On Friday 3rd of June 2022, the Netherlands American Studies Association (NASA) and the RIAS are very proud to be holding the 27th annual Amerikanistendag in the historic city center of Middelburg. The Amerikanistendag is a student conference that serves…
A Superpower by Nature: The Environment and American Studies – May 2022
The NASA 2021/2022 conference will be held at the University College Utrecht on 20-21 May 2022. The two-day conference will feature innovative research and approaches exploring the intersections between the environment and American Studies. The conference registration is open and is available…
New Book Publication
The Multicultural Modernism of Winold Reiss (1886–1953) (Trans)National Approaches to His Work Edited by Frank Mehring In a first, this anthology presents essays by art historians and cultural scientists from both sides of the Atlantic to rediscover, analyze and contextualize…
RIAS Conference Environmental Justice
On October 13-14, 2022, the RIAS will host a major academic conference on environmental justice in American history, which aims to assess the state of the field, identify some of its most fruitful developments, and lay out some challenges for…
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam Celebrates American Music – 28-30 January 2022
Coming weekend, the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam is celebrating the vitality, inventiveness and diversity of American music. Their original intention was a live musical experience covering more than three weeks of concerts, masterclasses and lectures. Unfortunately, due to Covid-19 measures,…
Call for Papers – PhD Seminar 11-13 May 2022
Since 2003, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies has organized regular seminars for doctoral students pursuing research in its areas of interest. The next seminar will take place in Middelburg on 11-13 May 2022. We kindly invite applications from current…
Call for Papers – Amerikanistendag 3 June 2022
We are pleased to announce that the Netherlands American Studies Association will hold its 27th annual Amerikanistendag on Friday, 3 June 2022. The event will be hosted by our colleagues at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in the historic…
New Podcast – The John Adams Institute
January 12th 2022, the John Adams Institute started sharing their treasure trove of great thinkers, speakers and writers with you in the podcast Bright Minds. There are three episodes online available – Madeleine Albright, Michael Pollan and Timothy Snyder –…
NASA Keynote Lecture/Roosevelt Lecture in Environmental Studies by Megan Black
On Friday 3 December 2021 Megan Black held the Roosevelt Lecture in NASA Conference Keynote/Environmental Studies. Megan Black is Associate Professor of History at MIT. You can find more information about her here. Megan Black is the author of The Global Interior:…
New Book Publications
Three books by NASA members have been published recently. Giles Scott-Smith and Bram Boxhoorn have published a new book titled The Transatlantic Era (1989-2020) in Documents and Speeches. It is a textbook that uses key documents to interpret the three decades known as…