EXTENDED ABSTRACT DEADLINE: March 22. Confirmed Keynote Speakers Heike Schotten (University of Massachusetts, Boston) Selamawit D. Terrefe (Tulane University) The last decade has seen growing public awareness of right-wing populism and authoritarianism across Europe and the Americas, from Orbán’s…
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…
Dissidence, A Student Conference on Gender & Sexuality, May 8th
May 8, 2020, second year sociology students of the University of Amsterdam will be holding a conference on gender and sexuality at the University of Amsterdam.The theme of the conference is dissidence in gender and sexuality. This is a student-led…
Call for Papers: GKAT Conference 2020: Heidelberg Center for American Studies, 25–27 June 2020
Conference “Authority and Trust: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives” The DFG-funded research training group “Authority and Trust in American Culture, Society, History, and Politics” is hosting an international conference aimed at junior researchers that will explore the emergence and transformation of…
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…