This year’s Amerikanistendag will be held on June 22nd in Nijmegen, where it began 30 years ago. The American Studies Team at Radboud University is excited to welcome everyone back to their beautiful campus. The Amerikanistendag is a student conference and serves as a…
Discount for NASA members – John Adams Institute
We are pleased to announce that thanks to a NASA-JAI cooperation, NASA members will be able to buy discount tickets to the events organized by the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam. The option to buy discount tickets will be available…
New Book Publications
Cornell University Press has released a new book In Freedom on the Offensive by William Michael Schmidli. He is a U.S. foreign relations historian, and his research focuses on the evolving significance of human rights, democracy promotion, and transnational advocacy networks from…
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
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…
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam Celebrates American Music – 28-30 January 2022
Coming weekend, the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam is celebrating the vitality, inventiveness and diversity of American music. Their original intention was a live musical experience covering more than three weeks of concerts, masterclasses and lectures. Unfortunately, due to Covid-19 measures,…
Call for Papers – Amerikanistendag 3 June 2022
We are pleased to announce that the Netherlands American Studies Association will hold its 27th annual Amerikanistendag on Friday, 3 June 2022. The event will be hosted by our colleagues at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in the historic…
New Podcast – The John Adams Institute
January 12th 2022, the John Adams Institute started sharing their treasure trove of great thinkers, speakers and writers with you in the podcast Bright Minds. There are three episodes online available – Madeleine Albright, Michael Pollan and Timothy Snyder –…
NASA Keynote Lecture/Roosevelt Lecture in Environmental Studies by Megan Black
On Friday 3 December 2021 Megan Black held the Roosevelt Lecture in NASA Conference Keynote/Environmental Studies. Megan Black is Associate Professor of History at MIT. You can find more information about her here. Megan Black is the author of The Global Interior:…