Pieter Allaart, Associate Professor
I will be on leave the entire calendar year 2009.
I have my Ph.D. from the Free University in Amsterdam. But I grew up on the countryside in a province called Zeeland ("land from the sea"), in the Southwest of the country, near Belgium. (Yes, we tell jokes about Belgians). It may not seem a big deal to you, but I lived below sea level the first 27 years of my life.
My hobbies are biking, hiking, playing
chess, playing volleyball, doing math research, traveling, and listening to
music (favorite instrument: piano; favorite composers: Ravel, Debussy,
Rachmaninov, Prokofiev; but I'm also fond of jazz music, especially Bill Evans,
Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, and almost any kind of New Orleans
Dixieland).
Though I'm not a real addict, I like to go to the cinema sometimes. Favorite
movies: Casablanca, Fargo, Kansas City, North by Northwest, and Il Postino (a
beautiful Italian countryside portrait). And I find James Bond movies usually
quite entertaining.
What I like about Texas? The climate! It's really mucb, much better
than the Dutch, Dutch weather.
(Dare take a look at the weather in Amsterdam
?) Also, I like the space and the laid-back atmosphere.
On the down side, I really don't like:
- Country and Western music
- Barbecue chicken
- Texas style driving
The
best
thing about UNT?
No doubt the many outstanding performances at the College of Music, ranging
from classical to jazz and new music, and who knows what I haven't discovered
yet. If you like music, check out the Calendar of Events
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