On 7 June 2019, the honors of kicking off the Amerikanistendag, or the National American Studies Day went to Tim Jelfs, of the organizing committee, George Blaustein, president of NASA, and Laura Bieger, head of the department of American Studies…
Conference report: The Future of American Studies in the Netherlands
On December 14, 2018, Americanists and non-Americanists gathered in Amsterdam for a special symposium on the Future of American Studies in the Netherlands. The full program can be found here. There were valuable contributions from across the generations, as it…
Amerikanistendag 2017 at the University of Amsterdam
The 23rd Amerikanistendag was held in Amsterdam on 2 June 2017, and brought together young Americanists from the Netherlands, Germany, France, and the U.S. The University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the University of Utrecht, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, and the Roosevelt Institute of…
Karin Lurvink 2016
Beyond Racism and Poverty. The Truck System on Louisiana Plantations and Dutch Peateries, 1865-1920 PhD Defense of 25 November, 2016, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
NASA Newsletter – Fall 2016
The digital edition of the Fall 2016 NASA Newsletter has been released! You can download it here.
NASA Fall Conference: Forging the American Century
“Forging the American Century: World War II and the Tranformation of US Internationalism” On October 27-28, Radboud University Nijmegen hosted an international conference to explore the outlines of the “American Century” since World War II. In light of contemporary concerns…
Report NASA Conference 2016
American Studies Conference on Digital Humanities Transcends the Dichotomy of Culture and Technique. On 15 and 16 September 2016 about 30 scholars met at the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg, the Netherlands to discuss the state of the field of…
NASA Conference 2016: Program and Registration
The NASA Conference 2016 will take place at the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg on 15-16 September 2016. The theme of the conference is “American Studies after the Digital Turn.” For more information, please see the preliminary program. Updated versions of the…
Rob Kroes Travel Grant 2025
NASA offers a travel grant of €500 to help defray the cost of travel and accommodation for research trips to the United States. The grant is named after Professor Rob Kroes, former NASA and EAAS president and a great promoter…
Amerikanistendag 2016 at VU Amsterdam
On Friday 10 June 2016, the 22nd Amerikanistendag (or American Studies Day) took place at VU Amsterdam. After a welcome by Professor Diederik Oostdijk the keynote speaker was introduced: Dr. Erin La Cour. She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at…