On November 12, the Dutch government announced another lockdown and it seems like more stringent measures are on the way. The conference organizing committee of NASA had a meeting this week about how to proceed. We talked about two options:…
Amerikanistendag 2021 – Summary
On Friday 28 May 2021 the NASA in cooperation with the RIAS held its 26th annual Amerikanistendag – a student academic conference designed to demonstrate the breadth and depth of American Studies.
Extended Deadline! NASA Conference CfP
NASA Conference CfP A Superpower by Nature: The Environment in American Studies Utrecht, the Netherlands December 3, 2021 How does the environment figure in American Studies – and what does American Studies bring to environmental studies? Since the 1990s we…
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…