Academic Career
- 2024-present, Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Amsterdam
- 1996-2024, Full Professor of Theoretical Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Amsterdam
- 1989-1996, Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics, Department of Spanish, University of Amsterdam
- 1986-1989, Research Assistant, Department of General Linguistics, University of Amsterdam
Academic Training
- 1986-1992, PhD, Faculty of Arts, University of Amsterdam. Thesis: Non-verbal predication: theory, typology, diachrony.
- 1983-1986, MA, Linguistics, University of Amsterdam. Thesis: Copular verbs in a functional grammar of Spanish
- 1982-1986, MA Spanish, University of Amsterdam. Thesis: The Spanish mood system
Honours
- Member of the Academia Europaea (AE).
- Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
- Member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW).
Festschrifts
- Olbertz, Hella & Keizer, Evelien (2024), Hella Olbertz & Evelien Keizer (eds), A splendid series of squibs: In honour of Kees Hengeveld on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Amsterdam. Linguistics in Amsterdam 15.2.
- Mackenzie, J. Lachlan & Olbertz, Hella eds. (2013), Casebook in Functional Discourse Grammar (Studies in Language Companion Series 137. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.