Russia she was a well-known and celebrated scientist. To the Dutch academic world, however, she was a relatively unknown outsider . Around...Show moreAnna Croiset van der Kop was the first Dutch slavicist. In Russia she was a well-known and celebrated scientist. To the Dutch academic world, however, she was a relatively unknown outsider . Around 1910 she tried to become the first female Dutch professor at Leiden University. She and her supporters managed to secure the endowment for the professorship, but the title was bestowed on someone else. This thesis tries to explain why Croiset van der Kop was so successfull in Russia, but failed to reach her ultimate goal in the Netherlands. This is a story about women's history in the Netherlands and Russia and about the different in- and exclusion mechanisms in the Russian and Dutch academic world.Show less
