On April 3, 2025, the John Adams Institute invites Russell Shorto, author of Amsterdam and The Island at the Center of the World, to talk about his latest book, Taking Manhattan. Tracing the events following the ‘purchase’ of Manhattan by the Dutch West-India…
John Adams Institute: Event “Slow Burn” by R. Jisung Park
On March 24, 2025, the John Adams Institute invites economist R. Jisung Park to talk about his book Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World. Using innovative data and cutting-edge economic research, Park highlights how the typical conversation around…
EAAS Postgraduate Travel Grants 2025
Each year, the European Association of American Studies (EAAS) offers a number of Postgraduate Travel Grants. This year, the EAAS accepts applications by PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences who are registered for a higher…
Netherlands American Studies Review 2025, no.1
The Editorial Committee of the Netherlands American Studies Review is happy to announce that the first issue of 2025 is now online and can be found here. In this first issue of 2025, you will find six carefully selected pieces…
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…
Conference report: Democracy in Action
The NASA Annual Conference “Democracy in Action: Radical Cultures, Protest Movements & Resistance in the Americas” brought together a rich assemblage of American Studies scholars from all corners of the Netherlands, as well as from the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany,…
Democracy in Action: Radical Cultures, Protest Movements & Resistance in the Americas
The NASA annual conference will be held at Utrecht University on October 31 & November 1, 2024. The two-day conference will feature innovative research and approaches exploring the intersections between the topics of protest movements, radical culture and resistance, and…
Environmental Activism, Indigenous Survival, and Settler Colonialism in theUnist’ot’en Camp’s Resistance against the Coastal GasLink Pipeline, with Laura de Vos
Thursday 26 September 9:15-11:00 in Hetta Mohr 0.26 Hosted by the Futures of Native American Studies atLeiden, North American Studies, LUCAS, and theJEDI fund. In this workshop, Laura de Vos (Radboud Univ.) will present their research with Marije van Lankveld…
Student workshop and public reception with Tommy Orange!
On Wednesday, September 25 2024 a student workshop, followed by a public reception, will be held with Native American novelist Tommy Orange at Leiden University! Student workshop: P.J. Veth 0.07 14:45 –15:15 Registration and coffee with the author 15.15 –…
Bright Minds: John Adams Institute Podcast
John Adams, the first American ambassador to the Netherlands, once said: “Let us tenderly and kindly cherish…the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.” In this spirit, the John Adams Institute brings the best and…