On 8 May 2024, NASA board member Debby Esmeé de Vlugt successfully defended her PhD dissertation ‘A New Feeling of Unity: Decolonial Black Power in the Dutch Atlantic (1968-1973)’ at Leiden University. Debby Esmeé started her PhD at the Roosevelt…
Twenty-seventh National Amerikanistendag at the RIAS in Middelburg, 2022
On Friday 3 June 2022 the NASA and the RIAS hosted the 27th annual Amerikanistendag, a student academic conference designed to showcase the breadth and depth of American Studies in the Netherlands. This year the program included a broad array…
Amerikanistendag 2023 – Back to the Roots Where it All Began!
On June 22, 2023, the American Studies Day returned to Nijmegen, marking the 30th anniversary of its inception. This event provided a unique opportunity for the American Studies staff and students from various programs in the Netherlands to come together,…
Third NASA Roundtable with Michael Boyden
On May 12, 2023, Michael Boyden, a professor of English at Radboud University Nijmegen, will be holding the third NASA roundtable at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in Middelburg centering around his new book: Climate and the Picturesque in…
NASA (virtual) Roundtable with Nancy Mykoff
GOING GLOCAL: ENGAGING STANDING ROCK MONDAY, MARCH 27TH, 4:00-5:00 PM Our first NASA Roundtable will feature Nancy Mykoff (University College Roosevelt) discussing her current collaboration with members, artists, leaders and institutions of Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and Indian Country. This…
A Superpower by Nature: The Environment and American Studies – May 2022
The NASA 2021/2022 conference will be held at the University College Utrecht on 20-21 May 2022. The two-day conference will feature innovative research and approaches exploring the intersections between the environment and American Studies. The conference registration is open and is available…
NASA Conference: The Environment and American Studies, 3-4 December 2021
On December 3-4, 2021, the NASA conference “A Superpower by Nature: The Environment and American Studies” will take place online. You can find the full program HERE. If you want to attend the conference, please register through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-superpower-by-nature-the-environment-in-american-studies-tickets-193367747137. The…
US 2020 Election Chats
The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) and NASA are proud to announce a series of video conversations on the current US electoral campaign and the upcoming presidential elections.
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…
Amerikanistendag 2019 in Groningen Program
This year the annual NASA Student Conference will be held on Friday 7 June 2019 at the University of Groningen. The Amerikanistendag is an annual student conference organized by the Netherlands American Studies Association. The conference serves as a forum for students…