Netherlands American Studies Association

Who Owns the Future? Tech, Imagination, and Inequity. By Ruha Benjamin, Marietje Schaake & Robin Aïsha June 17, 2025.

The John Adams Institute and the Rode Hoed are thrilled to invite sociologist and MacArthur Genius Ruha Benjamin. Drawing on her latest book Imagination: A Manifesto for her keynote talk, she challenges the myth of neutral tech, introducing the notion of the “New…

Heleen Blommers 2025

On Monday, June 2nd, at 13:45, NASA board member Heleen Blommers will defend her PhD dissertation titled “Deconstructing the War on Poverty: Why a Failure Narrative Became Entrenched in American Political Discourse, 1964-1974.” The defense will take place at the…

Manar Ellethy 2025

On May 27th, 2025, NASA member, Manar Ellethy, succesfully defended her PhD dissertation at Leiden University. Ellethy’s dissertation titled Paying the Dues: Black Documentary Film and the Quest for Truth, examines Black engagement with documentary film in the 1960s in the context of…

Paul Brennan 2025

On Thursday, May 15th 2025, NASA member Paul Brennan defended his PhD dissertation titled: “Foreign Yet Domestic Liberties: The Colonial Reformism of The ACLU in The U.S. Empire, 1920-1940.” The defense took place at Leiden University (Academiegebouw, Rapenburg 73, Leiden).…