The Netherlands American Studies Review is edited by a board of four to six editors (MSc/MA/PhD students), an editor-in-chief (PhD student), and an academic coordinator (Professor). We are currently looking for two new editors to join our team in September…
John Adams Institute: Event “For Here or To Go?” by Curtis Chin
On May 8, 2025 the John Adams Institute welcomes Curtis Chin for a conversation about his memoir Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese Restaurant. Growing up in 1980s Detroit, Chin came of age in a city struggling with urban decay,…
Trump 2.0 and the New World Order: An American Studies Half-Day Symposium
Zernikezaal, Academy Building, University of Groningen, Tuesday May 20, 2025, 13.00 – 19.00 On Tuesday May 20, the American Studies program at the University of Groningen will host a half-day symposium on the new Trump administration. Guest speakers will…
Conference: A Water’s History of the United States
On May 21–23, 2025, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS), in collaboration with the Netherlands American Studies Association (NASA) and the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University, will host a conference titled A Water’s History of the United States.…
John Adams Institute: Four Talks on Freedom in collaboration with the KNAW
On May 26th, join our colleagues at the John Adams Institute for an evening of four thought-provoking talks, co-hosted with the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), reflecting on the meaning of freedom at the end of May—a…
Heleen Blommers 2025
On Monday, June 2nd, at 13:45, NASA board member Heleen Blommers will defend her PhD dissertation titled “Deconstructing the War on Poverty: Why a Failure Narrative Became Entrenched in American Political Discourse, 1964-1974.” The defense will take place at the…
Manar Ellethy 2025
On Tuesday, May 27th, at 11:30, NASA member Manar Ellethy will defend her PhD dissertation titled “Paying The Dues: Black Documentary Film & the Quest for Truth.” The defense will take place at Leiden University (Academiegebouw, Rapenburg 73, Leiden). Manar…
EAAS Postgraduate Travel Grants 2025
Each year, the European Association of American Studies (EAAS) offers a number of Postgraduate Travel Grants. This year, the EAAS accepts applications by PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences who are registered for a higher…
Netherlands American Studies Review 2025, no.1
The Editorial Committee of the Netherlands American Studies Review is happy to announce that the first issue of 2025 is now online and can be found here. In this first issue of 2025, you will find six carefully selected pieces…
John Adams Institute: New Blog Series “The Great American Experiment”
In his first inaugural address, George Washington said that the “preservation of the sacred fire of liberty was staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” But as we mark the 4th anniversary of the January…