On March 13, 2025, the John Adams Institute invites Kim Wehle, a legal scholar, media commentator and best-selling author of How to Read the Constitution—and Why, for a discussion of her latest book, Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works—and Why. In…
Call for Papers: Amerikanistendag 2025
We’re pleased to announce that the Netherlands American Studies Association will hold its 30th annual Amerikanistendag on Friday, April 25, 2025. The event will be hosted by our colleagues in American Studies at the University of Amsterdam. The Amerikanistendag is…
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…
John Adams Institute: Lecture “Imagining and Designing a Better America” by Timothy Snyder
After his groundbreaking books On Tyranny and The Road to Unfreedom, historian Timothy Snyder was asked: “What would a better America look like?” This new book, On Freedom, is his answer. In America and in much of the West, freedom is a much-vaunted ideal.…
200 Years of American Photography
9 February, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM RIJKSMUSEUM, Museumstraat 1, AMSTERDAM Join the Rijksmuseum and the John Adams Institute in welcoming photographers from the United States whose work is on view in this new major exhibition on American photography. Their…
New Editor-in-Chief Netherlands American Studies Review (NASR)
Nicolas Turner succeeds Christine Mertens as Editor-in-Chief of the Netherlands American Studies Review (NASR). “I am honored and thrilled to take over as the new Editor-in-Chief of NASR. Having served on NASR’s editorial board over the last year, I know…
Netherlands American Studies Review 2024 no.1
The Editorial Committee of the Netherlands American Studies Review is happy to announce that the first issue of 2024 is online now and can be found here. In this first issue of 2024, you will find five carefully selected pieces…
RIAS Internship Offered
Do you want to acquire practical experience in an academic institute and broaden your knowledge about America? Then continue reading. The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) is now looking for an intern for the period July 1st, 2025 untill…