Bram Dijkstra

<h2 id="early-life-and-education">Early life and education</h2>
Dijkstra was born on a small island in Indonesia but spent his formative years in the Netherlands. His father had been interned in a Japanese concentration camp and died soon after <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a> Dijkstra later moved to the United States, where he attended <a href="/facts/San_Diego_State_University/FrFPBPAY">San Diego State University</a>. After completing his undergraduate studies, Dijkstra earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a>

<h2 id="career">Career</h2>
He joined the faculty of the <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_San_Diego/srMClpNv">University of California, San Diego</a> in 1966 and taught there until he retired and became an <a href="/facts/Emeritus/3hyP5zYf">emeritus</a> professor in 2000. He has written seven books including Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-siècle Culture (1986) and Evil Sisters: The Threat of Female Sexuality and the Cult of Manhood (1996).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a>

<h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2>
Dijkstra is married to Sandra Dijkstra, a prominent literary agent known for representing numerous acclaimed authors. He lives in <a href="/facts/Del_Mar%2c_California/1HnP6gvz">Del Mar, California</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>

<h2 id="art-and-music-collecting">Art and music collecting</h2>
Dijkstra and his wife Sandra Dijkstra are avid collectors of art, literary works, and music; in 2023, they made a significant gift to <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a>, donating a major collection of materials related to Black music, including rare recordings on vinyl disc documenting the history of Black music.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a>
The Dijkstras have also contributed to <a href="/facts/San_Diego_State_University/FrFPBPAY">San Diego State University</a>, gifting a collection of rare pulp fiction magazines that provide insight into mid-20th-century popular culture.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a> Additionally, they have donated rare artwork to <a href="/facts/Huntington_Library/5vLHTpSh">The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens</a>, where their contributions have enriched the museum's holdings in American and European art.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>

<h2 id="publications">Publications</h2>
<ul><li>Faces in Skin: Poems and Drawings (Oyez, 1965)</li>
<li>Hieroglyphics of a New Speech: Cubism, Stieglitz and the Early Poetry of William Carlos Williams (Princeton University Press, 1970)</li>
<li>Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-siècle Culture (Oxford University Press, 1986)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a></li>
<li>Evil Sisters: The Threat of Female Sexuality and the Cult of Manhood (Knopf, 1996)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a></li>
<li>Georgia O'Keeffe and the Eros of Place (Princeton University Press, 1998)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a></li>
<li>American Expressionism: Art and Social Change 1920–1950 (Harry N. Abrams, 2003)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a></li>
<li>Naked: The Nude in America (Rizzoli, 2010)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.beatrice.com/interviews/dijkstra/">Interview with Bram Dijkstra</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1">Gable, Mona (February 16, 1987). "Professor's Work Examines Negative Images of Women". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
 <a href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/814523802/" target="_blank">https://www.proquest.com/docview/814523802/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Lacher, Irene (November 24, 1996). "The Thinker and the Doer: He writes feminist books; She's an agent for 'humane' writers; Keeping their activist ideals intact, Bram and Sandy Dijkstra have forged a literary way of life". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 13, 2024. <a href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/2047170625/" target="_blank">https://www.proquest.com/docview/2047170625/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Karampelas, Gabrielle (January 24, 2023). "Stanford Libraries receives major Black music collection, supporting new department and expanding possibilities for research". Stanford Libraries News. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
 <a href="https://library.stanford.edu/news/stanford-libraries-receives-major-black-music-collection-supporting-new-department-and" target="_blank">https://library.stanford.edu/news/stanford-libraries-receives-major-black-music-collection-supporting-new-department-and</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Gable, Mona (February 16, 1987). "Professor's Work Examines Negative Images of Women". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
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<li id="fn:5">Weben, Eugene (December 21, 1986). "Idols of Perversity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
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<li id="fn:6">Marienthal, Hal (November 24, 1996). "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
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<li id="fn:7">Karampelas, Gabrielle (January 24, 2023). "Stanford Libraries receives major Black music collection, supporting new department and expanding possibilities for research". Stanford Libraries News. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
 <a href="https://library.stanford.edu/news/stanford-libraries-receives-major-black-music-collection-supporting-new-department-and" target="_blank">https://library.stanford.edu/news/stanford-libraries-receives-major-black-music-collection-supporting-new-department-and</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">Lacher, Irene (November 24, 1996). "The Thinker and the Doer: He writes feminist books; She's an agent for 'humane' writers; Keeping their activist ideals intact, Bram and Sandy Dijkstra have forged a literary way of life". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 13, 2024. <a href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/2047170625/" target="_blank">https://www.proquest.com/docview/2047170625/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">Karampelas, Gabrielle (January 24, 2023). "Stanford Libraries receives major Black music collection, supporting new department and expanding possibilities for research". Stanford Libraries News. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
 <a href="https://library.stanford.edu/news/stanford-libraries-receives-major-black-music-collection-supporting-new-department-and" target="_blank">https://library.stanford.edu/news/stanford-libraries-receives-major-black-music-collection-supporting-new-department-and</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">Zhang, Andrew (March 5, 2023). "University receives vast Black music collection — what does this mean for Stanford?". Stanford Daily. Palo Alto, California. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
 <a href="https://stanforddaily.com/2023/03/05/university-receives-vast-black-music-collection/" target="_blank">https://stanforddaily.com/2023/03/05/university-receives-vast-black-music-collection/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">Varga, George (January 25, 2023). "A $2.3 million collection of rare albums, once bound for SDSU, is headed to Stanford University". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
 <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2023/01/25/a-23-million-collection-of-rare-albums-once-bound-for-sdsu-is-headed-to-stanford-university/" target="_blank">https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2023/01/25/a-23-million-collection-of-rare-albums-once-bound-for-sdsu-is-headed-to-stanford-university/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">Robbins, Gary; Varga, George (February 28, 2022). "Del Mar couple claims 'donor abuse' in dispute with SDSU over rare music collection". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
 <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2022/02/28/del-mar-couple-claims-donor-abuse-in-dispute-with-sdsu-over-rare-music-collection-2/" target="_blank">https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2022/02/28/del-mar-couple-claims-donor-abuse-in-dispute-with-sdsu-over-rare-music-collection-2/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">"Dijkstras and The Huntington: A Wonderful Romance". The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Retrieved September 24, 2024. <a href="https://huntington.org/donors/dijkstras-and-huntington-wonderful-romance" target="_blank">https://huntington.org/donors/dijkstras-and-huntington-wonderful-romance</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">Ng, David (July 8, 2014). "Huntington acquires paintings by Robert S. Duncanson, Charles White". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
 <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-huntington-paintings-20140707-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-huntington-paintings-20140707-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">Alessandra Comini, "Posters from the War Against Women", review of Idols of Perversity (The New York Times, Books section, Feb. 1, 1987) <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" target="_blank">/wiki/The_New_York_Times</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">Gable, Mona (February 16, 1987). "Professor's Work Examines Negative Images of Women". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
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<li id="fn:17">Weben, Eugene (December 21, 1986). "Idols of Perversity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
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<li id="fn:18">Marienthal, Hal (November 24, 1996). "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
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<li id="fn:19">Michael Berry, Georgia O'Keeffe and the Eros of Place, 1999, sff;org <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010413171931/http://www.sff.net/people/mberry/dijkstra.htp" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20010413171931/http://www.sff.net/people/mberry/dijkstra.htp</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:20">Hamill, Pete (July 6, 2003). "The rhetoric changes, yet the art endures". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
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<li id="fn:21">Carone, Angela. "Looking At Nudity In American Art | KPBS". M.kpbs.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-16. Retrieved 2016-11-17. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120916065023/http://m.kpbs.org/news/2010/oct/26/looking-nudity-american-art/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120916065023/http://m.kpbs.org/news/2010/oct/26/looking-nudity-american-art/</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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