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…
Conference: Racial Democracy, 7-8 May 2020
On 7-8 May 2020, the RIAS will host a conference titled ”Racial Democracy: Challenges to Civic Democratic Ideals in American History.” The conference is co-sponsored by Leiden University and the NWO VIDI Project “Beacons of Freedom.” In an oft-quoted letter…
Twenty-fifth National Amerikanistendag at Groningen, 2019
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…