The year 2023 marked 510 years since the arrival of Ponce de León to the coasts of Florida, beginning a relationship between Spain and the lands of North America that persists until today. At the beginning of the 16th century,…
Franklin Foer: On Joe Biden’s White House and the Struggle for America’s Future
On January 31, 2024, the John Adams Institute will organize a dialogue with The Atlantic staff writer and author, Franklin Foer. He wrote a gripping biography of Joe Biden, following his first term in office: The Last Politician. With unequaled access to…
Call for Papers: Black Citizenship Conference 2024
On December 12 and 13, 2024, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) will host the conference, titled Contesting Black Citizenship from American Revolution to the Present. It will explore Black citizenship as a site of contestation throughout US history,…
RIAS Postdoc Vacancy
The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) is pleased to announce a vacancy for a fulltime (1,0 fte) postdoctoral researcher in American history for a period of 2 years. The new postdoctoral researcher is invited to do research and work…
Call for Papers: 28th Biennial NAAS Conference
From June 4-6, 2025, the Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS) is hosting its 28th Biennial Conference at the University of Turku, Finland. The NAAS welcome proposals that think through, reflect upon, and reconsider the significance of Aspirations in the…
Call for Papers: NASR Fall 2023
The Netherlands American Studies Review is the student journal of the Netherlands American Studies Association (NASA). First published in the Spring of 2020, the Netherlands American Studies Review aims to showcase excellent student work from Dutch universities related to North…
Netherlands American Studies Review Spring 2023 Issue
The Editorial Committee of the Netherlands American Studies Review is happy to announce that the Spring 2023 issue is online now and can be found here. In this Spring 2023 issue, you will find eight carefully selected pieces that reflect…
Discount for NASA members – John Adams Institute
We are pleased to announce that thanks to a NASA-JAI cooperation, NASA members are able to buy discount tickets to the events organized by the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam. The program of upcoming events of the JAI can be…
New Editor-in-Chief Netherlands American Studies Review (NASR)
Christine Mertens succeeds Debby Esmeé de Vlugt as Editor-in-Chief of the Netherlands American Studies Review (NASR). “I am honored and delighted to join the Netherlands American Studies Review’s editorial committee. As the new Editor-in-Chief, I look forward to working together…
We would like to share the statement on Ukraine by the European Association of American Studies
We would like to share the statement on Ukraine by the European Association of American Studies: https://www.eaas.eu/?view=article&id=755:eaas-statement-on-ukraine&catid=10008