Editing Bram Dijkstra (section)

==Early life and education==

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 [[World War II]].<ref name=Gable>{{cite news |last=Gable |first=Mona |date=February 16, 1987 |title=Professor's Work Examines Negative Images of Women |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/814523802/ |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=November 12, 2024}} </ref><ref name=Lacher>{{cite news |last=Lacher |first=Irene |date=November 24, 1996 |title=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 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2047170625/ |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref> Dijkstra later moved to the United States, where he attended [[San Diego State University]]. After completing his undergraduate studies, Dijkstra earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name=Stanford>{{cite news |last=Karampelas |first=Gabrielle |date=January 24, 2023 |title=Stanford Libraries receives major Black music collection, supporting new department and expanding possibilities for research |url=https://library.stanford.edu/news/stanford-libraries-receives-major-black-music-collection-supporting-new-department-and |work=Stanford Libraries News |access-date=September 24, 2024}} </ref>